The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-12

mer Montpelier postmaster. Mr. Davis Is
one of the prominent Democrats of the
state and the city treasurer Of Rutland
/ Hale X. Darling, Senator Melvin A.
Morse OF Hardwick and Julius A. Wilcox
Of Montpelier, first assistant clerk of the
! House. have been appointed by the gov
ernor as commissioners to revise the gen
eral laws Of Vermont. Their work will
be to incorporate in the revised version
Of the statutes the changes made by the
| legislative revision committee.
| Gov. Graham's reappointment Of DIR.
/ G. s. Caverly of Rutland and DIR. f. d.
| Kidder of Woodstock as members of the
! state board of health were confirmed by
the Senate.
Gov. Graham has asked the newspapers
TO announce that he viii not appoint the
members of the board OF charities and
probation until after the law creating
the board becomes effective, June J. The
executive Offices have been flooded with
applications for membership on the board
No Second Class License.
No second-class liquor license will be
granted in Vermont while the United
States is at war. for the Senate yester-
day afternoon receded from its proposal
Of amendment making the prohibition re-
garding the granting Of liquor licenses
extend to frst-elass license also, and the
original bill needs only the governors
signature to become law The House,
by a vote OF 63 to 1877. refused to concur
IN the Senate amendment, after Mr..
0'Sullivan of Winooski charged the mem
bers of the temperance committee with
bad faith in not notifying him of the
proposed introduction of the bill.
In legislating the second class licenses
out during wartime. the legislature, it is
said overlooked the matter of seventh
class license which is somewhat similar
to the second class The seventh class
permits the sale of malt liquors. cider
and wine containing not more than Ii
per cent of alcohol, at so degrees Fahren-
heit, not to be drunk on the premises"
In that case the purpose of the trainers
of the wartime prohibition viii be in
part nullified.
Lieut.. Gov Roger W. Hulburd, who
has ably presided over the deliberations
Of the Senate during the present session,
was presented by that body handsome
gold watch, suitably Inscribed Senator
Leavens of Lamoille county made the
speech and the lieutenant
governor made feeling response. The
TWO Senate pages, Joseph Darling and
Tohn Bancroft were also presented
Watches while the secretary and assist
INT secretary, the official reporter. the
haplain and the doorkeeper and assist
mt doorkeeper were given stickpins.
Important Measures Passed.
Among some of the more important
passed by the legislature were
ills covering the following: Creating Of
ice of state engineer; creating office OF
commissioner; combining Of
ces OF commissioner of agriculture and
orestry; consolidating factory and in
ustrial accident board under title of
of industries; voting ST.
10000 war emergency appropriation;
rea ting office Of director of state institu-
ions; creating state board of control;
bolishinz G-"sna Green in Vermont;
mendins vc-smcn's compensation law
D that provisions should apply to firms
mploying ike or more men instead of
D; voting s4.I00,0o0 budget: regulating
ne issuing of municipal bonds so that
iunicipal corporations will not need to
D before the legislature for enabling
It's; inspection of barber shops: sppro-
rating SlS0.O00 for completion OF new
ate building and repairing the old state
hiding; providing for lights of vehicles
night; TO prevent unfair discrimina-
on in trade, TO regulate moving pic
lres.