The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-10
Bill Aiming for Central Con-
troll to Be introduced by
AmidOn of Halifax
AIKEN OF PUTNEY
ASKS $500 FOR EXHIBIT
Would Like to Have the State Repre-
sented at the Next New England
Food Show. o. Merrifeld of Graf
ton Secretary of Farmers Club.
Especial to The Reformer.)

ton Secretary of Farmers Club.
Especial to The Reformer.)
MONTPELIER, Jan. 10
Gov. Graham will initiate his pro-
gram for Capitalization of state govern
ment tomorrow or this afternoon, when
Mr.. Amidon of Halifax will introduce
in the house q bill to abolish the board
Of agriculture, and make the commits
sloner of agriculture, also nursery in
Spector, state forester, ornithOlopist and
live stock commissioner and also do
ing away with trustees of state schools
Of agriculture
In the house this morning Mr.. Aiken
Of Putney introduced a bill providing
5000 for the Vermont exhibit Of foods
at the New England food show in 1917.
Fenton OF Rutland introduced an act
to amend see. 5l29 of the public sta
tutes 50 that one-half of the liquor Ii
cense fees shall 60 to the state and the
other half to the town. This was re-
ferred to the committee on temperance.
Mr.. Foley of Montgomery introduced
a bill providing regulation of hours of
labor for workers in mines, factories
and public service corporations, limit
ing the hours TO nine. 1t was referred
to the committee on commerce and Ia
Dor.
Senator Peck Of Burlington intro
duced an act to define the age of legal
consent as used in public statutes, de-
hned as meaning ! 5 instead Of 16 wears.
\ resolution introduced in the house
asking the committee on elections to in
vestlgate l.. II. Thornton of Barnet. to
find if he held at time of election or
at present time an office of profit under
the laws of congress.
The legislature is getting well or
ganized and will be at the real work
/ of the session before many davs. This
week will see the majority of the mem
hers feeling al home and ready for
/ their tasks.
Yesterday afternoon the senate was
not IN session. The house received a
bill from MIR. MerrifieId Of Grafton
preventing the pollution of the waters
Of Saxtons River by the dumping of
sawdust, shayings, etc. Mr. Cudworth
of Londonderry introduced an act to
amend section 10 of Number Of the
acts of 1915, providing for the filing of
vacancies III the office of United States
senator, 4 vacancy to be filled at a
| special election, to be held at the
time of the next general election: pro
vlded, however, that the governor NAV
temporarily FIJI such a vacancy bv ap.
| pointment, the person SO appointed 20
| serve only until the vacancy is filled
| by the people. The act was referred to
the committee On suffrage and elec-
tons
Last night at 80 the Farmers club
of the legislature met in representa-
i tives' hall and elected L. B. Coburn cf
East Montpelier, president; F. 0. Mer-
rifeld of Grafton, secretary: f. w.
Hunt Of Danville, treasurer: l.. X. Os-
good of Rutland town, Frank D. Gill
of Springfield and Senator Linus
Leavens of Cambridge, members of the
executive committee This club works
| to secure legislation for the farmers
and aid in the general advancement of
agriculture.
The board of appraisers of bank
stock, consisting of the state treasur-
| er, bank commissioner of taxes, will
meet at the state house, Friday after
noon, next, at one clock to begin
their work of the annual appraisal of
| bank stock pursuant to the provisions
of No. 81 of the Acts of 1918.
! Speaking of the benefits to be de-
rived from such an appraisal, the com
missioner of taxes says in his report
on page nine:
. In my report for the biennial peri
Cd ending June so, 1914, 1 called atten-
| tion to the fact that one of the glar-
| ing inequalities in taxation arises
from the lack of uniformity in the ap-
| praisal of shares of bank stock in the
different towns throughout the state >,
| [ recommended the passage of law
constituting a board of appraisers of
| bank stock whose duty it should be 70
appraise and establish for the purposes
/ of local taxation the fair value of the
stock in the several institutions doing
/ business in the state of Vermont and
subject to local taxation | drew a bill
which was introduced in the house bv
| Mr.. Hendee of Pittsford. and with
some slight amendments eventually be-
came a law. Acting under this law. the
/ state treasurer, bank commissioner. and
commissioner of taxes acting as a
board of appraisers, appraised the stock
in the several banking institutions do
ing business in the state of Vermont.
The expense involved was consider
ably less than 800. The only appeal
which was taken from the appraisal
as made by the board was Withdrawn.
AS result of the appraisal. not
only the glaring inequalities and lack
of uniformity in the appraisal of the
shares of bank stock in the different