The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-26
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way commissioner, thurman w. Dix
OF Burlington, to succeed Stoddard IL.
Bates as highway commissioner, the gov
ernOF sent in his fourth veto on S-60, ex-
empting towns from the expenses of sick
ness. clothing and transportation of
idiotic. Predetermined and epileptic per-
sons, giving as his reason that the state
was already too heavily burdened ard that
towns should continue to share with the
state in the responsibility of caring for
such u~nfortunateS. This bill was intro
duced by Senator Foster, Sudbury. Of Rut-
land county. and undoubtedly grew out of
the experiences of the senator's home
town with the notorious jerome family.
The powers and privileges of the exec
utiye also entered into the consideration
OF S-ll0, providing hat before the gov
ernor issued pardOnS he should confer
with the attorney general or prosecuting
attorney who prosecuted the case. Sena-
tor Sherburne admitted that the bill prob
ably c~ontravcnes the constitutional right
of the executive to issue pardonS but
thought it might be a good thing in an
advisory way. After being amended on
motion of Senator Williams of Rutland
county the bill was advanced to a third
reading.
Another Proposed Amendment.
In the same connection proposal No.
-. for amendment of the constitution,
! was offered by Senate SherbuFne. which
| provides that the power of the governor
TO pardon shall be limited by the require
ments of the law. So far as constitutional
amendments are concerned the house dis
agreed TO proposal No. :, providing for
an item veto of measures carrying appro-
/ priations. the vote being 81 to %.
Proposal No. 10. authorizing the gov
ernor to call q special session for a specific
purpose and no other, was unanimously
rejected by the house.
The house adopted the joint resolution
providing for an investigation of the
states methods of Graduating bovine
tuberculosis.
While the senate was killing another of
the pet measures of Mr.. Stearns of John
son tH-307), which would provide that
the state board of education should con
slider offers for a normal school building
and equipment and report to the next
! legislature tSenatOr SlaytOn of Lamoille
, being the only one to vote for the meas
urel. the gentleman from johnson was
engineering another Of his bills through
the house. after having rescued it from
the Legislative junk pile yesterday.
Changes in School Supervision.
This bill was H-336. which provides for
a change in the supervision of schools.
putting a supervisor over each county. and
4 giving him such women assistants as he
may need. This bill. which was killed the
carly part of the week. was rcconsidered
Thursday on motion of Mr.. Stcarns and
made a special order for yesterday. After
Mr.. Stearns had explained it. the house
ordered il to a third reading and. on mo-
ton Of Mr.. Noble Of West Rutland. the
rules were suspended by = vote of 1873 to
seven, and the bill was passed.
In speaking on this bill, Mr.. Stearns
said that in travelling about the state in
connection with the educational question.
he had found no part of the school system
was causing more faultinding than the
supervision. lie explained that the bin
| called for II supervisors in place of the
GG which have been working in the state
during the past year. and for the redis-
~tricting of the supervising districts by
counties. lie said that while the state
beard of education has been spending ap-
proximately S156,O00 for supervision dur
ing the past year, without. IN his opinion,
giving the state value received, his plan
would call for an appropriation of only
$4,000, which would give the II super
viSors n salary of $1,000 apiece. and
would provide for 80 women assistants
ut Sl,S0O. The bill provides that the sal