The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-17
Legislature Will Consider 1t
on Special Order Friday
Morning
FIGHT LIKELY ON
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Two Committee Reports on Bill to
Abolish the Office House Passes
Measure Aimed at Barber Shops =
Another Education Hearing.
Especial to The Reformer.)
MONTPELIER. Feb. II.

MONTPELIER, Feb. II.
The eugenic marriage law was again
sidetracked this morning, it seemingly
being the sentiment that it should not
be summarily disposed of although an
attempt was made to dismiss the bill bv
Mr.. Ward Of St Albans town.
This motion was strongly opposed by
Mr.. Smith of St. Albans city who said
the principal argument against the bin
concerned certain technicalities which
would probably be remedied by amend
ments. Mr.. Soule of Alburg thought
the bill ought to lie and said he should
call for a yea and nay vote TO dis
miss. Mr.. Black of Burlington said
the motion to dismiss was debatabIe
and it was impossible to further de.
bate at this time and he was opposed
I to a dismissal. Mr. Ward withdrew
his motion to dismiss and on motion OF
! Mr.. Wilson of Chelsea the bill was
made special order for Friday at 1890
a. m.
The delay in acting on the bill this
morning was, no doubt, partially due to
| the presence of about $50 school chill
dren in the house, the subject being of
such a nature as to make a discus
sion before such an audience undesir-
able.
A bill of a peculiar nature and one
likely to meet with opposition among
religious sects was introduced by Sen
ator Simoncs 1t provides for the
reading of the Holy Bible in public
schools without comment and under
supervision of the state superintendent
of education.
The act abolishing the office of at
@r1s7 -aI I,. Al.
judiciary committee with an unfavor-
able majority report and a favorable
minority report. 1t is understood that
Messrs. Morse of Hardwick, Atwell of
Brandon and Phelps of Fairhaven
signed the minority report. The house
seems to be about evenly divided on
, the question. This has been the sub
Ject of much discussion and was even
made a campaign issue and fight is
lexpected when the bill comes up in the
$ house.
The barber shop bill which provides
among other things for the steriliza-
tion of the razors and strops was the
: subject of criticism by Mr.. Carriga
of Poultnev today when IT came up for
. a third reading. He thought that the
use of fOrmaldehvde as proposed was
. not desirable; that it was not used
n
!. ant and that a better way was by the
: use of carbolic acid He finally moved
: that the clause providing for the ster
= rilization of strops be stricken from
!. the bill, but as Mr.. Weeks said that
) this motion would necessitate recon
a sideration of the bill he withdrew i
I. and the bill was passed.
y The Pure Marriage Law.
: The house went into a committee o.
! the whole yesterday afternoon upoI
Z motion of Mr.. Moore of Ludlow TO con
= slider the Eaton 'pure'' marriage bill
" which requires a certificate from
physician to the effect that the appli
cant is not suffering from any trans
missile disease before a marriag
license can be issued. The discussion
occupied almost the entire afternooi
and arguments for and against the bi
ht were made, the constitutionality of tn
IA act was assailed and the frightful eff
90 fects upon women unknowingly marry
ne ing men afflicted with venereal diseas
of
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