Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-02-20
Measure Proposing Radical
Changes in Vermont Highway
System Defeated in House
Without Record Vote
POLL TAX BILL PASSED
House Agrees ON Measure Giving Wom-
en- Optional Right to Vote mt Town
Meetings on Payment OF Poll Tax
and Taking Freeman's Oath

morning, with unusually long calendars
in both houses. they settled into the
traces and worked. The bill giving
women the right to pay a poll tax. and
take the freeman's oath to vote in town
meeting, was passed by a vote of 200 to
e, without the orion amendment, pro-
viding that all women of the State shall
pay a poll tax. This bill is known as
Fl. /.
Directly afterward, II. Isl, known as
the Patrol Bill" which came in this
morning under an adverse report from
the House committee on highways and
bridges, was put to sleep without bene-
Mt Of clergy" by an almost unanimous
vote and the nails were driven into the
coffin lid when thunderous mo" was
the response to Mr. Dyer's motion for re-
consideration.
SATURDAY MORNINGS SESSION
There will be a Saturday morning ses-
zion of the House this week. as evidenced
by motion by Mr.. Austin of Reading
at the opening Of the afternoon session
to the effect that when the House ad-
journs Saturday morning, il he to meet
ut eight O'Clock Monday evening. This
motion was carried by a vote of 81 to a.
RETIRED JUDGE BILL KILLED
The House dealt decisively this morn
Ing with S. "a, proposing to retire judges
on half pay at the age Of TO- The bill
was ''torpedoed without warning and
sunk without a trace by a vote of 154
20 %. despite the favorable report of the
House committee on judiciary. AT the
afternoon session of the House, Mr..
Miner of Sherburne moved for a recon-
sideraton of this bill. The House re-
fused to reconsider.
On motion of Mr.. Child of weybritlge,
resolution was adopted in the House
this afternoon expressing sympathy to
Edward Palmer, representative from
Monkton, whose wife died this morning
In Burlington.
TO LOOK UP STATE EXPENSES
a resolution offered in the Senate this
morning by Senator Amey provides that
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS appoint four SEN
ators and the speaker of the House ap-
point nve representatives as a joint COM
inittee to investigate State expenses. The
resolution was referred to the commit
tee on State and court expenses.
THE POLL TAX BILL
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 suf-
rage and elections. asked that II. !,
providing that women voters shall take
tne 1reeman's oath and pay a POLL tax.
should be taken off the hands OF the
committee and taken up for immediate
actioh. II was recommitted after the
long discussion over 1t yesterday.
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stock called the yeas and n.ys and tho
vote resulted 200 to % In favor of pass
age. Mr.. Alexander then offered an
amendment to the title OF the bill. add
Ing tnereto the following: land also TO
amend section 677 OF the General Laws
Teiating 10 the listing OF polls" this
10 cover the amendments which had been
adopted; and the bill was thus dis
posed OF after its strenuous journey
through the House.
ASKS FOR RETURN OF TWO RIJI,S
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49, 'i"''i"' e'o' the piii "h'ch
'on Wy % ''u'" '''e ~ 'he mouse yes
W. i"S'oi VI iiaro"'ck inter-
'"sa'ou 'i'e co"''h'''ee upon certain Tea
-"'es oi 'ne measure ana then oHered
an amendment After some little trouble
''er the matter MI iayIor hnsiiy with
anew MS amendment ana moved that the
an pe recoinmitted' winch motion was
carried
HOUSE BILLS PASSED
Inc House then settled into the routine
ind passed;
n TO- relating TO returns made by |
'nlcers or certain corporations to the
commissioner OF taxes, providing for a |
penalty for false statements therein. !
H. lo6, relating to the licensing Of milk |
hnd cream testers and the making of
regulations relating to the testing Of milk !