The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-02-24
old CONSTITUTION
HOUSE WILL NOT
Be RESTORED
Bill Appropriating $4,000 Killed in
House To-day
TO ADJOURN ON SATURDAY
Legislators Will Return to Their
Homes TO Take Part in March
Elections.

Montpelier, Feb. 24-The bill ap
propriating $4,000 to restore the oil,
constitution house at Windsor was
killed in the house today. The Ell
genie marriage bill has been again
postponed. The house has concrrec
in the resolution to adjourn from
Saturday forenoon to Wednesday af
ternoon. because of the March elec
tions
A joint resolution was introduced
in the House Monday afternoon By
Mr. Rice of SALISBURY providing that
when the General Assembly adjourn
Friday afternoon it be until Wednes
day afternoon at three o'clock. In all
probability this resolution will be aC
cepted and the session will not De
materially heightened by the interrupt
ton of the March election.
Senate bill SO, authorizing the com
missioner OF taxes to appoint special
deputies to assist listers. which caus
ed so much debate Saturday, was
passed Monday afternoon without
much objection.
S. S5, an act to provide for indem-
.nifying holder of worthless check
or order. was passed without debate.
II. 376, introduced by Mr.. Jones OF
Warren. was passed by a rising vote,
90 to 50, after more discussion. The
measure makes the law more string.
ent relating to listers duty in ac-
cepting an inventory, but reduces the
penalty from 5000 to 800. Mr.. Soule
of Alburg wanted the penalty still
further reduced to ten dollars.
With wrangle the watchword. the
House worked nearly three hours
Monday Afternoon on fifteen meas
ures. all of which at best are of secon-
dary Importance.
The first piece of attempted leeis
lation to provoke debate was when Fl.
1876. revising the law relating to say
ings bank and trust companies, was
taken up. The bill as drafted would
allow banks in the State to invest 20
per cent. of the assets in real estate
mortgages outside the State. Mr..
Foote of Cornwall moved to amend so
that the amount be limited to 60 per
ISui.t iiC pitsthl law i1CAOit bAio
motion was made Mr.. Fairchild offer
ed an amendment so that 70 per cent
instead of 60 per cent. of unencumber-
ed real estate in Vermont may be in
vested for first mortgages by banks,
and his amendment carried. He eX-
planned that it would allow banks to
keep the money in the State and he
trusted to the conservatism of the
bankers to see that the investments
were sound.
Mr.. Morse supported Mr.. Foote'S
amendment and it was carried after
Mr.. Smith of st. Adams city urged
the adoption. explaining in detail the
expenses of banks and the necessity
for more latitude The bill was or
dered to lie on motion of Mr.. Cas-
we'll of Derby.
When House bill 59 relating to the
salary of the fish and game commits
sioner, came along Representative
Graham of Rockingham started things
by asking why the $500. asked for as
salary for clerks, was demanded an
nually instead of biennally as has
heretofore been the custom.
Mr. Hollister of Bennington, chair
man of the committee, was not pre-
pared to answer Maj. Graham's ques-
tion. but he was sure that the $2500
would add to the efficiency of the
commissioner staff.
Mr. Wilson of Chelsea asked if the
commissioner devoted all of his time
TO the work of the state office and
Mr. Hollister said that Mr.. Titcomb
did not. Mr. Morse of Hardwick mov
ed to scale the clerical assistance item
TO $500 and Mr.. Wilson offered fur
ther amendment looping off another
$500. However the member from
Chelsea withdrew his motion when /
was explained that the nimrods pay
the freight and that the commission.
er's stipend does not have to be ex-
tracted from the states strong box.
Mr.. Hunt of Danville, Soule of Al
burg and Mayo of Mortified opposed
the Moore amendment and took the
opportunity to praise the work of
Commissioner Titcomb.
Mr.. Hill of Waterbury thought II
would be better to appropriate the
money for agricultural advancement
instead of making the state into
game preserve. Mr. Atwell of Bran
don wanted to pare down state ex-
penses and thought it was a good
chance to do so by taking slice off
the commissioners salary
Chairman Hollster said that Corn
missioner Titcomb has already paid
$23OO out of his own pocket for cleri-
cal assistance and it was suggested
that this was certainly philanthropic
in view of the fact that the commits
sioner gets salary Of only $500.
By rising vote of 30 to 80 the bill
was ordered to lie with the pending
amendments