The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-21
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Secretary Of State.

| Secretary of State.
Provision was made by the legis-
lature of 1917 for indexing the vital
| records in the office of the secretary
of state. Records of all births, mar
| riages and deaths in the state from
earliest times to date, so far as avail
! able, are filed in this office arranged
by towns. These are now being ar
ranged alphabetically so that when
| completed il will be possible to find
the record of any birth, death or mar
riage with comparatively little search
ing. AT present the alphabetical ar
rangement Of the records has been
completed for the towns of Addison
| county. The publicity department of
the Office of the secretary of state
Joined with the commissioner of agri-
culture in making an exhibit at the
exhibition held in Springfield, Mass
achusetts, during the month There
were 40S automobiles and motor
cycles registered during the month,
1888 operators and 159 chauffeurs' H.
censes issued, the fees for registra-
ton and licenses totaling S15,358.S6.
Board of Charities and Probation
During the month there have, at the
instance of the board, ceen returned to
the state prison, two probationers for
violations of conditions of their parole
and two probationers have also been
returned to the house of correction
for similar reasons. There have been
inspected poorhouses during the
month. In the child caring depart
ment of the work Is cases have been
disposed of by commitments to the
school for feeble minded children, 4
commitments to the state indus
trial school, Q children are receiving
temporary care. and for 10 children
homes have been provided. The
board of. charities and probation
wishes TO get into communication with
all persons who would be willing to
furnish permanent or temporary
homes for dependent and neglected
children.
Commissioner of Industries.
There, were 5S7 accidents reported
90 the commissioner of industries. of
which were fatal. Compensation has
been ordered in 121 cases, final settle
ment approved in 10S cases and $50
cases finally disposed of The com
missioner held 80 formal and infor-
nal hearings during the month. The
work of factory inspection has been
carried on and 81 investigations have
been made by the deputy commission
er.
Weights and Mea5urers Department.
Soon after the transfer OF the work
of this department to the state treas
urer the state was divided into two
districts and the two inspectors were
each assigned district. The deputy
commissioner has attended TO special
calls in territory not easily reached
by either Inspector from locations
where they were working at the time
and has made regular inspections in
different sections. The general plan
of work is TO cover all territory Oh
the line of railroads and the smaller
towns during the months when the
roads are good. reserving the larger |
towns and cities for the winter season.
This plan seems to be working out
satisfactorily and. with some prob
able changes in the original district |
ing. will be continued During the |
DET7 in |
spections made in 80 towns.
Supervisors OF the Insane. /
The report of the board of super
yisors OF the insane shows that on
October first there were 293 state
patients in the Brattleboro Retreat,
and that at the end Of the month there
were 297 patients, making net in
crease of for the month. In the
state hospital at Waterbury there
were on the first of October, 725 pat
tents and at the end of the month 727,
making a net increase of 2 patients
for the month
Department Of Education.
During the month the bulletin on
Vermont junior high schools has been
completed by the supervisor of these !
Junior high schools. Mr.. Hill. This
bulletin is based on the work that has
been done in the junior high schools
in this state, giving a practical rath
err than a theoretical study OF the
subject It will be printed and avail
ohle for distribution within short !
time. Last spring the department OF
education cooperated with the com
mittee on public safety in advocat-
ing increased participation by the
boys and girls of the Vermont schools
in gardening work. The records that
have been kept during the year show
that 10000 boys and girls did TINS
work during the past summer me
school law provides that the commits
sioner of education shall decide 1ues-
tions relating to transportation OF