The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-04-07

Vermont
Banking Measures
i Banking measures passed ineludct
That where state has use Of unclaim-
cd deposits in savings banks, il shall
pay interest Of per cent II money IL
lawfully claimed; amending Law re
garding investment Of banks; provid-
ing that banks may deposit funds In
the chartered banks Of Canada
/ A large number Of insurance pro
visions were passed including: Re-
quirement that hotels and public halls
shcll have fire escapes as directed by
state fire marshal; requiring an adj
juster Of losses for fire insurance com
panies 20 be licensed; amendments 10
law relating to reciprocal insurance
provisions; an addition 10 the laws
relating to licensing foreign insurance
companies which insure only factories
or mills, or property connected there
with; amendment Of laws relating TO
incorporation Of insurance companies;
law amended so that foreign insur-
ance companies doing business in the
state may do more than one kind Of
insurance business IL charter allows
and funds are sufficient; making il
Illegal for representatives Of one in
surance company TO misrepresent the
financial condition Of another.
Public Health Laws
Public health laws passed include.
Extension Of time for canvassing
votes for county tuberculosis hospi-
tails; requiring licensing Of dental hy-
gienists; providing for payment Of
members Of state board Of chiroprac-
tic examination and registration; pro
viding for toilets at terminals of fer
ries; increasing from $4,000 TO s140,-
600 amount for which county may is
sue bonds for a tuberculosis hospital;
changing date Of biennial meeting of
board of medical registration from
February to July; prohibiting adver-
tisements Of cures or medicine relat-
ing TO venereal diseases and certain
sexual disorders; state board of health
shall furnish minimizing serum for
typhoid fever.
Laws on Fish and Game
Fish and game laws enacted in
clude: Making open season for part
ridges from October TO November /,
and providing that not more than four
partridges and four woodcock may be
taken in day, nor more than 25
partridges and 25 woodoock in an open
season; amending laws regarding taxi
ing Of black bass, trout, mink, musk
rat, otter, marten, raccoon, fshercat
and skunk; fixing bounties noxious an
imals; fixing reciprocal relations with
other states and with Canada regard
ing fishing and hunting licenses and
fixing the price; fixing close season on
gray squirrels, English snipe, plover
and shore birds
Among the measures pertaining 10
courts are: Provisions for issuance Of
warrants by municipal or city courts;
fixing fees upon distribution Of es-
tates; fees for persons acting under
Of probate courts; commit
ments by sheriffs.
New laws relating TO municipal cor
porations include: Provision that
bonds issued for purchase or develop
ment of municipal forests may be paid
serially from 20 20 GO years after is
suance; fixing penalty for unauthor-
ized tampering with fire protection
Of municipal water sys-
.em.
Various Measures
A provision was enacted that cattle
barns used at fairs must be disinfect-
ID after use, also a law prohibiting
BULLS running at large.
New corporation laws signed by the
governor include: Provision that vote
# three-fourths Of all directors Is re-
Iuired to amend articles Of incorpora-
ion; authorizing reinstatement Of cor
,orations where charters have been
'orfeited under certain sections of
,eneral laws; limitation Of authority
Il foreign corporations; providing
hat water companies shall be subject
o jurisdiction Of public service COM
mission.
Some Of the taxation measures
ghich have been signed By Governor
Tartness are: Exrmpting property
I Grand Army of the Republic and
American Legion from taxation;
needing law relating 70 time l'Tters
hau de Inventories and abstracts II
rand lif. defining duties of tax col-
ectors upon expiration ~ term of
Gcc.
Town Government Laws
Town government measures which
ave become laws include: Greeting
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