New Britain herald., 1927-01-19
NUMEROUS BILLS
 BEFORE ASSEMBLY
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an act providing that drivers of fire apparatus shall not be personally liable for any damage caused by his apparatus while responding to an alarm.
 An other act concerning firemen. limits the amount of relief from in- jury or death to s20,000 in any fiscal year from the Connecticut State Firemen's association.
 Courts having Jurisdiction of criminal cases shall at all times have Jurisdiction and control over informations and criminal cases pending therein and may, at any time upon motion by the defendant, dismiss any information and order the defendant discharged according to a bill introduced by Senator Hull.
 Capital Punishment
 Three judges instead of one would sit in cases involving capital pun ishment under a bill introduced by Senator Shaw.
 Two bills concerning the Cheshire reformatory were introduced in the House by Mir. Peasley. One would establish & department for male defective delinquents and male vicious Predetermined 70 which in- mates of other institutions may be transferred and the other provided for an appropriation of si,5oo for the purchase of 22 acres of land adjoining the reformatory.
 Adopt Flag Resolution
 The act suggested by Gov. Trum- bull in his inaugural message pro- viding for the display oH the Amer ican flag in the senate chamber and the hall of representatives was adopted by both branches today The comptroller is directed to pro- vide fagstaffs for both state and u. S. flags in both places. The bill was introduced in the house by MT. De Lacour.
 Resolutions appointing J. sed- wick Tracy and A. w. Mitchell I.itchfcld County commissioners were approved by both branches.
 New Se1latt bIliS
 Additional bills came into the senate as follows:
 By Smith: Providing for sewage disposal plant for Norwalk.
 By Shaw: Amending act con- corning trial of criminal cases so that in all criminal cases except capital punishment the accused may elect trial by court or jury.
 By Hull: Setting civil court jurors fee at SIP: expert witness fee in foreclosure cases s1o.
 Joint resolutions appointing judges as follows were introduced:
 Raymond A. Johnson. Manches- ter: Frank A. Sears, Naugatuck.
 Deputy judges; Thomas Fergu- son, Manchester.
 New House Bills
 Additional house bills received to- day include the following:
 MT. Clarke. Milford, exempting from gasoline tax fuel for all police department vehicles.
 Mir. Pattison. Simsbury. making Hartford and Fairfield county sher- ifis' salaries S6,o0O each instead of $500.
 Mir. Clarke, Wallingford. changing name of the New Haven County ti-Tuberculosis association to Gaylord Farm association.
 Mr. Johnson, of Manchester: Au- thorizing general assembly to waive statutory advertising provisions and measures.
 Mr. Beecher, of Seymour: Paying George Ahern, of Seymour. s72.5o for damage to his automobile by deer.
 MT. Beecher of Seymour: Extend ins juvenile court act provisions to all municipal courts.
 A bill the jacket of which was not endorsed by the sponsor, in creasing to s3,600 the salary of the executive clerk was introduced and referred to the appropriations com mittee.
 MT. Finkelstone, of Bridgeport (by request: Repeating act requir- ing minimum height of 14 inches for poultry shipping coops.
 Mir. St. Louis, of Waterbury: Pro- hibiting making or renovating mat tresses except of sterilized materia under penalty of $500 fine or si months Imprisonment or both.
 Mir. Wilcox of Sharon Providin ,>,,y ,oir r;,t t to mature two years after first is