The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-04-17
LEGISLATURE ADJ0URNs
Ninety.Two Day Session Closed We'd
nesday Last Week. Several Of the
Governors Appointments uncon-
Grmed

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Governors Appointments uncon-
firmed.
Montpelier Adjournment Of the
legislature took place at noon last
Wednesday. The storm has passed.
AT 1915 o'clock Tuesday night the
Senate unanimously adopted the re-
port of the conference on the budget
bill Oh. 327) and the measure went
TO the Governor, the House having
adopted the report during the latter
part of the afternoon, after the two
houses had played baseball with the
measure all day. The bill having
made the trip back and forth between
the House and Senate not less than
half dozen times.
=. l27 Is Buried Deeply.
Without the least hesitation the
House buried S. 127, taking the APP
pointment of certain State officers out
of'the hands of the Governor, and pro-
viding that these officers shall beelect-
ed by the general assembly in joint
session. The vote against the meas
ure was overwhelming, and left no
doubt where the House stood on the
bill which was rushed through the
Senate lase evening.
Confirmation Refused.
In long executive session the Sem
ate refused to confirm the appoint
ments of the governor as follows:
John S. Buttles of Brandon for COM
missioner of industries; M. G. Morse
of Hardwick for commissioner of tax
es; and j. G. Brown of Montpelier for
insurance commissioner. The Senate
confirmed the appointments of Ebert
S. Brigham of Montpelier for commits
sioner Of agriculture; Linus Leavens
of Cambridge for fish and game COM
missioner, and George K. Carpenter of
Montpelier for State Purchasing
Agent, in place of Dewey 7. Hanleyl
Brigham and Leavens are reappoint-
rnents. Charles A. Plumley, tax COM
missioner, and Robert w. Simonds,
commissioner of industries will re-
main in office unless removed by the
governor after the adjournment of the
Legislature. The name of c. Fl. Lang
of Montpelier is mentioned for the Of
flee of insurance commissioner.
The Budget as Adopted
The report of the committee on con-
ference on the budget bill recommend
ed 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
proposals, while both should recede
from the seventh proposal, which re-
CARDS the appropriation for the Board
of Charities and Probation. The orig
inal appropriation for this department
was $4,000. The House amended it
TO read $4,000. The Senate put it
back to $4,000 and the bill now pro-
vides for $4,000.
The bill now provides: The publici
ty department gets its full $4,000,
(cut to $500 by the Senate); the ed
ucational department gets its full
1864 900 (the Senate tried to cut it to
S2O0,00O); the appropriation for grade
crossings is cut from $4,000 to $l5,-
900 as amended by the Senate; the
original $4,000 for armories remains,
but another $4,000 appropriated by
the Legislature Of 1917, to be available
until June 30, 1925, but which has
not been needed during the past year
is cut out; the S1,500 for bounties for
animals remains (from which black
bear bounties will be paid) and there
is no REMEMBERING of sections accord
ing to the Senate plans.
NO IOCket NetOeS
One of the unusual things about
the present session is that there are no
pocket vetoes. The Governor has dis
posed of every measure brought be-
fore him up to the very hour of ad-
journment. Not one bill has been left
over to die quietly in oblivion. This
is unusual in the legislative history
of the State of Vermont. Some bills
passed during the latter part of the
session, to which the Governor may
have some objection, are often allowed
to lie without the Governors sigma
ture- until after the Legislature adj
journs, and thus kept off the statute
books. 1t is not SO at this session.
Women Over 10 May Vote
A bill was introduced in the House
by Mr.. White of Georgia, with unani-
nous consent, provides that women
20 years of age, or over, may be listed,
pay poll tax and vote under the pro-
visions of H. /, passed at the present
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