The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-11
Harlan Renfrew Of the Yer
mont House of Repre-
sentatives Dead
ST. GEORGE CONTEST
IS REPORTED ON
Committee Says Mr.. Aver
Is Not Entitled to
His Seat

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the family. The resolution was adopted
After a nights sleep, the Senate this
morning, by vote of Is to 10, reconsid
cred and recommitted to the general
committee II. 40, including the commits
sioner of agriculture on the board Of con
troll This bill was most emphatically
killed, after being literally torn to pieces
and put together again several times by
the Senate last evening. just what is
the idea in reviying the dead measure
has not been made public, but it is likely
that somebody has new proposition
which will have to be threshed over.
Barge terminal bills are getting TO be
popular in the Legislature. The third one
of the session appeared in the House this
morning. II is II, 207, and it provides
for an appropriation of 5000 900 TO build,
maintain and operate public barge ter
minal at the port of Burlington, on Lake
Champlain, and creates a barge terminal
commission. The bill was introduced by
Mr.. Howe of Readsboro and referred to
the committee on commerce and labor.
Mr.. Slavton of MOrristown introduced
in the House a joint resolution providing
for the setting aside of $4,000 of the
appropriation for the board of health, for
purposes of rural sanitation, in order to
take advantage of the federal appropria
tion embodied in the Lever bill. This
joint resolution went to the appropria
tion committee.
Besides H. 207, three other bills were
introduced in the House this morning, as
follows:
H. 2O4, Mr.. Wilson of Rutland City, an
act to amend section 1872 OF No. 249 of
the acts Of 1908, entitled "An act to
amend the charter Of the city of Rut-
land, as amended by No. 27S of the acts
Of 1915 and No. 277 of the acts of 1917.
H. 205, Mr. Drury of Weston, to appro-
pirate the sum of $1,000 to aid the town
of Weston in improving the road leading
from Weston to Mount Tabor.
H. 206, Mr.. Reed of Concord, to pay
John l. Folsom the sum of 5000 spent
in pursuit Of a deserter from the United
States army.
House Bills Passed.
H. ll6, relating to actions on insurance
policies.
H. lis, relating to the defnement of a
rural school.
The House recommitted H. 80, relating
to the incorporation of the village Of
Manchester, changing the time Of hold
ing the annual meeting. Mr.. Webster Of
Swanton stated that there were several
amendments that are under consideration
for this bill.
From the committee on suffrage and
elections, report came in this morning
that this committee had thoroughly in
vestigated the contest between Earl
Aver, who at present holds the seat for
the town of st. George, and Nat Parcher,
who contests the seat, and they had
found that there was a tie vote and no
election in the town of st. George, and
that Mr.. Aver is not, therefore, entitled
to his seat.
In pursuance of this report, the com
mittee offered a House resolution to the
effect that Mr. Aver is not entitled to the
seat which he now holds, On motion of
Mr.. Webster of Swanton, this resolution
was ordered to lie and made a special or
der for next Tuesday at 2:l5 o'clock, in
order that other evidence might be
brought in.
The House concurred in the Senate's
proposal of amendment to ii. 0l, relating
to the appropriations by towns for free
hospital beds.
One bill was passed by the Senate this
morning, II. 32, relating to fee upon dis
tTibution of estates, The Senate also
adopted the joint resolution relating toI
inspection of penal institutions by leg
islative committee of this general as
semhly and suspended the rules to take
up j. r. H. l6, relating to inspection of
the state hospital at Waterbury by a
committee from the legislature. This
resolution was read the second and third
times and adopted this morning, so that
the trip could be taken this afternoon.
The House proposal of amendment to
S. "a, relating to canyassing votes for
representatives to Congress, was con-
Cured in.
The Senate rejected S. II, regulating
the pay of municipal and city judges.
Senate Bills introduced
By Senator Maurice of Lamoille, an act
to amend section 435 Of the general
laws, relating to the number of scholar
ships at the University of Vermont and
state agricultural college (SiXteen thou
sand, eight hundred dollars appropriated
annually instead of 81 200, To designate
30 students instead of 30. Each senator
TO appoint seven instead of one student
By Senator Belknap of Windsor an
act to amend section 4,252 Of the general
laws, relating to the management of
farms operated in connection with poor
houses (Town must vote oyerseer eX
elusive control.)
In the House. Mr. Hopkins OF Bur
Iington tried Intellectually to save II 1853,
forbidding night walkers from plying
their unlawful trade, He explained that
1t was introduced at the request of the
states attorney of Chittenden county,
who desired to suppress such conduct
more summarily than the common law
permitted. The bill was probably given
It's death blow by Mr.. Austin of High
gate, VINO asked the members how they
could impose a penalty on woman for
walking out nights and not impose the
same penalty on men, when they had
lust voted women on an equality with
men at the polls,
The House also killed S. 80, disquali
flying school directors or trustees from