Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-01
SPECIAL SESSION.
Vermont Legislature AdjOurns
Friday After Passing Six
neutrality-suspicious. of the
Session are $13O,OOO.

for Vermont soldiers in the United
States service, making provision for
the care of their dependents and, in
cidentally, enacting two laws to al
low the members of the National
Guard to vote in the September pri-
mary and November election, ad-
journed at noon Friday. The House
and Senate had completed all busi-
ness by II o'clock and simply marked
time until the hour set for adjourn
ment, which had been decided upon
by joint resolution Thursday.
Aneven half-dozen bills were pas
sed at the special session, as follows:
O An act to provide for the eX-
penses of the general assembly (pro-
vides for $4,000 to cover expenses of
members and employees, with 10-cents
mileage rate, and carries an appro-
priation amounting to $130,000 to
cover the expense entailed by the
acts relating to the troops and their
dependents).
~ An act to provide additional
pay for the enlisted men of the, NG-
tional Guard of Vermont from June
Is, 1916, to not later than Jan. Is,
1917.
60 An act to provide for the sup
port of dependents of the enlisted
men Of the Vermont National Guard.
a. An act to amend the act re-
lating to primary elections (makes
clear that candidates must file state
ment of expenses within ten days
after the election).
(5) An act to provide for soldiers
voting at the general election, Nov.
7, 1916.
(6) An act to provide for soldiers
voting at the primary election, Sept.
II, 1916.
After three sessions Thursday, the
House and Senate came together at
10 o'clock Friday morning for what
turned out to be the final session.
The House Immediately passed in
concurrence the Senate acts to pro-
vide for soldiers voting in the gener-
al election and at the primary cleo
tion.
After a debate the House also
passed in concurrence with proposals
of amendment the bill to provide
for the expenses of the present ses-
sion of the legislature. Mr.. Graham
of Rockingham moved to consider
the second proposal of amendment
first, which was to fix the mileage at
10 cents per mile. The proposal was
favored by Messrs. Proctor, Blod-
gett, Stone, Chalmers, Morse, Stacey
and Powell, while Mr.. Hapgood op.
posed.
Mr.. Miller demanded the yeas and
nays. The vote resulted as follows:
Yes, 1888; no, Al; and the House con-
Cured in the proposals of amend
ment.
The proposal to reduce the contin-
gent expense fund from $4,000 to
$4,000 prevailed also. Those voting
against the proposal of amendment
were as follows: Austin of Reading;
Bagley of Searsburg, Beattie of
Maidstone, Bolster OF Winhall Brown
of Goshen, Carly of West Haven,
Clark of East Montpelier, Day of
Ripton, Dimond of Manchester, Doty
of Worcester, Eaton of Woodstock,
Gaines of Panton, Granger of Tun-
bridge, Hapgood of Peru, Hay of
Rupert, Hitchcock of Westfeld;
Hoadley of Tinmouth, Horton of
Readsboro, Howard of Dummerston,
Lennert of Leicester, McWayne of
Dorset, Mattison of Glastonbury,
Mears of Sandgate, Nichols of Brid-
port, Parker of Cavendish, Paris of
Dandy, Pierce of Rochester, Putnam
of MiddleseX, Rice of SALISBURY.
Shores of CRANKY, Smith of Starks-
boro, Slayton of Belvidere, Soule Of
Alburg, Spauding of Plymouth,
Stocker of Wardsboro, Stone of
Woodford, Thurber of Halifax, Ward
of Sunderland, Ward of st. Albans
Town, Wood of Wells.
That done, Mr.. Hambet of Barton
moved that committee be appoint
ed to wait on Gov. Gates and inform
him that the House had on its part