The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-22
THE. GENERAL. ASSEMBLY
HOUSE PASSED THE APPROPRIA-
 TION FOR STATE ROADS.

HOUSE PASSED THE 4PPROPRI4
 TION FOR STATE ROADS.
 The Amount is S463, ,5OO--Admiral Foot
 Posts BiIl Passed-The Blll for Uni
 form Tnx Rate of Per Cent. on Mar
 ket Value of Stock of Corporation,
 Passed by the sennte- Other Bushes,
 at the Capital Yesterday.
 Both the House and the Senate met
 at 12:3O yesterday and had short ses- sions, acting however on a large num-
 Der of important measures. The House
 passed the voting machine bill permit 1 ting towns to purchase and use vot-
 ing machines, and establishing vot- l ing machine commission to look into | the merits of any machine which it is
 proposed to use. The biennial apprOpri-
 ation which this year exceeds previous
 appropriations by several thousands was passed by the House. The total appropriated to date is $5612,150, which
 is $267, ,150 more than the receipts for the
 last two years. The amount of appro-
 prlations asked for and rejected to date
 is $4S3,000. The excess over 1899 ap-
 propriated Is $6S5,59O
 The House also appropriated $463,500 for public roads Improvements. Mr.
 Barnes, of the committee, recommended an increase of nearly S100,000. The amendments caused considerable debate but were passed. The bill in- cluded $450,0 ,000 for roads, $S,900 for sala- res and S2,400 for travelling expenses.
 Mr. Pratt, of Torrngton, said that the. House had just passed bill ap- propriating more money than the re- ceipts of the state. He said that this appropriated $10O,oO0 more than two years ago. We are going wild over this matter, gentlemen, simply wild"
 MT. Calkins, Mr. Allen, of Groton, and Mir Willes, of Vernon, supported the measure. It was passed unanimously.
 MT. Barnes, of southlngton, the chair man of the committee on finances, made an interesting statement in the House when the bill for the making of appro- priations, for the next two fiscal years, amounting to $1,160,35O, was taken up for consideration. The bill was amend ed by changing the appropriation for the salary of the state librarian from $6,4 400 to $3,600 the former sum having been printed in mistake Mir. Barnes stated that the treasurer's estimate of receipts for the next two years is $5,- 345, 900, and already the appropriations voted by the general assembly amounts 10 $5,612,1 150 This leaves a prospective deficit of $267, ,10o5O and there are still appropriations to the amount of SS00,000 to be passed on The committee had re- jected requests for appropriations to the amount of $4S3,S30.
 The bicycle lantern law created con- discussion in the House, Mir Hubbard, of Litchfield. offered an making the law imperative between a. m. and 2 p. m., in favor of etc, who used wheels The amendment was lost.
 MT Pratt, of Torrington, offered an making 1t necessary for all vehicles to carry lights. This amend ment was also lost. ..tftgr
 Mir Freeman, of Hartford, offered an aimed at making it more easy for arrested persons under certain l circumstances.
 This amendment was adopted and the l Dill as amended was passed.
 The following bill was explained by | Mr. Wadsworth, of Pennington, chair" | nan. of the agriculture committee, and | passed:
 Section 1. No person or corporation buying or purchasing milk or cream md making payments therefor based ,n the results of the Babcock test hall use any bottle or pipette for the purpose of determining the relative or amount of butter fat of my milk or cream unless such bottle IT pipette shall have been tested and tamped as accurate by the Connectl- ut Agricultural Experiment Station r by the Connecticut Agricultural col ege.
 Section 2. Every person or corporation hat shall use any bottle or pipette for he purpose named In section one of his act unless the same is stamped as herein prescribed. shall forfeit to the se of the state the sum of $5 for each ottle or pipette so used It shall be |, he duty of the state attorneys in the everal counties to collect forfeitures nder this act.
 The following bill in response to pe- tion of Admiral Foote post, c. A. R., ltroduced by MT. Housel, of New Ha- en, was passed: All honorably dis harged soldiers, sailors, and marines rho served in the Union army or navy I the late Civil war in the Connecti- ut regiments or navy quota from the tate, and all soldiers, sailors and ma mes who served in the Union army or avy in said war, who, at the time of nlistment therein, were residents of lis state, and are such residents when pplying for aid as herein provided, ho, from disease or wounds, may need ledical care and treatment, shall be ntitled to receive such medical care nd treatment as may be necessary, at : ,e Hartford hospital, the hospital of le General Hospital society of Connec- cut at New Haven, the Grace Hospi- Il society of New Haven, the Fitch's ome for Soldiers at Darien, the ridgeport hospital, the Danbury hos tal the Connecticut Hospital for the lsane at Middletown, and any other hospital in the state, and e expenses of such medical care and eatment shall be defrayed by the l = ate.
 The House passed the following bill: ,o+;o,, i Erverv parson who shall keen l {