The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-31
RUIZ 4 OF VETO
81 BARGE BILL
About the State House There
Is a Report that Clement
Will Not Sign
LEGISLATURE BEGINS
POSSIBLE LAST WEEK
Sunday Permit Bill One of the
Most Interesting to Be
Taken Up

Tonight the Vermont legislature of
1919 starts upon what is expected by
many will be the last week Of the ses
sion. The work of the session is well
cleaned up, there being but 10 bills in
House committees, and % in Senate com
mittees There are Is bills on the House
calendar for tonight. The Senate cal
endar is a short one
On the other hand, there is some talk
that new bills which will be introduced
in the Senate this week, together with
the itemHed consideration of the bud
get by the Senate, win postpone final
adjournment until sometime next week.
it is understood that couple of inn
portant measures, one of them relating
TO workmen's compensation, viii appear
in the Senate within a day or two. The
budget bill is up for third reading in
the House tonight, and win probably
90 to the Senate tomorrow morning.
If everything runs smoothly, the Senate
may be able to get through it by Wednes-
day night and pass it Thursday which
would leave the way clear for final adj
iournment Saturday But if any difficult
ty arises over the measure, it is Likely
to take up the greater part Of the week
in the Senate
There are four measures on the House
calendar tonight with favorable report.
one with an adverse report, three for
concurrence in Senate proposals Of
amendment, and nine up for passage
Those coming in under favorable report
are S. 81, the workmens COMPENSATION
measure; s 99 providing for mutual as
sociations for employers under the work
mems compensation. law; S. l02, provid-
ing tOr cooperation with the Federal
government for rural sanitation; and :
los, providing for a custodian for the
works of the Vermont Historical society
s G6, relating to the conservation, de-
velopment and utilization Of the water
resources of the state, comes in u1er
adverse report.
One Of the bills up for passage tonight
is 5. lOl, allowing towns and cities 10
further exempt hotels from taxation
This measure caused quite furry in
the House Friday afternoon, and il
may have considerable opposition this
evening. 1t is of vital Importance to the
Barre City hotel, about which the meas
ure centers
Interest in the House this week eeHteTs
about H. 3l2, the Sunday permit bill
which comes up as a special order tomor-
row afternoon at $780, II is possible that
the House may 90 into a committee Of
the whole and hear what some interested
citizens of the state have to say ON the
subject. Anyhow, there is sure to be
some hot debating before the vote is
taken on this measure, for the state is
now pretty thoroughly aroused concern
ing it, and the opposition to the bill
promises to be one Of the stitfest Of the
session
The normal school bill, II $50, intro
dueed Friday by Mr.. Tracy Of johnson,
normal schools at Castleton and Johnson
until August. l04l, is also due for some
lively opposition, according to reports
The movement for consolidation of such
state institutions as can be consolidated
to advantage, has gained a large follow
ing in both houses, and it is expected
that an attempt will be made to apply
the idea in this case.
The statutes provide that the normal
schools of the state shall continue until
August, 1920, and had not somebody
discovered this fact the other day, both
schools might have been out of existence
before another legislature could have
given them a new lease Of life.
In case there is a movement for con
soidation, it is understood that the
school at Castleton is the favorite over
that at johnson, and the gentleman from
johnson may have hard Shedding for his
bill
Rumor has it that the governor is like
ly to veto the barge terminal measure
1t remains to be seen whether he will
follow his own inclination to cut down
the state tax by calling halt on this
measure or whether he win consider
that he should support the legislative
action as being the representative senti.
ment of the people of the state The
governor has received a number of pro-
tests from different parts of the state
against the bill.