The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-04
According to Bill Passed by
House Today After
Long Delay
AMENDMENT TO
MEDICAL INSPECTION
Senate Takes Action on Bill in Which
Brattleboro People Are Interested
Fish and Game Committee to Intro
duce Act Requiring Anglers License
Especial to The Reformer.)
MONTPELIER. March 4

Especial to The Reformer.l
| MONTPELIER, March +.
The act relating to the carrying Of
lights by vehicles at night was the sub
ject of prolonged debate in the house
this morning. Mr.. Day Of Ripton Of
fered an amendment substituting house
| bill 81, which is the original bill in
place Of Fl 100, the bin for the same
purpose reported from the committee
Mr.. Day 5 amendment added Il clause
to II 8 TO the effect that the court NAV
suspend judgment or omit the fine
whenever in its Judgment the circum-
stances warrant. Mr.. Saverv of Wall
ingford moved that owing to the alb
scnce OF several members the hin he
ordered to lie, which was defeated bv
vote of li0 to 80. Mr.. Taylor of Spring
field thought there was great demand
for such a law among farmers as we'll
as auto drivers and if adopted it would
be similar to laws in sister States He
believed in II 81 and in making the law
Las light as possible and not too drastic.
Mr.. Powell of Richf0rd stated that the
committee favored Fl 81, but did not
think at would pass and so presented
IL 400 as a substitute.
Mr.. Stone of Nergennes moved an
amendment to the bin under considera-
tlon which was adopted. 1t added the
words - or other inlammable MATERIAL
to follow vards - hay and straw - The
purpose was to exempt oil wagons
as well as vehicles carrying hay ami
straw. Mr.. Sonle of Aiburg thought il
was impossible for lumber teams to
keep lanterns going and opposed on
that ground. Mr.. Ware of Townshend
thonght vehicles should not be oh
l9ed to carry lights on MOONLIGHT
nights as he thought It was possible to
see better then without them. He
thought The bin would cause more trou-
bic than good and was opposed To il.
Mr. Eaton of Woodstock wanted to
know the difference between moon
light and moonshine and thought Mr..
Ware : suggestion was impractical
MIR. Hapgood of Peru thought that the
danger came from automobiles and that
they would not be as careful if other
vehicles carried lights as they are now.
lie asked for legal advice as regards
recovery fer accidents by civil suit and
suggested that Nh Graham of Roe king
ham might enhghten him. Mr.. Graham
thought the gent from Peru was
asking for a good deal of gratuitous
legal advice and said the question coy
cred all fields OF eontributory neeig-
enCe.
During the debate an attempt was
made by Mr. Sweet of Lowell TO dis
miss the bill, but it was lost by a vote
of Ill to 76. Mr.. Mayo of Northfield
favored the substitution of II 81 for
the committee bill because he thought
1t unreasonable to exclude large slow
moving vehicles from the provisions
Of the actr Mr.. Dickev of Barre of
fered an amendment changing the time
Of going into effect from passage to
May l, 1915, which was adopted. Then
bill II 81 as amended was passed to
the third reading on vote of lO6 to 81.
IL 14S repeating the act of 1912 ap-
propriating $1,000 for state buildings
was a special order for IL clock to-
day, but photographer was waiting to
take a group picture of the solons and
the bill will be taken up this after
noon.
The fish and game commission has
prepared bill, not vet introduced,
providing for an anglers license of ST.
and public hearing will be held to-
morrow in the supreme court room.
The measure would make it necessary
for a fisherman to obtain a license in
order to try his luck in any waters in
the state except lake Champlain.
A third reading has been ordered in
the senate on S Il, an act relating to
medical inspection in schools As
amended this bill provides that school
directors of any town or city or school
committee Of any Incorporated dis
trict shall appoint one or more medical
inspectors for their school provided
, the legal voters of such town, citv or
incorporated district at an annual
school meeting by vote shall instruct
said directors or committee so to do
The compensation for .such inspector
shall be fixed by the school directors
or prudential committee.
| The house and senate reassembled at
3 clock yesterday afternoon with a
good attendance in both branches. af-
/ ter the 'sMarch meeting recess. but
no work of especial interest or other
/ than of a routine character was trans
acted in either the senate or the house.
Three senate bills were passed in con
scurrence: S s, which has to do with
the method of conducting poor house
associations, the election of superin-
tendents of the poor and the purchase
of real estate by such associations:
S 66 which prohibits the putting forth