Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-01-27
LEGISLATIVE DOINCS
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court, the supreme court members as
constituted by ex-Gov. Fletcher having
resigned and the result was the old
board, reseating Judges Watson and
Haselton on the supreme bench and
dropping Healey, put on the bench by
appointment of Fletcher. The supreme
bench now stands:
Loveland Munson of Manchester, chief
John Fl. Watson of Montpelier.
Seneca Haselton of Burlington.
George NJ Powers of Morristown.
William II. Taylor of Hardwick.
The result of the election of superior
court justices was the dropping of j.
B. Donoway and w. F. Dutton. eIevat-
ed by Fletcher's appointment Dec l,
and the replacing of E. l. Waterman
and F. L. Fish on the bench. This
election also readjusts Judge Slack
from the supreme to the superior
court. The list now is:
Willard W. Miles of Barton, chief.
E. L. Waterman of Brattleboro.
Zed S. Stanton of Roxbury.
Fred M. Butler of Rutland.
Frank L. Fish of Vergennes.
l.. P. Slack of ST. Johnsbury.
Other elections made at this Joint
assembly followed the line of appoint
ments already made and were:
Sergeant Arms, Frank T. Parsons
of Montpelier.
Adjutant and Inspector General,
Lee S. Tillotson of St. Adams.
Trustees of University of Vermont,
Warren Austin of St. Adams, Clayton
]. Wright of Williston, Newman K.
Chaffee of Rutland, Guy w. Bailey of
Essex Junction, Theodore N. Vail of
Lyndon.
A bill advocated by Agricultural
Commissioner Brigham, calling for a
yearly appropriation of $50. 900 for the
agricul tural and forestry department
and embodying retiring Gov. Fletcher's
suggestions was killed. This amount
is S10,0 more than is now called for
and the house did not think the matter
of marketing system for the state
and additional expenditures in the
forestry department of sufficient i'm
portance to warrant this increase
This is not the only time the house has
shown the spirit of hewing to the line
on apprOpri atiOnS and whoever goes
before that body for money must have
I clear and actual need. However, the
bill was revived Friday afternoon by a
vote to reconsider.
That Orleans county members are
playing an active and prominent part
| in affairs at Montpelier is indicated by
the fact that favorable editorial COM
ment has been excited by at least one
paper on Representative Caswell' S
| stand on certain legislation as quoted
elsewhere in this paper.
| G. E. Hamblet of Barton has been
appointed a member of most impor-
tant special committee to investigate
into and report by bill or otherwise the
advisability of the budget plan for
running the finances Of the state.
! Among some of the bills introduced
by county members is one by Dubois
of North Troy allowing North Troy to
issue $25, 900 worth of bonds. Thomp-
son of Craftsbury has introduced z
measure asking for the exemption of
the Craftsbury Masonic property from
taxation.
Several direct primary bills have
been introduced, both in the house anC
senate.
The woman's suffrage league had
the use Of the hall of representatives
On the evening of the 10th and Mrs.
Funk of Washington gave an address
in favor of the movement. thereby
hoping to strengthen the vote for the
equal suffrage bill now before the
Vermont house. Mrs. H. T. Seaver,
wife of Senator Seaver of Barton,
is in Montpelier with her husband
this winter and is on the legislative
committee of the Vermont equal suf
frage organization and is therefore
playing an important part in this
legislation.