The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-16
Substitute Measure Given a
Third Reading This
Morning
COUNTY SENATOR'S
OPPOSE LUMP SUM
Divol and Dunklee Voted Against
Measure Which Passed Senate Yes
terday by Substantial Majority =
Court Bill Up.
Especial to The Reformer.) }
MONTPELIER, March

Especial to The ReformerO
MONTPELIER, March I6.
The substitute bill for the eugenic |
marriage measure was a special order
for l0.l3 this morning and was ordered
to third reading unamended by al
unanimous vote, after an attempt to
dismiss failed by yea and nav 203 to 5.
The bill provides for a fine of $500 or
not more than two years Imprisonment
for persons who marry knowing them
selves to he afflicted with venereai dis
eases, and requiring physicians to i'm
mcdiately report such diseases to the
board of health. The pending question
was on motion of Mr.. Sweet of Lowell
to dismiss. Mr.. Hewitt of Berlin made
an able plea against dismissal, saving
public health was Vermont S greatest
asset. He appealed to the housc in
the name of humanity and suffering
mankind, for our children and our chill
dren S children, for the honor of Yer
mont, not to dismiss the bill Mr.
Sweet of Lowell was opposed to the
| bill as incompetent and until com
Ipetent bill was drawn he thought it
/ better be turned down. Mr.. Mayo of
| INorthfieid,, in supporting the bill, said
| his experiences covering a good many
Years convinced him it was Just as easv
/ to diagnose these diseases as anv 9th
Ter diseases subject to quarantine and
/ he believed it was time TO enact such
| a law.
Mr.. Morse of Hardwick said it was
better TO deal with the cause rather
than care afterwards for the feeble
minded and crippled which were the
victims of such diseases. Mr. Moore
of Ludlow called attention to the fact
that such diseases were filing hos
Ipitals and wanted $4,000 instead of
$4,000 to be appropriated to enforce
this provision
Mr.. Atwell Of Brandon also attempt
led TO amend the bill by providing that
n person knowing himself to be affiict-
cd with a venereal disease should be
subject to penalty. These amendments
were opposed by Mr.. Burdiel Of Col
! chester and Mr.. Black OF Burlington.
both expressing belief that the bill
would accomplish its purpose better if
.unamcuded. All the amendments were
lost
The house and senate expect today a
/, report of the committee of conference
on senate bill 96. authorizing the com
, missioner Of taxes to appoint special
deputies to aid town listers in apprais-
it2 ttIi3lH titSStS Ol llIOIttII 1 1t
house amendments were stricken out
and the expense viii be borne By tbs
state and must not exceed 5000 annual
ly as the bill now stands.
II 299 which would give portion
Of the earnings Of an inmate Of a pcna
institution to his dependent wife an,
minor children, was recommittcd aftol
an amendment had been offered bv Mr.
Gro rF Jaals,pCIo,,, -, II, aFF
! that if the prisoner has no wife O
minor children tbrec-fourths of sucl
earnings goes to the state and the bal
anee, one-quartor, to the prisoner.
: Anglers License Law.
y With important matters on the cal
t endar awaiting consideration the hous
:, consumed over an hour yesterday af
] ternoon over the fish and game bill
& providing for combination fishin,
and hunting license and finally pass
I ed it to a third reading amended OF
y motion of Mr.. Blodgett Of Newpor
5 so as to require fishermen who wan
! to try their luck on Lake Champlai
:, or on other waters of the state TO pa
= a license fee of sixty cents The bill a
: originally introduced exempted fisher
on Lake Champlain from paying a i
= cense. Mr. Soule of Alburg said tina
Lake Champain was not excepted b
the act as the proceeds from license
go largely towards the support Of fis
hatcheries for the purpose of stoekin
streams, and that no license should b
paid for fishing there. Mr.. Stacey @
lg Hartford said the bill would give tn
fish and game commissioners $4,000
to use and he wanted TO amend it 5
le that one half of the proceeds woui
1t 90 to the geenral school fund and on
q half to the use Of the commissions
Is but his motion was defeated. Nj
er Stone of Woodford favored the orig
a. nal bill but wanted the combinatio
1t license fee reduced from one dollar
seventy-fve cents. The bill was final
passed to = third reading with Il
Blodgett amendment as given abo'
by yea and nay vote of 115 TO
demanded by Mr.. Stone Of Vergenne
III The substitute bin which takes Il
place of the WARE district cou
bill was ordered to a third readiI
Is. Yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Graham
h Rockingham briefly explained that +
n bill increased the jurisdiction Of m
X nicipal aud city courts and chang
4 the practice and procedure of su
ole
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