The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-16
LONE SOCIALIST
MADE A SPEECH
Lawson of Barre Town De-
Tended Bill for Repre-
sentatives' Election
HOUSE PROMPTLY
REJECTED MEASURE
A. E. Cudworth Has Bill to Keep Superi-
or Judges in Office Until Successors
are Elected = Supreme Justices to Be
Elected Thursday.
Especial to The Refo1mer.)
MONTPELIER. Ian.

Especial to The Refo1ner.l
MONTPELIER, Jan Is
| The lone Socialist, Representative Law
son OF Barre town, made the first speech |
of the session in the house this morning /
/ when he defended the bill providing for
the election OF town representatives by
plurality on the first ballot The commit
tee had reported unfavorably and Mr..
lawson sought the reason why At the
| close OF Lawson's speech the house reject
| ed the measure
A. f. Cudworth Of Londonderry, chair
man of the house Judiciary committee,
today introduced a bill providing that
the superior judges elected by general as
sembly Of 1915 shall hold Office until such
| time as their successors shall be elected
| by law or until this statute is repealed
The judges of the supreme bench will be
elected Thursday also the sergeant-at
arms
When the house met yesterday after
noon only about one-haIf of the members
were present, but among those were Mr..
T
Granville. who have been absent from
all previous sessions owing to illness.
In the galleries were many wives of
the members who have come to partici-
pate in the festivities of ladies week
III the capital city.
The house read the third time and
passed the bill providing that eo-opera
tive tire insurance companies organized
as county assessment corporations aft
er having insurance in force to the
amount OF 100000 may be authorized
to do business throughout the state
Another dog bin strayed into the
house and it seems that this is to be
one of those sessions when everybody S
dog IS hit. There viii probably be a
dozen bills before the session is over.
The bill introduced by Haynes of Or
ange permits the killing of unattended
dogs, found ON lands owned or used for
sheep raising purposes, between sunset
and sunrise. Martin of Winhall also in
troduced bill providing that If on the
20th day Of December the town treas
urv has insufficient funds for paving the
claims for damage TO sheep resulting
from dogs, the auditor of accounts shall
draw upon the state treasury for a
sum TO meet the deficit
Fenton OF Rutland fathers a bill
! which elects license commissioners for
{ license towns at the March meeting
: rather than leave it to the assistant
judges of the county court
Representative Miller of Westmin-
ster has introduced, by request, a bill
+; permitting the killing of wild animals
or birds which may do or are doing
: damage on a person 5 land. The bill
will not be passed and will probably be
; reported unfavorably from the COM
mittce.
A very lengthy bill was brought into
the house by the gentleman from Swan
ton relating to insurance. Under the
bill if the buildings of the insured are
totally destroyed the sum insured shall
be taken to be the value of the insured s
] interest therein and if it is partial loss
the insured shall receive amount equal
the actual loss. 1t is altogether radical
i bill and would affect the Grange in
surance companies.
In brief session the senate passed
Senator Peek S bill forbidding rebates
on insurance premiums. 1t allows the
) insurance commissioners to subpoena
e witnesses and send for papers and rec
e ords in order to enforce this act
L Senator Steele of Washington county
e introduced this morning bill entitled
le - An Act to Create the Office of Direc-
!. tor Of State Institutions
q This bill imposes upon the director
> of state institutions the powers, duties
and liabilities of the board OF penal in
= stitutions of the board of trustees of
: the Vermont state hospital for the in
" sane and of the board Of trustees of the
Vermont state school for feeble mind ed
children.
This bill as drawn provides for a re-
port in each even year and this report
= is to contain practically the same mat
ter as has been required to be in the re
ports of the above mentioned boards
Under this bill the director is empow
!; cred to employ such assistants as the
a governor deems necessary for the proper
!, performance of the duties of the di
A. rector.
Is If the bill creating the board of con
troll is passed, the power of the gov
ernor to control the employment of thu
a. assistants will be assumed by the boarc
ID of control.
i'd
re Legislative Notes.