Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-01

l morning some important laws went l into effect in the State of Connecti- cut and in divers ways they will affect a number of people. There is the reg ulation that removes the free lunch | counter from the saloon and another | that hems in the youthful bride and 1 bridegroom with sundry legal form l alities that they must surmount or 1 remain ununited. The Workingman is looking forward to the benefits of | the compensation act and the restric- l tions on banking institutions restores confidence in the minds of investors. Taking them all in all, the enact ments of the last general assembly. most of which go into effect today, 1 come pretty close home to most peo- pie in this and the other parts of the state.
 Workmen's Compensation Act. i The most important law passed at the last session of the legislature is. the workmen's compensation act. It is also one of the longest, for it ee- cupies more than sixteen pages in the pamphlet. Part A of the act deals with employers liability and declares that in an action to recover damages for injuries sustained by. an employee, it shall not be a defense that the in jured employee W$e negligent or that the injury was caused by the negH- gence of a fellow employee, or that the injured employee had assumed the risk of the injury. This part of the act also exempts from the above pre- visions employers having regularly less than five employees and employers of casual employees. or outworkers. These provisions regarding defense de not apply to employers who shall ac- cept Part B of the act, which relates to Workmen's cempenSat tion.
 Part B of the act gives the methods of its enforcement and the amounts of compensation for tetal or partial incapacity, or for death resulting from tion fer fatal injuries is (a) $10e fer burial expenses, (b) a weekly pay ment of not more than s10 for not longer than 312 weeks after death. Compensation for total incapacity arising from injuries to employee shall be equal to half his weekly earnings at the time of his injury but shall not exceed $10 a week for not more than 520 weeks after injury.
 Other sections of the act refer to the appointment and compensation of the five commissioners one of them pr. J. J. Donohue of this city, each of whom is to receive a salary of $4,000 year. with an additional allowance of $2,000 for expenses. Each com missioner will look out for the cases arising under the act in his congress sional district. Part c. of the act
 
 mutual insurance associations.
 Application For License.
 Chapter 1855 of the public acts is the law that is aimed to prevent the use of Connecticut as a GYetna Green by couples bent on matrimony, who come to the border towns of the state from Massachusetts or New York. + provides that, if neither of the con- tracing parties is a resident of the town in which the marriage cere- money is to be performed the regis trar of the town shall not issue a certificate until the fifth day following the filing of an application for the certificate. The judge of probate for the district, however after hearing the evidence, may render a written decision that, public policy of the requires the marriage without delay.
 Free Lunch Counter Goes.
 One of the first laws passed by the legislature was one abolishing the free lunch counter in saloons. It is chap ter of the pamphlet and in five lines sweeps away the solice of the down and out who have the price of a beer, but not meal.
 stricter Watch on Banks.
 Chapter 194e of the Public Acts places the incorporation of banks and trust companies under the close su- pervision of the bank commissioners and regulates the amount of capital stock that such institutions must is- sue in order to be incorporated This ranges from a minimum par value of $25, 900 for banks in towns of less than 5000 inhabitants to q par value of $1OO, GOO in cities of more than 50,0G0 inhabitants. When seven, or more persons, desire to incorporate such an institution the bank commissioners will hold a hearing on the matter
 The tax on the stock and on the funded and floating indebtedness of railroads and street railroads is in creased from l per cent. to II mills by chapter POT. When only part of the line of a railroad lies within the state the company owning the road shall pay Il mills on such proportion of the valuation as the length of the