New Britain herald., 1925-02-17
ROUTINE WORK AT
 ASSEMBLY TODAY
Gasoline Probe Referred for
 Hearing by Judiciary

State Capitol, Hartford, Feb. 17.-| The legislative day was soon over today. Neither branch had much business and what was on hand was quickly disposed of.
 The messengers and doorkeepers blossomed into conspIcuousnes in their uniforms, and in the execu- tive offices the governors messen- ger was sall smiles as visitors look cd him over and saw him in a well fitted suit. The cloakroom attend ants also received many congratu- lations on the military appearance they had.
 The house agreed with the senate In sending to the judiciary commit tee for hearing Senator Buffers bill for an inquiry into the rise in the price Of gasoline in this state.
 All shad bills will be taken up by the fish and game committee having been granted this privilege.
 Speaker Darbie asked house Chairman on committees to report next Tuesday on the amount of business pending and the time necessary for hearings. There has been a decision in some committees that all hearings shall be set for dates not later than the first session day in April and the legislative bull letin today was damned with mo- ticcs. Some of the assignments are for days up till March 25, the fi- to set down Its bills for hearings up till that date.
 | The labor committee on Thurs day will hear three bills concerning hours of labor of women and mi nors, the bills being those offered by Senator Shaw and Tone (dcm.) and Representative Finkelstone of Bridgeport.
 Three entire afternoons this week will be used by the Roads. Bridges and Rivers committee on bills to include local town roads into the trunk line highway system. One member of the committee has said that the aggregate length of these roads is 300 miles. Town members are anxious to get their town roads into the trunk line system. Some bills have been reported back un- favorable. It is expected that knowledge secured at hearings on roads bills will aid in development of a secondary system of highways.
 Only two committee reports came into the house. One was favorable on a bill providing for high school commission of nine for Hartford.
 A bill to prohibit use of maga- zine or pump" guns in hunting was rejected on an unfavorabe report. The senate received but a single favorable report, that on bill mak- ing the staff of deputies in the of- flee of the labor commissioner 15 of whom not less than four shall be women. The present law limits the staff to ten deputies of whom not less than two nor more than three shall be women. Unfavorable re- ports were on bills to allow savings banks to invest in capital shares of Connecticut insurance companies and allowing sale by building and loan associations of fullpaid shares of such organizations.
 The judiciary committee not car ing to deal with vaccination had re- ferred to the public health and safety committee the bill to prevent discrimination against persons who have not been vaccinated or in ocuatcd.
 The bill making Judge w. NJ. Maitbie, with the governor and state librarian a committee on state H. brary, was adopted by the senate in concurrence.
 The senate rejected bunch Of bills in concurrence with the house, all bearing unfavorable reports. One of these bills was that to abolish certain joint committees.
 Senator Shaw said that the best argument for retention of commit tees was that they were refuge for members of the minority party, and also a means to recognize friends in ones own party in case there were not enough places on the more i'm porta1t ones.