The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-09
THE NIGHT SESSION
WAS ONLY PART WORK
One of the Last Acts Was
the Passage of the State
Tax Bill-So- Called Civil
ian War Tax Proposed by
Senate Was Eliminated.

| Al the hour of noon to-day Lieut.. Gov.
Mason S. Stone and Speaker Charles s.
Dana formally adjourned the Senate and
House of Representatives, respectively,
for the session OF 1919. The morning
was spent in the Senate in presentation
speeches, the Senate presenting Lieut..
Gov. Stone, who leaves tonight for New
York TO sail for France in Y. NJ. C. A.
work, and Secretary Guy Page handsome
loving cups Assistant Secretary Mill.
ward c, Taft, Chaplain ]. NJ Hamilton,
Official Reporter Charles DeForest Ban
croft, the doorkeepers and tho pages
were presented sums of money. Lieut.
Gov. Stone, in thanking the Senate for
his gift, paid nigh tribute to the BODY as
whole, and to each member individual
~ The other recipients responded brief.
ly. : -
There was very little business before
eltheT house this morning A bill intro
duced IN the House by Mr.. White Of
6eorgla, with unanimous consent pro-
yldes that women 10 years Of age. or
over, may be listed, pay poll tax and
vote under the provisions of Fl. |, passed
at the present session. This former
measure provided for the voting of won
en- between the ages Of q and 20, but
left 1t so that women over 70 Years of
age could not vote This bill remedies
this apparent defect. 1t was drawn by
Senator Villas, but being revenue meas.
ure could not be introduced in the SEN
gn rayn it, fhrn,,,k L.
put through to its passage under suspen-
sion OF the rules, and also went through
the Senate in the same way.
Senator Villas introduced in the Senate
a bill permitting the board of control to
remove patients from the Brattleboro
Retreat to the state hospital at Water
bury. 1t was reported adversely and re-
jected, despite a final effort on the part
OF Senator Villas
The Senate adopted resolution, intro
duced by Senator Villas, extending best
wishes to Lieut.. Gov. Stone on the eve
of his departure for Europe, also resou-
tlons informing the governor and the
House that the Senate had completed its
business and was ready to adjourn with
out date. The same resolutions were
adopted in the House.
Until nearly 2 o'clock this morning the
legislators sang and shouted, whooped
and yelled like pack of schoolboys on
the last day of school. Everybody got
hit at least once with paper wad fired
from the hands of some friend who had
sometime during the session fred vocal
yolleys in his direction. And it was
all in the game, when good fellows get
together" Amid it all, the good -byes"
were being said, for many left on the
early morning trains.
Among the legislation which was fin
ished up during the wee small hours of
the morning was the state tax bill III.
1922, which was passed in concurrence
by the Senate, with proposals of amend
ment TO create a so-called civilian war
tax, consisting of an extra 50 added to
the poll of each taxpayer who was not
in the military or naval service of the
country during the war, this to continue
for 10 years, which would practically
take up the bonds issued for the 81, ,500-
300 to give state pay to drafted men.
With this amendment in force, the state
TAX for the next two years would be re-
iuced to 80 cents on a dollar
When the House learned of this pro-
lad left, and could be reached, was
brought back in order that quorum
night be present to consider this meas
ire. Shortly after midnight the House
vas assembled and the bill taken up.
tlr. Dunham of Brattleboro and Others
allied attention to the unfairness of
his amendment which would place the
burden of the tax on the poor man in
tead of on the man who was able to
,ay it. The amendment was rejected by
IN overwhelming vote. A little later
he Senate voted to recede from its pro-
'osals Of amendment, and the bill went
o the governor,
Other legislation of the midnight ses-
ion was the adoption on the part Of
10Th the Senate and House of the CON
erence report on S. 1913, relating to the
of the record title to real
state where the record holder is de-
eased, his estate unsettled, and without
enefcial interest in the property, the
eport recommending that the Senate re-
ede from its proposal of amendment.
One of the strange happenings of the
losing hours was the action taken ON
/. lis, relating to the sale of intoxicat-
lg liquors, and prohibiting same after
he Sheppard amendment goes into ef-
ect A committee of conference report
n the measure recommended that the
Iouse recede from its proposal of amend
tent, including ffth-class licenses in
hose prohibited. The House accepted
1is report, but the Senate refused to
ccept it and the bill died natural
cath
The House concurred in the Senate
of amendment to II. 2S3, re-
ting to the settlements of accounts of
Iecutors, administrators, etc; refused
iird reading to measure increasing
,e salary of the sheriff Of Bennington
'upty $500 year.