The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-03-23
Under Bill Which Was
Unanimously Ordered to
3rd Reading By Senate
POLL TAX LIST OF 81
VOTED BY SENATE
Great Fight Made for Mon
ey for State Forest
Building

the state for slaughter, or disposed OF
through any slaughter house under led
eral regulation, was unanimously or
dered to a third reading. The Senate
also passed in concurrence, with pro-
posal Of amendment making the poll
tax list one dollar II. %, the much
discussed poll tax bill, The vote was
10 to II the senators voting the same
a. Yesterday on the measure, with the
exception that Senator Russell was
present to-day and voted for the one
dollar amendment.
In the House, there was debate on
H. 1873, making an appropriation tor
purchase by the state of forest lands.
This BILL which originally called for an
appropriation of $4,000. was reported
favorably by the committee on conser-
walton, but unfavorably by the commit
tee on appropriations. Mr.. Flint of
Mortified defended the bill and de-
clared that forest land which the state
purchased few years ago can now be
sold for three times what was paid
for il. He said that our forest lands
are rapidly being bought up by cor
porations outside the state for Sl.j0
and So an acre. He thought it good
business to make an appropriation each
wear for the state to buy up the lands.
He moved to amend the bill to make
the appropriation ST 500 the amount
which the state was eXpending on this
before the war. and the amendment
was adopted by Mr. Bush of Benson,
chairman of the committee on conser-
walton.
Another debate in the House on :.
81, to reimburse towns for providing
lunches for public schools, resulted in
the measure going to a third reading.
Mr.. Webb of Shelburne explained that
the bill was intended to help rural
schools in particular, where the chil-s
dren could not get home for dinner.
Ii had been tried out in Shelburne, he
said. and the pupils were found to be
much benefited by it. Mr.. Butler of
Fairfax. Mr. Warner of Ludlow and
Mr.. Bennett of Manchester favored
the bill. while MIR, Simpson of Shef
field opposed IT, Mr. Peet of St George
spoke i'm its favor. Mr.. Ripley of Poult
nev tried to amend il SO that the town
school district or city should have the
right TO say whether or not the town
or city should take up this PROPOSE
ton. instead of leaving il to the
school directors. but his amendment
was lost and the bill went to third
reading.
Senator Cady was the chief expo
nent OF the drovers' bill in the SEN
ate. He called attention to the fact
that farmer who sends his cattle
from the eastern or southern part of
the state TO the Burlington Rendering
Co. has TO pay for freight more than
he can get out of the cattle oftentimes.
He thought it only fair TO the farmers
to allow them TO ship to Boston to fed
orally regulated plants, where they
could get more for their cattle.
Senator Taylor read a letter from
former resident OF Vermont who now
lives in Massachusetts protesting
against sending tuberculous cattle into
Massachusetts, 10 be eaten there or 70
travel in cars With sound cattle and
perhaps infect them 50 that infected
milk would be peddled in Massachu
setts
In reply to this. Senator Cady said
that tuberculouS cattle would not be
shipped with sound dairy cattle, but
only with cattle to he killed as beef. /
and that sound cattle would not be in
fected in the few days they would be I
together. He thought the state depart
ment OF agriculture would look after
this matter.
Senators Carpenter and Coburn main
tanned that the bill was a good thing
because Il would get these condemned 1
cattle as far away from Vermont a.
possible. 50 that they would not be 4
dumped on the market in the state.
There were no votes against the bill /.
going TO third reading
There was a sharp debate in the I
House just before noon to-day on the /
bill requiring life and accident insur
ance companies 10 be responsible for 4
acts OF their agents OF representatives
On motion Of Mr.. Chase Of Bennington, 1
the bill was amended to exempt sub
agents and representatives Of cOmpan
les: and by a vote Of IS TO 50 the bin I
was ordered TO q second reading After
another debate il was ordered 10 a
bird reading.
The House Yesterday afternoon re-
fused final passage Of r. 33s. provid
nr for = dairy plant for the Univer
.itv Of Vermont. and the senate adopt
"a the Sherburne amendments 10 the
Vermont Nolstesd act fH l4ll and re-
iuced the poll tax for men aud women
IN II. p 10 one dollar instead of two
iollsr- a. originally provided
Governor Hsrtncss. who signed the
highway bill Just before noon. sent in
q the senate the names II senator
~ y BRYANT and Stcddard n Bates.
,reseut highway commissioner. A.
members ~ the hoard. tho same being
.oufrrned IN executive session ~ soon
IS the davN business was completed
rhis enas he legislative part of the
most Troublesome controversy II tie
session
enforcement Act Debate
The SherbFnc amendments 70 p
al were explained ~ their aufho- iu
as minute speech and ~ensfor Elias
naks about the ssms lraNth e time !
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I'm IG amendment - proposed. he {
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-aut rraeios end ths E0lsfesi 80
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