The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-24
Opposition Said to Exist to
Measure Passed by
House Yesterday
MEMBERS PEEVISH
ATPAPER'S CRITICISM
And There Has Been Talk of Barring
Reporters from the House-Special
Committees Report on State Institu-
tions.
Especial to The Reformer.) J
MONTPELIER, March

Especial to The Reformer.)
MONTPELIER, March 24.
Nearly an hour and q half was con
sumed this morning in the third read
ing of II 4G2, the substitute education |
al bill and at the conclusion so little /
time was left that upon motion Of Mr.. |
Fairchild the bill was made special or
der for this afternoon ut 2.l5. There |
is said to be some strong opposition TO
the bill, which has developed since its
passage to a third rea,ling yesterday
without the slightest dissent, but it
seems a safe prediction that the bin
viii go through, although il Is likely
an amendment in some particular may
be made.
There is u Fumor afloat that q reso-
luton is to be introduced debarring
from the house the representative of a
certain state paper which has been rath
er caustic in its news and editorial ref
erenee to certain members. but this ac
tion would appear to be the height Of
folly and it Is probable that il will not
materialIZe.
The committee which visited the
state prison has made report, com.
mendine Supt. Walker on the manner
in which the institution j. conducted
and recommending the purchase of more
land for lis use in order that the ex-
pense for foodstuffs may be reduced
by raising vegetables and garden prod
uce The committee on state prisons
introduced a bill this morning appro-
| priating $4,000 for the purchase OF
land for this purpose
| Very little work was done iii tie sen
- I.
referred. "A third reading was ordered
ON three bills of a private nature and
lone bill was introduced providing for
| a municipal court in the Hartford pro-
| bate district.
The committee on insane has visited
! the Waterbury asylum aud made q
thorough investigation of conditions.
A number of patients work around the
| farm and in this way benefit themselves
as well as the state There are 751 pa
tients, private and state, and the com
mittee report that all are well treated.
Bank Bill Passed.
The house held Il short session yester-
day afternoon as large part of the
business on the calendar had been dis
posed OF at the morning session. The
lonlv occasion of debate was on III 2,1,
providing for commission to appraise
bank stock for local taxation with the
idea of equahziug aud providing for
uniformity in appraisal. The passage ot
1.-THE bill was strongly opposed by Me
Clarv of Windsor, who said the ap-
Ipointment of the proposed commission
was an unnecessary expense, that the
bill condicted with both state and ma
ltional bank laws and that the proposed
penalty OF not more than $4,000 line
/, for refusal by banks to disclose then
affairs to the commission was outrage
Gus and that only l : towns would bene
j.: fit by the bill Mr.. Wilson Of Chelsei
disagreed with Mr.. McClary on the lat
] ter point and stated that at present
such stock was taxed at par, whereas
with this bill it would be taxed at 1T
4 real valuation. Mr. Moore of Ludlow
!. asked if the proposed bill changed th'
= policy of the state with reference K
+ such appraisals and was informed h1
Mr.. Wilson that it did not, but proyld
: ed for the appraisal BY the commission
: instead Of bv the listers McClary de
= manded the yeas and nays and the bill
i was passed by vote of 100 to p.
The only other matter Of interest wa
s the massage to third reading Of tn
: sister bill to the substitute educationa
S bill which had been passed to thlr
?. reading yesterday morning. This bill
q which is known as II 463, relates to tn
n establishment of Junior and senior hig
l. schools and to vocational training. Ml
s Hewitt Of Plainfeld explained that tn
L Ibin made vocational training IN sue
a schools entirely optional with the towns
in which it differed from the origina
Ie educational bill which was mandator
II in its provisions
Four bills were introduced into tn
a house. one of which appropriates S5V
IS for an exhibition of Vermont fruit z
10 the New England fruit show to be hcl
to in 1915; another makes provision K
the outside employment of prisoner
confined in the state prison and hous
of correction; the third appropriate
$5 900 annually for the normal schoo
at Johnson and Castleton, and Il
: fourth repeals certain acts with refe
= fence to prisoners escaping from Il
state prison or house of correction.
The house passed H 35S amending Il
of chartef of the city of Rutland, II !.
4 providing that highway taxes cann'
be used in building or repairing bridg
or culyerts exceeding four feet in spa
H 455 appropriating $4,000 to q
II. towns asking for special aid for hig