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

a vote of q to 3.
II. 3O7. relating to insurance on state
property was made a special order for 2:30
tomorrow.
PASSED IN HOUSE
In the House, n joint resolution was
adopted providing for the same pay and
mileage for chaplains as for members, and
the House passed the following.
S. iO0 amending charter of Lyndon S.
100. relating to temporary number plates
for automobiles: II. 1871, relating to bond
issue for county tuberculosis hospitals; ].
II. S. %, providing for investigation of
state expenses by Board of Control: s.
III. amending charter of Burlington (pass-
ed under suspension of rules); joint reso-
luton providing for investigation of
water resources by Public Service Com
mission and State engineer.
REFUSED CONCURRENCE
The House this afternoon refused to
concur i'm eight out of nine of the
Senate's proposals of amendment to the
budget bill (H. 800, the only amendment
concurred In being that to strike out the
section providing for payment of inter-
est on barge terminal bonds. rising
vote was called for on this amendment.
and the House concurred by q vote of
l31 to 0, the veto of the barge terminal
measure having settled this point. There
was very little defense in the House
for the other proposals of amendment,
and they were turned down one by one,
viii , small amount of discussion A
oor,r,,t,on of conference FROM ,bo
,Io,,,, 80, ,hi. r,o,suro was ,rnoin,aa a.,
s.,,a,,.o ,tr AIov,ndou nc g, A,h,n,
city, Mr.. Buttles of Brandon and Mr..
austin Vi i'oaus'
FOR WEDNESDAY ADJOURNMENT
The Legislature of 1919 will adjourn
next Wednesday at noon. according to
nresent nIans. AT the openinp of the
afternoon session of the House the
Joint resolution relating to final adiourp
mon, wae tason IN tben ordeyed IN ,ia
an ,,o.ion ~ Mr. Webster of s,von+or
,,,,o s,,taa ,hat ,ho cor,,,ittoo on az,
adjournment had decided that If would
not be possible to adjourn to-morrow
but that the work could he satisfactorily
completed by next Wednesday. If sessions
were held on Saturday morning and
Monday evening
On motion of Mr.. Webster. the
rules were suspended and the vote
whereby the resolution for Saturday
adjournment passed was reconsidered.
second resolution. introduced by
Mr.. Webster. and providing for final
adjournment on Wednesday, April o.,
at noon was adopted after the House
had refused to amend the resolution
as proposed by Mr.. TAYLOR of Hard
wick that the time for final adjourn
ment be fixed at s a. m. on Monday,
April 7.
On motion of Mr.. Over of Sails
bury. the House voted that when it
adjourns SATURDAY morning, it be to
meet again on Monday evening at
1880 o'clock. A resolution by Mr. Dun
ham Of RrattIeboro and adopted pro-
yides that all committees of confer
ence which have been appointed when
the Two houses ADJOURN TINS week re-
port 10 'he,r respec''e HOUSES -" V,
before oeiocN y" inc ''o''"e VI
April l.
ACCENT TAN VOTED
After considerable discussion the
House finally passed this afternoon
the bill providing for Accent State
tax, by yea and nay vote or 100. to
Is. The matter first came up TINS
morning. and an amendment by Mr..
Davis Oh RUTLAND 'own, naan,"s - .me
131 to II. An amendment by Mr.. Rip
lev of Poultney, making the tax 80
cents in 1919 and so cents in 1920.
was also rejected
There were many who thought that
n 80 cent tax was enough, and urged
that. because this had been the TAX
which the representatives had sug-
gested to their towns at March meet
ing, that tax shouid not % eAceeueo.
MIR. Aiken or Putney thoushl tha'
many "ouid nave trouoie IA pay ,ns
the AZ cent taA' ne sussee'eu 'n"s
other appropria'iohs meie 'oi''''e anu
cioseu WIN 'nsse ,eo 49,.
IT., so,a no hor,e :,
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ADJoCRNED UNTIL MoE|DAi
At 445 O'Clock this afternoon the
Senate adjourned until Monday evening
at 1880, having adopted in concurrence
the joint resolution providing for final
adjournment on Wednesday. April 9. and
having cleaned up the business OF the
calendar.
us. Do ou.hars ~ ~. conmit-
tee on conference for the budget Dill:
Senators Amey, Stuart and Was.
INSURANCE BILL PASSED
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