The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-23
ELECV' n OF
>y$JDGES HELD
.ly One Contest, That for
Seat on the Superior
Bench
WHICH WAS OCCUPIED
BY JUDGE WATERMAN
There Were No Changes in
Personnel of Supreme
Court

l. EIScLlOn OF justices oil the supreme
court, superior judges, sergeant alarms,
adiutant general and three trustees Of
the University of Vermont was held at
joint session Of the Vermont legislature
at Montpelier this afternoon, it being the
principal feature Of the legislative day
The following justices Of the supreme
court were reelected: John ii. Watson,
Montpelier; Seneca Haselton, Burling-
ton; George NJ. Powers, Morrisyille; Will
liam H. Taylor, Hsrdwick; Willard w.
Miles, Barton,
! There was one vacancy in the superior
bench, caused by the announcement Of
\ Judge EleazeT l.. Waterman of Brattle-
| boro that he would not be a candidate
| for reelection. The other Judges were
chosen as follows: Zed S. Stanton, Rox
bury; Fred NJ Butler, Rutland; Frank L.
Fish, Vergennes; Leighton p Slack, st.
Johnsbury; Stanley @. Wilson, Chelsea.
| The candidates for the vacant position
We're Herbert G.. Barber of Bratteboro,
the retiring attorney general; Sherman
r. Moulton OF Burlington, reporter of
decisions; and William Fl. Fairchild of
| Fairfield
There was no opposition to the re-elec-
tion of Dwight Dwinell as sergeant-at.
arms; but for the position of adjutant
general there were two candidates in the
persons of Major Lee S. Tillotson, who
was adjutant general up to the time Of
entering the federal service in the pres
ent war, and Colonel Herbert r. johnson,
who has been acting as adjutant general.
| There was a move on foot this forenoon
to postpone the election of adiutant gen.
eral until the third Thursday in Febru-
airy, and Colonel johnson had expressed
| himself in favor of the postponement
However, the bill which was introduced
In the Senate this morning to provide for
the postponement died natural death
when word came by telegraph from Ma
| ior Tillotson that he did not desire that
the election be postponed.
The House passed its first bill Of the
session this morning The bill is H. 5,
an act to amend section 4,009 of the gem
era laws, relating to settlements by tax
collectors, changing the date for making
such settlements from March to Feb
each year
III the Senate three bills were given
third reading and passed These bills in
elude s. o, an act to amend section 1928
of the general laws. relating to property
rights of married women, and providing
that a married woman may convey or
mortgage by her separate deed the real
estate By which she is seized in her own
right to her sole and separate use as she
might do by her separate deed il unmar
ried,p also that amy other real estate
hereafter acquired by her, except that
1 homestead interest therein and the real
estate of which she is seized jointly with
her husband may be conveyed or mort
gagged only by the joint deed of herself
and husband"
Other bills passed in the Senate were;
S. l3, an act 10 amend section 1854 Of
the general laws, relating to the time of
maturity of negotiable instruments; and
S. Is, an act to amend section 64l of the
general laws, relating to the membership
of the committee on budget, including
the chairman of the appropriation COM
mittee of the Senate.
Three new bills were introduced in the
Senate. They include S. %, by Senator
Schof of Franklin, an act to provide for
the election for this Office until the third
Thursday in February. This bill was
referred to the committee on judiciary,
and failed to appear again during the
morning session.
The other two Senate bills which APP
peared were S. 2l, by Senator Maurice
Of Lamoille, an act relating TO expenses
of certain officials, including state, eouu
ty, court and other officials, who would
be allowed for the use of their private
| hnv, 4,p
mile; referred to committee on state and
court expenses $. p, by Senator Carr,
an act to amend section 1915 Of the gen
eral laws defining the qualifications of
voters in town meetings, and repeating
the provisions enabling women TO vote
therein; referred TO committee ON suf
frage and elections
S. s, giving women the right TO vote
( for presidential electors, was ordered to
lie, on motion of Senator Carr, $. 10,
Irelating TO the evidence of records and
judgments from another state, recon-
mitted for further consideration on mo-
tion of Senator Amey
Senators LaFleur and Villas spoke in
behalf of amendments to s. 6, relating to
county courts, and the bill was ordered
to a third reading, as was also S. l2, re
lating to burglary with explosives when
this bill had been amended,
House-Morning.
Third readings were ordered on H. so,
changing the method for bringing the pe4
ttion to perpetuate the testimony of II
witness; on II. 50, relating to the licens-
ing Of vicious dogs; on II. %, providing
for regulation of the importation Of de-
pendent children with amendment IS
proposed by Mr.. Alexander OF st. Al
bansl and on j, r. S. 6, relating to APP
pointment of commission to propose
amendments to the constitution (as
amended