The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-31

TO
MONDAY evening
Senate Beats House on Fin
al Vote for Over-Sunday
Recess
TOWN CLERKS TO
RECEIVE SALARIES
House After Protracted Debate Passes
Senate Bill Providing Definite
Amount for Clerk of Each Town
Measures Introduced and Referred.
Especial to The Reformer)
MONTPELIER. Jan.

Especial to The Reformer)
| MONTPELIER, JAN 81
/ House and senate worked at top
speed this morning, racing for the goal
Iof adiournment over the weekend, but
Ithc senate dashed under the wire a
length ahead. The upper house took
adjournment at 1880 until p. m.
Monday evening. while the lower house
was still blowing through some heavy
going in the way of third readings
when the whistle blew at noon. Adj
Eloumment in the house was taken this
lafternoon to conform with the senate s
Faction this afternoon s legislative scs-
{ lsion being devoted to The slaughter of
various unhappy bills which came in
lnnder adverse reports.
Il report which met with unanimous
endorsement was made by Speaker
q Dana inst before the members dispersed
Tor the midday meal He had iust re.
Iceivcd 4 mysterious communication
from Treasurer Walter +. Scott. and
= tool, great pleasure IN announcing
that the members pay checks would
be ready Immediately after this after
noon S session.
III addition to introducing seven new
bills. the senate passed nine bills as
, follows: 80
. ST, enabling municipalities to es-
ablish coal, wood and ice plants; S 10,
raisfffg pay Of assistant judges; S 10,
! regarding evidences of records IN other
/ states; s %, fixing penalty Of injury to
tov l. a.
, mortgages made valid; S 2s, applying
t trustee process 10 life insurance com
: panics RI ), changing date for settle
II pienf by tax collectors; II II, relating
to exemptions from taxation; Fl SO,
tpcrpctuating testimony of witnesses.
Bills. introduced included:
= ~. Senator Kingsley, permitting
justices of the supreme court and SUI
; lperior judges who have attained the
= age Of 20 years To retire on half pay
and justices or superior judges who
Ihavc served for 10 consecutive years
arc entitled to half pay upon retiring
lat the age Of 20 years Judiciary com
mittee); s 35 Senator Amey, relating
to compensation to employees for per.
: sonal injuries commerce and labor 1;
d S36, Senator Kingsley, an act to pro
: vide a method of voting at any general
h special or primary election ~ legal
e voters of thc state who are in actual
e military or naval service of the United
n States or this state, by students while
$ in attendance at any institution OF
learning, and by commercial travellers
absent from their places of residence
: upon the day of any such election
= Suffrage and eleetions); S37, Senator
:, Hall, providing that the county clerl
= shall be elected by popular vote, {suf
frage anl elcctions); S IS. Senator Carr
a! increasing the salary of thc attorney
general from $2 800 TO $1,000 yea
>, | Estate and court expenses); s 80. Sena
Il tor Kingsley, relating to the publieit,
"a of partnerships Judiciary; s 80. Sen
ator Kingsley, relating TO the publicity
\. of partnerships Judiciary; S 49, Sena
IyI tor Maurice, (by request) relating t
h. the statute of limitation providing tha
re II shall not apply TO the provision re
or lating TO Inheritance taxes Judiciary
Is The senate s tendency to make spec
eel ial orders was shown in the ease thre
IN measures. 81, increasing the salary o
To the Ghittenden county clerk, was II
ported adversely by the committee. bu
was defended by Senator Monlton, wh
made his last appearance as n senate
and urged that this salary be placed o
Y "a par with those in Rutland aand' Wasl
ington counties. The bill was made
special order for Tuesday NJ 2.30 ?. n
ci- Senator Moulton also undertook til
iamenamcnt of H22, relating to the in
Iportatiom Of dependent children int
the state aud succeeded in getting
!. into better constitutional form. Anotl
oa er question OF form being raised b
al Senator Belknap, the bin was made
ne special order for Tuesday at Z p. ]
~ S1l, regulating. pay of municipal an
- city judges. was also marked K
- slaughter by the committee, but v;
~ defended by Senator Villas and on h
81 motion was made a special order fl
next Thursday at p. m.
IL Senator Villas also introduced re
- oltion, extending to Senator Monltt
~ the best wishes of the senate in h
~ new sphere OF duty as superior judi
~ and the appreciation of the senate
III regard TO his work as member of tn
body. The resolution was adopted
= a rising vote and Lieut.-Gov. Mason
Stonc, in announcing the result, toi
occasion to voice a well-timed tribu
to the retiring senator. Senator MOI
ton expressed his qualification feelin
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