The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-27
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MONTPELIER, March q

Especial to The Reformer.)
MONTPELIER, March 81.
For the first time during the 81 days
that the assembly has been in session
the house and senate put in full
days work Saturday under suspension
Of rules and with a remarkably good
attendance. The house passed in con
Currenee S 1875, introduced by Senator
Dunklee of Wiudham and providing
for payment by towns where agricul-
tural associations are formed of their
broportionate part of 81 200 towards
the employment of county agricultural
agents in connection with federal aid
Of county agricultural extension work.
This bill was amended to limit the ex-
pensc to 1920. Mr.. Graham of Rock
ingham favored the bill and stated
thnt under its provisions the towns of
Brnttlehoro and Rockingham would
bear the burden of the expense for
Windham county.
The joint resolution limiting the ex-
pcnse Of the department of weights
aud measures to $4,000 per year for
tho biennial term ending June 80, 1916,
was passed by the house by vote of
l07 To 81. The resolution was favored
by Jones of Shrewsbury, Moore of
ludlow, Lund of Canaan, Atwell of
Brandon and opposed by Stone Of
Woodford, Morse Of Hardwick, De
merritt Of Duxbury. Soule of Alburg
ana Blodgett Of Newport.
The question was no sooner settled
than the house got tangled up over
II 1874 another weights and measures
bill, the confusion causing Mr.. Black
Of Burlington TO remark thar the pro-
ceedings were becoming farcical.
Things finally were straightned out
aud the bin was passed BY vote Of
~ TO A.. with an amendment by Jones
Of Shrewsbury, making the commission
er's annual salary 81 500 and expenses,
aud appropriating $4,000 annually for
support of the department.
The house dismissed II 1913, granting
licenses for SEEMING certain fish in Mis-
sisquoi bsE,,t The biLwasJGppesed by
most of the people of Grand Isle eouu-
~ as special legislation. The senate
killed 1873, the so-called lobbying
bin which required registration of leg
islative counsel and agents and pro-
hibits such agents from attempting to
influence members on the floor of the
house during the session. .r
Senator Conant introduced bin
making the office of attorney general
co-extensive with terms of other state
officers. The senate under suspension
of the rules passed S 12S, appropriate
ing $4,000 to establish the Theodore
\. Vail agricultural school.
The report of the committee of CON
ference on II 80, relating to the uni
form grading of apples, has been
adopted by the senate. 1t strikes out
the so.called "Hapgood' amendment
which nulliied the bill and supplies in
place another providing that ungraded
apples need not he branded, but if so
branded come under the provisions of
the act.
Gov. Gates has vetoed S I06, giving
tho public service commission power ia
extend the time within which railroads
can be commenced and finished. and
tho veto was unanimously sustained hy
the senate. Governor Gates stated in
his message that the act involved the
amendment of railroad charters which
was matter of legislative authority
which could not be delegated
Adjournment Date Doubtful.
Notwithstanding the sincere action
of Mr.. Proctor of Proctor. chairman
OF the committee on final adjournment
70 amend the joint resolution so az Il
hx the date for April ! at 9 a. M, tn,
question still remains open. Nj. Mil
Ter of Bethel advised waiting until tn,
first Of next week before fixing a def
mite date and the resolution will
pending amendment was ordered t.
lie.
Ia spite of the defeat yesterday af
tcInocn Of his resolution to extern,
sympathy to the Belgians, Mr.. Hap
good Of Peru, who had evidently pre-
pared a speech for the occasion, wa
not dismayed. Having been shut of
twice, by an order Of the previou
question and by a motion to lie, h.
later called for reconciliation unde
the suspension of the rules only to b.
silenced by the call for the previou
question by Mr.. Stone Of Eergenne
aud the final defeat of the measure b.
Mr. Smith of Barre city had previous
~ explained that the resolution wa
reported aversely because the Unite
States was . neutral country and tn
resolution involved action in regard t
country at war.
The house adopted the report of tn
committee of conference with refe
euee to s II, relating to the healt
inspection Of schools and the recon
incubation that j new section be ado
ed TO the bill providing that the teri
medical Inspector should be coi
strued to mean either licensed ply
icians or trained nurses, and also I'll
report of a similar committee wit
reference to the licensing of intox
eating liquor recommending propose
OF amendment which provide for d
cree of a court of complete jurisdi
tien relating to the title to and pc
session Of certain property az re1ar,
the issuing Of license when license