The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-15
HOUSE DISCUSSES
AUTOMOBILE BILL.
Ninety-tw0 Out of 242 on
Hand at Morning
Session.
SEVERAL MEASURES
MOVED FORWARD
Debate This Morning Concerned Pro-
visions of Law in Regard to Regis
tration of Trucks and Pleasure Cars
No Clergymen on Hand to Pray.
Especial to The Reformer.)

MONTPELIER, March 10.
With 96 members actually present at
devotional exercises and the number re-
duced to 90 at other times the house this
morning TRANQUILITY transacted routine
business, no one being so ill-natured as
TO raise the question of quorum. This
business included suspension of the rules
in order to reconsider and amend S. 6S,
returned from the executive chamber for
some changes in its phraseology, which
was accordingly done on motion of Mr..
Cudworth of Londonderry.
An ineipient debate occurred on the
third reading of H. PTS, regarding the
operation of automobiles and motor
trucks. The bill was read the second
time and Mr. Writers OF St Johnsbury
interrogated the committee on highways
and bridges as to whether the clause in
this bin defining a nonresident as ANY
who does not vote or pay his personal tax
III this state would apply to a woman
who did not take advantage of house bill
No. | and pay poll tax in the state.
Mr. Taylor of Hardwick speaking for
the committee, said that it had not been
intended that the bill should be so inter
preted. There is a provision in the bill
for registering ears of non-residents who
come into the state for the season of not
more than four months during the sum-
mer, and the question was to whether a
woman not paying poll tax and not vot-
ing would be classed as a nonresident
under this act.
Mr. Blood of West Windsor also inter-
rogated the committee as to whether this
act would not interfere with the provi
sions of the measures recently passed
that allowed persons in other states liv-
| ing within II miles of the border to drive
cars into Vermont now and then under
reciprocal relations. Mr.. Taylor replied
that this act referred only to non-resi
dents who come into the state and
practically spend the entire season or
parts of the season here, and does not
refer to those who are going and coming.
Mr.. Buxton of Middletown Springs
offered several amendments in the word
ing of the bill to clear up an error, and
: Mr. Ayers of Barre city called attention
to the fact that it would be necessary to
have the bridges marked i'll some way so
that drivers would know which ones re-
quired the care in driving prescribed in
this act Otherwise it would be nee
essary to get out and measure every
bridge encountered. Mr.. Buxton said
that such a provision would be incorpor-
ated in the act. Pending amendments
and explanations, the bill was put over
to the end of the calendar where it re-
manned as unfinished business.
The same thing happened to II. 276, Mr.
Writers Of st. Johnsbury asking to have
4.
stood the gentleman from Derby (A1r
lORourkel desired to offer an amendment
5 The house passed the following bills:
S. 81, relating to the issuance of bonds
for county tuberculosis hospitals; s. 81
with amendments, providing n 500 fin,
: for habitual drunkards; 5. SO, providing
c for completing vital records of the state
$ H. l95. strengthening the law regarding
i the regulation of venereal diseases; ii
\ 270, providing for notice to taxpayers
t H. 275. allowing mature women to b.
t committed to the school for feeble mind
ed; H. 277, regulating the transportation
/. of dynamite; II. Isl, amended to includ
c memorial buildings, providing for tn
n erection of soldiers monuments.
The house concurred in the senate pro
posal of amendment to II. 242, relatin
to service of process by special deputy.
\ Three bills were ordered to thir
H 4 reading.
II Mr. Mcfarland of Hyde Park conduct
II ed devotional exercises in the absence c
II the chaplain and all other ministers an
II elergymen who are members of til
house The senate did not convene toda,
II With bare quorum doing cuisines
III during Is minute session of I'll
II house yesterday AFTERNOON, with not
committee meeting in the big buildin
II and with outgoing trains crowded wit
II hcme going legislators, the prospect fl
serious session of the house toda
under the new rule was not very impre
III sive.