The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-30
House and Senate Do Not
Agree and Solution May
Prolong Session
ASSISTANT JUDGES
NOT CURTAILED
Bill Aimed at Them Defeated in the
House This Morning-No Lights to
be Required on Horse Drawn We
hicles.
Especial to The Reformer.)
MONTPELIER. March 30


The senate took action on the tax !
question this morning, which means |
more trouble before the measure is |
passed. The house passed a bin per |
mitting offsets up to 1000. but the
senate struck this cut and adopted
amendments offered by Senators Powell
and Scaver. which viii exempt all mon
ey loaned in the state at ; per cent.
These amendments viii in all prob
ability not be accepted and a confer
ence viii be asked for without doubt
Legislative matters were going
along smoothly in the house this morn
ing until the act requiring vehicles to
carry lights at night was reached. This
subject seems to be enc provocative Of
endless discussion. IS Il similar bill was
subjected to 4 dissecting process and
finally killed by the house after a long
debate. The question reappeared in
the guise OF a similar bill which was
also killed by the house after consum-
| ing considerable time IN listening to n
| long speech by jackson Of Jericho in
which he opposed the measure on all
| sorts of grounds. The bill also was
! opposed bv Stone. Greene and Hap
! good. Soule Of AlbuEg and Pitkin Of
Marshfield favored the bill It was de-
feated by a vote of 81 to 131.
The house also killed II All, which
| provided that assistant judges should
not sit except in trial Of issues OF
facts, by vote Of 14 to 81. This bill
was drafted by Clarke {. Fits of Brat
tleboro and introduced by Mr.. Ware of
Townshend
Senate "a. the so-calIed Bible reading
bill which provides for reading the Bi
/ bic in public schools with amendments
which provide that such reading shall
be done from syllabus prepared by {
comm ssiou consisting of the governor
the commissioner of education ant
) three other persons TO be appointed by
the governor was the subiect of a Ions
debate this morning i'll the house, bat
5 adjournment was made without actor
! being taken. The bin was opposed by
jackson OF Jericho, Powell Of Rlchfor,
> and Phelps OF Fair Haven and favore'
bv REYNOLDS Of Cambridge, Soule Of
Alhurg and Lund Of Canaan.
In passing the three bills fixing tn
annual appropriations for the thfe
institutions Of higher learning the ori'
=. lone to receive an increase is the Cm
g versitv of Vermont, and this increase
D amounting to $500, will be devote
. Exclusively to the college of medicine
The total amount now appropriated I
d this institution, providing II 43l, whic
! Iappropriates 100000 for the college o
O medicine exclusively. is passed by tn
> senate. together with II 452 which I'll
D. senate has passed in concurrence an
which appropriates tS,00G for agricu
Itural extension work, will be $5S,oU
Mr. Wares Bill to a Third Reading.
=, House bill AGO. which would forbi
= assistant Judges to sit except III tn
trial of issues of fact by the coul
N and further providing that in sue
h. cases the presiding Judge and eith'
D one OF the assistant judges shall COZ
ne stitute quorum, was ordered to
70 third reading by q rising vote Of
Sc to - Mr.. Ware of Townshcnd, wi
a introduced the bill, stated that it ha
Ell been drafted by former Attorney Ge
OF cral Clarke c. Fits of Brattleboro. M
.c. Ware spoke in favor of the bin, IL
ed thought it would reduce court expense
he He stated that in Massachusetts cOur
se- assistant Judges were not found dra'
NJ inc paw without labor Mr.. Foote
A Cornwall advocated eliminating sor
~ of the superior judges if economy w
II really desired and moved to dismiss t
ol bill, which was lost by vote of "a
- 80
- The committee on state and cou
-. expenses made a report favoring t
,or ot appropriation of $4,000 for a statue
y, ~ Ira Allen, of marble, bronze or ora
-, lite, to be erected on the state hou
,so grounds. Mr.. Hapgood offered
=, amendment to the joint resolution p,
Ne vidine for companion statue
: Thomas Chittenden, Vermont S fl
mo governor and the resolution Wi
nm amendment was adopted.
no Another bill to compel vehicles
Public highways to carry lights
night. and similar to the act killed
the house some time ago, was order
to third reading after being amend
in various ways The bill as it n
stands exempts heavy vehicles a
IND those propelled by hand from its P
visions All other vehicles must ca
liobts visible from front and rear
lrs. inc the hours of darkness or be fiji
ent mot more than So and the court II
lied remit the fine if in its judgment 81
nd action is warranted.
on On To Simplify Court Procedure.
the The house passed house bill
which has for its purpose the simp