Putnam patriot., 1913-04-18
General Assembly

AAs aseAAHAg= AHE EAHAht 1DMAllLAEH reported a batch Of measures favor ably and the tabling Of two of the un- favorable reports in the House gave indication Of the fights to come on those bills. There will also be con tests upon some of the favorable re- ports submitted by the committee The bills tabled in the House after having been reported unfavorabIy were those raising the license fee to s750 in towns over Is. 1000 and the bill limiting licenses to one for each one thousand Of population. Represents- tive King gave notice that he would light on the higher license fee and Representative Msltbie gave notice upon the limitation bill
 Temperance People to Fight.
 In the Senate Senator Frohlich, from the committee. reported a bill which the temperance people have al- ready declared they will fight This provides that where the county com missioners transfer license and the superior court rules that the transfer is Illegal the license Is not dead but may be transferred Co some other place. Another bill favorably report ed was that providing that where the holder of q license died his executor or administfatri1 may not transfer the license except upon hearing before the commissioners.
 skirmish on Judgshlps.
 The frst skirmish upon the method Of appointing the judges of minor courts developed in the House. Upon the calendar ready for action was the resolution appointing James T Mes kill judge of the city court of New Britain and when the matter was reached in order Representative Healey for the Judiciary Committees reported that there gas no opposition to the appointment of Meskill who is a republican. Representative Pardee. of New Haven moved that the bill go to the foot Of the calendar to await action upon a bill giving the Governor power to appoint these judges. lie said that the Judiciary Committee had reported unfaYorably one bill to give the Governor power and had declared at that time that another bill would come from the committee which would probably have two reports. He said he had taken that declaration in good faith but this attempt to put through these tudgeships before the other bill was reported did not look like good faith
 Sees No Progress.
 Representative Healey declared that if the House were to send all matters 10 the foot of the calendar to await action upon all the measures before the Judiciary Committee and the in corporations committee nothing would be done fin the remaining days of the session He said that the statement that report would be made upon the bill to give the Governor power was made to good faith. but he suggested that if the Senate, which was demo cratic. wanted to hold these resolu- tions up 1t could. but the House ought to pass them. By a viva voce vote the House passed the resolution with two others affecting the town court of Berlin.
 Corporation Matters
 The States policy toward corpora tions came up on the bill to allow the Norwich and Worcester road to issue 3s, 800 shares of stock under the laws of Massachusetts Representative Stoddard. for the Committee on Rail roads and Bridges, explained that the company was chartered in Connecti cut. but did business in Massachusetts and that it was compelled to comply with the Massachusetts law. In answer to a question from Represen- tative Evarts. of Milford, he said that Section 2 of the bill confirming and validating certain issues of stock made heretofore, was inserted because the Massachusetts laws had been changed since the charter was granted to the company and stock issues had | been made which might be Illegal under the conflict of authority Repre- | sentative Wilson. of Bridgeport as serted thal any Connecticut corpora. | ton which was put under Massachu- | setts laws In the matter Of stock issues offered more protection to the public | and to the stoekholder than those un- der the Connecticut laws, which he said protected nobody Representative Marsden sageestsd that the clause providing thut no stock should be is. sued for less than par for cash should be inserted The bill was finally tabled
 Objects to Phrase.
 In the discussion of another cor noration measure, that incorporating the Kent Electric Light and Gas Com pany. Representative Thoms asked what was meant by the phrase, that stock should not be issued at par for | cash "or it's equivalent Representa- tive Marsden said that 1t meant prop | erty equal to par value of the stock, | and Mr. Thoms wanted to know who would pass upon the value of prop ! ertv. MT Marsden replied that he sup posed the directors would and that if they put any false valuation upon the l property they could not be held re- sponsihle for 1t. Mir Thoms said that the phrase was not clear and there should be stronger and surer safe guards put in these bills
 New Bank Act
 In the Senate the committee on
 banks reported favorahly the follow ing Section | The hank commits sioners shall. in writing. notify any i bank or trust company whose capital Is believed hy them to be less than the amount required by the general
 statutes, of is charter, to increase | such capital to the amount SO re auired within sixty days after receipt of such notice Said commissioners
 shall. at the expiration of sixty days.