The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-14
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
FINAL ADJOURNMENT FxPECTED
 NEXT MONDAY.
The Senate Concurred in Passing the Constitutional Convention BiIl-The New Incorporation Bill Passed in the HOuse-The Free Ride Amen ent Rejected in the Senate

House-The Free Ride Amen dment
 Rejected in the Senate,
 The 1901 session of the General As-
 sembly will, if present intentions are
 carried out, adjourn sine de next
 Monday. It is expected that the busi-
 ness of the session will be practically
 finished to-day and this afternoon
 there vii be adjournment over to Mon-
 day, when the final session will be
 held.
 In the Senate yesterday Senator Bree
 called up the resolution to amend the
 charter of the Fair Haven and Vest vile Railroad company to permit ex- tension of trolley tracks in Hamden.
 The amendment tackled on in the House to provide as a condition for granting the permission that police men and firemen should be carried free on the cars of the company was re- jected by the Senate by the vote of 12-1O and the resolution was then adopt ed unamended.
 HC IIOuoC plil llllt pSl- sons must swear to tax lists made for them by assessors, under heavy penal ties, passed by the House, was taken up.
 Senator Seeey explained that the mo- tifying of persons would entail great deal of labor on assessors, especially in the larger places. He offered various amendments which were agreed to. Senator Mcdonald said that unless the law was made mandatory on the as- sessors it would be useless. Senator Landon suggested that some provision be made for persons who are i'll and unable to appear before the assessors. Senator Roberts moved to table for printing in the journal as amended, and it was so voted.
 The bill now reads:
 Section 1. Every person liable to give in a list of his taxable property and having failed to do so, may with in twenty days after the expiration of the time fixed b ylaw for filing such list, be notified by the assessors to appear before them to be examined un- der oath as to his property liable to taxation for the purpose of verifying list made out by them under the provisions of section 3YSO9 of the general statutes as amended by chapter 102 of the public acts of 1897. Any person ! who shall neglect or refuse to appear | before said assessors and make oath to | list of his taxable property within ten days after having been so notified, or who having appeared shall refuse to answer, shall be fined not more than $1,0O0
 Section 2. It shall be the duty of as- sessors promptly to notify the proper prosecuting officer of any violation of | this act.
 Senator Gordon offered a resolution recalling from the office of the secre- tary of state the bill for the appoint ment of a state fire marshal and depu- ty state fire marshal.
 Senator Kenealy objected to this at such late day in the session, but Sen- ator Gordon explained that under the bill the governor appoints the deputy fire marshal, and it is proposed to amend the bill so that the fire marshal shall appoint the deputy. The resolu- tion passed and later the bill was re- called, and Senator Gordon offered an giving the fire marshal the appointment of the deputy The was adopted and the bill passed. Resolutions appointing the following judges were passed: George c. Bry- ant, judge, and Charles M. Platt, depu- $ ty judge of the Ansonia city court; ( Charles w. Ruic, judge, and H. l.. , Crandall, deputy judge of the new bor $ of INo rto
 The Senate concurred with the House f In passing the constitutional conven- Y tion bill The bill was the first busi- f ness taken up in the Senate and after t had been read Senator Wright moved q that it be tabled, saying that many r members of the House had voetd for it r