The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-13

unfavorably on the bill making an &C
ditional apprizement for second offens
: of policy playing, and the bill was re
jected.
The committee on judiciary reporte
unfavorably on the bill providing tina
state prison shall be the penalty fo
policy playing instead of 5000 or ia
: sentence, as at present, and the bill wa
rejected
The committee on finance reporte
unfavorably on the bill providing tina
a collector of taxes may levy on an,
portion of a mans estate. The bill wa
rejected.
Mr.. Tucker, of Ansonia, made SOM
strong statements in regard to the bill
providing for the payment by the stat
of the amounts exempted by towns TO
soldiers. Mr.. Tucker said that no bill
had been introduced this year that ar
ranged such a wholesale raid on thu
state treasury. He said that the state
had better buy out the whole township
from which the bill started and turn Il
into geological garden than pass the
bill. The bill was rejected.
The house passed a resolution ex-
empting Putnam Wolf Den from taxa
ton and also an act to provide that nc
veteran of the civil war shall be dis
charged from public employment with
out cause.
The house also passed the bill for
amendment Of New Haven's charter to
provide that the secretary of the civil
I,service commission need not be men,
Der of the commission and the bill pro-
Ixyi1 etn,, anti
may be laid in New Haven without
brick cutters, as required at present
| The bill repeating the military poll
tax was reported unfavorably by the
committee on finance and was rejected
by the senate on motion of Senator
Seeley.
The substitute bill appropriating $500
| for the bank commissioner was passed
| The bill licensing detectives was re-
jected, as was the bill providing for
lanterns on bicycles on unlighted
streets.
Favorable report was made by the
committee on cities and boroughs on
the bills to change the titles of the
heads of the department Of fire service
and the department of police service in
New Haven from Superintendent to
"chief." The bills were tabled for the
calendar and printing.
In the senate an unfavorable report
was received on the resolution to reim
burse soldiers of the Spanish American
war and it was rejected.
The insurance committee reported
favorably on the bill providing that the
insurance commission may grant to
any corporation in this state, upon pay
ment of license fee, the right to act
as an insurance agent for any foreign
or nonresident insurance company
duly admitted to do business in this
state.
The committee on appropriations re-
ported favorably a resolution concern
ing an appropriation for a statue to
Major General Joseph Spencer. The
resolution provides for an appropria-
ton Of $4,000 for that purpose.
Before the railroad committee yester
day afternoon the Bridgeport Traction
company, through Allan w. Paige, it's
attorney, withdrew every resolution
which had reference to the Connecticut
Lighting and Power company. Mr..
Paige put in new set of resolutions,
Jul all ItlcIGuCG W Lie L llile-
delphia trolley syndicate.
The original resolutions accompany
ing the petitions included the Connect
icut Railway and Lighting company in
the charter amendment proposed for
the Bridgeport Traction, Westport and
Saugatuck, Shelton Street, Norwalk
Tramway and Milford Street, and
aroused at that time the most violent
opposition from the railroads attorney, |
e. D. Robbins, of Hartford
Mr.. Robbins, attorney for the Consol- |
dated road, at that time made the |
claim that to include the owning trust |
In the petition was illegal and contrary
to all precedent. He was vigorously op-
posed by the trolley people, who in the |
withdrew everything that |
the Consolidated Railroad company OBJ
jected to.
The action of Mr.. Paige shut off all
discussion of the petition yesterday af-
ternoon, and the committee did not al
low Clarence Deming, Of New Haven, |
to appear, as he had arranged to, in
opposition to the trust. Mr. Deming
asked for permission to speak and said
hat he appeared for the public interest
entirely and simply to show the weak
ind dangerous financial condition Of the
syndicate that VIGOROUSLY
controls these roads" The committee,
however, could not allow him to appear
IN the ground that the Connecticut
Railway and Lighting company was
lot the subject under discussion.
The finance committee met yesterday
lfternoon and voted to recommend to
he general assembly that Senator Bree,
# New Haven, be appointed state au-
Iitor.
The hearing before the committee on
tiles and boroughs on the bill to es-
ablish a paving commission in New
Haven will be held tomorrow after
oon at 80.
Other New Haven matters to come
efore the committee tomorrow are as
ollows:
II. P. No. IS, regarding pavements in {
Jew Haven; Fl. p. No. Sc, for amend
lg New Haven charter so that the {
ommon council shall not have power to {
lcrease appropriations in tax rate rec !
by board of finance nor re- t
ucel any item fixed by said board for t
rincipal or interest of city debt; Fl. B. I
IN 90 for maintenance Of puhlic marks Y