The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-08
FIRST SATURDAY
SESSION HELD
Vermont Senate Transacted
a Little Business
Today
ATTEMPT TO BAR
GERMAN LANGUAGE
Bill Laid on Table Before Battle Got
Too Warm-Two New Bills Intro
duced-Adjournment to Monday
Evening Taken.
Evening Taken
Especial to The Reformer.l
MONTPELIER. March

Especial to The Reformer)
MONTPELIER, March 8.
The first Saturday morning session of
either branch of the legislature during
the present assembly occurred this morn
ng when the senate in brief and busi-
ness-like session listened to the intro
auction of two new bills, passed six bills
and one joint resolution, advanced two
bills to a third reading and ordered three
laid on the table.
The war with Germany almost broke
out again when one of the latter came
up for third reading IS. 81 requiring the
exclusive use 0f the English language IN
public schools, but not prohibiting the
teaching of any foreign language
Senator Hill of Washington county
proposed an amendment to prohibit the
teaching OF German. This was opposed
by Senator BeIknap of Windsor county
who called attention to the need of hav-
'ng German taught in some instances
Before the engagement became severe
Senator Hill moved that the bill be or
dered to lie, which was so voted
S. 81, relating TO fees of constables and
sheriffs and H. 2l5, relating TO annual
license taxes, were laid on the table and
the senate passed the following:
| IL. 2l0 amending the charter of Jeffer-
! sonyille; H. 232, nonresident motor
vehicle license bill providing for licensing
vehicles owned and operated within Is
miles OF state boundaries; II. 23a, ex-
/ tending bounds of Swanton village; H.
235 amending charter OF Barre: H. 236.
| permitting transfer of inmates between
state prisons. state hospital industrial
| ,ehool, etc; II. $40 raising standards for
practice of medicine and surgery. and j.
K. II. s. urging Vermont delegation in
congress TO vote against spending large
sums of money in retaining waste land
The senate adjourned until Monday at
80 p. m.
ii. /, requiring female voters to pay a
poll tax was taken from the table and
placed on the calendar for Monday even.
ing.
The following bills were introduced
H. SO, committee on suffrage and elee-
tions, amending charter OF Rutland; S
81. raising schedules OF workmen's com
pensafion, providing for hearings at coun.
ty seats and giving commissioner of in
dustries and insurance commissioner ad
ditional powers.
A short session was held in the house
yesterday afternoon, and the remainder
of the business on the calendar finished
in hurry. Many of the legislator,
left on the afternoon trains
At the opening of the afternoon ses
sion, the speaker announced the deatl
ON Thursday night of Albert Gregory
the member from Lunenburg. The fun
eral will be held on Monday Afternoon
at 9 o'clock from the Methodist churcl
at Lunenburg.
Mr.. Child of Weybridge ably pu
forward the cause of the Middlebur1
savings bank in connection with Hl31
which provides that if a savings bank
trust company, or savings bank an,
trust company shall be. or has beer
granted under the provision of chapte
225 of the general laws, shall not com
mence business within two years iron
the granting of such charter, the char
ter shall lapse.
A senate proposal of amendmen
making the time one year, instead o
two was before the house, and Nj
| Child pointed out that the Middlebur
company would be in trouble if thi
| amendment were adopted, because il
charter had been granted, but it ha
not begun business and might not b
able TO do so within a year, owing t
q the Victory loan.
The senate proposal of amendmer
was rejected and the bill now stand
on a two year basis.
The house coneurred in the senat
y proposal of amendment to Hl33, rela
ing TO duties of supervisors Of the il
IN sane.
" HISS, relating TO the election of
lg town auditor. provided the town 5
votes, was rejected.
- On motion of Mr. Slayton of Morri
town, the house, out of respect to Il
memory of the late Mr. Gregory
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