Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-14
"A BUSY DAY N LEGISLATURE
Over 3bO Bills Presented in the
 House.

Senator Kennedy Presented Some 1m-
 portant Measures Representative
 Guilfoile's Stock Company Bill
 Horace Johnson's Weather Observa- tory-Bill to Legalize Sunday Base Ball.
 Hartford, Feb 14.-In the senate to-
 day Senator Kennedy presented bill of much significance. It says that the state board of tax commissioners
 shall annually fix the valuation of each
 special franchise subject to taxation. Senator Kennedy also presented q bill concerning and regulating salaf- ieS and fees of state officers, as fol lows: Hartford county, state attor- 1 ney, S4,O00; assistant, Sl GOO; New Ha-
 ven county, state attorney, S4,OOO; as sistant, $1 ,OOO; assistants for Water bury, $1, ,OOO and $20o; Fairfield coun- ty. state, attorney, $4,25O; assistant, | S1 1000.
 Senator Kennedy offered bill for | the incorporation of the Truck Auto
 mobile company of New Haven, with l a capital stock of S1 ,OUO,OOO.
 In the house the next to the last | day for receiving new business was Il | busy one. Over 300 bills were pre- sented, many relating to electric
 roads. One of them calls for the i-
 censing of electric cars, an annual fee
 of $1OO for passenger cars and $50 for freight cars, the amount to be divided
 between the towns through which the
 roads operate.
 Mir Conrad of Huntington presented | a bill legalizing Sunday base ball be-
 tween the hours of 1 and ' P. m.
 The bill regarding changing manner ! of death penalty was rejected. | NIr Freeman of Hartford presented
 a resolution appropriating S5,OoO for
 q state weather observatory
 to be erected at Middle Had dam. from which the peerless seer and
 weather prophet, Horace Johnson, will l furnish weather prognostications
 One of the stipulations of the bill is
 that Horace shall issue a weather re- l port at least once a week, in advance. l Representative Guilfoile presented 1 bill relating to joint stock companies. | It says that the treasurer of every
 corporation shall make return of the
 amount of capital stock paid in, the
 cash value of the real and personal es-
 tate amounts of debts and credits.
 Representative Pearne, of Middle
 town, presented a bill appropriating S1OOOO for q cottage home for veterans and their wives. A number of the
 residents of Litchfield presented pc
 tition against granting charter for
 a Torrington and Litchtield Tramway l company.
 l Among measures introduced in the l house yesterday were bills providing l for q common pleas circuit, creating q | commission of humane institutions, | making a full liquor license cost $1,- l OUO; resolutions amending the charter of the city of Hartford regarding | board of public works, amusement li- cenSes. etc, and various other matters. | In the senate bills were referred which | provide for the creation of q state 1 commission on gas and electricity, add l ing certain securities to those in which l savings banks may invest funds, in- | creaSing the penalty for second con- | viction of anti-pool law, requiring | that only lawyers shall be eligible as | judges of minor courts, providing for | the discontinuance of non-paying rail | road stations. requiring street railways | to file maps of routes and variety of | petitions. resolutions. etc. regarding interpretations. amendments of char | ters. etc. The house voted by 195 | votes. no nays. to confirm Judge Bald l win for the supreme court.