Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-04-10

Montpelier April 9.--Lieut. Gov. Mason
5. Stone and Speaker Charles S. Dana
declared the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatives of the Legislature of 1915
| adJourned at noon to-day. the 92nd day
| OF the session. With business cleaned
up to the very last bill and resolution,
the legislators sang God be with you
TIL we meet again. and departed for
| their homes.
one OF the unusual things about the
| present session Is that there are no
pocket vetoes. The Governor has dis
posed of every measure brought before
him up to the very hour of adjournment.
Not one bill has been left over to die
| quietly in oblivion This is unusual in
the legislative history of the State of
Vermont. Some bills passed during the
latter part of the session, to which the
Governor may have some objection, are
often allowed to lie without the Gov
| ernor's signature until after the Legisla-
ture adjourns, and thus kept off the
statute books. 1t is not so at this ses-
sion
There was some uncertainty this morn
ing as to whether the Governor would
sign S. Al, the appropriation bill for CO.
| operative extension work in agriculture
| through the county farm bureau asso-
| Citations, and S. 63. the Vermont teach
ers' retirement system bill. There was
some talk about the State House that
the Governor would not sign these two
measures because of the large amount
Of extra expense incurred by them. The
bills were signed shortly before ad-
journment this morning.
S. ii, the agricultural and home
economies extension work appropria-
ton bill is very important in connection
with the work being done by the extern
sion service of the University of Ver-
mont. Guy w. Bailey. comptroller, and
#. W. kehoe. registrar, of the univer-
sity have been about the State House
for couple of days in conference with
the Governor on this measure.
Governor Clement has taken no fur
ther action regarding the appointments
not confirmed by the Senate.
LOVING CUPS PRESENTED
The morning was spent in the Senate
in presentation speeches, the Senate pre-
senting Lieut.-Gov. Stone and Secretary
Guy NJ. Page with handsome loving cups
Assistant Secretary Millward c. Taft
Chaplain ]. NJ. Hamilton. Official Re-
porter Charles DeForest Bancroft. the
doorkepers and the pages were presented
with sums of money. Lieut.-Gov. Stone,
in thanking the Senate for his gift, paid
high tribute to the body as a whole, and
to each member individually. The other
recipients responded briefly.
WOMEN OVER 70 MAY VOTE
There was very little business before
either House this morning. A bill intro
N hn hty nt
Georgia, with unanimous consent. pro-
vides that women 20 years of age. or over.
may be listed. pay poll tax and vote
under the provisions of H. /. passed at
the present session The original measure
provided for the voting of women be-
tween the ages of q and 20. but left it
so that women over 20 years of age were
denied the suffrage privilege. The new
bill remedies this apparent defect. 1t was
drawn by Senator Villas. but being
revenue measure, could not be introduced
IN the Senate, so came in through the
House, was put through to it's passage
under suspension of the rules. and also
went through the Senate in the same
way.
RETREAT BILL REJECTED
Senator Villas introduced in the Senate
bill permitting the Board of Control to
remove patients from the Brattleboro Re-
treat to the State hospital at Waterbury.
1t was reported adversely and rejected.
despite final effort on the part Of Sena-
tor Villas.
The Senate adopted a resolution, intro
duced by Senator Villas. extending best
wishes to ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Stone on
the eve of his departure for Europe. also
resolutions informing the Governor and
It's business and was ready to adjourn
the House that the Senate had completed
without date. Similar resolutions were
adopted in the House
CLEANING THE SLATE
Until nearly two o'clock this morn
Ing, the legislators sang and shouted,
whooped and yelled like a pack of