Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-03-18
Still Introducing Bills in the
Legislature and Long Drawn
Out Debates Are the Rule
Will Sit after April /.
SAWlUS7 BILL IS KILLED
WOrkmen's Compensation Meas
IRE Goes to judiciary Com
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. lntrOduC ed
Limiting Expenditures of
Weights and Measures Dept.

Mont3"ler March t-Cl thc sappoacd
eve Of frH' Adjournment Vh',r tho
steering; committees Of the senate IA :
flows" have fxed for March . bills and
sOrlc OF the n"st iupocttn: ones at thai.
continue to be Introduced and this. to.
scther with long drn'''. out debat., owe.
! :hV so-cAlicd sawdust t.li and ,sict
io~asu'N- of lesser Importance aud Ni:h
the !a.e. number Of hi.ls WHOM are put
over ant made spe is, orders 70, the
tN\s 20 come. as cau''d man: Of chs
members - chnnge their Jnd- a a,nt ad .
journinc ia 10 lays. he possibility at
the Legislature r,t:'ig IN" first ~cet r
April no" seems .li.e probable.
| It must he remembered tins; NJ On.
real taxation !nea suvA mas hnen thtesfel
out in tn" Hous", ana many pills on the
VeXatious subjec: are yet 20 ~ Nandird
Mr.. Moor. Of Ludlow. Yesterday morning.
obtained the unanimous consent OF the
House ana introduced oil relating to
the taxation of personal properly and to-
offsets At the same time tho much
talked of primary election bill, which is
simply a refinement Of II. %2 vas intro
duced
That the troubles of Commissioner
Henry of the department Of weights and
measure are not yet over. was evidenced
by tho introduction of "A resolution yes
tcrday. limiting the expenditures of tina.
! department to $3.50 per year, thus lop-
ping off $1,000 which many members be-
lieVe thrown away or more than wasted
each year
SAWDCSr BILL. DISMISSED.
The bill H. 40. relating tn the pollution
of the waters of the state, which on tri-
day was ordered to 4 third reading by Il
ma iolitN Of ~, after long argument and
debate. opened up another long line of
discussion when it came up Yesterday ON
/ its pa sage The House might have b'ei,
talking yet on the subject had not Mr..
Pierce of Rochester moved tn" previous
question, and on motion of Mr.. Roundy of
Burke, the bill was dismissed after sew
eral proposals OF amendment, which il
vas thought might make the hill less OBJ
jecticnabie, We're defeated.
The workmen's compensation bin which
had the close attention Of thu Senate
for some time came over from that body
yesterday and was at once referred to
the Judiciary committee, which will get
busy at once and report the oil, out
as sron as possible. 1t is said that the
measure viii meet with much more oppo-
sition in the House than it did in the
other chamber
PUBLIC HEARING.
y public hearing Will he held in the
House of Representatives ON Wednesday
evening at 80 before the judiciary com
nittee, ON the report of the special COM
. mission, relating to simplitied court pro-
ccdure.
! The bill for the support IF the gv.ern-
ment for the present hiennia! period will
I be reportcd out within a day or two, and
then the Assembly will know Just wha,
ii is ny against in financial way.
! I'm the Senate yesterday Senator Mar.
tin of Washinston introduced a bin Az
propriatiug sl2,'N' Cor the creation of a
state school OF agriculture
Thor. are largo number ii special
orders set In this body during the week
no less than six being fol Friday On
Tuesday at lo:lj o'clock. : lW, relating
to charitable and rclg1ous societies To-
ccivinl minors for adoption. will be
taken up, At 1913 the same moyning
s. loo, relating t" thy extension ~ time
II construction at railroads. will % con
/ sider.d While ON Wednesday Al Io:Hi
O'Clock Il relating to the medical in
spectiou IT schools viii have right Of
,NaN.
instead II dispusing Of he business on
Saturday $ cal.udar. -four measures were
made special orders tor the week; They
inciuic Ii 40 relating to the prevention