The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-17
>Phont Legislature Is Not
Making Very Rapid
Progress
SENATE HAS SO BILLS.
AND HOUSE HAS II
In Addition, There Will
Probably Be Other Meas
ures introduced

Prospects for final adjournment of the
Vermont Legislature of 1919 before the
latter part of the first week in April be-
come more and more dubious from day
to day. Progress during the past week
has not been sufficient to warrant the
belief that the legislature will be able to
finish up the work already on hand by
the 2Sth of March, the date mentioned
last week for final adjournment, and it
is understood that there are several more
committee bills to come in which will
take up time,
A summary of business up to the close
of work last week shows that the Senate
has 80 measures on its hands at the pres
ent time, some Of which will require
some time to dispose of. The House has
Il measures yet to take care Of, with
the end of new bills not yet in sight.
Granting that the greater part of these
are routine measures aud can be disposed
of in a hurry, it is hardly likely that the
slate can be cleaned up before April 4.
The summary of the House business
up to date shows that "a House bills
have become laws; II others have passed
both houses; As have passed the House
only, six were killed in the Senate, 63
killed in the House; 40 are now in com
mittees; IA on the calendar; and eight
reported by substitute bills, making a
total of 2S6 measures introduced.
OF the 81 Senate bills which have come
TO the House, Is are now laws; l3 passed
the House; Ii were killed in the House;
l3 are in committee, and four are on the
calendar
This evenings session ushers in the
eleventh week of this general assembly.
The Senate opens up with fairly long
calendar tonight, while the House, due
to the cleaning-up process of Saturday
morning, has very little business to at
tend to.
Besides a special order S. SO, estab-
lishing the Vermont teachers retirement
system. the Senate this evening will
have u bills up for passage, one for
concurrence in the House proposal of
amendment. and two which have been
recalled from the House. The two re-
called are S. 76, reappropriating a certain
sum for the erection of reformatory
for women at Windsor and to make an
appropriation for repairs at the states
prison; and H. 1873, relating to the duties
Of supervisors of the insane.
Tomorrow the Senate takes up as a
special order S. Al, making an appropria
tion for cooperative extension work in
agriculture and home economics in rural
communities through the county farm
bureau associations.
On the House calendar for this evening
will oe found three measures to be taken
up as unfinished business These are II.
276. providing that town officers elected
by ballot shall he by majority vote, the
measure being up for third reading, II.
27S, the new committee bill relating to
the operation of automobiles, which was
the focus of much debate Saturday, is
up for second reading. s. 10, relating to
the evidence of records and judgments of
another state. has been returned to the
possession of the House from the Senate.
New business to be taken up by the
House this evening includes three bills to
be read third time, and three commit
tee bills for second reading.
On the House calendar for tomorrow
is H. 207, the barge terminal measure
calling for. an appropriation from the
state to build, maintain and operate
public barge terminal This measure
comes up as a special order at 1890
o'clock.