The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-18
MOVIE MEASURE
KILLED IN HOUSE
Measure Rejected Without a Dissenting
VOte-Miss Beard Makes
Maiden Speech.
Especial to The Reformcrl

MONTPELIER. Feb. Is.
The senate made d long-distance cal
endar record this morning bv passing / :
bills IN about Is minutes and advancing
- TO thlrd reading Meanwhile the
lady from Orange, Miss Edna L. Beard
in her first regular speech. had the ar
tention of the house when She attacked
Il-340, which forbids teachers being
school directors and school directors he
ing teachers. The bill was killed bv n
nearly unanimous vote after considerable
discussion.
The movie censorship bin. which has
aroused 50 much interest and ON which
two largely attended public hearings
nave been held. was rejected bv thp
house this morning without a dissenting
vote.
The oleo bill. which had come in under
adverse report OF the committee was re-
fused a third reading in the house after
two unsuccessful attempts had been
made TO amend it. The vote refusing n
third reading was 139 to -
Among the bills passed by the senate
were two bounty bills. the bill relating
To bulls running at large, two bills. re-
gardlng dependent and defective chill
dren. and two fish and game bills.
Joint resolutions appeared in tbe
mouse providing for joint assembly on
Tuesday. NashingtOn'S birthday ar
which Senator Bryant of Windsor
county will speak. and for adjournment
over March meeting
Governor Hartness is in Boston To-
day and Lieut.. Gov. Abram W. Foote
Is acting governor.
The house adjourned shortly after
noon to Monday evening.
The senate adjourned at II 40 To Mon
day evening
Senate bills introduced this morning
included $50 reported from the commit.
tee on public health relating to pubIica-
ton OF birth records By the town cInrI-
Inc annual winter meeting and han
quet OF the Vermont Press association
WI be held at Hotel Barre in Barre
fldiy, March II. The program will be
ISSUED soon. Frank l.. Greene viii hn
present to meet his former associorns ~
the press -
Yesterday Afternoon Session
\ lively debate sprung nm in the bo,,.,
yesterday afternoon on So raI,tim'' ~,
the open season for deer. which ,vn. #
haiiy ordered to third readiug With
an amendment attached providing that
Il uSef be lawfully shot must have horns
|,,7ie 10 itss IMAM ,thfee inches long MIR. Me
uhougl OF hayston soitered the amend
hent. 1t was opposed by AIr Barrows
ol Barton, Mr.. Butler of Jamaica and
4ir- Potter of POwnaI. MIR. Chase nj
bennington moved an amendment to
the amendment making horns siN inches
ahtehqmeht was refused. and the
amendment adopted
on motion OF Mr. Woods of St Johns
bury, H-lSu, eating 10 the tifu,, limit
for adjusting and paving fire losses was
recoinmItted. \ long list of bills We're
ordered 10 a third reading.
MIR. Mckinley of Stowe moved that
H-I97: an act To protect rare plants. be
read by title only This bill enumeratps
the names of all the plants to be pro
tectcd. and the names cr'or nearly two
full pages of type and they. as We'll as
the plants they represent. are decidedly
rare. The house had got its mind made
up 10 have some fun, and refused the
motion to have the measure read bv
title only. So First Assistant Clerk Clar-
encc K. White waded through the collec-
tIon, much to the delight of the mem
5ers and visitors. He was literally ap-
plauded when he finished. And then, the
house nearly refused the bin a third
reading After taking two vive voce
votes on it, the speaker called for a
rising vote which resulted in the bin
going to a third reading 9S to IS
\ short debate occurred on H-2II. re-
| lating To fishing and hunting licenses.
| The bill provides that a boy - years
| of age or over must have a license to
| fish, bat the bin bad been amended max
ing the age l5. The present law allows
| a boy to fish without a license until he
| is Is, and Mr. Smith of Landgrove
thought it should remain in that way.
| lie said that fishing Is one of the health
lest sports boy may indulge in and
he did not think boys should be bur
dened with l;censes until they were Il
| years old. Mr.. Connal of Newport town
also opposed the amendment Mr. Dyer
of Salisbury, Mr. Potter of Pownal and
| MIR. Mccullough of Fayston favored the
amendment and it was adopted. together
with an amendment lowering the price
of combination license from $1.75 to
IsI.25. and another lowering the price OF
| from one dollar to - cents