The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-30
PLANS TO ABOLISH
ATTORNEY GEN.
POSITION
Bill introduced To Do Away With
the Office
WILL pRECIPITATE BIG FIGHT
Senator Carver Has Bill To Reduce
Hours of Labcr For Children
Who Work.

Montpelier, Jan 30.--Mr Jones ol
Shrewsbury yesterday introduced d
bill to do away with the Office OF at
torney general. The House yester.
day also voted to cut out of the omin.
bus bill the reference TO the office OF
attorney general
These two things are apparently
preliminary to q fight over retaining
the Office of attorney general Some
people think that the House will fav-
or abolishing the office but that the
Senate will refuse TO concur.
Among the new bills introduced are
the following.
Senate. Cady OF Washington intro
duced bill TO provide for the publish
ing OF an elementary leXt book on
Vermont industries and resources,
the expense to be limited to $4,000
and the state purchasing agent to
have control of the furnishing.
BY Senator Carver OF Washington,
relating to appointment of factory in
spector and defining his duties. add
ing mercantile establishments. restau-
rant, making. hotel, quarry, railroad
office or yard, bootblack stand, laun-
dry, place of amusement, telegraph or
telephone Office, to present duties.
BY Senator Carver Of Washington,
relating to employment of child labor,
amending certain sections of public
statutes, more particularly to age
changing from l6 to Apply between
ages of IA and 16, repeating act of
1912 and substituting new sections,
applicable to mills, factories. stores.
Offices, bootblack stands, Transmission
of messages, unless a school superin-
tendent gives a work permit; such
child shall not work more than eight
hours in any day between a. m. and
6 .. m; no child under IA shall be
employed in any of given employ
ments while to the list of employ
ments child under l6 years is bar
red are added mines, quarfies. bowl
ing alleys. railroads, whether steam.
electric or hydraulic, or operating au-
tOmobile, motor car o. truck.
BY Mr.. Graham OF Rockingham, an
act TO amend section 1924 of the pub
lie statutes, relating to the aiding in
escape from industrial school. Pen-
atty of five years or 5000
BY Mr.. Graham of Rockingham, an
act to amend sections 3556 and 1857
of the public statutes, relating to mu-
nicipal indebtedness. Limits indebt-
edness to an amount not exceeding
ten per cent. of grand list unless at
least 25 per cent. of legal voters are
presently
BY Mr. Smith of st. Adams City (by
request, an act in amendment of sec
ton 5121 Of the public statutes. as
amended by No. 17S OF the acts of
1910, relating TO licensing the sale OF
Intoxicating liquors (Forbids sale in
places where taxes have not beer
paid.)
BY Mr. Ward of st, Adams Town,
an act to require the selectmen OF
town to give bonds if the town so
votes at its annual meeting. (To give
bonds for not less than ten per cent
of the amount expended)
By Mr. Dubois of Troy, an act au-
thorizing the governor to offer re-
ward in certain cases Governor
may offe- suitable reward for persons
escaped from state instltutions.)
BY Mr. Wright of Albany. an act re-
lating to fees of license commission
ers. (All notices are ten cents each.)
BY Mr.. Rixford of Highgate, to pay
the towns of Highgate. New Haven,
Royalton, St Albans, Sheldon, Shafts
bury, Wardsboro, the Enosburg Falls
incorpo rated school district. and the
Wells River incorporated school dis
trict, the sums therein named.