The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-04-01

after passing the house 1t was evi
IDENTIFY felt that "third house" activi
ties were not Of sufficiently pernic
ious nature TO warrant such legisla
ton.
The senate suspended the rules il
, CIDER to pass the bill appropriatin.
I $40, 900 for the upkeep Of the Thcod9l
n Nail School Of Agriculture. 1hi
school was made possible by the gen
, oruus gift 10 the State by Mr.. VAL Of
the rcted Speedwell Farms at Lyndon
lnrttute.
The department OF weights and
measures will be badly crippled il
the senate adopts the joint resolution
recently adopted by the house This
resolution limits the expense of the
department to $4,000 annually for the
two fiscal years ending June 30, 1916.
The question brought forth a spirited
debate. Mr.. Stone of Woodford oppos-
ed the resolution stating that Commits
sioner Henry had said that its adop-
| tion would result in abolishing the de-
partment as far as efficiency was con-
cerned, but Mr.. Jones of Shrewsbury
thought II was good chance to econ
omize and the house evidently agreed
with him as the resolution was adopt
ed by vote of 107 to 61. The house
also refused TO increase the commits
sioner's salary from 81 $50 to $1,000
as proposed by H-19S, but passed the
bill with amendments providing for a
81 600 salary and cutting the propos-
ed $4,000 appropriation for depart
ment expenses to $4,000 in accordance
with the joint resolution mentioned
above.
The act to simplify and improve
court procedure has been pa sed by
both houses. The bill was introduced
pursuant to a joint resolution intro
duced early in the session by Mr..
Ware of Townshend, which provided
for commission to examine the sta
tutes and report with this end in view.
The commission consisted of Justice
G. NJ. Powers, Judge F. l.. Fish and
U. S. Judge Harland B. Howe, and
their report is embodied in the bill
House bill 444 relating to the fish
and game laws and providing among
other things for a fishing license of
60 cents for residents and $40 for non
residents for angling on the waters of
the State has been concurred in by
The house with the senate amend
monts. As passed by the house fishers
on all waters including Lake Cham
plain were subject to the license, but
the senate amended the bill so that
Lake Champlain and Lake Memphre-
magog were exempted from this pro-
vision and the house concurred in the
Fishing licenses are not
required by women or by children un-
Ter 16 years of age.
The bill in support of the normal
schools at Castleton and johnson has
passed the house and likewise H-470
Ippropriating SIS, 900 for the purchase
# land for the use Of the state prison
The first mentioned gives an annual Z
Increase of $4,000 for the use of each |
chool to be spent under the super
Tision of the board of education, and
he second has for its motive the eco |
Iomical production of foodstuffs for /
he use of the institution in question. ?
1t seems practically certain that be-
ore the taxation question is settled )
here must be committee of confer ;
nee. The bill which was passed by U
he house has been amended by the a
enate so as to strike out the provi- n
ion as to offsets and will exempt all n
loney loaned in the state at five per "
ant from taxation which will prob =
bly, not meet the approval of the
ouse.
House bill 112 which provides for II
le location of the II. w. Putnam lc
Iemorial Hospital outside the limits '
the village Of Bennington on the Il
Hawke Lott has been signed by the n
overnor. Before passing the assem- a.
" it was amended by striking out the "
lacting clause which made is practi- SC
lily new bill, and inserting matter g
hich in effect amends the charters Of p
lch institutions as the II. W. Put
I'm Memorial Hospital corporation so re
J to allow them to establish or con Of
ruct their institutions at other sites ST
localities than those designated by u
eir charters or by the terms Of any co
Fl or bequest. This amendment was w
ioptcd because there was some ques- hc
IN as to whether the provision of the ye
iginal bill did not conflict with the ST
Of the bequest with refer vi
ee to the location Of the hospital ne
tside Of the village limits. tag
H-i67 an act to enable the village un
Bennington to issue bonds to the mi