The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-15
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minimum SO instead of the So minimum
OF the present law. -.. s
BY a unanimous vote of the 26 SEN
atorS present this morning the senate
voted to propose to the house to amend
the constitution by providing that a
woman shall become of legal age at p
years. This is known as proposal Is.
Among the bills introduced in the
senate was S-S7 by Senator Coburn of
Chittenden county to reimburse the
towns for providing lunches for pupils
of public schools, and S-SS by Senator
Slayton of Lamoille county enabling
towns TO appropriate money for resi-
dent physician or nurse.
Both houses were impeded somewhat
in getting started this morning by the
non-arrival of the calendars which were
of considerable length. When they got
| disposed of rapidly for it was mostly of
a routine nature.
In the house there was an attempt to
kill S-55 prohibiting games of chance.
! The vote was so close on the final pas
| sage that the speaker. called for q ris-
| ing vote and the measure passed by a
| vote of 112 to 81. - e--. -. a
| The apple grading bill. H-131, started
a brief debate. Mr.. Warner of Ludlow
wanted to know if an apple grower with
small number of trees would be abliged
to take a lawyer along with him to get
y
! town replied that if his apples were ex-
| ira good he had better leave the lawyer
/ cut. Nh. Luce of Pomfret defended the
| measure on the ground that apple-g grow
| ers who do not have standard to go
| by IN grading apples are at disadvan-
graded in other states. The bill went to
| third reading on standing vote of 90
| to rs. .-... - ,,t....-.
Both the house and senate held even
ing session. and transacted large
amount of routine business. There
were four bills introduced in the house.
! The feature of the evening in the
house was the rejection of all bills on
| the calendar providing for the payment
| of refunds on fourth-class licenses. Ii
| it. evident that the house does not in
| tend to make refunds of this nature
| Among the bills rejected under this head
were: H-25S, to pay the j. W. Daley
company S408.2S lopposed by Mr. Reyes
OF Reading and Mr.. Barber of Brattle-
boro. and favored by Mr.. O'Brien of
South Bltrlington): H-269. to pay H. l..
| Rivers $4O8.2S: Fl -270. to pay c. II.
lterstate Distilling company $4lG60; (Alr.
, Gishart tried vainly to have this bill or
dered to lie
1883 was introduced by Mr.. Jackson
of Burlington and H272 by Mr.. O'Brien
of South Burlington. Mr.. Reyes of
these sums. said that the state cannot
! be held liable for them and that if
| they were paid. it would be merely in
the form of Il gift, and he thought it a
| bad precedent to establish.
The. house passed in concurrence: )
| 81, relating to absent voting; S-53, furn-
ishing of immuniZing- serum by the
state board of health. The house
passed: Hl06. relating to holding Off
ces; H-2l3, relating to closed season
I - -f14,
turns by justices of the peace to county
clerks; H-238. prohibiting fishing through
the ice in Barber pond.
The house rejected: H-l60. giving vent
ors of monumental works lien thereon
and H-I72. relating TO qualification of
voters in town meetings.
The apple bill H-l3l. providing for
standard grading. was recommltted al
ter being amended on motion OF Mr.
Warner of st. Adams town.
There were six bills introduced IN
the senate last evening-among them
one bv Senator Durham which provides
that a person shall not promote or en-
gage in any play. sport, dance or enter
tainment for which admission Is taken
or compensation Is received on sunday
This bin would repeal the present so
The senate passed: H-2O. relating tc
; cemetery trust funds; H-8O,. penalties
for reckless driving and driving an au
tomobile while under the influence OF m
toxicating liquor: H-82 relating to Or
i leans county H-S9. charter of the CITY
of Barre: $50 relating to pay OF super
yisors of the insane; SCI. relating tC
venereal diseases. On ST, providins
: that all women citizens may vote, II
the town meetings of March; 1921, Sen
ator Chaffee of Franklin asked that II
, be recommitted. Senator Villas oppose,
! and offered an amendment providing 10
the navment of a poll tax before Febru
arv 26. Senator Kingsley of RutianI'
, favored recommittal. Senator Villas de
handed the yeas and nays and the oll
: was recommitted by vote of 10 to IL