The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-07
WOULD RAISE
LEGISLATORS PAY
Bill introduced Today Max
ing 1t SIS Per Day, Week
End Recess Followed.
MANY NEW MEASURES
MADE APPEARANCE
Sen. Root Asks for Deputy Attorney
General-Biennial Junkets to State
Institutions Also Asked-Senate
Killed Telephone Proposition


Especial to The Reformer)
MONTPELIER. Feb I.
With flood OF bills ON both the house
and senate calendars this morning. both
houses waded in with rush and raced
for the Friday Adjournment The senate
won out with good lead, closing up
business for the week in time to hear 4.
few remarks from the Hon John Barrett
on the proposed league Of nations before
their adjournment at l.30 until s o'clock
| Monday evening The house also voted
! this morning that when they adjourned
today il viii be until Monday evening
at o'clock
There was little discussion on bills
before either mouse this morning, the
/ wheels OF legislation running smoothly
/ and rapidly 4 long list of new bills was
introduced in the house, from 100 TO ls7.
inclusive.
Among the new bills introduced in the
senate this morning was S 81. by senator
Root. an act permitting the attorney gen
eral 70 appoint a deputy attorney general
/ AZ an annual salary OF s. 600 There is
much speculation rs to whether this bill
wall SO through, and il ii does. who will
he he deputy attorney general The bill
WAS referred to committees ON judiciary
and state and court expenses.
In ordering IL | 10 lie. and making il Il
special order for Tuesday afternoon. the
lrouse this morning expressed lis desire
10 know mora of this bill which reIates
to the qualifications of voter. iii town
meetings and provides that women shah
pay poll tax.
= Among the new bills introduced i'm the
house was one which has been long ex-
Iected This Is IL lSl. increasing the
pay oi the members OF the general assem-
bly, to - a'day, To take effect from pas.
sage. There was buzz OF cxritemen,
and general smile when this bill ap.
pearcd. II was introduced hy Mr.. Lam.
bert Of Montgomery
Two bills Of especial interest to re.
: turned soldiers of the war with Ger
many. II lis and II 10 provide that
: taxes assessed in 1917, 1913 and l9l,
against persons in the world war NAV b,
ahated. also that persons in the military
or naval service Of the United States may
vote. even though their poll tax was no
7 taken while they were in The service.
The senate refused passage this morn
ing 10 II, providing that the tow,
clerks may be collectors Of taxes in Ger
: tain towns Senator Maurice called at
tention to the fact that the passage o
this bin would allow a town clerk 1
collect taxes while sitting as a membe
A. of the board Of civil authority. whic
Il may abate taxes.
,e Passage was also i, fused on II 20 i
d The senate This bill relates to the use 4
IS telephones by county officials Senate
Daniels opposed the bill Senators Maj
rice and Amey favored it. Senator
IIinsley. Steele, Rowland, Adams I'm
Carr spoke against it.
Senator Adams introduced Joint re-
nj olution authorizing the senate and hou,
committees on penal institutions to Wis
the state prison and house of eorrectic
no in order to investigate tho. conditions an
nj management and report their finding
=, This resolution was referred to the SCI
Il. ate joint committees on penal instit
tions and state and court expenses.
a companion measure was intrhlue,
!, in the house in the form Of a Joint resol
y ton by Mr. Dyer of Salisbury authori
IL ing the senate and house committees
state institutions TO visit, investigate N
report on fHe Sjdit HOspilal Itf IHe
sane al Waterbury. This resolution W
referred to the committee on state a.
court expenses.
Two new bills were introduced in t
Vie senate this morning. S 80. Senator Ca
relates to the surplus to be carried
savings hanks and by savings banks a
~, trust companies. referred to commit
,u on banking and insurance.
as The Hon John Barrett director 81
eral of the pan American union. spe
- briefly before the senate in regard to |
proposed league of nations. He said Il
he favors such league, providing it d'
not interfere with the full action OF
Munroe doctrine.
. o. o. The following bills were passed
-. concurrence by the senate this mornil
ii ,. relating to the taking OF muskr
lay in Addison county; II y. to regulate
Importation of dependent children, ;
relating To dependent neglected and
linquent children: Fl 40. relating to
disposition and care of children in II
support and desertien eases; II 81.
VIII lating to foreign corporations prohibit
the granting of certificate of author
- in certain eases; II 65, relating to cl
ters of domestic corporations, establ
ing the fee payable for amendm
thereto; II 81. with proposal of anne
ment, relating to appropriations
rs towns for free hospital beds.
Third readings were ordered on: S
S II, II % II SO, II 81 and Ii o.