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sion, asked Senator Conant, who intro
duced the bill, if there was anything
in the bill to prevent the Boston &
Maine railroad from gaining monop-
oily if it so desired in New England,
and Senator Conant said he believed
not
The motion OF Mr.. Souie of Allburg
to amend rule II of the house so that
ii should read: 80 No bill except as shall
be reported by committees shall be in
PRODUCED into the house after the sec
ond Tuesday Of February, instead Of
the first Tuesday as it reads az pres
ent, came up for action Yesterday after
noon. Mr.. Proctor of Proctor for the
/ committee on rules said he thought that
inasmuch as the members were all IA
miliar with the rule as it stood. that a.
the bin revisers had been receiving
| bills for 60 days before the session
opened, and that any really important
measure could be introduced by unani-
nous consent after the expiration OF
the time limit, such amendment was
Unnecessary. and moved that the mo-
tion be ordered to lie. which was de
feated bv vote of 100 to 81.
Mr.. Hewitt Of Plainfield said that he
agreed with Mr.. Proctor, but would Of
fer an amendment in the way of com
promise by changing the time from the
second Tuesday to the first Friday, but
this motion was lost and the house
adopted Mr.. Soule 5 amendment by a
vote of Ill to IS. which action will
give a week longer for the introduction
of bills without unanimous consent.
II IS, introduced by Mr. Graham Of
Rockingham and providing for the re
covery of taxes paid under protest in
disputed jurisdiction, has been signed
by the governor.
An important meeting of the commit
tee on public buildings was hello after
adjournment to consider house bill -.
which repeats No. Is of the acts of
1912 appropriating 100000 for the
erection of n building for the use of
the state library, the supreme court
and For other purposes. This act pro
Vidcs for a commission consisting OF
the governor, the chief Justice Of the
supreme court, !. K. Batchelder of Ar
hngton, {. d. Watson Of St. Adams and
Fred A. Rowland of Montpelier. who
were empowered to procure a site, have
plans made and bids submitted and to
superintend the construction of the
work.
G. ID. Watson of ST. Albans appeared
before the committee, of which Mr.
Perry of Brattleboro is chairman, and
upon Mr.. Perry's request spoke at
length on the question, explaining in
very forciblc language the necessity
which existed for such Il building as
the acts of 1912 had provided for. lie
asllcd Mr.. Perry if the committee had
{ made any independent investigation of
the matter and when Informed that
they had not as yet had an opportunity
TO do So he said that he wished to eX-
plain the situation as he saw it person
ally, that he did not wish to speak for
the commission, although he was q
member of the commission. He thought
that no public building in the state OF
Vermont was so unhealthy as the state
house and that he believed that the
board of health would, on an impair
tial investigation, condemn it, He spoke
of the inadequate quarters provided fol
the secretary of state and Of the mum
Der Of valuable documents in the stat,
library which if destroyed by wate1
| or fire could never be replaced anC
thought that such q condition was
disgrace to the state of Vermont. II,
thought that if the bill carried an APP
preparation of 100000 or 100000
there would have been no desire to re
repeal it on the part of the people, bu
stated that 100000 would not NOR
than provide foundation, that $500,
600 would not enclose the building, ant
that il it was built IN this way $500
600 would not cover the cost of com
Ipletion. George w. Wing, state libra
Ran, explained the necessity for NOR
room in the state library ana said tina
if it was not Forthcoming it would b
necessary to pack away valuable docu
ments.
j Attention was called by Mr.. Stone t
the fact that only 40 per cent of til
voters expressed themselves at tho rel
4 erendum and he thought that many Q
q them did not understand that they wer
h in effect voting against the propose
i but thought the question was as t
y when it should 20 into effect ana 5
voted to put it off as long as possible
= The committee adjourned to visit th