The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-17
Salary of Windham County
Clerk to Be Considered
Before Long
ADJOURNMENT FOR
GOOD BY MARCH Is
That Seems to Be the Present Prospect
Hardly More Than Half as Many
Measures introduced as Was Case
Two Years Ago.

MONTPELIER, Feb. 17.-Several
fore the legislature this week, and from
all indications the lawmakers have full
" as busy week before them as that
which has just passed, when there was
hardly a spare moment for those who
were willing ro work. A new ehiro-
practic bin from the committee on pub
lie health, as 4 substitute for HIS, will
probably be taken up this week. This
bill imposes practically the same re-
quirements upon the chiropractor who
wishes to obtain a license TO practice in
the state as arc imposed upon any other
practitioners, putting the requirements
Of preparation ON par with those of
the osteopath. 1t is expected that this
bill will be stoutly contested by the
friends of Hl5, under the leadership of
Mr.. Alexander of st. Albans City.
In the senate the bill increasing the
salary of the county clerks of Chitten-
Den, Orleans and Windham counties
stir has to be thrashed out, and will
be in the latter part Of the week as a
special order. There is also some diff
ference of opinion on the senate resolu-
! Investigate state expenses and this
measure viii I've given n full hearing
! this week. 1t was opposed Friday by
Senator Maurice, the retiring senator.
! The board of control measure is still
pending in the senate, it being up for
i d third reading this evening, with
amendments which entirely change the
4 board as a whole, If the measure Is
passed.
i Other measures which will be giver
special attention in the senate this
week are: S53, relating to assistance fol
the attorney general, made a special or
der for Wednesday; H12, permitting
banks to invest in federal farm loar
bonds, also special order for Wednes
day.
Among the important measures whicl
the house will have under eonsidera
tion during the week are: H76, know
as the Mule bill, - which relates t
the importation, testing and examina
ton of horses, cattle and mules, whiel
is a special order for Tuesday at 1890
H.R.4, relating 70 the contested seat o
the returned member from St George
= H73, relating to the assessment an,
: early collection of taxes, and Hl69
: providing assistance to the attorne,
: general in certain eases, all special or
! ders for Tuesday.
i Prospects are improving for endin
| the session in the middle of March
: There are now not more than 90 ne,
c Hills in sight to be introduced. Eight o
c ten new house bills will probably appca
: next week, and this will finish up tn
: bills to be introduced by the member
i of the house. 1t is possible that the fe'
a senate bills which are in sight ma
t string out beyond this week, as no tim
limit has yet been put in force. But tn
large majority of the bills are now il
land it is expected that the total nun
Der will not exceed 1926, unless a larg
o number of unexpected committee mea
ures develop. This is very little MOI
than half the number which was hal
81 died in 1917, and not half that whic
ri was disposed of in 1915.
"A At the speed with which the legisl;
r tors have been working during the pa
al week, it will not take long TO dispo
VI of the work which Is now In sight. TV
weeks more of this intensive gettiI
down to business, and the greater pa
IS. of the uneontested measures should
out of the way. This would leave tv
: weeks to fight out the bigger prohler
and give plenty of time to clean !
the slate by March Is.
,dl The speed-up' committee under t
10 able direction of Mr.. Dunham of Bra
: tleboro is doing good work in the Ii
:, of keeping committees moving a.
- = sending in their bills as rapidly as pc
- sible. The fact that the house handl
80 measures Friday, while the sena
went through 80, shows that no time
being wasted in the process of .legis
tion.
Of course, there is always the pos
10 biEty that some unlocked for measul
may "start something in the line
argument which will delay matters
= yond the ordinary, but with smot
M sailing and no snags in the stream, /
e. general assembly of 1919 should I
ny over final adjournment in about ano
'hi or month.