Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-01-12
LEGISLATION UNDER WAY
Barrows and COnnal Only County
Men with Chairmanships.

In the committee assignments of
the Vermont House of Representa-
tives as announced by Speaker Bill
iings Tuesday morning, two Orleans
county men drew chairmanship posi-
tions; E. N. Connal of Newport town
was made chairman of the very i'm
portant committee on education and
is also on the judiciary, and C. A..
Barrows of Barton was made chair
man of the committee on penal in
stitutions and on municipal corpora
tions. Other Orleans county men
were named on committees as fol-
lows: Hadley of Craftsbury, agricul-
ture; French of Westmore,ap propria
tions; Burtonof Derby, banking and
insurance, state institutions; Uric of
Glover, claims; Lord of Morgan, com
merce and labor; LABEL of Coventry,
conservation and minor courts; Gard
ner of Newport city, corporation and
franchise and ways and means; Cur
tbs of Lowell, educational institutions
and library; Carter of Albany, fish
and game; Kelley of Holland, gene
and bridges; Curtis of Lowell, library;
Austin of Jay, mileage and deben-
lures; Allen of Charleston, military
affairs and public buildings; Bryant
of Troy, public health, suffrage and
elections; Bailey of Westfield, state
and court expenses; Stone of Brown
ington, taxation; Perrin of Green's
boro, temperance
Millard C. Taft of Chelsea was
elected secretary of the Senate and
Roswell w. Austin of st. Adams was
chosen clerk of the House. Paul A.
Chase of Brattleboro was appointed
assistant secretary of the Senate. Rev.
Joseph Hamilton of White River juno
ton received unanimous approval as
chaplain of the Senate.
Rev. F. w. Lewis of ST. Adams
was elected chaplain of the House.
Secretary of State Harry A. Black
called the House to order and Rev.
Geogre H. Redding, pastor of Trinity
Methodist church, Montpelier, read
scripture and offered prayer. Mr..
Black called the roll. All answered
to their names with the exception of
Charles F. Smith of Stannard, Foster
G. Sprague of Randolph (lately de-
ceased), G. G. Hall of Woodbury. and
Henry Weeden of Rockingham, who is
known to be i'll.
Upon the call of the presiding Of
ficer for nominations for speakers,
M. G. Luce of Pomfret placed before
the assembly the name of Franklin
S. Billings of Woodstock. The no
mination was seconded by Mr.. Darl-
ing of Chelsea, in behalf of the Oran-
ge county delegation, Mr.. Chase of
Bennington for Bennington county.
Mr.. Stearns of Johnson for Lamoille
county, Mr.. Dyer of Salisbury for
Addison county, Mr.. Bailey of Col
ber of Brattleboro for Windham
for Caledonia county, Mr. O'Brien for
members of the House, Mr.. Field of
Montpelier for Washington county
Mr.. Gardner of Newport for Orleans
county, Mr. Bush of Benson for Rut-
land county, Mr.. Austin of Richford
for Franklin county.
On motion of Hale X. Darling of
Chelsea, Mr.. Luce of Pomfret, who
made the nomination, was empowered
to cast one ballot for Colonel Billings.
In taking the speakers chair, Mr..
Billings said in part: "You have
given me the greatest public honor
that 1 have ever received, and I ap-
preciate it. I know that I cannot
carry out my duties without your as
sistance and I ask you for it. We
are here to pass the best legislation
for our state and to pass it in as
short time as consistently possible" +"
In the Senate, Senator Kingley was
nominated by Senator Nichols of Rut-
land county, and seconded by Sena-
tors Sherburne, Villas, Dunham, Nc
Killup, Farnham and others. Rev.
Joephs Hamilton of White River juno
tion was unanimously elected chaplain
of the Senate.
The House adopted a joint resolu-
tion calling fo joint session Friday,
Jan. z, at 2:15 to receive the message
of the incoming governor.
The privilege of being the first to
draw a seat in the Huose was accord
ed to Miss Edna L. Beard of Orange,
the first woman to sit as member of
the Vermont legislature. This was
done on motion of Mr.. Smith of Land
grove. Mr.. O'Brien, the veteran men,
ber from South Burlington, was then
given the privilege of drawing his old
seat, No. 78. Mr.. Cummings of Cas-
tleton was also allowed to retain his
old seat.