The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-13
House Would Have Nothing
to Do With Patrol Com
mittee Measure
WOMEN NEED NOT
PAY POLL TAXES
If They Do Not Care to Vote,
the House Voted Thun-
derously To-day

having threshed the bill giving women
the option of paying a poll tax and vot
ing in town meeting all over the lot yes
terday, it was taken up this morning and
passed, without the Orton amendment
requiring all women to pay the tax and
vote, by the unquestionable record of 200
to p. A moment later, II. ISL the new
highway bill, which came in this morn
ing under an adverse report from the
House committee on highways and
bridges, was put to sleep without bene-
fit OF clergy" by an almost unanimous,
vote and the nails were driven into the
coffin lid when a thunderous mo" was
the response to Mr.. Dyer's motion for re-
consideration.
A resolution offered in the Senate this
morning by Senator Amey provides that
the lieutenant governor appoint four
senators and the speaker of the House
appoint five representatives as a joint
committee to investigate state expenses.
The resolution was referred to the com
mittee on state and court expenses,
A new bill, S. 81, was introduced in the
Senate this morning by Senator How
land, giving authority to the city coun
ell Of the city of Barre TO utilize for
burial purposes about Z 400 square feet
of land within the limits of Elmwood
cemetery in the city of Barre.
The House had a somewhat rocky road
to travel this morning during the early
part Of the session. Mr.. White of Wood
stock. chairman of the committee on sui
frage and elections, asked that II. /, pro.
viding that women voters shall take the
freeman's oath and pay poll tax, should
be taken off the hands of the committee
and taken up for immediate action. 1t
was recommitted after the long discus
sion over it yesterday
Mr. White explained that the commit
tee thought that the Orton amendment
to the amendments to the bill yesterday,
providing that all women citizens of the
state should pay a poll tax, was out of
order because it was in opposition 10 the
original amendment which it amended.
Speaker Dana ruled that the Orton
amendment was in order, and called for
vote, by which the amendment to the
amendment was lost, and it was decided
that the paying Of poll tax would not
be compulsory, if woman did not want
to vote
Then came the vote on the Alexander
amendments to the bill and these were
adopted Mr. Alexander offered third
amendment providing that the bin should
take effect from April /, 1919, and this
was also adopted. Mr. White Of Wood
stock called the yeas and nays, and the
vote resulted 200 to % in favor of pas
sage. Mfr. Alexander then offered an
amendment to the title of the bill, add
ing thereto the following, "and also to
amend section CIT Of the general laws,
relating to the listing of polls" this to
cover the amendments which had been
adopted. And the bill was thus disposed
of after its strenuous journey through
the House.
II was requested that the House ask
the governor to return to the House, H.
63 and Fl. 40, two bills which have passed
the House, but in which some undesirable
features have been found. The House so
voted
Upon the appearance of II. ll2, relat-
ing to the settlements of accounts of eX
ecutors, administrators, etc, the bill
which took up so much time in the House
yesterday, Mr. Taylor of Hardwick in
terrogated the committee upon certain
features of the bill, and then offered an
amendment to the bill. After some little
trouble over the matter, Mr.. Taylor
finally withdrew his amendment and
moved that the bill be recommitted.
Others took "a hand in the debate, but
the bill was finally recommitted
Passed by House.
The House then settled into the rou-
tine and passed.;
H. l25, relating to returns made by
officers of certain corporations to the
commissioner of taxes, providing for a
penalty for false statements therein.
III. 1855 las amendedl, relating to the
prevention of venereal disease.
II. 1876, relating to the licensing of milk
and cream testers and the making Of
regulations relating to the testing of
milk and cream,
II. l76, relating to filing bonds in cases
in which iniunctions are issued.
Adopted in Concurrence by House.
J. R. S, is, relating to inspection of
penal institutions by legislative commit
tees of this general assembly
Bills introduced in Senate.
S. CO. an act relating to the granting
of automobile licenses to persons under
age of IS years license may be grant
ed persons 4.to Is years Of age.l By
Senator Taylor of Rutland.
S. g. reported by committee on state
and court expenses rs substitute for S. Z,
an act relating to salaries of county
clerks, increasing salary of county clerks
of Chttendcn, Orleans and Windham
counties.
Passed in Concurrence by Senate.
II. 4d, an act to amend section l,232 Of
the general laws, relating to the location
and construction of schools,
H. so. an act relating to the preparing
of a record of transfer of real estate for
the use of listers.
H. 90, an act relating to time OF filing
annual statements by insurance compan-
! les.
| H. l4l, an act to amend section $40 Of
| the general laws, relating to payment Of
certain claims by the auditor of accounts.
Third Reading Ordered by Senate.
S. 81, an act to pay the Free Press
Printing company the sum named there
| in.
S. 5S, an act to pay the Barre & Mont
Continued on eighth papp1