The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-16
TO INVESTIGATE
7. B. ERADICATION
Senate Authorizes Governor
to Appoint Special
Commission
MOTOR-TRUCK BILL
FURTHER ADVANCED
Senate Gives Third Reading to House
Measure Authorizing Selectmen to
Close Roads TO Trucks While Frost Is
Coming Out of Ground
Especial to The Reformer.)
MONTPELIER, March 1G

MONTPELIER, March 16.
The following resolution calling for an
investigation of the matter of bovine tu-
berculosis eradication was introduced in
the senate this morning by Senator Co
burn of Chittenden county and adopted
without debate:
That the governor is hereby author
lied to appoint a committee of three
members consisting of a physician,
farmer and business man, who shall in
vestigate and report to the next legis-
lature as to the efficiency and wisdom of
the method Of eradicating and combating
bovine tuberculosis now adopted by the
state. The committee may. with the ap-
proval of the government, employ expert
assistance. The members of the commit
tee shall receive no compensation for
their services but shall receive their ac-
tual and necessary expenses. The aud
itor OF accounts Is directed to issue his
warrants for such sums as may be nee
essary to carry out the purposes of this
resolution upon the approval of the gov
ernor'
The two merger bills. H-2S1 and
H-3Sl, We're advanced to a third reading
in the senate. Following query by
Senator EStee, Senator Williams ex-
planned the big merger bin. which per-
mits the four Vermont companies to be
merged with the Boston & Maine and
the bill was advanced without debate.
! On the second reducing the charter fees
from S15.00O to 5000 Senator Tayior
/ interrogated the committee and Senator
Sherburne explained that the fee under
the existing law was rather large and
proposed an exception in this particular
case.
In the house the Stearns normal school
/ bin tH-gS) was ordered to lie and was
made a special order for Tuesday aft
ernoon. March %, at 2.15 O'Clock and
the bin 60 tax intangibleS CH-3S3l was
ordered TO lie and was made a special
order for Friday morning, March Is, at
/ 1920 o'clock
Three salary bills $50. increasing
/ salary Of purchasing agent to $4,000
! S-C3, salaries of probate judges, and
S-73. salaries of sheriffs. were advanced
! 10 a third reading after an effort to have
1 S-63 reeommited had failed by a vote OF
/ 100 to s..
The motor truck bill (H-2) went to
a third reading in the senate with the
committee amendment. one of which per
mits sclectmen to close roads to trucks
while the frost is coming out of the
ground. Senator Carpenter opposed the
measure as giving the Selectmen power
/ over the highways but it was defended
/ by senators SiaytOn OF LamOlIle, Iay-
/ lor and Russell of Caledonia, who said
that the roads were being destroyed by
trucks. thousands Of dollars of damage
! being done in a short time.
\ In making motion for n Saturday
session with adjournment until Monday
/ evening Senator Dunham called atten
/ tion to the condition Of business and
said he did not believe final adjournment
could be had next week. but thought that
/ by using expedition without too much
/ hurrving of bills ii could be accomplished
/ by the middle of the week Of March 27
4 He recommended committee meetings
/ before and after the regular sessions o
/ the senate and if necessary evenings a
1 the food of bills from the house next
4 week would compel the senate to worl
overtime TO keep up.
Senator Kingsley said it was not at al
/ impossible TO adjourn next week, but eX
! tremely improbable I'VE can make our
selves the laughing stock of Vermont BY
| staying here until the middle of May ol
we can despatch the business before US
| and adjourn he said As the best kind
of a way not to adjourn. the senator cited
! two things: Deferring action on bills or
| which the senate Is prepared to act and
/ going into committee of the whole. "Prac.
tically every member of this senate" con
| tinued Senator Kingsley. lis familiar
/ with the bills before it and at this stage
| of things ignorance of bill excuses nc
man. The senate should proceed in ar
| orderly but expeditions manner and vote
| down all dilatory motions
! The president of the senate, Lieut.. Gov
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