New Britain herald., 1921-05-31
SALARY RAISES ARE
 STRONGLY OPPOSED
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victed of crimes which should have put them in prison.
 Courts Are Criticized.
 Senator Bailey replied. saying that courts showed poor judgment in send ing such women to the farm. Senator Bowers did not believe it would cost a million dollars to run the farm for the next two years or even a half million.
 Senator Candee said that as a judge he would not commit a woman thief. pIckpocket. burglar or highway wom- an to the farm. He would use judg- mont. He moved to table the bill. This was lost. There was more de. bate and an appeal by Senator W. H. Hall to try out the limitation for the next two years.
 The bill was temporarily tabled aft CT a roll call vote had been granted. i'm order that the senate could take up workmen's compensation law amend mcnts.
 Bill Is Rejected.
 Later the senate took up the state farm bill and rejected it. 2s to 6. iu non-currence with the house. Those voting for the bill were Senators Goodwin. Trumbuii. F. r. Hall, De- Laney. Banks and A. Macdonald.
 Mir. Moiioy of Derby was in the speakers chair in the house for a time. The salary increase bills were early taken up. that giving Chief Clerk Elmer IT. Lounsbury in the sec retary of states office S1,oo0 more, being adopted. as was an increase for Tax Commissioner Blodgett.
 Opposition to the others quickly ~I kx. hA i other bills were under fire. It soon appeared unlikely that any others would be acceptable. Sometimes members shouted mo- when voting on bills. Executive Secretary Harry Reynolds listened to the debate. It had been reported that the govern ment would not approve of salary in- creases. .".
 Salary Raises Opposed.
 MT. Wells of Bristol opposed sal ary increases. and especially that for the tax commissioner from ss'ooo to s6.000.
 MT. Rogers of New London ex- plained that in this case the com missioner had served part of the time on a nominal salary. The office will be made full time at a fair salary.
 MT. Bell reminded the body that since January 1t had been talking economy. He opposed salary in- creases. #s4
 Mfr. wadsworth of Farmington sup ported tho bills. Mir. Eaton said the total increases would foot up $5o,- 900 a year. MT. Phillips of shelton doubted if this was the time to raise salaries. or that valuable services would be lost.
 Mir. Nickerson, who had led the op- position to various appropriations, said that as things are now he did not believe salaries should go up.
 MT. Fitzpatrick of Bridgeport said it would. take st00.0oe of the pro- posed theater admission tax to pay the proposed increases.
 The increases in the comptroller's department were voted down.
 There was a lively exchange of words between MT. Buckley, Mir. Sickerson and Mir. Stoddard during the debate.
 The deputy motor vehicle commits sioner was denied more salary or more expense money. The deputy bank commissioner next lost out. Oth- CT bills were rejected, pr. Higgins trying to save one for the sheriff of Holland county Mrfi Buckley's ap- peal for Commissioner Blodgett won the house in tho end. The bill for s1oo,ooo (trimmed from se50.oo0) for a new armory at Bristol. was sent to the next legisla- ture as unfinished business. Mfr. welIes of Bristol made an effort to save 1t.
 There was debate but Mir. Buckley argued that 1t appropriations were to be cut it were better to do it with military measures than to sacrifice on educational or humanitarian projects.
 The civil administrative code bill was in the house. As adopted by the sem ate 1t provides that appointments should be made by the governor by June |. an fmpossibility as even if passed today the bill could~not reach the governor in time.
 Favorable reports were in bills for taxation of certain property now ex- empt from taxation and changing some features of taxation of mIcel- ianeous corporations. A bill to ex- ennpt certain property in New Lon don was rejected as was the bill for 5000 for repairs on the Greenwich