The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-02-11
COUNTY YPOORFARM
PLAN IS BEFORE
LEGISLATURE
Bill introduced Today By Repre-
sentative ROIIiSter
J.K. BA1CHELDER TO:COMMITTEE
Argued Before Bank Committee Rela-
tive to the investments Of
Savings Banks.

Il Montpener, feD. II l.--hepIesentss tss
| tive Hollister today introduced a bill
permitting the towns OF Bennington
county to join in caring for their
town poor and TO use the new town
home being erected here by paying
interest on its cost.
j. X Batchelder appeared today be
fore the bank committee in fay or al
the bill to permit savings bank to loan
a larger share of their deposits outsiae
the state The present law permits
60 per cent to be loaned outside
while the new bill allows 70 PEI
cent
The bill is chiefly in the interest
of banks close to tRe borders of the
state like the banlS at Bennington
Their business depositors come krom
outside the state 10 large extent
and their deposits have increased
faster than their field of gilt edge in
vestment
In order to keep up the payment OF
interest to depositors OF per cent
they need as free field of invest
ment as possible for high class Sc
curity
Representative Stone of Woodford
today introduced joint resolution
alloing visit OF the Bennington
county members to inspect the coun-
ty jals.
Montpelier. Feb. ae.--In order to
put a quietus on the lilibustering tao
tics of Mr. Hapgood of Peru the low
e. branch OF the General Assembly
today amended its rules as proposed
BY the resolution of Mr.. Moore of
Ludlow. Rule II was amended by
adding the following:
"A division of the House by rising
vote. or otherwise. shall not be had
except upon order OF the Speaker, or
when required by FIVE or more mem
bers.'
With one ear at half-cock the mem
Der from Peru heard the words which
were TO wrest from him the power to
muss things and he wanted to know
the reason. He asked why and got
the information from Mr. Hewitt Of
?lainheld who said
The committee would hate tp IS
sign peculiar reason for this resolu-
a member might call for rising vote
so often as to interfere with The
course of legislation, The committee
therefore thought that the rule might
properly be placed on tx, same basis
as the yea and nay vote.
Senator Bentley of Bennington in
troduced new bill providing for the
appointment by the governor OF a
state board of license commissioners
which shall appoint the town license
commissioners in each town vo,ing
Yes This measure is designed 20
take the question of license commits
sioners entirely away from he
COURT.
bill OF hardly similar Importance
was introduced by Senator Blake Of
Chittenden, reducing the license on
sprayed female CANNES from 81 to S4.
Among the new bills introduced are
the following:
Senator Simonds of Caledonia, re-
lating to appointment OF officers by
Governor with advice and consent of
Senate, making valid the appointment
that should have been appointed in
January.
Carver of Washington, relating TO
factory nspector, amending present
law. providing appointment of fe-
male deputy factory inspector. salary
$1,4O0, changing appropriation of pre-
sent law from $4,000 TO $4,000
Roberts of Rutland, relating to sale
of intoxicatings liquors by person
holding public Office, section 512l.
No license to be granted where a per
son holding public Office is directly
or indirectly interested
Wood of Wells. an act to amend
section SIPS of the public statutes, as
amended by section l of No. 12S of
the acts OF 1908 and by section 1 of
No. 179 of the acts of 1910, relating to
the traffic in intoxicating liquors.
(Fixes fees as follows; First class,
not less than one thouand dollars. but
in towns of 1900 inhabitants or less,
fee to be eight hundred dollars second
class licenses. maximum fifteen hun
dred dollars: third class, fee. five
hundred dollars fourth class, fee five
hundred dollars, except for malt liqu-
ors only, for which the fee shall betwo
hundred and fifty dollars; seventh