The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-03
COUNTY MATTERS
Bennington County Bills Before the
Legislature.

Montpelier, Feb. 27.-The past
weeks session has been busy ont
and has Witnessed the disposal Of
many matters Of Importance but those
which bear a special reference to
Bennington county have not AS YET
been advanced much beyond the COM
mittee stage The bill relating togthe
care of the poor, in that county and
providing for the establishment of al
county system of taking care of the
poor should the county so elect, has
been the subject Of some discussion
by the special committee of the menu
bers of Bennington county to who'll, \
the bill was referred. 1t contemplates
a lease OF the town farm and build
ings owned by the town of Benning-
ton to the county to be used as u
county poor farm, the rental to be
based on six per cent valuation of
the aforesaid farm and buildings, Me-
Richard Houghton OF Bennington.
who represented the town of Ben.
| nington in 1890 appeared before the
special committee recently and ex.
planned the proposed measure He
was afterwards tended a note Of
thanks by the committee for his ef-
forts, but no action on the matter has
yet been taken.
The act in relation to the pollution
of Peter Brook by the dumping OF
sawdust and slabs is expected 10 dia
a natural death in the committee.
The present law allows the dumping
OF such material and the intent of the
bin was to repeal the present act and
aot 10 allow dumpit IL, The .f.a
and game interests In the county
were opposed to the bill on thu
grounds that II was detrimental TO
the fishing and II Is understood that
Mr.. Stakeholder, county cerk oil
Bennington who owns a mill at tn.
head of Peter Brook and in whose
interest the bill was drawn. has cen
scented. under the circumstances, not
to press the matter.
The bill to exempt Bromley noun.
tain in Peru from taxation is still in
committee as is the bill providing for
the purchase, through the state high
way commissioner either directly or
by arbitration or through condemna-
ton proceedings, of the so called
Peru Turnpike leading from Manches-
ter to Peru.
Senator Bentley's bill, which PRO
vided for the appointment OF town IL
cense commissioners by board OF
state license commissioners appoint
ed by the governor instead as al
present being appointed by the as.
sistant judges has been killed by the
! Senate.
| Bennington county refused third
reading to the equal suffrage Bill by
a vote OF 10 to g. Mr.. HOLSTER OF
Bennington who has been absent
from the house for few days this
week owing to a slight Illness. did
not vote on the measure. The note
| in detail is as follows;
In favor OF the third reading OF
this bill, Dimond of Manchester, Dunn
OF Stamford. Hapgood of Peru, Me
| Wayne Of Dorset, Peckham of Pow.
nal. Thompson OF SYNDICATE. Opposed
TO this third reading of the bill, Bag
ley of Searsburg, Balster of Winhalt.
Hay of Rupert, Horton of Readsboro,
Hulet of Arlington. Mattison OF Gias-
tenbury. Mears of SYNDICATE, Rice of
SALISBURY, Stone OF Woodford. Ward
OF Sunderland
At hearing before the member
of Bennington county as a special
committee to report on the bill to
provide funds by taxation to repair
the county jail at Bennington and
the court house at Manchester, w. c.
Bull, an architect OF Remington, ap
peared and submitted estimate The
total cost of making the repairs con
templated would be $4,000 according
to his estimate OF which S1i 900 would
go for new Jail building at Ben
nington, $4,000 for an equipment .o'
20 cells in the Jail and $4,000 for. ar
available sit V
bill introduced by Mr. lHolliste,
of Bennington prohibiting the sale o.
narcotic drugs has passed the hous,
and he also has recently introduced {
bill for the general revision of til,
charter Of the village of Bennington
a bill introduced by Mr.. Hapgood 0
Peru to prohibit the use of gamblia,
machines in public resorts has be
come a law. Mr.. Hapgood has ais,
introduced "a resolution expressing
the deepest sympathy for the peopl
Of Belgium and directing that cop
of the resolution be sent TO the seer
tary OF state and the ambassado
from Belgium.