The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-04-05
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prison at Windsor; $4,000 for dormi
tory for girls at industrial school al
Vergennes; $1,000 for trades building
at same school; $4,000 to be expended
by sergeant alarms to purchase site
and construct storehouse near Capitol
also to regild the dome of the State
House, remove fence and relocate the
walk between the State House grounds
and those adjoining the supreme court
building; $1,000 for equipping and re-
modelling house of correction property
at Rutland for state prison and house
of correction for women; $4,000 for in
surance sinking fund; $4,000 for col
leges of arts and sciences, agriculture
and engineering at University of Yer
mont; $4,000 for the permanent i'm
provement of Sandbar bridge; $4,000
for receiving home for children COM
mitted to state board of charities. The
usual number of special town aid bills
were passed.
Salary raises were given out spar
ingly. Those who got raises were: jus
tees of the supreme court and superior
judges; public service commissioners;
probate judges; county clerks; fish and
game wardens; supervisors of the in
sane; jurors; the attorney general
Two different bills were introduced
providing for increases for states at
torneys, but both were killed. A law
was passed that judges of probate
should be paid actual and necessary ex-
penses when away from home on official
business. The reporter of decisions was
also given his expenses when away
| from home on official business. Sherlffs
were given raise in salary 1t was
provided that the salaries of state Off
GERS, county clerks, judges OF probate,
states attorneys, etc, shall be paid
monthly instead of quarterly.
As to the legislators themselves, they
really raised their own salaries this
year by adopting the 800 lump sum
proposition. although it was sort Of
gamble with them. By completing
their work in So days, they increased
their pay about IS cents a day over
what il would have been at the straight
per diem figure, each legislator getting
bonus of 500 1t is the general feel
in the end by having the work OF the
session completed earlier, and thus do
ing away with the other heavy expendi
lures connected with the session.
A law was enacted increasing the
amount of the senatorial scholarships
at the University of Vermont, Middle
bury and Norwich, so that it will more
nearly meet the cost Of tuition, which
has recently been raised in each of
these institutions.
A new law that is likely to affect !
every part Of the state and TO make
considerable difference with the land |
scape in many sections of the state is
that which controls the use OF bill |
boards. This law provides that a per-
son, firm or corporation shall not dis /
play any advertisement containing |
more than six square feet upon real |
property other than the property upon |
which the goods advertised are manu- |
featured or offered for sale until a IL |
cense to make such display has been !
obtained from the secretary of state !
Billboards already being displayed in |
the state come under the provisions of /
this act and must be paid for and IL
censed II is estimated that this new |
law will bring in a tidy revenue to the
state.
Although the legislature failed TO re
peal the primary law, it amended II in
spots. One of the changes made in this
law was that persons voting in the di-
rect primary shall declare their party
affiliations; also the presidential pri
mary was abolished, but the conyen-
tions were reti hed at which delegates
TO national cor entions are chosen.
Speaking of the primary brings us
to the women. This being the first
Vermont general assembly following
the general participation Of women in
politics, and the first in which woman
EVER sat as a legislator, il was gener
ally expected that laws looking toward /.
he betterment of condition. among
women aud children would follow Sew
,ral such laws were enacted. Provision ,
vas made for the appointment of a
woman inspector OF factories to be a
leplFy TO the commissioner OF indus !
rics. A law was passed providing for !
medical and surgical treatment for 1.
rippled and physically defective chill /,
lren and provision was made for ex.
animation OF children in the custody of /,
juvenile court
Laws on Family Relations. i
The lady from Orange was directly I
esponsible for the introduction Of the q
Ill which became law including 2
mong mothers who may receive aid
rom toe state one whose husband is 2
by an incurable disease
rom earning living, or is confined in :
hospital, sanatorium or other insti-
ution Other laws enacted which relate
o family relations include making a
ather and mother joint guardians of a
minor child including the step-child
mong members Of the family whom
he parent is required to support up TO
he age Of 10; providing that only chill
rem less than two years old shall be
ept in poor houses, and then only in
mergency and that in no case shall
hid be kept there more than 90 days
. law was passed providing that chi
ZEN Of marriages hereafter annulled or
issolved shall be legitimate.
Not only were the women Of the
tate welcomed into full suffrage. both
Y formal amendment TO the oonstitu-
ion and change in the general laws,
at they were also given the legal :
ight to hold Office by special enact 7
rent.
One Of the important bills passed at
he very end Of the session. which had