New Britain herald., 1921-03-01
! MANY HEARINGS
BEFORE Legislature
Registration Of Motor Vehicles,
Service Charges, Etc, Today
TO REJECT STORRS PROJECTS
No Committee to Investigate Needs of
Agricultural College Agree on
Governor Lakes Picture for Gal
lery.

| lery.
| Hartford. March 1.-The general
assembly entered upon it's third
month of the session today with in
! creasing interest in committee hear
! inEs. Previously most of the bills on
which hearings have been held were
or routine or current matters with
an occasional new project up for dis
| cussion.
Today both the committees on
nnance and roads, bridges and rivers
took up bills concerning fees for
registration of motor vehicles in
which the interest is widespread be-
cause of the schedules proposed by
the highway and the automobile
commissioners.
The judiciary committee again gave
its attention TO the bills which sdek
to stop gas and electric light COM
panies from imposing service or me-
ter charges. These bills were taken
up late on Friday and only the op-
position to and support of them was
outlined.
Another big day for hearings will
De Thursday, when the labor COM
mlttee Will take up a dozen mea sures
relating to employment of children.
the tabEshing of an eight-hour
work day for child labor, a nine
hour day for employment of women
and children in factories and con-
cerning employment of women and
children in mercantile esta blishments.
On Thursday will begin the hearing
on soldiers bonus and state aid bills.
The legislative bulletin today was
heavily burdcned with entries of
measures to be heard during the
next fortnight, indicative of desire
OF committee chairmen to speed IN
work.
Kew Mr.. English of Hartford Of
fered the prayer today in the alb
sence of Chaplain Soule
Hall Refused.
The proposition to raise a commit
tee out of the agricultural commit
tee to investigate the needs of the
Connecticut Agricultural college is
probably disposed OF definitely as the
senate accepted an unfavorable report
on resolution TO raise such n COM
mittee offered by senator w. Fl. Hall
AS the house has rejected the Stod- |
dard resolution. ii is not thought like
ly Mr.. Buckley will offer n resolu- |
ton of the same purpose 1t is un-
derstood that most of the new pro- |
jects at the college will be rejected |
by the appropriations committee, as |
President Beach has said that MANY |
Of them can wait and the college bills |
will be mainly those for
necessary maintenance.
The senate agreed with kbe house |
to have Governor Lakes picture |
painted for the capitol gallery of gov
ernogs.
The insurance con,mittaa f,r,r,h,
a bill concerning examina
ION OF securities held by insurance
companies by the state trea surer. pro-
iding that when securities held by
ne state as deposit in trust ey-
'eed more than five per cent of the
'eQuired amount the excess may be
to the company. /
The house adopted an amendment
II the request of Mr.. Nickerson OF
Cornwall to the Masonic Foundation
charter to include the order of the
Eastern Star
The interpretations committee re-
ported an amendment to tho charter
'f the Association for Relief of Needy |
minister's, and authorizing the Thorn
aston Water company to increase its
,apital stock
Favorable Reports.
reported l
IN these measures favorably:
Concerning disposition OF motor
'ehicle law fines, discharge OF me-
hanfcs liens. women owners of real
state, appointments of deputy sher-
ifs, ioinder in cause of action, and
oreclosure and sale of property: all
hese being somewhat technical
mendments to existing statutes.
Petitions were received in behalf
4 F. l.. Wilder. judge, and r. d.
'teibert as deputy judge at Bridge
ort.
Speaker Huxford named Mr. Keith |
( Putnam. Mr.. Connery of Redding !
nd Mr.. Chidsey of East Haven a |
to prepare resolutions on
he death of William Harrison (Sou-
enir) Taylor. The older members
eem agreed that the services of Mr..
'ayIor at so many sessions should |
e made a. matter OF official record
The military affairs committee re-
orted a bill TO change the personnel
{ the soldiers hospital board at
'itch's Home so it will be three G.
. r. men, one Spanish war veteran
nd one world war veteran.
Petitions were received in both
ranches for passage of an anti-serv-