Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-04-02
LEGISLATURE NEARING
END OF SESSION.
Barge Bill May Get ve<e- Prohztion
Board Gets More Money.
Other Proceedings


the middle Of next week as some i'm
F portznt matters have net jet beea
disposed Of
The house q representatives enact
+ ed legislation Monday night, which
calls for appropriations amounting 70
5000 600, without q ripple, the bud
get bill A few moments later the
house calmly ordered 20 third read
! ing 3 bail calling for q bond issue q
$500 600 Tor state pay for soldiers.
both under the act OF 1917 and under
the act passed a. this session 70 ex-
tend the pay 70 drafted men These
are undoubtedly record approprla-
tIOZs for the state Of Vermont
+ 4 joint resolution has been lutro-
duced II the house raising the szlzrv
Acf Road Commissioner Bates $500.
{ A JOINT resolution was introduced
( II the senate Tuesday By Senator
Kingsley for the committee on eduez-
. tIOn- which would instruct the state
board Of education 70 investigate and
+ decide upon the prOpriety Of the IL
PRODUCTION Of compulsory courses Of
military and physical training L the
secondary schools Of the state
IN the house, Mr.. Taylor OF Hara-
WICK raised the question as % the
necessity Of the creation of . new Of
fee o1 custodian Of the collections Of
the Vermont Historical society, as
provided N S 103- Mr Holden Of
Troy, for the committee on Libraries.
said that he did not understand that
any new Office was being created, but
thought u was merely a new title
with the same work and 3 little mere
pay, Mr.. Holden spoke II favor Of
the bill
A joint resolution providing fer
an expression Of the Vermont leg7Sla-
Cure favOrably upon the right of small
nations 20 sef-determInatlon- es-
DeciaIly with regard 70 the Irish cues
ton. was ordered TO q third reading
By a small majority, coming N with
favorable report from Mr.. ORourke
OF Derby, of the committee on federal
relations
One Of the most important meas
ures before the legislature during the
u2st week has been the BurlIngton
barge terminal bill which passed rhs
house and senate ard Is before rhe
governor for approval It IS ru-ored
the bill VIII Be vetoed as Governor
Clement Eas received protests from
many parts OF the state ard the pro
ier- calls for 2 state outlay e $500
600.
One bEu which Is due for consider
able discussion Is that introduced
last week BY Mr. Iracy q Johnson
providing for the continuance 4 the
normal schools AZ Cas-Ieton and John
son until August, 194LThe movement
for consolidation Of such state Instl-
tuti0rs as can be consolidated % ad-
vantage. mas gained 9 large follow
ing = both house, and u Is expected
that an attempt VIII be made 20 apply
the idea n this case
The statutes provide that the nor
nal schools of the state shall eortln-
ue until August, 1929, and had not
somebody discovered this fact ths
other day, both schools might have
been out Of existence before another
legislature could have given them
new lease Of life
In case there Is = movement for
consolidation, = i understood that
the school al Castleton is the favorTts
over that az Johnson and the gentle
shedding for his bill
The budget bin was amended last
week 50 as 20 increase the amount
available for the state board of pro
5ation and charities, of which ". z
Jeffrey Of Burke Is executive head
Instead Of 81. 900 the amount now
available Is So, coo. Er Brown Of
Bloomington was heard IN favor C
the increase Mr.. Dzvi. of Rutland
declared that as the state had raised
the appropriation for dead cows s15s-
600, Il ought 20 be able - spend So
600 more for live children On q yea
and nay vote the increase vas voted.
III 20 3. and the budget was ordered
% q third reading
A bII requiring the exclusive uss e
- mAA - mn
house last week % . vote q 81 % 8.
WIth an auenduent excepting private
schools whose English courses cor
form 20 the provisions 81 the state
board q e1ucztion- Mr.. OsRoures q
DERBY opposed the b5li believing t1e
present Law Is suzlclent-
Five hundred dollars has been ap-
nropFlzEed for the purchase q t1s
birthplace of John C. SAKE, the Yer
mort poet. born IN the to~n q High
gata. Mr. Sl4yton q EorTlst0En
-eIIad for 4 rising vote IL nozor q
TIE iIlzstrlo1s germouter ard TIE
vote Tor third reading ~As 1rzansEzozz-
Er- Azztin mluzte4y pactgFse to kls-
1arsc interest wItn which the b1rrs-
glzee q Szxe l. connected bra@fly
reviewed TIE Esfe of the poet. ard
zrEse The h0zse e Go Fts part % pre-
z-56e for thsz snail koxox - TIE great
Terunozter ard fer tks psrpetzzsiou
= nlg nzzze 70 ths gsory q tEe state.
Mr. Azs<lu aiEo sEzEe6 that - Eeid a
5es1eE fruw eM-fsoVerMaE Grzkznn.
zhzch sd that - fGoVsrnar Gxz-
1aEf had InEen3@6 - saggezt % tke
legislature q 1917 t1at sEen a re-
memorial D. erected % tie p0es. smxe,
s1r that "a secount q ke4Vy aar ex-
DeEzez, tns natter lad bees Ezsze6
ever.
TIE district heafth oseer Ill hzs
beer signed by Gog. C8erens ard ~zn
become = a.