Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-17
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS
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Although the steering committee.
so called, whose official duties are to
see how near adjournment has been
reached, have announced that they
expect that it may take place on
March 25, none of the members of the
house or senate, who have had legisla
tive experience expect anything like
this to take place. and it was general
ly conceded Monday that it would
probably be about April 1st, in fact
one of the presiding officers stated to
one of the newspaper men that some
hustling will have to be done to ad-
journ at that time
The senate Monday evening by a
vote of 16 to 9 passed bill providing
fora lump sum salary Of 1926 for the
session 1t is expected that it will be
amended in the house to $3.50 or killed
entirely in view of the fact that one
similar bill was killed by the house
earlier in the session.
A change is to be made in the lights
on automobiles and other motor vehi
cles if the governor signs the house
bill which passed the senate Monday
evening. Something will be done for
the deaf and blind of the state through
the bill which reached the governor
Tuesday morning providing for the
governor assigning the child of that
nature to school and punishment
upon a parent or guardian who does
not care for any such child.
But little progress was made last
week in the house, much of the time
being taken up with the discussion of
long measures, which used considerable
of the morning and afternoon session.
No committee meetings were held
Friday evening and but few members
were in the house on Saturday morn
ing, while in the senate were but
eleven members. Monday afternoon
was occupied with lengthy discussion
upon pike, under the fish and game
bill, but little else being disposed Of
Considerable time has been spent
this session upon municipal bills.
Barre and Montpelier thus far have
been excluded from any measures
changing their charters. In reference
to Bennington there was consider
able fight in the county meeting, the
county being divided. Rutland, Bur
lington and st. Adams have each had
not less than three bills concerning
their charters before the Legislature
while the latter has occupied time
with five bills, and the end is not yet
had hand in the municipal bills.
The So called sawdust measure
accepted its usual defeat Saturday
morning and is we'll inferred. An
effort is to be male to preserve the
old Constitutional building, where
Vermont's constitution was drafted,
through an appropriation. 1t will be
discussed Wednesday afternoon.
Although Hugh Henry's oratory
saved his Office the middle of the week,
the house seems inclined to reduce the
appropriation so that the commission
will be useless, but it is not expected
that the senate will concur in the
house measure so a committee of con-
ference will probably result in his
obtaining enough money to accomplish
some good. 1t is claimed that the
firms that have been crowded as to
short weight in canned goods and the
like are behind measure similar 10
F his in a dozen different states trying
: to have the weights and measures
, department removed from the statutes
J of each state.
Pawlet wants to get into the lime
! light by having its town meeting occur
, in June instead of March. If success
full, this will be the first attempt tt
, break away from the well-establisheC
, law and custom.
A bill is almost completed for the
: care of the Vail school which the state
has accepted. 1t carries an appropri
alton of $4,000. A new tax bill
appeared in the house Monday after.
noon. A taxpayer who cannot secure
five per cent loans will be allowed ar
offset of Is per cent of the appraised
, valuation. The educational bill is said
1 to be in shape to appear about We'd
neSday morning.
Thursday evening occurred the first
; hearing upon the general corporation
bill. which is divided into six meas.
.. ures all of which came up for specia
orders the next morning.
Vermont is holding up it's Legislation
in favor Of the Boston & Maine rail
), road until it can look into the matter
to ascertain whether the act proposed
, will give that railroad an opportunity
, to get monopoly of the state or New
: England. 1t would not be surprising
= IT the measure now before the senate
. was not passed.
J Why She Wept.
Among the Mainotes, descendants OF
the Spartans, thieving is considered 8
+ very honorable employment. An Eng
lish traveller, being entertained at the
\ house of one of the mountaineers, to-
t some silver articles from a packi
t case he had with him to eat his Dime
with. At the sight of such costliness
y an old woman began to cry. The Eng
+ lishman having asked what affected
her so much, she replied:
v 'Alas, my good sir, / weep because
my son is not here to rob you of those