The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-07
LUMP SALARY BILL.



governor, who shall report to THO legisla
ture; provides for dong away with tn.
report of the bank commissioner; that
the. treasurer shall use voucher cheeks /
vs. receipts: that the board of control :
,,hall make regulations for Improvement
in handling the state business, to install
N new system by July |, 1919.
apeclni orders We're a feature of bot
the house and senate sessions this | .
morning. The senate rushed through it
calendar and cleaned up business 4
noon adjouming until tomorrow morn |
ing at O'Clock In the house, special
orders were made of the two barg
terminal bills, H. 207 and H. 1893. II %;
is special order for Tuesday, March
IS at 1890 O'Clock
There was a good deal of discussion
in the senate ever ;. 43 and $. -, the
first making uniform the law of part
nership the second making uniform the
law of sales of goods. Senator LaFleur
opposed s. ~, while Senator Anne,
spoke in favor of the bill On motion o
Senator Adams the bill was ordered te
lie and made a special order for mex
| Tuesday. On motion of Senator LaFleur
| S. - was ordered to lie and made a
! special order for Tuesday following
S a.
The ehiropraetic bill was on the cal
endar in thessena this morning under
favorable report from the senate com
mittee on public health On motion Of !
Senator Schoff the Hill was ordered te
lie and made special order for the
end of the calendar Tuesday.
/ Another measure of Importance, $. %, |
relating to compensation to employees |
t for personal injuries, was ordered to
lie on motion of Senator Amey and
made special order at the close of
| Tuesday ) calendar.
The senate this morning adopted
J. r. 5. 20 providing for a JOINT assem-
bly, Tuesday morning, March II, at
Il o clock to hear an address by Maj.
Gen. Clarence Il. Edwards.
In the house S. 10, an act to stimu-
late the farming industry of the state.
Ito provide for a census of farms offered
for sale, was ordered to lie
The house passed: II, 224, relating to
unclaimed deposits in Savings banks;
II. 257, relating to deer doing damage
, 10 crops; H. 25s, relating to the print
ing and distribution Of public docu-
ments; and H. $50 relating to the
: duties of the fish and game commissioner
with respect TO the publication of bulle
tins and the appointment Of deputy war
: dens.
The senate adopted in concurrence
{ j. Il. II. -. providing for the appoint
I meht of a committee to attend the
. funeral Of The Hon George s. Edmuuds
The senate passed: S. 66, to promote
{ the conservation, development and uti-
lHation Of the water resources OF the
: state; H. s., relating to the taking of
. partridge and woodcock; II. 156, relat-
ing 10 the licensing of milk and cream
: testers; and II. 22S, relating TO the
/ qualifications of practitioners OF este
9 opathy
The bill to pay members Of the gen
$ eral assembly a salary of 500 per ses
s sion instead of 81 a day was killed in
1 the house yesterday afternoon by vote
2 If 100 to IS after a short debate, most
e of the house leaders voting against the
bill (H249) ON the ground that mas
{, much as adjournment was looked for in
q 80 days or less the lump sum payment
: would operate as an increase over the
: present rate of pay.
II The motion OF Mr.. Mcfarland of
st Hyde Park 10 make the bill apply to
future legislatures was lost by Il vote
U of 100 to + after Mr. Tracy of johnson
u had suggested that the legislature of
1921 might have its own ideas rs to
compensation. Mr. Belknap of Rocking
o ngham favored the Lii as tending to
: expedite business and save the state
money in overhead expense and Mr.
y Dyer of Salisbury said that the voters
Of his town had gone on record in fav6r
: ef the lump sum proposal This was off
:, set by Mr.. Nantine of Grand Isle who
= said that his town had endorsed the
4 present per diem plan. Mr.. Estee OF
\ Montpelier and Mr.. Cudworth of Lon
I donderry opposed the bill and Mr.. Con
Z nal of Newport town moved to amend
by making the compensation 1925 fol
/ the session, which was defeated, Will
his own voice the only one raised in it!
L behalf
: The house adopted a resolution pro
4 viding for q delegation of seven repre-
Z sentatives and three senators to at
! tend the funeral Of the late George f
Edmunds, and JRS19. providing for al
i inspection of the Vail farms and schoo
and the Randolph agricultural school
] was adopted by beth houses. The sub
! committees on education and education
) al institutions are authorized to max
4 the inspection and report to their re
4 spective houses.
J After a hearing IN committee of tn
whole, S43 and SIS, the uniform part
pership and sales bills, were advance
to a third reading in the senate, thci
merits having teen set forth by Georg
B. Young. The motion was made h
Seator Villas. The senate also passe
H16, amending the charter of the cit
of St. Adams, which provides for sal
airy of $50 per year for the mayor an
4 500 for each alderman.
Legislative Notes.
The legislature of 1915 held its r,
union Thursday evening. There wer
81 former representatives and l3 FOL
mer senators present Il. c. Cady Q