The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-23
TWO ADJOURNMENT
RESOLUTIONS IN
Legislature is Planning to
Take Recess Beginning
March 3
INTEND TO VOTE
PAY AND MILEAGE
Senate Passes Bill Providing for Lights
on Vehicles at Night -. Hunt Bill De-
feated Yesterday When House Got
Into Killing Mood.
{ Especial to The Reformer.
MONTPELIER, Feb. 23.

MN II tp
While the house this morning was
adopting a joint resolution providing
for adjournment from Saturday fore
noon March 3, until March and that
the members receive in addition to
their 81 per day mileage at the rate
of 10 cents per mile one way, Senator
Kicker of Caledonia county was intro
ducing in the senate a joint resolution
providing for adjournment from March
) to March l3. The senate resolution,
however, provides that members and
officers shall receive no pay during
seven days of said period, but such
members as the committee on mileage
and debentures find were necessarily
engaged at Montpelier in the work of
the session during such interval shall
receive an additional per diem for each
daT, not to exceed seven, during which
| they are actually engaged and all mem
bers and officers shall receive mileage
/ of 10 cents mile one way.
/ Rev. II. Leon Wells of Glover was
I this morning unanimously elected chap
+ lain of the senate to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of the late Rev
/ NJ. W. Farman of Westfeld. The SEN
ate spent considerable time in consid.
ering II 1S5 which provides that lights
must be carried by wheeled vehicles
at rest and IN operation at night on
public highways. Mr. Bancroft pro-
posed an amendment by which lights
must be located on the left side. This
was defeated on yea and nay vote 90
TO and the bill was passed.
bill creating board Of charities
TO consist of five members, at least one
of whom shall be woman, to be ap-
pointed by the governor to hold office
for five years without compensation
was introduced in the senate this morn
ing by Senator Redfield Proctor of
Rutland county. The board is to have
supervision and control of such de-
pendent, neglected and delinquent chill
dren as shall be committed to it by
Juvenile courts and to investigate and
report to the governor as to all pub
lie charities.
The house was in mood for slaugh-
ter yesterday afternoon and applied
the headsman S axe to 10 measures
without benefit of clergy. Among them
were 81, the celebrated Hunt bill,
which came in under an adverse report
and which was killed with the full
consent of its author, who announced
that the end to be reached would be
served by another measure, which
would be presented later (the speaker
referred to the Morse bill now pending
in the senate, providing for yearly
referendum on the license question:.
House bin 50, the Fenton bill, pro
viding for the election of license com
missioners, was also killed, togethe II
with H 334, giving preference to inn
keepers. Mr.. Hemenway of Bridport
made desperate effort TO save the
life of II 73. by moving that it be or.
dered to lie, but the motion was defeat
ed by an overwhelming vote. This act
Y related to highway taxes.
The house also slaughtered II 81, re
covery of the expense of burial; II 96
state highway tax; II 237, exemption
and foreclosure of personal property
and 269, property rights of married
women
: Two freak bills, II 29S, increasing
i, the bounty on bob cats, and II 333, tt
q license junk dealers, were killed with
out debate and protest.
i The house tabled II 81, creating tn,
3 Office of director of state institutions
making it a special order for Tuesda,
afternoon at 2.15, and Mr.. Miner o.
Sherburno torpedoad and sank withou
warning the committee amendment t,
II 20, which reduced the percentage o.
signatures required to file an indepen
dent nomination for town representa-
tive from 20 to 10 per cent. Mr. Mine
0 explained the trouble and expense t.
which party nominees were sub bjectet
by reason of the present law and sue
cceded in restoring the higher percent
age, so that independent candidacie
! for town representative will not be 81
}, easily achieved hereafter.