New Britain herald., 1921-04-21
LAKE SIGNS BILL
 ON CITY TAX RATE
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 Gasoline Measure.
 The revised bill to prohibit trans portation of gasoline on passenger cars of common carrier was sub mitted by the judiciary committee. It would cover the point raised against the previous bill, which the house adopted. to allow the carrying of rail- road fuses. rockets, torpedoes and other ammunition used to promote safety in operation.
 The fish and game committee was against ;the bill to prohibit use of more than one hook and line in fish ing and it was. rejected.
 New Haven Changes.
 An amendment to the New Haven city charter would eliminate alder men-at-large at elections. This bill anticipates final passage of the bill creating 33 wards in that city, each of which would be entitled to an al- derman.
 ! Both bills to ensure equal rights in hotel accommodations and in other respects to persons of African blood were reported unfavorably by the judiciary committee, Senator De Laney saying that the committee did not believe this would be good legis- lation." ~.
 F Humane Institutions.
 The humane institutions committee submitted a bill authorizing the gov- ernor to designate a member of the board of control as director of hos pitfalls receiving state aid. This is in line with Governor Lakes recommen- dation in his message when he said that he believed the state should be represented on every board which has disbursement of funds given by the state aA an aid.
 The cities and boroughs committee recommended that each town through its tree warden undertake to plant shade trees on its streets and high ways #
 Educational Bills.
 From the education committee came bills providing for instruction of adult blind by the board Of educa- tfon, and increasing the amount to be expended for each blind person in- structed to $450 in a year; requiring the state treasurer to pay $10 to every school district and town maintaining a. high school to establish a library and to buy apparatus for a laboratory, the allotment to be increased per stu uent based upon actual attenQanCe at such high school; providing for trans portation of crippled children to and from public schools, and also pro- viding transportation for pupils in ele- mentary schools. As all these bills require appropriations they were sent to the committee on appropriations.
 The agriculture committee brought in bill to require licensing of stall lions, jacks and bulls, the documents to state if they are of pure blood or of ordinary strain the license to be dis played in the stall or compartment oc- cupied by the animal.
 Five Percent Limit.
 Under suspension of the rules the senate adopted a bill concerning the five per cent limit of municipal bond issues based on the grand list so that the valuation of municipally owner gas and elecric light plants is taken out of the estimate. This will give cities increased borrowing power, but it applies only to Norwich and Nor walk AS bill has recently been passed to authorize Norwich to issue bonds. an amendment was adopted to that bill which makes effective the ex- emption of its municipal electric plant. s