New Britain herald., 1921-05-18
Busy Session Held,

year IL VIII be necessary to levy some
 special taxes.
 Busy Session Held.
 The General Assembly had day of
 steady work today, the house sitting
 long enough to obviate an afternoon
 session. House Leader Buckley told
 Mir. Bell of Salisbury that he would call up Tuesday next the bill concern ing strikes and lockouts.
 MT. Buckley said that he claimed
 responsibility for the authorship of
 the bill repeating the civil service
 law and if there was any criticism it
 should be directed at him. He read from a letter sent by Prof. H. w. Farnam of Yale to members of the Connecticut Civil Service Reform as-
 sociation in which the republican or
 ganization with the aid of small
 group of prominent republicans and
 d Hartford newspaper was charged
 with defeat of civil service. MT. Buck
 ley said that he alone knew of the
 bill and consulted no one about it.
 He moved that the petition of former
 President Taft and others for a new law be taken off the table on his mo-
 ton and sent to the committee in con- currence. This was done.
 The corrected bill for a city man.
 ager charter for New Haven was
 passed under suspension of the rules.
 Shad Fishing Season.
 Hartford, May 1S.-The shad fisher
 men have asked for ten days exten-
 sion of their fishing season. until June 10 and tomorrow there will be a con- ference with the committee on fish and game in room 66 at the Capitol. Favorable Reports. A'" Favorable reports to the senate were on bills from the appropriations committee amending the law concern- ing allotments for state highway pur- poses, providing that towns shall pay 90 per cent of the cost, and unim- proved portions of a state highway i within town which is a necessary 1 link shall be improved as rapidly as ] possible: for maintenance under ap- | provaI of the state comptroller the l Mystic Oral School for the Deaf which l the state has taken over; and $2S.oo0 1 for the Industrial School for Girls up l to July i. The two last mention ed | bills were adopted under suspension of the rules and sent to the house. New Auto Tax.
 An automobile property tax bill re- ported provides for state taxation Of l all motor vehicles at the time said ] vehicle IS registered with the COHl-
 missioner of motor vehicles. The tax 1 ing day shall be computed as of Jan- uary I. The commissioner shall pre- : pare a schedule stating a value to be applied to each model of each make l of motor vehicle in general use, pro- ' yided that values stated therein shall
 not be less than two-thirds of the ac- : tual value of each motor vehicle ] therein described. The tax shall be l at 25 mills rate. There are penal 1 ties for falsely swearing in of the vehicle. No registration shall be granted until the tax is paid. Another section covers the depreciation of l vehicles and the assessments on a DOT 1 tion of the year. There are also means of appeal for relief and remission of the tax. No town or city would there after collect any property tax on any 1 motor vehicle Soldiers exemption is l provided for.
 The general motor vehicle bill re-
 vising the present laws was not acted l on in the senate. It covers 70 pages ] in the file. Senator Mcdonald of Put l nam suggested that senators who have amendments to offer have them
 ready when the bill is next called up
 as it is a big measure and will require
 tima to ba disposed of.
 Tax TOT women.
 1 Tho senate concurred with the
 house in adopting the personal tax ! bill under which sex distinction is eliminated and females are liable for the tax as are males.
 The house received bill which : would limit the age of females sent to the State Farm for Women to 16 to 25 inclusive. The $2S,000 appropria- ton for the Girls school was adopted 1 in concurrence. MT. Nickerson, Tn
 discussing the bill said it ought to be : tabled until the house knew the amount of all appropriations and ! whether or not the state will be [ bankrupt To MT. Buckley, Col Eaton explained that the state ] had taken over the school. He said ] Mir. Nickerson ought not to worry ; over s2s,000 as the state is going to be from s1o,0Oo.oo0 to sl3.0o0.o0o in debt when the legislature gets
 through. The committee is trying to
 keep the appropriations down. Mir. rrvff1 f1<3, 1,fc oh