Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-03-20
Measure Providing Appropria-
ton for Medical Scholarships
in u. V. M. Will Be Favorably
Reported to the House
A BEAR BILL WINS
PASSES House by Unanimous Vote
Lower branch Also Passes Measure
Creating District Health Officers
After Long Debate

a hearing on the bill to appropriate 5000
annually for scholarships for medical
students at the University Of Vermont.
Dean Fl. c. Tinkham Of the school of
medicine and Comptroller Guy w. Bailey
were present also John T.. Weeks of Mid
dlebury. The latter offered no objection
on the part of Middlebury College.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the
committee voted to report the bill favor
ably to the House. The measure has al
ready passed the Senate.
HOUSE-MORNING
The greater part of the interest in the
House this morning was on II. ESQ. the
act creating district health officers in
place of town health officers. After a
talk-fest in which the merits of the bill
were prasied by Mr.. Webster Of Swan
ton, Mr.. Bond of Searsburg and Mr..
Mcfarland of Hyde Park. the measure
was passed by an almost unanimous vote,
with amendments by Mr.. Webster and
Mr.. Carpenter Of Richford.
Mr.. Carpenters amendment provides a
penalty of not more than 800, nor less
than S25 for failure of a physician to
comply with the provisions of that part
of the bill requiring that attending physi-
clans shall look after the quarantlning
of cases of communicable diseases, and
report same to district health officer. The
amendments offered by Mr.. Webster
leave the appointment of a city health
officer, if one is desired, in the hands of
the State board of health. The amend
ments make no radical changes.
The House suspended the rules, recon-
sidered and passed in concurrence S. 4,
permitting IA town, city or incorporated
village to maintain a wood. coal and fuel
yard, following the proposal Of an amend
ment which would strike out section 3
of the measure.
H. 256, providing for the preparation
and publication of a suitable history and
memorial to Vermont's part in the war,
was advanced to a third reading. after
an extended explanation of the present
bill. which is a substitute for the orig
inal ball. by Mr.. Buttles of Brandon,
chairman of the committee On military
affairs. The original bill provided that
an editor should be secured to write the
history, while the present measure con-
templates having the compilation. edit
ing and writing done by the secretary
Of civil and military affairs.
On motion Of Mr.. Alexander of st.
Adams city. II. PSI. relating to former
acquital, the bill which was ordered to
a third reading yesterday by a very
close vote, and which has to do with the
Anna Fetch case, was ordered to lie and
made a special order for next Wednesday
at 2:3O O'Clock.
Mr.. Clark of B%rookfeld offered an
amendment to the BLACK bear meas
ure, which was adopted by the House
without debate, providing that the bounty
on black bears shall apply only between
May l and November l.. The vote was
1872 to AZ. The bill was then passed, the
vote being almost unanimous. This re-
verses another decision of the House, the
bill having been killed at the Monday
evening session and reconsidered Tues
day.
COMPENSATION BILL KILLED.
Continuing where it left off las
, night, the Senate spent the entire
r morning session in bate on S. 35. the
Amey compensation meas.
ure, which the senator from Esse,
5 has been trying to amend in order &c
save its existence. The effort wa!
I futile, however. for after all argu'
/ ments had been pended, all amend
, ments were rejected and the bill It.
self, stripped of it's borrowed plum
age, was cast forth into oblivion. The
n final vote on the measure was "a to 5
When the measure first came VI
this morning, Senator Amey moved t.
/, amend it so as to allow the Commits,
4 sioner of Industries to allow $500 70
o medical expenses in extreme cases
;, 800 to be the limit in ordinary case
- of injury. This amendment was fav
ored by senator's Rowland, Villas anc
Daniels, but was opposed by Senators
Payne, Belknap. McKillip. Schoff
Carr. Root and Varnum, and tn
amendment was rejected, 10 to 3.
This lineup was maintained quit
consistently throughout the discussion
and the voting. Senators McKillil
took the stand that, since this bill
had been practically amended SO tina
n 1t retained little of it's former identity
the amendments should take the form
q of a new bill. Each amendment wa
s. rejected in turn and the bill was the
q killed as above noted.
X SENATE-AFTERNOON
A stiff fight took place in the Senat
. this afternoon over II. 172, relating t
- parties and witnesses attending court an
trial. This is the bill which aroused 8
much discussion at the morning session
of the Senate yesterday, and which wa
G characterized by one senator as a yer
dangerous measure because 1t would al
low criminals, who might be summone
" to this State as Witnesses in court, I
:. commit any sort of crime and be FIRE
~ from arrest or service of papers,. After
heated discussion this afternoon, in whic
80 Senators Villas. Amey and Kingsley vigor
!, ously opposed the measure. and favore
y the adoption of an amendment offered b
Senator Tracy. which would allow the al
> rest of an out-of-the- State witness com
~ mitted of a felony. this amendment wa
20 rejected by a vote of 10 to 8. and the bi
- was passed In concurrence by a vote or
to 7.
SOME HEATED REMARKS
Senator's LaFleur and Carr led tn
=, fight for the bill. TIL discussion got rattle
= warm once or twice. Senator LaFlet
=, had called attention to the fact that IN
attorney general had asked that tn
=. measure be passed, it being understoo
- that 1t was necessary In order that wi
g nesses might be procured from New for
= State in the Eastman case now bein
tried In Rutland county.
,o Senate Amey characterised the bill 9
~ the most ridiculous piece of Legislation !
had ever seen, and maintained that an a
torney general who would ask for such
law must be incompetent. The senator d
,st clared wthat he would vote against Il
e. bill IL he had to vote alone.
e. Senator Villas declared that nobod
He whether a resident of the State. or othe
ed wise, should be allowed to commit a II
ID. ony and escape arrest. He urged q
ey adoption of the amendment
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