Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-03-15
|USY WEEK AHEAD
Or LEGISLATORS
,vernl Measures OF Importance
Made Special Orders for
Next rev Days.
ADJOURNMENT FAR OFF.
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s:erday mornings meeting o: the
ncial .'sse':bly wa; the most
rHeIy a;terued ~ any Saturday
$ fer du'i1s the session, an
courasirr sign regarding adjourn
mt. practically every n,ec sure Of i'm
:tancc was carried ovcr aud maue
special order for next week The
'usc made .he customs brokerage
!. tho measure relating TO the aani-
~ regulation OF barber shops the
permitting foreign corporations to
az Executors and trustees, AMI the
assure repeating the direct primary
~ means OF referendum, all
'cial orders. Tho Senate made the
nhanl marriage bill. with It's pro-
sed amendment so that the five day
hHctty clause applies TO couples
Ptdent Of the State. who wisi, to ret
rr;ed in tow,, where neither is a
resident. special order for 1880
!cck Wcdn csday morning. Both
uses disposed OF considerable
|itinc business before taking the
ial weekend adjournment
ALARY INCREASE MEASURES.
"aiary increase measures arc sail
curious courses in the House.
Zen Mr.. Williams Of Proctor ex-
med that by resolution Of the 1915
neral Assembly. the state auditor
been receiving three thousand
lars for the past two years but
his salary is by law $4,000, SO
1t the bill making it $4,000. which
killed by the House Friday aft
oon was really a decrease. instead
an increase. the representatives
ed to reconsider the rejected meas
and ordered it to third reading.
parently 1T was news to most of the
resentatives that the auditor had
IN receiving $4,000 annually during
past biennial period. BY vote of
to GO. the House refused to concur
the Senate amendment making the
airy of the state fish and game COM
Sioner $500 instead of $4,000 as
sed by the House
CUSTOMS BROKERAGE BILL.
he measure prohibiting the rail-
els from engaging in the customs
'keraee business, which had been
chief storm center on Friday, was
de special order for Tuesday aft
Don, evidently by common consent
the motion was not opposed. AL
ugh the rumors about the Capitol
the evening after the bill was or
ed to third reading, were that
opponents would fight its passage,
is now believed that the fight in
House will be abandoned and that
opponents of the measure will con-
We their strength until ii reaches
Senate.
he act permitting foreign corporations
act as executors and trustees was re.
ted from the banking and insurance
hmttee with amendments making such
stee or executory appointments dis
uonary with the probate court and
providing that at least Is per cent.
the estate of the deceased wishing the
eign corporation to act in this capacity
st be located or invested without the
te. A new section was added to the
providing that funds, securities or
perty held by such trust company shall
taxed in the same manner and to the
be extent as funds of the same charac-
held by trust company in this State.
bill was made a special order for
Wednesday afternoon when the
ID proposal of amendment will be con-
Fred.
PRIMARY REPEAL BILL.
he act providing for the repeal of the
oct primary law by means OF a
rendum, which was reported adverse
y the suffrage and elections committee,
also made a special order for We'd
Jay afternoon. The Senate bill relating
In pno 1f
ps. which originally provided for an
rector who should be an experienced
Der. bit was amended by the Senate
that the regulating shall be done by
ms OF instructions issued by the board
health was made a special order for
Friday afternoon.
he bill introduced by Mr. Rowland
Barre. providing for the establishment
county hospitals, for tuberculosis
ents, the cost Of erection to be paid
he county or counties, and the State
lay for INDECENT patients at a cost not
Xceed ten dollars a week, was ordered
third reading. The bill providing
the acceptance OF the benefits OF the
kral vocational education act was aIso
red to a third reading
NO MORE HOLIDAYS.
e House rejected tho bill making
coins birthday Il legal holiday and
the measure providing for the taxa.
Of UNREGISTERED Rotor vehicles.
IN BONDING FOR HIGHWAYS.
resolution introduced In the Seaa.e
senator Mcclellan OF Windso. county,
ss to a head the question Of whether
hot the State shall bond for the i'm
ement of highways. BY the terms
ne resolution the Governor Is directed
ppoint a committee Of three, citizens
his State. and familiar with the con-
ction and repair Os highways. This
znittce shall examine the condition
conduct OF the State highway com
:opers' department, particularly with
renee to the method employed in the
Of appropriations made by the State
highway duties, and shall investigate
conditions and needs 0f the highways
he State. The committee shall make
port, including recommendations. to
1910 General Assembly. The compen-
kn of the members OF the committee
fixed by the Governor and the State
nay their expenses.
EX-PRDs. TAFT ENDORSED.
hator Proctor Of Rutland introduced
mt resolution. which was adopted by
Senate. endorsing tho position of VIII
II. Taft. in advocating that afte.
close of the war. the United States take
initiative In joining a League Of Ma
to guarantee future peace OF the
d.
OULD LICENSE CHIKOPoDIsTs.
act providing that after January /,
no ono shall practice chiropody un-
duly licensed to do SO by the board of
cal registration, wGs introduced by
tor Hawley Of Chittenden county.
tator Cady of Windsor introduced a