New Britain herald., 1923-03-14
MUCH BUSINESS IS
 TRANSACTED TODAY
Members of House, in General Assembly Kept Busy

In addition to legislative action to- day, reported elsewhere, the house, under suspension of rules, adopted a resolution appointing Jervis D. Brown, Jr., judge at Milford.
 The bill allowing pawn brokers rates of interest to be charged and collected on chattel mortgages was killed.
 The bill consolidating the town and city of Greenwich was rejected as sup port for it had been withdrawn.
 The house concurred in passing the bill appropriating $1o,000 to the state board of fish and game for study Of shad in Connecticut river.
 Mr. Southwick of Cornwall reported the roads, bridges and rivers commit tee as opposed to drastic and Tar reaching bill providing for the acquir- ing and permanentspossessi and the extension of the highway systems of Connecticut by the highway commis- sioner. Mir. Southwick said much modified bill on the same subject would be reported later.
 Exempt From Tax
 A substitute bill was passed which adds to the list of persons exempted from payment of personal tax, the widows of soldiers, sailors and marines as long as they shall remain unmar- ried, regular active members Of any police department, and the police or ficers thereof engaged in regular po- lice duty, which members and offi- cers have served for five consecutive years in the state.
 The house accepted an amendment to the charter of Hartford providing that the board of contract and supply shall let contracts to the lowest re- sponsible bidder.
 Favorable Reports Favorable reports were received op these bills: Incorporating the easterp Connecticut Power Co.,: authorizln.' increase of capital stock of the Maj. chester Electric Co. to S5Oo,O0o; 1, n thorizing the Mystic Co. to increa Il capital stock to s400,000; authorizi n s Stratford to issue $360,000 of sch1 Y bonds; authorizing Pennington to S' sue s200, 900 bonds to retire f1oas indebtedness; authorizing Danburp issue $5O,000 of refundipg bonds; a ing authority to the Lordship v association to extend it's line of scl e' railway in Stratford; extending : \, for organization of the Lordship ~. ~ ~ way Go. to 1925: including in S S ., line system highways from !, Woodbury to Washington Green on. :. Ridgefield to North Salem at thSe" .. .. York state line. ., ol
 House bills taken from the''e Z, dar and passed: xo,, V,
 hevauins .no and cuiifor rEiec- tc den' M.uu,e.o~ "" a,,t, orizin Bethel el .rie na" ooo of honds. au,rizing ft sale of property held in trp unu m a, the will of Silas c. Beers, .,. =, wall; authorizing second tfs tfaoo trict of Norwalk to issue svoo o =, bonds, and ssoo,oo0 of wa po,us' t, 7, authorizing NorwaJk to iS s-'o' -, , 0o0 of school bonds. M
 Unfayorable Repcr
 ,-.s.,a.a h,a renorts hve finance |.
 n,,,;,tea were on thes,ills: o'
 Providing for payment .aAes m a, Hamden on May 1, and fnteres' .o ,, ue ena, sats .,o h;,, is na exempting a en,.n n.,, ro,d h,, trusteef St. Roses 1t p.,,ro,, ;,, Mer;den fromxation; des- el ignating certain persor'S '"N
 vision commission. ;,,
 The claim of Willit Dei,h,o lo' ., compensation for loss, haau in 'n0 tt machinery at the Cor'ieu' ieioi" k, atory was rejected. .,