The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-17
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 N% aE Fun Text ofMeasufe Adopt ,; ed by Special Com ti mittee.

Commission of Three For
 Telephone, .>Water and
 Gas No More Stock
 Watering or Over-Issu-
 ance of Bonds-No Regu-
 lation. of Rates Except in
 Connection With Poor
 Gas. @
 Following is the full text of the bill agreed upon by the special Legislative committee, and entitled "An act creat- ing board of Telephone. Lighting and Water Commissioners:
 Section l. That the corporations sub ject to this act shall be all corpora lions (exoept< those required by law to make reports to the Railroad Comm1S- sionerso which shall have corporate power to establish or operate a tele- phone system for the service Of the public in any, town, city or borough, or to sell electricity or gas for lighting to the public in any town, city or DOT Dugh or to sell water for domestic pur- poses to the; public in any town, city br borough The term Corporations subject to this act" as herinafter used shall include all trustees, receivers, les sees or other persons who shall be in possession of the property of any such corporation, and municipal corpora tions actually selling electricity or gas for lighting to the public, or selling water for domestic purposes to the public, unless such meaning would be repugnant to- the context or contrary 10 the manifest general intention or this act
 Section 3. There shall be a. board
 n ns the Telephone, Lighting and Water Eorurnissioners," to perform with rela- kion to the corporations subject to this Rct the duties hereinafter descr1beo The Governor shall. before the close or the present session of the General As sembly, nominate and by and with the hdvice and consent of the Senate ap- point. one commissioner to hold once Funtil the first day of July, 19l1' one commission to. hold office until the first day of July. 1913, and one commission er to hold office until the first day Of July, 1915. Within sixty days a1ter hhe organization of the General As jsembly for the session of 1911. and bfeunially thereafter, the Governor khall-, nominate and by and with the advice and consent of the senate ap- boiut one Commissioner to hold once For the term of six years from the nrst hay of July succeeding his appoint hnent and until his successor Is duly hppointed and qualified. The Senate ehan act on all such nominations With an ten days after they are mace IT hhe Governor shall fail to nominate fCommissioner within, the sixty days prescribed, whose appointment shall be Econhrnfed by the Senate. the General Assembly shall fill the vacancy which k1ouId otherwise occur.
 Section 3. The Commissioners shall appoint a Clerk. Said Clerk shall un- der their direction keep a. record or all communications addressed to them tOficialiy, and of all their official acts land prooeedings. The Comptroller shall furnish them an office in the Capitol, (which they shall keep open during the usual business hours. and at which khefr records shall be kept under the fcustody of the Clerk. These records Shall be open to public inspection.
 Section f. The Commissioners may employ such accountants, engineers, In- epectors and other experts, agents and employees as may be required for the 6roper performances Of their duties; land shall determine the compensation tto be paid their Clerk and employees. H,aoh Commissioner shall receive sal Eary of Three Thousand Dollars ($5.OO0) t,er annl1rn The salaries and expenses Of the Commissioners shall be paid monthly by the Treasurer upon the or her-of the Comptroller. provided that the expenses of the Commissloners tprfation hereinafter made from time to Eime by the General Assembly for the use of the Commissioners.
 Section 5. The Commissioners shall RnnualIy, on or before the thirtieth Iday of June, furnish to every corpora ttion subject to this act duplicate kaolanks for returns to be made for the Lyear ending on said thirtieth day of Dune All corporations receiving such blank forms shall return one of them to the Commissioners on or before the hifteenth day of September in each kyear Every such return shall be sign
 
 twiee-president and treasurer or assist tant treasurer of the corporation mak- ling the report or by a majority of the trustees Sor receivers making the same, ipr fn the case of a. municipal corpora ffioI1 by the treasurer of the board of |commissfon having general charge of fthe sale of electricity or gas or water tpr other official having the custody of ifhe funds received from such sale. Every, corporation, trustee, receiver, or tsn11nicspal treasurer or other municipal IoficiaI refusing or neglecting to make any such return required of them shall Eforfem; to the state twenty-five dollars flor each day of such neglect or re- fusaE.sand the commissioners shall re- bort such forfeiture to the state treas Erer. All. such returns shall be made (strictly according to the forms provid- led and all questions shall be fully an- Iwould be "None" or Nothing" in which case the question itself may be ktricken out It it is>impracticable to return all of the items in detail as re- quired, the reasons why such details kcannot be given shall be stated, but it shall not be an excuse for on2Sting to egiye such details that the acS S$unts of line corporation are not kept in such manner assswil1 enable it to do so. [When- any such returns seem to. the Commissioners defective or erroneous. hhey shall notify the corporation mak- link the return, or their requirement that such return be amended, and in ERny such case the return required by haW must be made to the Commission |ers within fifteen days from the time |ofs such notification. under the same penalty as IS provided for refusing or Ineglecfing to make a return.
 Section 6. It shall be the duty of all ,the corporations subject to this act to furnish to the public served by them reasonably proper and ad- |eqpate service. and to this end to keep ..<ad fxx- a