The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-04
House Started Late To-day
and Then Was Deluged with
Adjournment Resolutions
SPEAKING LIMITED
TO FIVE MINUTES
Senate Acts Favorably on a
Proposal to Aid Members
of 26th to Go to Boston

Considerable delay was occasioned in
getting things started in the House this
morning, and it was nearly IL o'clock
before the House finally convened. 1t was
then deluged with resolutions looking
toward final adjournment. Mr.. Dunham
of Brattleboro moved that the Senate be
requested to return to the House the
resolution looking toward final adjourn
ment, and this was voted.
The motion of Mr.. Buxton Of Middle
town Springs, "that motion to ad.
journ shall not prevail during the re-
mainder of the session, unless by vote
OF three quarters of the members pres
emf" was lost by vote of ll6 to r. A
resolution offered by Mr., Miner of Sher-
burne that, for the remainder of the ses-
sion, a member shall not speak more than
five minutes on any one question, was
adopted by vote of ia TO SO.
Mr. Dunham of Brattleboro offered a
joint resolution. which was adopted by
the House, TO the effect that the chap
lains of the Senate and House receive S4
per day and mileage for their attendance
at the session.
The House passed in concurrence s.
l07, relating TO prostitution, as amend
ed, after refusing to reconsider its vote
whereby it yesterday adopted the
amendment of Mr. Alexander that fine
Of not more than 800 might be sub
stituted as punishment, instead Of IN
prisonment Mr. Buxton OF Middletown
Springs proposed to amend the bill 50
that the amendment would read mot
less than 800" but he was voted down
the vote being l03 to SO.
The House to-day passed s. 100, re-
.lating to temporary number plates for
automobiles; H. 33l. relating to issu.
ance of bonds for county tuberculosis
hospitals: s. Ill, amending charter OF
city of Burlington. The House adopted
in concurrence resolutions relating 20
investigation of state expenses by the
board Of control and relating to iuves-
tigation of the water resources of the
state by the public service commission
and the state engineer, the commission
to report TO the next session of the leg
islature.
Inc f1eldte bD-uhN duOpttu u fesplu-
tion that until final Adjournment no
bill shall be introduced in the Senate
without unanimous consent. The Senate
refused second reading to s. III, an
act relating to the payment Of work
mems compensation in case Of death and
for medical services. The bill was re
ported without recommendation and Sen
ator Villas moved that it be read the
second time. Senator Payne opposed the
motion. Senators Hill and Emery ia
vored the bill. Senator Daniels moved
to amend to make 5000 the limit for
medical expenses instead of $500 Sena-
tor Varnum opposed the bill, as did Sen
ator Belknap. The amendment was
adopted, 20 to I. Senator Howland
moved to strike out section ! and 2, and
the amendment was adopted, Is to IL.
Second reading was then refused, 81 to s.
After changing the resolution TO bill,
substituting the enacting clause instead
of the resolving clause, the Senate adj
vanced the measure authorizing the ad-
iutant general to pay the carfare of
those members of the 26th division who
were unable to go to Boston for the
06th's receDtion