The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-30

cation and Improvement Of court pro- |
cedure and practice. The bill was
drafted from the report OF the com
mission consisting of Judge G. NJ. !
Powers, Justice Frank L. Fish and L. !
is. Judge Harland b. Howe. appointed |
in accordance with the joint resolution
introduced early in the session by Mr.. |
Ware of Townshend.
4 joint resolution appropriating So
! l49.07 to reimburse Commissioner John
". Titcomb for sums he had paid cut
Of his own pocket to carry on the work
of the fish and game department was
Irecommitted to the appropriation com
rlttee IN order TO include any other
! similar expense.
| The house passed in concurrence with
| proposals of amendment : -. The >pill
with proposed amendments provides
! for an open season. for trout and sal
mon in Lake WillouehIv in the town
of Westmore from May lst to Septcm-
her LIST, and for fly fishing for such
fish from May ] to Oct l. II 473. an
act authorizing the governor to employ
a stenographef and relating to the
duties and salary Of the secretary of
court and military affairs, was passed
by the house. The stenographcr : sal
airy is not TO exceed $500 annually and
the secretary Of civil and military af-
fairs is allowed 81 200 per year. ex-
penses away from home and clerk hire
at not to exceed So per day. II IA an
act relating to the election laws. was
also passed by the house.
The house refused to concur in the
senate proposals of amendment to II
| 81, relating to the taxation of trust
companies. The senate amendment
would make savings banks pay local
taxes on stocks or bonds held by them
as trustees in the same manner as if
IN the hands Of an individual.
The senate passed in concurrence the
following bills: III 299. relating to the
!, employment of prisoners; II 423, rcgu-
l lating railroad demurrage; II 40. for
= the support of government; II 466. re
latng to persons escaping from penal
a institutions; II 47o, to purchase land
l for the use of the state prison. and "A
{ 1863, to pay the town of Chelsea the
g sum therein named
d Senate bill 139, authorizing BurIinp
! ton to build a convention hall. was ais,
}. passed by the senate and that bod,
likewise concurred in the house pro
lposals of amendment to $ I25. reIatin.
to county agricultural extension work.
AT the present time there are abou
! so bills in the senate and house con,
mlttees which have yet to be reported
rev OF the committees have severa
bllls, but the majority have but one o
q two measures.
10 B g. NJ. Reorganization Bill.
= The house resolved itself in a CON
Il mittee of the whole at an evepino Sos
:, sion held last night to consider senat
J." Dill 40, known as the Boston & Main
. reorganization bill. President J. i
= HustiS of the Boston & Maine, Chic
v Justice Marcus p. KnowIton of tn
u Massachusetts supreme court. appoint
II ed by the federal courts to look aftf
- the interests of the stockholders; RoI
~ ~ ert G. Bacon of Brattleboro, ehairma
10 of the Vermont public service commi
sion and Attorney w. B. c. Stiekne
- of the Boston & Maine appeared b.
nf fore the committee in supporting til
- measure
~ President Hustis explained the fiuar
~ cial condition of the corporation an
= stated that the only recourse seemed
oe be insolvency unless there could l
- concession on the part Of the lease
II lines through a reorganization.
To dissolve the system would mea
IN increased cost of operation and less q
AZ sirable service, and such a policy wou
bv mean setting back for several yea
ed of the commercial and industrial d
ed velopment of New England and I
Dw ceivership would be fraught wi
nd equally disastrous results. He stat,
ro that the revenues of the road had
-rv creased So per cent while the operati1
mr. cost had increased So per cent al
led that even with increased rates the ra
,av road can not meet its fixed charg
lch that reorganization was the only fea
BILE plan and that if receiversh
was avoided the future could be look
forward TO with confidence.
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if- (Con+inued On paoo g