The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-14
A FEW SNAP
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Three Structures on Commission to In. vestigate Oyster Grounds of State and Determine Their Value - One For Man to Hunt up Wealthy Resi- dents of Pauper Poor,

Another agreeable snap says the Hartford Courant will be a place on the proposed shellfish commission. There are to be only three commits sioners and they can only draw SIS a day apiece for their services. The whole appropriation for them is but s1O.000. It is obvious from this that satisfaction at the service rendered the state must be the chief satisfaction of those selected for the great work to be performed at this nominal pay.
 The >duty solemnly imposed on the commission is to investigate the she'll fish Industry. especially in its relation to tax-paying. Governor Woodruff first situation that now exists. There was talk Of taking hold and doing some thing at once If that had been done, the beneiciaries of things as they are ccrdingly. it is proposed to have commission at trivial compensation look the subject up and report to the next General Assembly. This arrange ment incidentally puts off any change in the status for two years, and this is presumably not disagreea ble to those whose financial interests are involved.
 It happens that the state has a she'll fish commission with headquarters in New Haven and this commission has
 
 by the oystermen. The question raised by Governor, Woodruff was whether these folks paid proper taxes. All mortgages on the oyster lands have to De recorded It may interest some readers to know that. as a sample case, one piece is taxed S5e0 and is mortgaged for 5000. It is rumored, whether true or not is to be deter mined that So,o0o bushels of oysters came off land that paid g cents in taxes. It is also asserted that the same parties that nay trivial taxes to this state pay big sums for cores bonding privileges in the waters of Rhode Island. These facts can be as certained by consulting the records of the shellf1sh commission and By in quiry (cost 4 cents. including return postage), but it will take longer and be pleasanter job to pay s1O,000 and tue lid open at S15 per
 Another agreeable snap will be this peculiar job of hunting up the rich relatives of poor folks and compelling are supporting their paupers. Such a job might open opportunity for no little side profit if people preferred paying for silence to being published but primarily this is not the business of the state at all. If the towns are being cheated, it is up to them to stop | the business. Such a commissioner would be directly invading the rights of the towns. The scheme is to pay l him S2,500 a year and it is understood | that the man is picked out already; | indeed. that he picked himself out | drew up the Dill, and stands ready to | begin drawing pay as quickly as the | scheme is made into law It has pass | ed the Senate already and is now on | the table in the House F. In the Senate | it had remarkably good@luck. It was born in the bedchamber of the judi | ciary committee, never having been | nT hn had fhn fny-- tune to be all ready printed as soon as reported and it also had the fortune | to be taken and acted on before it was starred on the calendar. It is an old | saying that Providence helps those | that help themselves. and the rumor $ that an attorney can be found ready | to help himself just as soon as the opportunity materializes.