Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-28
Manufacture and Sale of Electricity

I Section 1. The governor Is hereby | directed to appoint a commission con- sistipg of six persons, who shall pre- pare a revision of the general statutes and making a report of the same to the general assembly of 1917.
 l Sec. 2. Such commission shall i'm ] clude In the revision such notes and memoranda of the supreme court of errors relating to the construction of | the statutes as serve to explain and make clear the text, including also de- cisions of the supreme court of the | United States construing such stat | utes. Sec. 3. The commission is author | ized to omit from such revision acts which although public in form are pri- vate in their nature.
 1 Sec. 4. The commission shall ap- point a clerk who shall prepare an index to such revision, submit such ] index to the general assembly at the January session of 1917 with the report | of the commission, and perform such f duties may, be required of him by | the commission.
 | Sec. 5. The governor is authorized and directed to fill any vacancy that may occur in the commission, and the | commission shall fill any vacancy that may occur in the office of clerk. | Sec. 6. Each of such commissioners l and such clerk shall receive $5,000 as full compensation for his work, and an allowance for necessary expenses not l by the state in the manner following: When the revision shall have been l completed and the report of the com mission shall have been submitted to the general assembly at the January | session of 1917, each of the commits sioners may draw an order on the state | treasurer for his compensation and | expenses, which order shall state spe- | officially the purposes for which the | money is required, and when the order l NY no troller it shall be paid by the state | treasurer; and when the index shall | have been completed and submitted to said general assembly, the clerk of | such commission shall be paid by the state treasurer in the same manner as provided herein for the payment of the | commissioners.
 1 Sec. 2. This act shall take effect | from its passage.
 l MT. Eaton of North Haven advo- cated the passage of the act, as there was necessity for it in the interest of | the public, as there had been no re- vision for IA years. The act was passed without opposition.
 1 Public Water Supply, | The public act concerning the taxa l tion of property in connection with any public water supply was amended l in the house to read as follows: Land | and buildings with their appurtenances including dams, pumping stations, ma chlnery, or other equipment owned or taken by any person, firm, corporation, | or municipal corporation for the pur- pose of creating or furnishing a SUD- ply of water, shall be assessed in the | town in which such property is situat- ed to the person, firm, or corporation l owning or controlling the same. The rule of valuation of land so owned or | used shall be the average assessed valuation per acre of the improved | farming land in said town,
 The matter occasioned a long debate pro and con, in marked contrast to the almost silence on the part of the mem | bers when the act passed providing for a revision of the statutes, which means a state expenditure of perhaps $50,- 900.
 Hard Cider Law.
 Section 2636 of the general statutes as amended by chapter c37 of the pub- lie acts of 1907 was amended in the "spirftuous and intoxicating liquors shall be held to include all spirituous and intoxicating liquors, all mixed liquors, all mixed of which a part is spirituous and intoxicating, all dis titled spirits, all wines, ale and porter, all beer manufactured from hops and malt, or from hops and barley, and all beer on the rectacle containing which the laws of the United States require @ revenue stamp to be affixed, and all
 
 the premises, or sold in quantities less than one gallon to be delivered at one time in towns where licenses to sell intoxicating liquors are granted, or in quantities less than twenty gallons contained in a sealed receptacle and to be removed from the premises of the time of sale, in towns where licenses are not granted, and all wines made in the state from grapes grown in the s+ete and sold by the grower and mak- | ar fharn-nf fn ha he premises, or sold in quantities less than five gallons to be delivered at one time.
 Real Estate Taxation.
 The general statutes, section 2322 } chapter 97, of 1909, were amended in l the house to read: All property, not
 exempt shall be liable to taxation as
 follows: Dwelling houses and other
 buildings, lots, mills, stores, dis tilleries, buildings used for manufac- turing purposes, dams, fisheries, and property in fish ponds designated and
 in the list at their true and actual Valuation. Lands and separate lots l except house lots shall be set in the list at their average and actual valu- l ation by the acre. Quarries, mines , and ore beds, whether owned in fee or } leased, shall be set in the list separate , ly, at their true and actual valuation : and, if owned by corporation, the
 whole stock, property and franchise
 shall be set in the list of the town
 where such quarry, mine, or ore bed is situated. All real estate shall be set in the list of the town where it is situated.
 , Frequenter Defined.
 Tn concurrence with the senate ar
 act concerning frequenters of gaming 2 houses, was passed, providing that any
 person who shall enter, except for an
 innocent and legitimate purpose, @
 place resorted to for the purpose ot gaming, or which is reputed to be a gaming house or place frequented fol
 the purpose of gaming. shall be deem
 ed to be a frequenter thereof and
 shall be subject to the penalties pro-
 vided in section 1891 of the general
 statutes.
 Fees of Property Care. ! Tn concurrence with the senate ar act was passed in the house which
 provides that the court shall tax as
 costs reasonable amount for the care of property held by any officer under
 attachment rexecution.
 Commission AboIishment.