Connecticut western news., 1907-06-06
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PROHIBITING MILK ADULTERATl0N
Deer Bill and Amendments Tabled To Prevent AduIteration-liquor ir No-Icense Towns.

No-Iicense Towns.
 Senator Briggs explained at length the bill amending the deer law. The amendment allows the owners or lessees of land to kill deer on their land found destroying any crop.
 Senator Luther offered an amendment that the proposed law shall be in force only from December 1 to May 1, and that mo traps, jacklights, dogs or poison shall be used or employed to aid or assist in capturing or killing of deer. !"
 Section No part or portion of any deer, so killed, shall be offered for sale either to private persons or to public markets" Several senators wanted their counties exempt from the law.
 The bill and amendments were tabled.
 Calendar.
 Passed-Bill providing for care and protection of trees; providing fine for failure by owners of dairies to improve conditions when ordered to. do so by the dairy commissioner; providing that wit nesses at the request of the state attorney may be detained in the county jail but paid at the rate of $2 day, the witness having the privilege to give bonds for his appearance ill court; empowering associations to subpoena witnesses; authorizing towns to pay a bounty of $3 for killing raccoon; concerning the publication of notices of town meetings.
 Pure Food Bill.
 The committee on public health and safety reported favorably on bill to prevent adulteration and misbranding of foods and liquors.
 PeddIing Liquor in No-License Towns.
 Senator Hodgkinson, the chairman of the committee on excise, explained the favorable report of the committee on the following bill:
 Every person who, by himself or his lgent, shall solicit or procure any order fJr any spirituous or intoxicating liquors i'll any town which shall have voted hat no licenses shall be granted for the sIle of spirituous aud intoxicating .iquors within said town and in which no such licenses are granted, or who Shall engage ill the business of solicit ing or procuring orders for such liquors i'll such town, or shall advertise for or otherwise publicly solicit or invite such orders therein shall be subject to the penalties of section 2,712 of the general tatutes"
 Senator McGovern asked Senator aodgkinson if the bill allowed person, living in no-license town. to make a the liquor purchased sent to his house.
 Senator Hodgkinson replied that the bill referred only to peddling aud solic it. ing orders.
 The bill was passed.
 Telephone Tax Increased.
 The committee on the judiciary re- ported a bill increasing the tax on tele- phone companies from 70 cents to $l.10 for each transmitter. Calendar.
 Would License Hunters.
 The committee on fisheries and game reported favorably on a bill providing that persons not residents of the state must secure licenses here before killing birds or other game. Descendants of residents of the state are excluded from the prohibitory features of the bill. Tabled for calendar.
 Milk AduIteration.
 A bill to prevent the adulteration of milk was taken from the calendar and passed. Section I. specifics what the standard of milk must be.
 Section V. makes but one change, that of providing that cream shall be measured by wine measure. Section G. prohibits using milk vessels for other purposes than those for which they were made.