Putnam patriot., 1915-03-26
HARD TASK ON
REVENUE BILLS
Finance Committee Faces Prob
lem on Increasing Incomes
SEE EARLY ADJOURNMENT
Judiciary Committee Sets Last Hear
jno for March Estate Printery
is Beaten in the Senate--Work
Done at the State Prison.

Done at the stare Prison.
Special Hartford Correspondence
Hartford Senator Ernest l.. IsbeH
in the Senate took occasion to point
cut that the session will probably be
finished early in May, nearly month
before the time limit set by law. The
last hearing for March % and will
have plenty of time after that to dis
nose of the bills it has heard. The
finance committee now has the most
difficult task before it. All of the
measures for increases of revenue
through increased taxation have en-
eountered serious opposition and have
not yet been disposed of. The most
important of these are the corporate
excess" tax. the gross earnings" tax
for railroads, the oyster productivity
tax and the corporation income tax.
This committee will probably be at
work long after the judiciary commit
tee.
State Printery Killed.
The bill to establish q state print
ing bureau was reported unfavorably
by the Judiciary committee and re-
jected In the senate. 1t has been
suggested that this work be done at
the state prison.
Recall Balloon Bill.
The bill to prohibit the sale Of toy
fire balloons which was passed by
the senate was reconsidered by that
house. Senator Isbell moved the re-
consideration in order to correct min
or faults which had been discovered
in the bill.
Fight Over Souvenir.
That there may be a fight on the
resolution to authorize the publica
ton of souvenir, containing sketch
,es of the lives of the members of
the assembly, was indicated in the
house. The resolution provided for
the appropriation of $4,000 to William
H. ("Souvenir") Taylor for that pur-
pose. 1t was unfavorably reported
in the senate by the appropriations
committee and rejected. When the
report came up in the house, however,
Robert o. Eaton Of North Haven,
house chairman of the appropriations
committee, asked to have it tabled
for the calendar, as many interested
in the matter we're not present. This
is taken to indicate that the appropri
alton committees report will be op
posed.
Municipal Bond Exemptions.
The committee on finance submit.
ted an important report in the house
against a bill which provided for the
exemption from taxation of all mum.
cipal bonds. The committee had sub
mitted on the previous day report
providing for a bill repeating exist.
ing grants of tax exemptions in mu.
nicipal bonds where such bonds had
not already been sold, and this report
was o natural corollary to that &C.
ton. In protesting against an unfav
orable report by the committee on fl
nance to a specific bill exempting
Bristol municipal bonds from taxa.
ton, Representative Smithwick said
he had never received any notice of a
hearing. Chairman Isbell said II
would not have changed the commit,
tee had the entire city of Bristol ap
peared as it had already adopted a
policy on this matter. On motion of
Representative Taylor the report was
tabled for printing.
The Senate.
A bill was passed from the caien.
dar requiring corporations and other
employers of labor to keep emergen.
cy kits containing surgical materials,
to be used in case of accidents, In
their establishments.
Governors staff Bill.
On motion of Senator Wadhams the
senate reconsidered it's action in pass
ing the governors staff bill, and II
was tabled.
On motion of Senator Heineman
the senate passed law providing that
the state should be responsible for
the maintenance of insane paupers
and INDECENT persons in institutions
when they had no residence in q
town.
The committee on finance reported
unfavorably upon a bin exempting
the property of soldiers and sailors to
the amount of 81 900 from taxation.
The committee likewise reported adj
versely upon the petition of George p.
Risley of Rocky Hill for exemption of
deaf persons from taxation. The re-
ports were accepted.
The Judiciary committee reported
against Fl. p. 731, empowering the
county commissioners to license gpm-
Der hotels The bill was rejected.
The committee reported against a
bill to exempt municipal and county
bonds from taxation. The reports
were accepted.
New Transportation Co.