St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-21
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secretary 81 state.

Secretary of State.
PROVISION was made by the legis-
lature Of 1917 for indexing the vital
records in the ONCE Of the secretary
Of state. Records Of all births, mar
riases 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 it win be possible to- find
the record Of any birth. death or mar
rage with compa ratively little search
ing At present the alphabetical ar
rangemeflt 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 408 automobiles and motor
cycles registered during the month.
9S3 operators and 159 chauffeurs' IL
censes issued. the fees for registra-
ton and licenses totaling $15,35S.S6.
Board Of Charities and Probation.
During the month there have, at the
instance of the board, been 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,
by commitments to the state indus
trial school, 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 587 accidents reported
to the commissioner of industries, 2 of
| which were fatal. Compensation has
been ordered in 121 cases. final settle
ment approved in 10S cases and 939
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 q Investigations have
been made by the deputy commission
| or.
Weights and Measures 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 OF
| 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
month of October there were 2577 in
spections made in IS towns.
Supervisors Of the insane.
The report of the board Of super
visors of the insane shows that or
October first there were 293 state
patients in the Bratt1eboro Retreat
i and that at the end Of the month there
were 297 patients. making net in
crease OF 4 for the month. In The
state hospital at Waterbury there
4 were on the first Of October, 725 pat
/ tents and at the end of the month 727
making q net increase of 2 patient.
for the month
i Department Of Education.
During the month the bulletin Of
4 Vermont junior high schools has beef
completed by the supervisor of thes'
4 Junior high schools, Mr.. Hill. Thi
bulletin is based on the work that ha'
been done in the junior high schools
in this state, giving a practical rath
or than theoretical study OF tn
subject. 1t will be printed and avail
ab,e for distribution within a shor
! time Last spring the department Q
4 education cooperated with the com
mittee on public safety In advocat
J, ing Increased participation by tn
boys and girls of the Vermont school
i In gardening work. The records tina
4 have been. kept during the year shoy
that 80 600 boys and girls did thf
work during The past summer. Tn
school law provides that the commits
sioner of education shall decide ques
ticns relating to transportation 9