The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-28
COMMISSIONER BILL
 PASSES STATE HOUSE Amendment For Governors s Right of Removal With
 Cause Defeated. CLEARING OFCALENDAR Superior Court Messenger Here Given Salary Set
 at $1, 200.
CLEARING OFCALENDAR

house adjourned, to-day, the bill pro- Viding for a reorganization of fhe of- nces Of bank commissioners and build ing and loan commissioner which was discussed at length few days ago, took passage after an amendment of fered by Representative Banks was lost. This amendment would have given the governor the right to re- move commissioner, with the approv- al of both branches, for cause.
 The house, to-day, showed no dis position to clear the calendar, for the first half dozen measures called up were either sent to the foot of the cal- endar or else passed over without their position being changed. A discussion ensued on the bill concerning an ex- aminer of public records. Representa- tive Lattimer, of the judiciary commit tee, said that the committee did not care to pass on the question of making the office a permanent one. Represen- tative Marsh, of Litchfeld, said that the office should be abolished, as there had been sufficient time in which to have examined the records in all the towns. Representative Lattimer said the committee would welcome any amendment to the bill so the matter was tabled, as was the next bill called which was for sundry civil appropria- tions, as Representative Marsh said that provision had been made for the office of examiner of public records.
 Act concerning the adulteration and sale of milk, making the standard of milk conform to the federal law; act concerning messengers of the supreme and superior courts in New Haven, Hartford and Fairfield counties; de- fining the duties of messengers, abol- ishing fees to them and fixing the salary at $1,2OO and providing for messengers in the court of common pleas in New Haven and the supe- rior court at Waterbury at a salary of $1,0Oo.
 Act concerning the powers and duties of dairy commissioner to allow that of- ficer to inspect dairies which do not come under the present statute; act concerning the licensing of oyster boats, increasing the fee from $2 to $5 for vessels over five tons, concerning state aid to ferries over the Connects cut river; amending the charter of the Union Trust Co.,, of Greenwich; amend ing the charter of the city of Danbury concerning salaries of the prosecuting attorney and his assistant.
 The bill at the foot of the calendar concerning the location of bridges over < railroad tracks in which the towns are 2 to pay half the expense of maintenance was reconlmitted to the railroad com mittee
 The bill for a deputy mayor of New Haven was rejected, on an unfayorable report.
 Other unfavorable reports accepted and bills rejected included the follow ing:
 Of the New Britain Gas Light Co for amendment of charter, of the New Britain club for amendment to char ter; directing the board of apportion- ment and taxation of Derby to make certain appropriations; for amendment of charter of city of Rockville on the matter of establishing an electric light plant.
 The house received favorable reports as follows;
 On the bill raising the salaries oi assistant state attorney of the Wa terbury superior court, and of the state attorney of Holland county; or the bill making the open season fol shad from May 10 to June 20 inclu- sive; establishing hunting license of $1 for residents, $10 for non-resi. dents and $15 for aliens; on the bill establishing reciprocal relations with New York and Rhode Island in re- gard to shell fish.
 These matters were passed:
 Act providing for appointment oi supreme and superior court messen- gers in Fairfield, New Haven aht Hartford counties at regular salaries for two year terms; act enlarging thu powers of the dairy commissioner re- garding the examination and remova of unsanitary dairies
 There was a long debate over thu part of the general banking bill whici provides for a single bank comms sioner and consolidating with thu building and loan commissioner.
 MT, Banks moved an amendment tt the section giving the governor powe of removal for cause, adding "witl the advice and consent of the senate
 An effort to table the bill de feated and the bill passed as reported
 Chairman Allerton of the commit tee on roads, bridges and rivers, re ported in the house to-day that tn committee considered the proposition of the governor for the taking of th old railroad bridge at Saybrook oi lease from the New Haven road as en tirely feasible and offered a resolution which was passed, authorizing an ap proprlation of $500 for the employ ment of an engineer by the state t make a thorough investigation and re port on the cost of remodeling an, maintenance of the bridge.
 It is stated that Engineer Hill. o New Haven, Is to be employed.