New Britain herald., 1925-04-14
Proposed Amendment, Knocking Off Some Sharp Angles In Orig inal Draft, Not Pleas
 ing To Many. &
Opponents Claim Objec- tionable Parts Still There --Is Last Piece of Major Legislation This Session.


 State Capitol. Hartford, April 14.
 More interest was shown in the
 bill to change the present methods of enforcement of prohibitory laws now before the general assembly and referred to of late as the Wheel CT bill set for. a hearing this afterI noon than in any other single meas ure 80 far this session judging from the number of citizens who arrived carly at the capitol. It was thought in advance of the hearing that scarcely standing room would be left on the house chamber when the Judiciary committee calls up the bill. Senator Cronin, chairman and senate leader. was unable to be present as he has not entirely re- covered from his illness.
 The fact that advocates of the Wheeler bill were prepared to offer q substitute measure Knocking off some sharp angles in the original draft, which angles had provoked objection according to what one heard in. the capitol corridors, did not appear to diminish the num- Der of expressions of opposition to the measure as whole.
 Many Still Opposed Legislators forecast as much op- position to the substitute bill as 10 Inc original one claiming that some of the things objected to in the Wheeler bill were still in the sub- fs}itute. i . The enforcement bill appears to be the last piece of proposed major legislation before the general as- sombly in the committee stage. | This week will see most of the l hearings ended. The legislative bull letin today had shrunk to a single | page of committee assignments and l some of those were such items as notices to members to have their photographs taken.
 Other Measures Today
 The calendars in each body also had shrunk to a single sheet. Few committee reports came in and i while the senate was through its work in q few minutes the house had most of It's time taken up with discussion of the bill to codify the fish and game laws. 1
 The bill to create a state civil service commission was unfavorably reported to the house, explained by Mir. Bell and rejectee.
 Resolutions appointing William r. Hcaly and Joseph D. Sheehy, judges at Derby, were placed nthe calen- dar.
 The bill 10 pay John r. Cuhane of Danbury a pension of $100 q month for injuries received. while in service of the state as member of the National Guard. with sS,441 for medical expenses. and s1,200 for medical expenses for the next A months, was adopted.
 The bill to require instruction in use of the flag in schools was re- iected on an unfavorable report from the education committee.
 The bill passed with but a few votes against it. ]
 MT. Bell of Salisbury who had ob- jected to the stream leasing bill said that the codifcation bill met his ob- jections.
 MT. Thornhill of Brookfeld did not like the license increase but would not oppose the bill on that account.
 Mir. Bugbee of Old Lyme objected to increase in anglers licenses and claimed the fault in the bill was that it did not recognize eels as the greatest enemy to fish propagation. He thought the committee should have given attention to a bill of his own. and that If the committee ( had actually known the damage ( done by eels, and the way they .eat { spawn of fishes there would have l been q provision for a bounty on I eels. Debate was ended by the pre- s vtous question moved by Mir. Hill of 1 
 The bill makes the following pro- visions:
 Provisions of Bill t1
 Providing for q chief deputy war [ den at a salary of not more than l s3.0 and necessary expenses; ap- q pointmcnt Of game preserve keepers 2 as deputy wardens; making fee for a hunting license s2; license holders 10 | be furnished numbered buttons to be | worn on part Of clothing specified by c and not to be transfer able: providing renewal of license | need not be under oath; that license ' holder may hunt game birds and tiuadrupeds during license year; pro- v iding for combiifaton hunting and |. fishing license for S3.50 for resi- " dents and si1 for non-residents, with 7, recording fee of 25 cents In each ease, funds from combination H. sense to be divided between fish and f. game nropa sation; providing that n hunting license must be carried at 2 all times when hunting and must Y be shown at request of agent or tt
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