The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-14
SENATE ADVANCES
MARRIAGE BILL IN
AMENDED FORM
Anti-Woman Suffragists Won Victory
by Recommitment of Bill Permit
ting Tax-Paying Women to
Vote in Town Meeting.

/ Features of the day in the Vermont
| legislature were the ordering to third
reading by the Senate of the amended
Dunham marriage bill intended to pre-.
vent Vermont from continuing as Gret-
ma Green, the recommitment BY the SEN
ate of the bill allowing taxpaying women
| to vote in town meetings and a refusal
| by the House to increase the pay of
! State House employees. The reeommit-
ment of the woman suffrage bill was con-
sidered victory for the anti-suffragists,
who had advanced as an argument that
they did not have an opportunity to be
heard in the committee.
The Dunham marriage bill was amend
ed so that If the marriage is to be sol
emnized in a town in which neither the
groom nor the bride resides, no one shall
be authorized to solemnize the marriage
until five days after the required certifi-
cate has been issued Another amend
ment is that the act shall take effect on
May |, 1917, instead of March. The bill
was passed after short, sharp debate.
Sanford A. Daniels New Senator.
Gov. Graham to-day announced the ap-
pointment of Sanford A. Daniels of Brat
tleboro as a senator to succeed the late
Hermon 4. Eddy of Brattleboro and
Windham county, and the oath was AN
ministered to the new senator by the Sec
retary.
Senator Daniels is member of the
state industrial accident board and
well known citizen of Brattleboro. His
name has been mentioned frequently of
late as the probable successor to Senator
Eddy. He is considered to be man
quite well versed in state matters and
the appointment meets with quite gen
ersl approval.
Customs Brokerage Bill Passed.
With the passage by the House yester
day afternoon of Fl Ill, the customs |
brokerage bill, which was opposed by the
success crowned the heroic ef
forts of Representative Dan Steele of |
Highgate, the introducer of the measure,
who, almost single handed. convinced the
House that the measure deserved favor
able consideration.
Adversely reported by the committee,
lhe bill was so vigorously defended by |
,Ir. Steele on the floor of the House that
he motion to reject was lost last week
Ifter over four hours of debate and it
vas advanced to third reading. Yester
lay afternoon il was a special order and
Ifter Mr.. Steele had offered an amend
nent. striking out the section providing
or the act TO take effect on its passage,
which was agreed 10, the bill was passed
" yea and nay vote Iii to l0l.
D. a 20 4 {
xpected although the opponents are ex-
ected to carry the fight to the upper
ranch of the legislature.
No yea and nay vote was needed to
i'll the measure repeating the direct pri q
lary, but providing for a referendum, '
fr. Sinclair of Essex requesting the roll c
all but was not sustained and the bill i
as rejected almost unanimously. The v
i'll was adversely reported and was
oecisl order.
The bill relating TO taxation of reg ,
tered stock, and. according TO its orig
Iator. Mr. Rublee of Berkshire. designed o
encourage the breeding of bloOded
,ock by providing that the registered n
ock should not be taxed more than or L
nary cattle. was first amended so that 81
le intent Of the bill was destroyed and s.
zen indefinitely postponed upon motion ~
Mr.. Rublee. 81
Bills introduced in House. .,
From the general committee as sub 81
itute for II al. II 50, II 92. II l62. II POS m
ID II poe, an act to amend Sec. $3.50 Of 81
e public statutes relating to dogs run 81
2 at large. dogs ranging or running ps
large outside Of and away from prem co
e of owner or keeper, unacoompanied by III
-ner or csretaker to be complained Of So
owner. II within a reasonable time te
ter such notice has been given, dog nc
ntinues 20 run at large, any person Oo
" kill him.l liz
From the general committee, an at in de
lendment Of and in addition to and 70 hs
,esl certain sections of the public stat re
Continued on fourth psgel