Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-04-10
Both Branches Adopt Confer
ence Report on Budget Bill
Some Original Appropriations
are Restored
CHARITIES GETS $4,000
House kills BiII Taking Certain APP
roiutt>c Powers from Governor and
Refuses to Concur In Amended Tax
Bill

IO.15 o'clock TONIGHT the Senate unan-
imously adopted the report of the CON
ference on the budget bill Oh. 32O ana
3 the measure now goes to the Governor
. the House having adopted the report
. during the latter part of the after
, noon. after the two houses had played
baseball with the measure all day
the bill having made the trip back
a., and forth between the House and Sen
: ate not less than half "a dozen times
s. t27 is BURIED DEEPLY
without the least hesitation the
House buried S. 127, taking the appoint
ment of certain State officers out OF
4. the hands of the governor. and provid-
ing that these officers shall he cleo
ted by the general assembly in Joint
session The vote against the meas
ure was overwhelming. and left no
doubt about where the House stood
on the bill which was rushed through
the Senate last evening.
CONFIRMATION REFUSED
In long executive session this eve-
ming. the Senate refused to confirm
the appointments of the governor as
follows: John s. Buttles of Brandon
for commissioner of industries; NJ. G.
Morse of Hardwick for commissioner
of taxes, and J. q. Brown of Montpelier
for insurance commissioner. The Sem
ate confirmed the appointments of Ell
bert S. Brigham of Montpelier for COM
missioner of agriculture: Linus Leavens
Of Cambridge for fish and game COM
missioner and George r.. Carpenter of
Montpelier for. State purchasing agent.
in place of Dewey r. Hanley. Brig
ham and Leavens are reappointments.
Charles Plumley tax commissioner, and
Robert w. Simonds, commissioner of in
dustries will remain in office unless re-
moved by the governor after the adj
journment of the Legislature. The
name of c. H. Lang of Montpelier is
mentioned for the office of insurance
commissioner. These appointments
have not been officially announced but
It is understood the actions indicated
were taken by large majorities.
THE BUDGET AS ADOPTED
The report of the committee on confer
ence the budget bill recommended
that the Senate recede from the
first second. fourth, sixth and eighth
proposals of amendment, and that the
House concur in the third and fifth pro-
posals, while both should recede from the
seventh proposal. which regards the APP
preparation for the Board of Charities and
Probation. The original appropriation for
this department was $4,000 The House
amended it to read $4,000. The Senate put
it back at $4,000 and the bill now pro-
vides for SIS 900.
The bill now provides: The publicity de-
partment gets it's full $4,000 tcut 10 N.ooo
by the Senate; the educational depart
nent gets its full $264 900 the Senate tried
TO cut it to s2O0.OOO); the appropriation for
grade crossings is cut from $4,000 to slo.-
400 as amended by the Senate. the orig
inal 5000 for armores remains, but an
- other $35 900 Appropriated by the Legisa-
ture of 1917. to be available until June ~,
1926. but which has not been needed dur
ing the past year, is cut out; the Sl'oU ior
bounties for animals remains from which
the black bear bountes will be PAID and
there is no REMEMBERING of sections ac-
cording to the Senate plans.
IN FINAL ACCORD
Although there was much uncertainty
about the State House to-day that the
Senate would hold up the budget bill and
the State tax measure, and thus produce
a deadlock which would call for speciai
session of the Legislature. and it looked
for while to-day as if that was tha very
plan under which the Senate was work.
ing). this fear was averted tonight. and
the Senate and House are evidently in per-
feet accord at adjournment Tonight
The corridors of the state House
have been seething with suppressed eN-
element all day, the uncertainty peihg
the greatest of any Legislative day IN
several sessions. Tonight the House
held it's usual preadjournment rough
house" and everybody took hand
There will be session tomorrow morn
ing to finish up the odds and ends. and
hear .osing messages.
\CIVILIAN WAR TAN"
After radically amending the measure,
the Senate tonight passed the state
tax bill The amendment would reduce
the tax from 40 cents to ~ cents ana
assess an additional $500 on every poll
taxpayer who was not in military or
naval service, this tax to be known as
the civilian war tax and to be in force
for period Of ten years, in which time,
it is figured, it would take up the bonds
on the 81 ,5O0,OO0 appropriation for state
pay for soldiers. The House. however.
later in the evening, fatty refused to
accept the amendment.
1t is understood that an attempt will
be made to- morrow morning to have the
House reconsider it's vote whereby it re-
1ected s. l2s, the bill taking the appoint
ment Of certain State officers out Of
the hands Of the Governor, but there is
very little likelihood that this attempt
will succeed.
ANOTHER SUFFRAGE BILL
4 bill from senator Villas came into
the Senate about midnight which pro-
vides that women over 10 years of age
may vote under the law allowing women
10 vote who pay poll tax and take the
freemans oath The Villas bill amends
II. l. passed al the present session,
which provides that women q years of
age and over, and under 70 years of age
may vote. Senator Villas would strike
out the phrase under 10 years of age"
so that women of that age could vote.
HITS BRATTLEBORO RETREAT
Another bin which viii he introduced
RI. by Senator Villas before the close of the
session is "A measure to do away with
the Brattleboro Retreat so-called, and
consolidate the work of this institution
and that of the state Hospital AT Water
bury, removing the patients Of the
Brattleboro Retreat TO Waterbury.
The Senate this evening concurred IN
the House proposal of amendment to 5
g. increasing the salaries OF the county
clerks of Windham, Chttenden and
Orleans counties, and the bill is now in
the hands of the Governor, after haV'
ing been rejected by the House earlier
I'm the session and reconsidered after
many days.
Under suspension of the rules III. 2s3
. relating to settlement Of accounts o