The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-15
COMMITTEES ASSUME
GATES'S VETO POWER
Sixteen Measures Slumber in Pigeon
Holes After the Close of the
Legislature.

MONTPELIER, April Is. = While
considerable stress was put upon the
fact that in the closing hours of the
Legislature Gov. Gates did not strangle
any attempt at laWmaking by so-called /
pocket vetoes, a statement, Just is
sued, showing final disposition of all
bills and resolutions introduced during
the session indicates that Is measures |
slumbered in committee files when the |
general assembly adjourned Notable |
among the proposed acts which auto
matically went into the discard as
easily as though given the twilight |
sleep treatment were senate bill 80,
II 80 and Fl IA.
Senate 80, to regulate the flow of
water in streams of this state, had it
ever become law would have put a
handicap upon not only hydro electric
/ development for commercial purposes
/ but would have acted as an 1S-carat
deterrent to several of Vermont s
| largest industries, among which may
be mentioned the Vermont Marble
company.
The bill prohibited the impounding
of water except by consent of land
owners on the stream below the pro-
posed dam By tucking the measure
far back III an official pigeon hole and
forgetting its existence the committee
in charge of the bill applied veto,
to all practical purposes, as strong
as though it carried the signature of
GOV. Gates.
A bill of special interest to Mont
pelier was II 80, relating to the publ
ication of insurance reports and bulle
tins The House committee on insur-
ance did not find time to report the
measure and the legislators lost an
:, opportunity to discuss the advisability
of having the insurance commission
, ers report annually to the governor
the condition of all insurance COM
{ panles transacting business in Yer
mont The bill got committee veto.
House bill "A, relating TO the pay
Z of members of the general assembly,
t providing 81 day salary for the first
+ 50 DAYS of the legislative session with
81 as the per diem after the lawmak-
ers had been so days in Montpelier
f died in committee Of state and court
: Iexpenses. no mention being made ii
, the closing hours OF the session that
u the measure had not been acted upon
II Other measures to receive a quietus
! through the failure of committees tC
c make report included:
h II 50. requiring creamery companies
s canning factories, cOndensaries or 9th
f err factories contracting for dairy prod
= usts. to secure a license before con
Il Quoting business in the state.
e II %, repeating act granting bount!
! on black bears.
H 100, relating to hunting licenses
n This act was provided for IN the com
e bination fishing and hunting hcens
; act passed by the assembly.
MI II l45, relating TO salary of fish an'
s game commissioner.
til H 223, permitting fraternal benetic
- iary associations to do business in thl
: state under certain conditions and W
on payment of fee.
Fl $50 relating to Investment o
, trust funds.
E: II 1913. providing for inspection o
= milk. The general committee of tn
IS House was responsible for the pair
Y, less death of this measure.
# H POI, relating to settlement
= school accounts.
III 300. relating to sale of intoxicat
- ing liquors This was the Tapgoo
- bill which provided that licensed
at should sell only to inhabitants of tn
was located.
s. II 338. limiting expense of count
o. fish and game wardens to $4,000 f
. biennial term.
= H $50, relating to pollution Of water
+f of Peter brook in Bennington count
H 3Ss. relating to creation Of boar
of armory commissioners and PROVE
ing for the construction of armorie
II 400, relating to state factory i
tn spector, The measure would abolis
IS the office.
n Among the measures which expire
on the table were house bill 259, TO
. bidding the granting Of marriage
u cense to idiots, insane persons or pc
sons under the influence Of liquo
II 40. to pay certain Caledonia count
physicians for attendance upon pc
sons connected with q homicide case.