The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-10
THE GENERAL. ASSEMBLY
REPORTS ON THE HIGH LICENSE
 BfLL PRESENTED YESTERDAY.

4 FILL PRESENTED YESTERDAY.
 Resolution Appointing Senator Bre'
 State Auditor-Thc Indetcrminat, | Sentence Bill Passed the House-uii
 for Preservation of, Trees Recon.
 mitted
 | Three important matters, the inde- l terminate sentence bill, the resolution
 appointing MT. Bree auditor and the
 report of the license committee, came
 before the House yesterday
 | The indeterminate sentence matter was called up by MT. King and passed
 unanimously with an amendment mak- ing it compulsory for the court to sen tence an habitual criminal to a maxi
 mum of thirty years.
 The house also, after some discus sion, passed the resolution favoring MT. l Bree, by an overwhelming majority. The temperance committee submit ted a majority and minority report, the former favoring a $500 license and the latter a $500 fee. The majority report in detail provides that in towns of over 5000 the license shall be $500 and in
 towns below that figure S400. Licenses for ale, cider, beer and wine are set at
 $200. The exceptions are in the case
 of hotels in towns of less than 4,000,
 where the fee shall not be less than
 $200, and for wholesale dealers who do not sell on the premises, for whom the fee is $500. The number of licenses is to be determined by the county com missioners, but shall not exceed one for each 400 inhabitants, except in towns where there are tax licenses on a larger ration at the time of the pas sage of the act.
 The minority report is signed by four members of the committee. It raises the license to $500 from $450, and is in effect as follows: That every person other than druggists, to whom a license to sell intoxicating liquors shall be granted shall pay to the county com missioners for each license in towns of over 5000 inhabitants, the sum of $500 and in towns of 5000 inhabitants or less the sum of $500. Exceptions to this shall be hotel keepers in towns of less than 4,000. License fee for wholesale dealers to sell not on premises shall be $200. Both reports were tabled for the calendar.
 The Judiciary committee sent in a favorable report on the bill providing that any person failing to turn in list of his taxable property within twenty days after the expiration of the time set by law may be called before the assessors and be made to verify their list under penalty of s1,000 fine.
 The senate passed the bill increasing by one the number of judges
 The indeterminate sentence bill was called up by MT. King. Two amend ments were offered by him. One leaves the five day rebate on time in the law as it stands. The other makes it com pulsory on the court to sentence an habitual criminal to maximum of thirty years. A general discussion of the bill then ensued, led by Messrs. King, Harrison, Pearne and others.
 MT Pearne wanted to know where the line was drawn. MT. King said that the existing board of pardons was limited in power to the criminals now m prison and the new board to prison ers convicted after the passage of the act. The bill was passed unanimously. l
 The appointment of Senator James P. Bree as state auditor, which was passed Tuesday by the Senate, was l ,alled up in the House. MT. Brady of | New Britain moved that the House concur with the Senate, MT. Calkins 1 @nh ,ral democratic members followed with I protests, but the nomination was con irmed by an overwhelming majority.
 The judiciary committee sent in a favorable report on the bill "concern- ng the tax lists and providing that | every person liable to give in an list of | lis taxable property and having failed | Q do so shall within twenty days after he expiration of the tax fixed by law or filing such list be notified by the assessors to appear before them to ver- fly their own list. Any neglect of this rder shall be fine of not more than 1, GOO.
 The bill providing for the preserva- ion of trees created some discussion in he house yesterday morning. MT. Reed f Stafford opposed the bill as did MT. 'ratt of Torrington. An amendment vas passed changing "shall'' elect to may" elect. MT. Reed stated that he bill as amended was "incongru- us" and foolish" inasmuch as it would be wholly imperative and both- rsome.
 In the Senate the bill increasing the he committee. Mr. Wadsworth was in opes that enough might be said in he bill to make it worth while to the tate and moved recommitment. Ii 'as so done.
 In he Senate the bill increasing the umber of sueprior court judges by , ne was passed. A large num1er of members of both ouses took the excursion to the scene |. the Tariffville extension contest, re- ! lrning later in the afternoon. The lip was on invitation of the Connec- cut Western railroad. !
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