The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-13
The Senate Spent the Whole
Forenoon Upon Senator
AlIey's Bill, and After Re-
jecting Proposed Amend
ments One by One Dis
missed the Bill by a Vote
of "a to 5.
of "a to 5.

was reported in the Vermont legislature
to-day by the budget committee and to
meet that 30-cent state tax is recon-
mended, it being expected that the in
come from that would be Sl,54s,s49.
The committee on appropriations sub
mitted the following statement as the
approximate financial condition of the
state: Appropriations recommended by
budget committee for two years ending
June so, 1921, S4,s57 500; appropriations
for 1917 to be provided for, Sl49,500; to.
tai, S5,OO7 300 General revenue for two
years ending June 80, 1921 (estimated,
$3,7ll 300; deficit, $l,296,O09. Military
notes due, S5OS,OO0; estimated soldiers
pay Sl,OOO,O0o; total, sl,5Os,oOO Grand
list, S2,58l,4l5; 30-cent tax for two
years, 81 ,54s,S49.
The Senate spent the entire forenoon
on the Amey amendments to S. 80, to
increase the compensation for injuries to
workmen The bill was introduced by
Senator Amey of Essex county but was
entirely rewritten after the enacting
clause. Amendments were then proposed
by Senator Amey, which were taken up
to-day. One Of them proposed to in
crease medical expenses to $500 in eX-
treme cases This amendment was sup
ported by Senators Rowland, Villas and
Daniels and was opposed by Senators
Payne, Belknap, Mckillup, Shaw, Carr,
Root and Varnum. 1t was lost by a vote
of 70 to 8; and that was about the align
ment of the Senate up to the time Of the
question of final passage of the bill, when
the vote killing the measure was "a to >.
The bill was taken up yesterday after
noon in a committee of the whole when
Robert W. Simonds, state commissioner
Of industries, presented statement that
the changes would probably increase the
expenses of compensation at the present
rates 33 l3 per cent, but he favored a
bill to permit the employers to carry
their own insurance under mutual ar
rangement. In answer to questions he
said that such bill had been framed
and would probably be introduced within
week.
MIR. Clark of Brookfeld offered an
amendment to the "back bear" measure,
which was adopted by the House with
out debate providing that the bounty
on black bears shall apply only between
Nav I and Nov. /. The vote was 1872 TO
a. The bill was then passed, the vote
being almost unanimous. This reverses
another decision of the House, the bill
having been killed at the Monday even
ing session and reeonsidered Tuesday.
The greater part of the interest in
the House this morning was on Il. 26O,
the act creating district health officers in
place of town health officers. After
talk-fest in which the merits of the bill
were praised by Mr., Webster of Swan
ton. MIR. Bond of Searsburg and Mr.. Nc
Farland 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
penalty of not more than 500, nor less
than S25 for failure of a physician to
comply with the provisions of that part
Of the bill requiring that attending ply
sicians shall look after the quarantinlug
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
sdered and passed in concurrence 5. 4,
permitting town. city or incorporated
village to maintain wood, coal and
fuel yard, following the proposal Of an
amendment which would strike out sec.
tion 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 third reading after
an extended explanation of the present
bill, which is a substitute for The original
bill, 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 contemplates
having the compilation, editing and writ
ing done by the secretary Of civic and
military affairs,
On motion of Mr.. Alexander of st, AL Z
bans City, H. 25l, relating to former
acuuittal, the bill which was ordered to
a third reading yesterday by very close
vote, and which has to do with the Anna
Feleh case, was ordered to lie and made
special order for next Wednesday at
2:30 o'clock.