Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-02-01
RESIGNATION Of
T|TC0Mb RUM0RED
Not Candidate for ReappOint-
ment under Present Salary,
II Is Said.
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HUNT BILL HEARD TODAY.
viii Attract Large tssrrbingc- three
Administration Bills Pas. tho
House.
HUNT BILL HEARD TO-DAY

MJntrcl.ec, Jan. 3n--I:Imor tina state
Fish aud Game Ipmrlis,,oncr Join "
Titcorlb .: L:ndonviic had euhmi:tcd hi;
resignation t. the Governor r.w nick
and fast about the stat" iiour. today.
3Ht were Gcnied both hy Mf ritc1mb and
At :he executive offices. Wlcrr +. W!Li
stated that tn" matter had no. hcct ;.ln Cn
~, either ui'cctly or indirectly. tt was
learned. however, fror the rncs, at:thori-
.atlNc source that Nr Titcomh viii.
wtc;t Governor Graham returns to-mor-
row from Springfield. notify the chi't ex-
ccutVc that Hc rs not E, c1udGat" for re
appointment 1t MS present salarY nf 81 ,h'N
and that n" has accepted a position 10
suucrViSc the n2h hatcheric: and fist, cul-
tIrr work rf another state. Il. z salary
. sud I" ho :i.'rp annually. Whil" jhc mama
of tn" state whore NJ Ttcomr mas ac-
opted inc position has 80: been madc
public. il is said to be one of thc largcs.
and wcalthiost States not only Of the
East but Of the entire nation and to he
located near enough 20 Vermont, 50 that
the commissioner could easily visit his
former home.
II he bill TO increase tho salary Of the
| fish and game commissioner 10 Sptn an
nually becomes law. Mr. Titcomb will
/ probably. if "appointcd. remain in his
present position. The bill is now i'm the
/ hands of the House committee on State
and court expenses, who arc not ed
20 report it favorably although an in
crease Of &"" bringing he salary
to $2."" may he recommended.
! AlthouG the vote of the commit
tee has not been announced. one
member has offered TO lay odds Of 10 to /.
that the salary will NOT lac increased as
desired by the present commissioner
MIR. HARVEY INTERVIEWED.
John y. Harvey. the Governors cxccu-
| tive clerk. who revised the fish and game
| laws as codifed by Mr Titcomb in 1872.
| and changed them from the pcrmissivc to
| the prohibitivc form, thereby arouSng the
| lr" OF the commissioner. made the fol-
| lowing comment This afternoon, when
Free Press man showed him the state
ment given out 10y Mr.. Titcomb in regard
/ 10 the tilt between the commissioner and
! the executive clerk at the hearing last
| week before the general judiciary COM
mittee. In this statement Mr.. Titcomb
| says I'm the brief time , nave had to
| examine the revision since I received the
| rcVision) commissioner report, find
number of serious omissions"
Il would suggest said Mr. Harvey.
! that the fish and game commissioner be
a little more specific and state whether
the omissions were in his own codifcation
| of tho law, or in the revision commits
! sioncr'S report. Mr.. Ttcomh has had a
| copy of the revision since - year ago
! last December and has had ample time Ia
! point out 10 the revision commissioner
amy omissions he may have found He
VIII also have ample opportunity to
present them ia the Legislature"
REGRETS PERSONALITIES
Nj Ttoomb in his statement says that
he regrets exceedingly that any per-
sonalities We're INDUCED in at the hear
| ing and that II was far from his intcn-
tiou to bring them in at the meeting 1t
was a mere coincidence that in referring
to the only two cases carried to tho SUI
| prcmc court. where the constitutionaiity
| of N" fish mad game Laws was tested. one
Of the cases should have been that Of
th" state vs. Harvey. the respondent
! being the father of tho revisor Of tho
| Sh and game laws. The commissioner
! also explains the merits ana defects of
| his own, the pormisSivc form. cf fish and
| game law and the prohibitive from as
| advocated hy the revision commissioner
| in his report
! Mt BILL HEARING TODAY.
Judge Edmund 6. Mower w - Me
( KILN and Walter \. Myers were at tho
: stat" hous" to-day. on business it is
! said relating to the Hunt liquor hill.
/ H. G1. forhddinG tho granting of liquor
! licenses except to inn keepers and
y druguistS anywhere within FIVE miles
! of an institution Of higher learning, re-
! coiviuG an appropriation from the
I state rho public hearing on this bill,
| ,,hicn will he h"ld Immediately after
z
! noon. is certain to draw a larE. as
som hlarc pr Guy Potter Bonton,
president of the University Of Vermont,
ard the Hon. c, u. Smith Of burlington
! will anpcar IN behalf OF the bill, which
! viii also be supported by Mr., Moore OF
| Ludlow chairman Of the ways and
| means committee of the House, and ar.
Austin Of Hcddin9 chairman OF tho
Iiousc committee ON education Prosi
ao,.t Vhomas and President Reeves have
tcrn invited to speak at tn hearing.
r.pr.scntatiNc Joseph r. Stcarns OF
1 I;urlin.tor .s not In favor Of the hill
ara neither ia tho RoN Fraser MeiHS"r
! ~ D.nd.lnh. both % Whom arc Lrad
uatcs Of the university "I vermont II
is ais, rumorcd mat despite tho stand
taken by Prosidrut Hontou. the bin IS
ma, favored l.. = number "f he lui-
. yor,itv OF Vermont faculty
ADMINISTRATIONS BILLS IA~H.p
Tb.,o adm.5isuotiou measures iue
......i,,turai m.l ,r'.-,,idaiiu-. rudrr
49,. ,u,r If commissioners %. 'Hg"iHu-
.,.,. the dulrf Of the St4," forester,
. .,.t. ,,ttlc cummja toner ana oti "rS. TIA,
49,, ,rc,tiur the office 90 commissioner uf
,,,d,.s,rics and the third makinG The Su.
! ,o,,.,eiou Of Insurance 'cparatc depart
/ ,,.,,t in charge of a commissioner, were