The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-11
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
THE LOCAL OPTION POOE BILL
 WAS REJECTED YESTERDAY.

An UnfavorabIe Report by the Commit
 tee-Hecommended Appropriations for
 the State Executive Department for
 the Next Two Years -E x-Goyernor
 BulkeIey's Proposed Substitute BiIl
 Concerning Constitutional Amend
 ment.
 In the House yesterday morning the
 committee on agriculture reported un-
 favorably on the bill to permit towns to
 exercise local option in allowing pool
 selling for twelve days during the
 year.
 MT. Wadsworth, of Pennington, the
 chairman of the committee, stated that
 there were three bills on this matter.
 The one under consideration is a local
 option bill. From moral standpoint
 the committee was compelled to report
 unfavora bly, on it. The agricultural so-
 cieties of the state were opposed to it..
 The majority of the committee were In
 favor of its rejection. The bill was re- jected.
 The following reports were received from committees: Unfavorable on bill
 allowing an officer of the Connecticut
 National guard to be examined, at his own request, for rank, at which he may be placed on the retired list; fla vorable report on resolution incorporat- ing the Entre Nous club, the Charity Organization of Hartford, the Derby lodge of Elks, the Milford Cemetery as- eociation, calendar; unfavorable on bill in relation to the tuition of scholars in high schools; substitute resolution con- tinuing the sewage commission; unfa- vorable on resolution appointing Charles B. Yale deputy judge of Wallingford; unfavorable on bill relating to lmita- tions of claims against town, and on bill forbidding the selectmen of Bran ford to pay bills which their predeces- sors had disapproved, without the vote of the town.
 On the motion of MT. Pearhe, of Middletown, the action of the House in passing the bill incorporating the Ridgefeld Illuminating company was reconsidered and the bill recommitted to the committee.
 The following matters were passed, from the calendar: Resolution reviv- ing the Ned's Brook Creamery com pany; authorizing the city of Water bury to issue bonds for the purpose of diverting the sewage from. the Nauga- tuck river to comply with the decision of the supreme court; incorporating the Fourth Meriden Mutual Benefit Build- ing and Loan associations; authorizing the city of Waterbury to issue water meter bonds; extending the limits of the Unionville fire district; authorizing the city of Derby to issue school bonds to the amount of $20,000 after the raso- lution was amended by an amendment offered by MT. Howe of Derby, strik- ing out the clause relating to the ap- pointment of commission; authorizing the Danbury and Bethel Street Rail- way company to extend its u acks to the state line; allowing the Randall com pany to increase its capital tsock and to act as agents for foreign insurance companies; authorizing the publication of state records by the state library incorporating c. Rogers & Bros, of Meriden, making an appro- priation of $25000 for model school building in New Britain; concerning the funds of school district No. in the town of Portland; incorporating the Farmington Village Green and Library association; incorporating the East Street Railway company; ex- smpting the properly of the St. Mary's Total Abstinence and Benevolent soci- sty of Norwich from taxation.
 MT. Howe of Derby, presented pe- ! .ition from D. w. Hotchkiss and others l n, favor of an electric railroad between | New Haven and Derby.
 A number of petitions were received II support of the bill for free ern- oloyment bureaus.
 The committee on appropriations re- ported the following bill making appro- ,riations for the executive department or the next two years: Governor, s. 00; lieutenant governor, $1 LOGO; execu- i've secretary $2,400; executive clerk, 3 3,600; inaugural ceremonies, $500; of Ice and incidental expenses, S2,400; ex- expenses, $3,o00; secretary state, $3,000; chief clerk, $3,600; first clerk, s2,S0O; second assistant, 2, S00 per diem clerical service, $2,200; incidental expenses $1,000; compilation f state regisater, s90O; salary of treas rer, $3,000; chief clerk, $3,600; first as- istant, 2,S00; second assistant, $2,800; er diem clerical services, $500; inci- ental expenses, s1,O0O; salary of comptroller, s3000; chief clerk, S3,600; ssistant clerk S28O0. per diem cleri- al services s1,60O; office and incidental xpenses, $1000; legal expenses $200 ttorney generals salary, sS,O00 ex- enses, s2,000 office expenses, $2000; ssistance, s2,O0O. The bill was tabled pr the calendar.
 A bill passed Tuesday providing for ne extension of the term of office of the lty attorney of Hartford was recon dered yesterday. It is alleged that 10 bill was secured on a pretext from 1e clerk of bills by a party in interest nd then put on the desk of the clerk 2 the House without having been en- orsed by the committee on cities and to which it had been referred. he bill was passed under suspension the rules Tuesday on motion of Rep- sentative Philbrick, of Hartford. The Senate also rejected the bill con- rning local option on pool selling, The snate also rejected bill to prohibit le offering of purses for horse racing. The following bills were passed:.