New Britain herald., 1923-01-17
Numerous Other Meas ures Also Are Intro duced Today After Both Houses Get Down to Business
New Haven Road Blamed for Delayed Arrival of Members and Jitneys Praised as Giving Best Service.

Hartford, Jan. 17.--Membcrs of th
 general assembly moved in" toda,
 taking possession for the session O
 seats assigned to them. House Lead
 CT Buckley retains No. 97 on tn
 aisle to the left of Speaker Kicker
 son and Mr. Fcnton, minority leader
 has No. 9s on the right hand aisle
 Representative Sonthwick of Corn
 wall took the seat occupied last ses
 sion by his colleague, the presen speaker. Mir. Wall of Torrington without committees. sits remotel, back of the democrats. He was ii Judiciary row" last session.
 The women members are scattered Miss Green, of Holland sitting with her party members. the democrats with Mir. Molloy of Derby as her neighbor.
 The question of hour of sessions owing to delayed trains came up in both bodies. The senate without de- bate made the time 11:30. In the house MT. Buckley said he put it over" the members yesterday by nov ing to meet at II a. m. and ''got away with it" without protest al- though he expected debate. He moved to meet tomorrow at 11:15 but Mir. Fenton of Windham protested because trains are late and the rail- road nowadays seems unable to get the members into Hartford on time" He pointed out that fully 50 mem- bers arrived today when the session was nearly over and that it looked as if more busessand jitneys were the only means to get to the capitol on time. He did not offer to amend the time and the session for tomorrow stands at 11:15.
 In the Senate.
 A bill to permit the licensing of professional football and baseball games on Sunday afternoons after 2 p. m. was offered by Senator Bake well, who also presented the state board of education bills. and also an- other batch "by request" which are understood to present the views of George l.. Fox of New Haven, on some aspects of the educational sys- tenn.
 By Senator Kenealy-Appointing SdHuCI O0HS, Juu6C, anu JdAlcS Brinckerhoff, deputy judge, at Stam- ford.
 By Senator Atcheson--Resolut l appointing William P. Bailey of I Bethel, auditor of public accounts.
 By Senator Brooks-Resolution adopted under suspension. appointing Thomas w. Bryant, deputy judge, at vice Higgins, retired, un- til Julys1, next
 Pension Measures.
 By Senator Suisman--An old age pension bill; another to make gen. eral state law for pensioning police- men, the present pension provisions in city charters to be repealed pro- viding that annual reports of corpo- rations be merely filed with town clerks instead of being recorded, expense and labor in the clerks offices in connection, with these reports.
 By Senator Pierson-Providing that living in houses or other ;tate-owned buildings on which own collects no taxes. and which at end public schools shall be reim- : l or school education.
 City Taxation.
 By Senator Bakewell-Providing hat taxation for city purposes in any ty shall not exceed in aggregate 25 mills on the assessed valuation, ex- lusive' of sinking fund and interest ' exempting from taxa | lon the property of the New Haven 'irls' Friendly Society, Inc, and the lew Haven Girls Club, Inc.
 By Senatc- Rogers-Appointing S. 'ictor Prince, judge, and Lewis Cran- all, deputy judge, at New London. Charter amendments were asked by he Bigelow Co.,, New Haven; Mer- hants Trust Co.,, Waterbury; Hart ord Medical society and several in- trance companies. il A New Haven city charter amend a lent would establish "canine bu- h ,au." u
 Would Name NJ. D. Saxe. e Senator French-Resolution ap- al ointing J. D. Eggleston, Meriden: al . s. Fuller. Somers; George I. Allen, re iddletown; c. E. Buckingham, Wa p' nm; Bernard M. Donnelly, Thomp- to m, and Morris D. Sake. New Britain, ae ustees of the Connecticut school for re ,ys for four years ending July 1, ot '27. ti'
 In tho House tn The house received from the senate tn alters that body had yesterday. A to iday session for next week was an- unced. al Because of controversy between the m Ite and Suffield, MT. BisseIl of the Oi ter place offered an amendment to so .tion 1905 providing that the state 'I shall remit to towns the tax rit