The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-18
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
FATORABLE REPORT ON CON- TAGIOUS DISEASE HOsPITAL BILL.

{ FAYoRABLE REPORT ON CON- TAGIO US DISEASE HOSPITAL BILL. Authorixing the Board of Health to
 Establish an "Isolation HospitaP-
 Nexv cornorntion Law Recommended
 by the Statute Revision Commission
 s.r.to t,orcurred on Constitutional
 Amendments.
 Yesterdays sessions of the House ana x Senate were brief and there was a very small attendance of members or the House. less than a quorum being pres ent No attention was called to the fact. however, and considerable ousl- ness was transacted without quol uin
 ThA committee on humane inst1tu- tions yesterday reported taVoraply OH the bill to amend the New IiaVen charter to give the board or healtn power to locate and establish hospltal for the contagious diseases in New Fa- ven.
 The committee secured from the at torney general an opinion on the lesal- Z ity of an act giving the board Of health such power in view of the fact that the common council, acting under power granted in the charter at present, mas already located the site for such nos nital at Springside home. The attor- e ney generals opinion was to the eHect that since the mayor had not approVeo z the action of the common couhcll the hoard of health could now act If gwen permission by the general asseHlply. The committee will report substltule till in which the hospital will pc reIer- rcd to as an ''isolation hospital' instead If a contagious disease hospital
 The bill providing that after July l next no appeals from the county coHl- nissioners shall be taken to the super < for co1,rt was reported unfaVoraply py < +he temperance committee in the House vesterday. This bill was reported faV- \ nrablv a few weeks ago and was re committed to the committee The plll was tabled at the request of MT. Brody of New Britain.
 X The judiciary committee reported un- favorabIy the bill fixing the time Of anneal from the assessment of l9oo to +he second Monday in May Another bill has been reported Whlch eA'eiius the time to July 24
 The statute revision commission yes < terday sent in the new 1olnt stoch co. X poration bill which was referred to III Z brief Thursday. The report accom- M Danying the new bill was that the act furnishes a substitute for the present joint stock law, contains speclal pro visions affecting corporations when exercise public franchises ana trust nrivileges and provides for the tor11la- t,on of corporation without capital ' stnck. The measure is primarily ln- landed to relieve the general assembly y of inc great burden of constantly ln- creasing special legislation involved Tn +ha creation of private corporations, py ,,roviding a liberal law which will give S1snll equal privileges. This act aHords suitable convenient and inexpensive aynethod for forming not only corpora t,nns whose principal business Will nat rrallv he transacted in this state, put also furnishes all reasonable facllltles S6to those who desire to do business III other jurisdictions under the Connectl- cut name and authority.
 .sTn order to accomplish effectually < the main purpose of the bill 1t IS appar- { ent that it must be reinforced py d constitutional amendment prohibiting \ the formation of such private corpora 5 lions by the assembly as may De torm- ed under the law
 The report is signed by Donald T. Warner, Gardiner Greene, Henry C. white James F. Andrews, William A. Kine. and Michael Kenealey, statute revision commissioners.
 The bill includes careful considera- +,on of the question of eminent domain, nroviding that no corporation named in ' +ha hill shall exercise the power of eminent domain until at least 50 per oont of it's capital stock shall have sbeen paid in in cash nor until a cer- tificate setting forth such payment mas heen filed with the secretary of state. If any corporation named deslres to z take and condemn lands for pubic use If shall state the public purpse Whlch it intends to serve and the terrltorlai limits in which it intends to operate. Every such corporation shall apply to fine superior court before 1t snail nave +he right of eminent domain stating what and where it intends to act ana such court shall then hold public hearing. when the court shall decide mon the public convenience or neces- { sitv of the said application.
 When such finding shall be made ev- cry corporation shall have the power to N enter upon the land of any person to hold real estate, etc. Condemnation nroceedings shall be brought to the superior court. If any corporation us- ing the highway desires to place rails, posts, pipes etc, in a highway it shall state the uses it desires to make of them. No such corporation shall use any highway until at least 50 per cent. of its capital stock shall have been paid in. No such corporation shall use 2 any highway for any purpose until it < has received permission from a superb or court The bill, if passed, will take from the general assembly the incorpo- ration of all telephone, telegraph, electric light and street railway com panies and is a marked departure from the present-law
 The bill was referred to the commit tee on interpretations.
 The bill includes the following con- cerning the franchise tax:
 Every corporation, before it's certifi- cate of incorporation is approved by the secretary of state, shall pay to the state treoSllrar- 50 cents on every S1 00O of i fc