New Britain herald., 1915-01-28

priating s4,00O to William H. Taylor for a Legislative souvenir" book; ex- tending the term of town clerks to four years; limiting deposits in sav- ings banks for one person in one book to $3,000 within three years; abolish ing the Connecticut board of embalm- CTS and transferring it's duties to the state board of health; placing the re- sponsibility for fires, and whenever caused by negligence or failure to comply with the law, making sucn person liable for all loss and for ex- pense incurred in eXtinguishing it; amending the charters of Ansonia, Meriden and Waterbury and many other places.
 Suffrage Bill Presented.
 A suffrage bill would permit wom- en properly registered as voters the right to vote on the license question and at all municipal elections.
 Senator Alcorn offered @ measure for three headed highway comms- sion to be appointed by the governor for terms of six years at a salary of $4000 a year each, at the same time explaining that he had intended to introduce the measure in the last two sessions but refrained because democratic governor was in office and he presented it now because a repub- ican governor holds office
 Other noticeabl bills were these: Providing for the appointment ot Connecticut public library committee of five by the state board of educa- tion: for state purveyor at salary of s4,O0O; prohibiting the carrying of concealed weapons under penalty of one to three years in prison; pro- viding for the appointment by the governor of commission of six to re- wise the general statutes; prohibiting the sale of liquor on Good Friday; providing that in cases of capital punishment the jury may take vote whether or not to recommend the ac- cused to the mercy of the court; re- quiring railroads to sell one thousand mile books at $20; prohibiting the taking of measurements or general description of persons arrested for minor offenses; requiring railroads to sell tickets to passengers without baggage for half a cent a mile less than if they have baggage; authoriz- ing the employment of certain in mates of the Norwich State Hospital upon public work in Preston, Led- yard and Groton; providing for the appointment of a commissi oner of town accounts; providing for the tax ation of water gas, electric light water power and heating companies upon the gross earnings at the rate of two per cent.
 Appropriation Bills.
 Among appropria ton bills was one calling for ten thousand dollars for ol, ment of public highways and another of $40O,000 for repairs on state roads, not including trunk highways. '.~-
 Trouble of Mileage -
 Senator Whiton of New London re- newed today for first time this session the old trouble of mileage for mem bers in offering bill designed to cir cumvent the constitution in what he terms a legal manner. Pointing out that under Section 19, article 4, the general assembly defines the duties of the comptroller, his bill instructs the comptroller to accept the money due each member under the constitution for mileage and in return hand to each member enough communication tickets from day to day to carry each member to and from the capital with out any actual expense to the mem- Der. The comptroller is instructed to buy this mileage at the cheapest rate possible and charge the deficiency to legislative expenses
 MT. Williamson of Darien offered a bill to repeal section 3916 under which makers of electricity are per mitted to supply their surplus to man. ufacturing or mercantile establish ments in the same block. This sec tion has been the subject of much con- troversy in the past two sessions.
 Other Bills Introduced.
 Other bills included these: Trans ferring the powers and duties of the shell fish commissioners to the state board of agriculture; raising a com mission to codify the laws relating to taxation; increasing the punishment for embezzlement by agent to a fine of not more than S ,O00 or imprison- ment of not more than twenty years, or both.
 The existence of baseball pools Is recognized in a bill to abolish them and providing a $500 penalty for vio- lation of the law. FRED MILL" SEATS