The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-02-17

granting TO William r. Jones ierE
between Windmill point and Rouse
point on Lake Champlan,
children's Presence Postponed Action.
Indirectly, the presence OF over l0'
school children who tnronged the gal
leries of the House this forenoon, pre-
vented definite action being taken OF
the Eaton marriage law bill which wa
| discr Yesterday afternoon. The bill
was laid on the table and made specla
order for Friday morning at l0i3'
o'clock. A motion was made TO dismiss
the bill summariy by Mr.. Ward Of -
Adams Town, but Mr.. Smith OF ~, Al
bans City and Mr.. Black OF Burlington
opposed this because the motion wasde
| batable, and obviously the question
should not be threshed out under th'
conditions, and the motion was with
drawn. On Friday morning the lghi
will be resumed and yea and nay vote
win be made probably so that certain
technicalities not desired may be elm
mated. Mr.. Smith of St. Albans City
thought that out Of justice the bill
should not be dismissed without chance
for amendments to be made.
The bill regulating the sanitary CON
ditions Of barber shops was passed witt
out much discussion and ii it becomes
law, local boards of health will have
authority to investigate tonsorial par.
lors and prosecute violations.
There seems to be a growing inclina-
tion on the part of the members OF the
House to put off action on as many
measures as possible by laying them OF
the table and the prospects OF long
session grow stronger daily with these
postponements of decisive action. This
morning the bill providing for the regis
tration Of guides and the measure max
ing compulsory the heating Of the yes
tibules of electric cars were laid on the
table.
More committee bills concerning the
fish and game laws were acted upon
several being passed to third reading
All are of minor nature and change open
seasons, etc.
A resolution was presented by Mr.
Moore of Ludlow to pay the chaplalns
Of both houses the sum Of S4 per day
with the same mileage as members d
the House.
A bill of peculiar nature was intro
uced in the Senate this morning by Sen
ator Smonds which would provide for
the reading Of the Holy Bible in tie
public schools, to be read without com
ment and TO be under supervision q
the state superintendent OF education.
Senator Powell's bill which would tax
trust funds held by trust companies BY
towns or cities was refused third read
ing in the Senate; also another bill OF
similar nature.
The upper branch also refused to pass
to d third reading House bill l3 relat-
ing to fraud in the sale OF stovewood.
This bill. il will be remembered. was
introduced by Mr.. Atwell Of Brandon
and the lower body devoted consider
able time in discussing the measure pro
and con.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Jones Of
Shrewsbury which would abolish the Of
fee OF attorney general. has been report
ed TO the House unfavorably by ma
iority of the judiciary committee and
fayorably BY a minority report Of the
committee. The House seems TO be
about evenly divided as TO whether this
office. which has been the subject OF 50
much discussion and WIS even made a
campaign issue BY one political party,
should be done away with, and another
fight is in the making.
Fugenics Marriage Bill Discussed.
The House, resolved into a committee
of the whole. listened yesterday after
noon for over two hours to arguments
for and against the Eaton eugeri2 mar
riage bill. which provides that marriage
certificates shall be issued only 10 those
who have been examined by physician
and have a health certificate. Those m
favor Of the passage OF the bill spoke Of
the crying need for legislation to pro-
teet women from unknowingly entering
into matrimony with men who are af-
hicted with a venereal disease and re-
ferred to the terrible and far reaching