Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-05

SUJuJlOn house at WINDSOR WH"I " ]
the State was really born and where
its constitution was written. This APP
preparation would have cost the tax
payers of the State three cents each,
and why under Heaven the commit
tee reported it Acknowledgment
from motives of selfish and unpatri-
otto economy-is beyond compre-
hension. The bill to compel or per
NIT the medical examination of every
pupil in the public schools of the
State regularly by local physician
appointed by the school board is
made special order for next week .
Wednesday,. If it gets through it |
will provide fine job for some fav-
ored doctor-and besides, it is wholly F.
unnecessary.
The total amount of mileage money |
which will be received by the mem
bers for travelling to and from home
this session-once each way-totals
$2,213. Worth say n g-b y n e
members.
The red-letter day of the session
thus far was the sealing of the fate
of the equal suffrage bill Wednesday
afternoon. Every seat was taken in
the galleries and on the floor by in
terested ladies, the Senate, State of
ficers and officials and a swarm of
mere masculine citizens. After oc-
cupying nearl y the entire afternoon
in amending the bill into excellent
shape it was put to vote on third
reading. On a Yes and No vote the
third reading of the measure was
refused by vote of 129 to 100, and
the ladies who thus saw the efforts
of two years all go for nothing in a
brief twenty minutes. Silently they
left the hall, the battle fought and
for the time being lost. The next
day there was an attempt made to
reconsider the bill, with what sue
cess, is not yet apparent.
An attempt was made Thursday to
bring action in the House on the
Senate bill to prohibit the supreme
court from furnishing opinions to
the governor but it was again ordered
to lie. The bill to allow banks to
invest in Vermont real estste to sew
enty-fve per cent Of its appraised
value and to restrict out-of-the-stale
investments to sixty per cent was
also further ordered to lie.
The salary of Fish and Game Com
missioner Titcomb was finally fixed
at 81 800, with 81 800 for clerk hire.
House bill 402, introduced Thurs
day abolishes the Office of State fac
tory Inspector, with a good chance
of passing.
The bill to appropriate $1,000 for
the restoration of the old Constitu-
, ton House at Windsor, killed We'd
, nesday, was reconsider9d Thursday
! and ordered to lie for further action.
. The House passed Thursday the
bill appropriating $4,000 for Yer
mont fairs, with the amendment
that it should be applied to all fairs,
| whether Incorporated or not This
if it becomes a law-will be of ma
terial assistance to some small but
: fully as deserving institutions, and
help them to an effective continued
, existence.
5 With very pardonable sentiment
of contempt for such legislation the
! governor refused either to sign or
, vote the bill changing the name Of
/ Ram Island to Lazy Lady Island"
= and it becomes a law without his
: signature, 1t is saying very much,
but this was probably the most I'M
: worthy and indefensible piece of
legislation which has come before
: the Legislature this session.
t After spending most Of the fore.
7 noon of Thursday in debating and
5 amending the bill to grade apples
for shipment the effect of the bin
: was wholly lost by the adoption Of a
l Hapgood amendment providing that
: this act shall not prevent any per-
son from shipping apples in the old
fashioned or any other way, in case
} he so DESIRES" After its head had
| thus been cut off, it was ordered to
: a third reading. Boys play.
: The legislature, by joint resolution,
? took recess from Saturday noon till
I next Wednesday at three o'clock.
= Very many started for home Friday,
r and scarcely anything was done Sat
/ urday.
I The above is quite dose for one
letter, but have assumed that. you
S wanted the whole story.
OTD TIMER