News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-03-28
VERMONT LEGISLATURE

| e6, or which Col. Ira IL. heeFes' Prosi
{ lent of Norwich, is the chairman. Tit
:. irst work of the committee besides dis
} ,ussing the present crisis will be thu
aking of census of the industrial re
sources of the state. This will include
i not only manufacturing plants OF al
| kinds, but transportation facilities ano
+ | all military necessities. f. G. Fleetwood
E | If Morrsville and R. S. Page of Hyde
j Park are the Lamoille county members
t | of that committee.
By a practically unanimous vote the
S | House has rejected the bill introduced by
Mr.. Hall of Isle La Motto, making the
pay of the General Assembly members
five dollars a day, with corresponding
7 increase to ten dollars of the salaries of
the speaker and the president of the
J Senate. A motion to have the bill made
a special order for Wednesday afternoon
and another to make the bill effective
July /, 1919, were both rejected. Two
other salary bills were also acted upon.
The one increasing the salary of the
State highway commissioner from $500
to S., 900 was ordered to third reading,
but the measure carrying like increase
for the Encouragement was ordered to
lie.
The Morse bill providing for a yearly
referendum ion the question has passed
the Senate by vote of 10 to 5.
The Senate has passed the House bill
prohibiting the use of labels attacked by
wire to bags of feed and grain, and took
the same action on the bill extending the
authority of the public service commits
sion to the manufacture, distribution and
sale of gas and electricity.
! The House after listening to some
blood curding tales regardingthe deaths
from blood-pOisoping of persons who had
had their toe nails cut by unframed
chiropodsts, passed the Senate bill pro-
viding for the licensing of such practi-
TONERS by the board of medical registra-
ton. The act is effective January ].
1918.
The act appropriatng $4,000 for the
construction of as many committee
rooms in the present State House and
library annex as possible and for other
purposes was ordered to third reading.
The bill providing for the appointment
of building inspectors by the selectmen
of town on the written application of |
ten or more taxpayers has been rejected. !
An act providing a four per cent. dis
count for poll taxpayer who pays his |
tax in conformity with the notice of the |
collector as provided by law has ap-
peared in the Senate by the com mittee |
on taxation.
The agricultural committee introduced
bill appropriating $65,000 annually for
the use of the livestock commissioner.
This is an increase of $4,000.
Mr.. Holbrook of bennington made one
of the humorous speeches of the session (
i'll favoring the passage of the bill short
ening the deer season. He said Essex
county was not civilized enough for some
kinds of deer hunting, but denied that
there was sign at the county boundary
reading: "No God north of this line.
Go further at your own risk" He ridi-
culed the statement that the only use
they had for saltlicks was to bring the
natives down to civilization and converse
with them in the sign language. He
wondered what kind of canine the
gentleman from Plymouth had in mind
when he shot six foxes with one dog.
Immediately after hearing The Her.
AIDS bulletin read last week Chaplain C.
Leon Wells of the Senate went to the
naval recruiting Office in this city and
informed Chief Charles Mitchell that he
was ready to volunteer for service in any
department of the navy. The chaplain
is resident of Glover and a graduate
of Montpelier seminary in 1905.
PASSAGE REFUSED
The House refused passage on S. 20,
relating to rights of married women; II.
419, relating to dog license; Mr.. Waite of
Shoreham and Mr.. Hall of Isle La Motto
opposed the bill and its passage was re-
luSbu D1 Il NOJ6 VI Ito W tOs IL 10, IT. |
lating to fish and game wardens; abolish
ing the Office of county and deputy nsh
and game wardens and fixing the salaries
Of fish and game wardens. Mr.. Gridley
explained the bill and Mr.. Moore of
Plymouth urged its passage. Mr.. Waite
Of Shoreham Intercepted the committee
As to how the law would be better en-
forced by changing to the provisions of
his bill. The bill was opposed by Mr..
midon of Halifax, Mr.. Perkins of
Waterbury, Mr.. Demick of Holland and
Mr.. Porter of Sharon. Mr.. Phelps of
Fair Haven favored the bill and Mr..
Waite of -Shoreham opposed it, Mr..
Moore of Plymouth demanded the yeas
md nays, and the passage was refused by
vote of 147 to IL.
VoTE ON MORSE BILL
Senators voting against the Morse bill
or state license vote were Alrich Bige-
w, Chalmers, Dimond, Howe and