Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18

OF agriculture to appoint supervisors
Of agriculture. The bill was rejected.
For List of Bills.
Senator Grady moved the passage
of the resolution to pay John J. Winn
$500 to complete the list of bills. The
resolution was passed.
Calendar.
Passed-Ffxing the salary of the
engineer of the shellfish commission
at $1,000 year; authorizing the
comptroller to convey an acre of land
in Mansfield to the town for a school
site; Incorporating the Title Insurance
company; authorizing the Connecticut
Title & Guarantee Co. to guarantee
mortgage loans; appointing Robert E.
Carney deputy judge of town court of
Manchester; that town and cities shall
not issue bonds in excess of per cent
of their grand list.
Executive Nominations.
The committee on executive nominal
nations and the reports were accepted
and resolutions confirming the nomi-
nations passed as follows:
Commissioner on Labor and Factory
spection-William S. Hyde of Man
chester for four years from July 1,
1915.
State Board of Agriculture-Henry
H Lyman of Middlefield, Howard S.
Nelson of Darien and Karni Kimber-
ly of Goshen for four years from July
1, 1915.
Shell Fish Commissioning. Frank
Lockwood of Greenwich and Frank w.
Rowley of New Haven for four years
from July 1, 1915. So.
Commission on Rivers, Harbors and
Bridges-Thomas I. Kinney of New
Haven and Harold H. Hamilton of
Bridgeport for six years from July 1,
1915.
Promotion of Agriculture.
The bill for the promotion of agri-
culture, which carried with it an ap-
preparation of $4,000, was explained
by Senator Lyman and passed.
Exemption from Taxation.
The committee on finance reported
favorably on a bill to exempt the per-
sonaI property of the Y. NJ. c. A. of
Greenwich and its real estate to the
amount of $250,000, the property of the
Hartford dispensary and the property
of the Williams Memorial association
in Glastonbury from taxation.
Agricultural College.
The committee on senate appoint
mentS reported favorably on the fol-
lowing resolution appointing the per-
sons named to be trustees of the Con-
necticut Agricultural college, each for
the term of four years from July 1,
1915: E. Stevens Henry of Vernon,
Iverson c. Fanton of Westport and
Charles E. Lyman of Middleield. Re-
port accepted and resolution passed.
Indefinitely Postponed.
On the motion Of Senator Evarts,
chairman of the committee on incor-
porations, the senate rejected the biz
amending the charter of the Norwich
Compressed Air Power company, not
withstanding the favorable report Of
fha committee
State Tax.
Senator Wadhams explained the bill
for the levying of state tax. The
bill is to realize $780, 900 for the next
two years to be paid by the towns &C
cording to their respective grand lists.
The bill was passed.
Inheritance Tax.
A redraft of the inheritance tax law
was passed as an enactment. It was
a codidcation Of the present statutes.
A resolution was passed giving
county meetings until Aug. 1 to fix
salaries of sealers of weights and
measures.
The senate took a recess until 1
Jitney Bill Passed.
The bill the senate had as it's last
measure of legislation was an amend
ment drawn by Senator Salmon to the
report of the judiciary committee on
THIS SUBJECT. IN erect 1t prOV1oed that
jitneys shall be licensed by the Secre-
tary of state at 81 each, and every We
hicle carrying passengers for hire,
save steam roads and electric roads,
shall be so licensed and the markers
are to cost SO cents each. The bill
would make the vehicles common car
riers, and violation Of the law would
entail a fine of 800. It was getting
close to 6 O'Clock and the senate was
making no Roadway when Senator Is
bell suggested that a vote be taken
on the bill with the understanding
that if senators were not satisfied af-
ter seeing the bill in print tomorrow
it could be taken up tomorrow. The
vote saw no dissenting voice on the
bill.