The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-26
Summaries of April Reports
OF State Departments to
Board of Control

trlbution of stockholders lists to town
clerks and listers, involving the check.
ing of approximately $4,000 cards and
the making of $4,000 changes and new
cards, was done by the department
The list of corporations whose char
tiers were revoked for failure to pay
their annual tax and file returns was
made up, as was also the list of do
nestle corporations which have filed
returns. Copies of the tax laws pass
ed at the recent session of the legis.
lature were distributed to listers.
Fish and Game Department.
During the month of April 6S set line
licenses were issued.
In Windham county general per.
nit has been issued, and published in
the county papers, permitting persons
holding hunting license to take the
coarse species, pike, pickerel and Ger
man carp by shooting from April 18th
until May 18th This permit covers
the waters known as the meadows,
bordering the eastern bank of the Con
necticut river, from Vernon to Bel
lows Falls. Under the same permit
suckers may be taken by any method
except poisoning, ETC., between the
same dates as above.
This same policy has been adopted
by special permits in the tributaries
Of Lake Morey and Lake Fairlee. in
Orange county, and in the Mississquoi
River below the dam at Swanton vii
lage. The policy being to make avail
able as many coarse fish as possible
for food
The demand has been very heavy
for brook trout fry for private stock.
ing. $4,000 fry have been shipped
from the hatcheries to fill these or.
ders, and on application for public
waters. Fish are now advanced to the
feeding stage, and losses are below the
average for the past two years.
Pike perch propagation work, in CO
operation with the United States Blu.
reau of Fisheries, has been going on
at West Swanton, and large number
of eggs have been secured. This work
is now on at Milton, and the limit of
our capacity at the Burlington station,
100000 to $4,000, 900 fry, is assured.
At Caspian Lake the first step has
been taken toward the restoration of
this important body of water to it's
former prestige as a resort for anglers.
Potters brook, the spawning ground
for steelhead trout, has been closed
until June list, and special warden
service installed.
At Chittenden dam in Rutland coun-
ty, under an arrangement with the
United States Bureau of Fisheries,
steelhead trout are being taken for
propagation purposes. This work is
under the supervision of Superinten-
dent NJ. e. Merrill, of the Bureaus
Auxiliary Station at Holden. The
states portion of fry from the eggs
secured will be planted in the waters
to the lake.
State institutions.
The population of the state institu-
tions was as follows:
Males Females
House of correction "a 8
State prison 100 10
State hospital for the
insane $40 ss1
School for predetermined So SO
Insurance Department.
There were issued during the month
licenses to Ill insurance companies
and to 43O5 agents and brokers. The
work of checking up and auditing the
annual statements of the insurance
for the business year end
ing December 81, 1918, required by law
to be made by the companies, is being
continued.
Public Service Commission.
The public service commission has
Investigated five accidents during the
month of April, has held public hear
ngs in cases, has investigated 2 IN
formal complaints, issued 2 reports
relative to petitions before it and has
certificate to do business in Vermont
granted an extension of the original
Turing April 1, 1920, to twenty public
Utility companies.
The new army instead of numbering
. mere 1000 or so, will be 10000
strong, and. instead of tramping.
will travel in more or less luxurious
motor Porc and hv train