Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-03-18
House Orders Measure to Third
Reading after a Long Discus
siOn-WOmen and Children
under 16 Are Exempt.
HATCHERYFUND DISC ]NT|Nu!]
Bill Extending Jurisdiction of
Municipal Courts Also Goes to
a Third Reading-PurpOse Is
to Expedite Litigation and
Lessen County Court Work.

Montpelier March l5.--The House re-
convened this afternoon and lcisurey dis
cussed and passed to n third reading the
fishing license hill. which came from the
committee on game and fisheries Every
fisherman in Vermont under the terms Of
the bill, except women and children under
49, shall pay q license of 80 cents \ COM
bination fishing and hunting license will
cost one dollar The exemption Of
Lake Champlain fishermen from the IL
cense caused much of the debate. This
exemption was finally stricken ont, after
Mr.. Stone OF Nergennes had tried to eX-
tend the exemption so as to apply to the
navigable tributaries of Lake Champlain.
and Mr. Blodgett of Newport tried to get
Lake Memphremagog in the exempted
class.
The bill contains a provision that the
$50 annual appropriation for the fish
hatchery at Roxbury shall be discontin-
ued. The returns from fishing licenses
are expected to support the hatchery
and will be used in other ways to I'M
prove the fishing The vote orderinS IL
to a third reading was 1l5 to a. a large
vote than might have been expected to:
any such new scheme. The bill naturally
aroused some opposition among those
who believe that fishing is a God-givcn
right and from those who feared that IT
might give the fish and game commits
sioner too much money. Mr. Stacey 90
Hartford was of this opinion, and tried
without success to NAL o the fish and
game Department divide the proceeds of
the fishing license with the schools.
The enforcing Of such a law on Lake
Champlain and on Lake Memphremagog
may be attended with difficulties, unless
a revenue cutter Is provided to inform the
unlicensed Canadians and New Workers
when they have crossed the line 1t is
however. favored in many sections OF
the state and will be great boon to tn"
fishing interests.
MUNICIPAL COURT EXTENSION.
The bill extending the jurisdiction of
the municipal courts, H. 40, was the
other important matter on the short
House cnlendar. This was passed to a
third reading without dissent. and Will
be explained and debated upon tomorrow
afternoon. 1t is substitute for the So
called district court bill, II. 1911. 1t APP
| pears that the bill will pass. 1t will do
| away with many of the expensive appeals
to county court. Mr.. Melendy of London
derry believed that it would benefit the
small towns.
| The friends OF the Norwich and Middle
bury appropriations will be heard to-
| morrow. The general corporation bill will
be up for hearing on Thursday even
ing.
The workingmen's compensation act,
s. 81, will be discussed at a public hear
ing on Friday evening at 7:3o in the
House of Representatives before the
judiciary committee.
BURLINGTON'S CITY CHARTER.
The hearing on the Burlington charter
amendment will also come on Friday
evening before the Senate committee on
municipal corporations.
There are &c bills now in House COM
mittee, which does not look like ad journ-
ment next week or the week after. Ways
and means comes first with H. the COM
mittee on highways and bridges have 13
Substitute measure, fish and game have
ii, internal affairs have eight and APP
preparations have seven Besides thcs,
bills several of the committee are con-
sidering other bills which have not been
introduced. The Governor has signed Us.
and al have been disposed Of by killing
or substitution. Eighteen are ordered
TO lie.
Mr.. HapGood in desiring to talk upon
the fishing license bill found himself