New Britain herald., 1927-02-25
CRIMINAL LAWS IN
STATE SUFFICIENT
Adverse Report in Assembly on
Proposed Changes

State Capitol, Hartford, Feb. %
Pl-The present state laws covering
hold-ups are adequate, the legisla-
tive judiciary committee decided in
voting unfavorably upon bill which
provided for 10 to 90 years for first
/ offense hold-up men; 20 to so for
4 second offense and 80 to so for third
offense. The committees report
was accepted by the senate today.
The second deficiency bill of the ses-
sion was brought in today when the
appropriations committee reported
sfavorably on bill making s25,S95
available for departments for the
fiscal year ending June 80. Governor
}frumbull signed the first deficiency
bill amounting to s92S,4o0 yester-
day.
The items on the second bill are;
Quartermasterd general 11Sth OBJ
servation squadron contingent fund
$500. shell fish commission 1885:
tax commissioner for collection of
film tax $4,000: motor vehicle de-
partment maintenance of branch Of
flee at New Haven on which state is
now in arrears on rent. $4,000; to-
tai s25,S95. The first deficiency bill,
signed by the governor Thursday to-
tailed s92S,400.64.
The bill was explained by Mr..
Pattison, Of Simsbury and on his mo-
ton the bill was adopted by the
house.
Arson Law Rejected
Two bills proposing drastic
changes In the arson law were re-
jected by the senate upon unfavor-
able reports of the judiciary COM
mittee. Senator Shaw, chairman of
the committee, said that the COM
mittee was working on another bill
regarding arson.
Two bills regarding epileptics were
also rejected. The judiciary commit
tee felt, Senator Shaw said that the
present laws concerning epileptics
were ample and that proposed
changes in the statutes would not
help any.
On favorable reports from the
judiciary committee the house adopt
ed judgeship resolutions as follows.
Norwich, Arthur +. Libby. Judge:
Willimantic. Frank H. Foss, judge;
Russell A Andrews, deputy; Sprague,
Henry A. Adams, judge; John w.
Crofts, deputy. Resolutions as fol-
lows, unfavorably reported by the
committee, were rejected:
Norwich. Henry H. Pettis, Judge;
Edwin w. Higgins, Judge; Will
mantle, Russell A. Andrews, judge.
The senate adopted a resolution
reappointing Henry II. Pettis, deputy
judge at Norwich.
The senate concurred with the
house in restoring citizenship to
Thomas D. Daily of Bolton.
Fish and Game
The fish and game commission re-
ported favorably on bill providing
that the closed season and bag limit
for wild ducks, geese and brant
shall be same as the closed season
and bag limit for such birds by the
regulation OF the United States bu-
reau Of biological survey.
Other favorable reports were made
on bills providing for reimbursement
for damage by Belgian hares: pro-
viding for director of Connecticut
agricultural experiment station to
have control Of all matters relating
to control of plant pests.
The senate concurred with the
house In rejecting H B 36S which
proposed motion picture commits
sion OF three members and two bills
providing for safety devices for mo-
ton picture machines and for COM
missioner of visual education.
Among bills rejected by the SEN
ate were:
S B 36d. oXcmpting cars used by !
rural mail carriers from registration |
fees: two bills providing for regis
tration of motor buses as a fleet.
S r 81 repeating statute allowing |
accused in capital cases to choose |
trial by court instead of by jury.
Nineteen house bills which had |
been passed by the house were
adopted by the senate. The one SEN
ate bill marked for action on this |
senate calendar went over until !
Tuesday. The house passed two SEN
ate bills. and following house bills: /
II B 4. incorporating Henry w.
Farnam, Henry L. Hotchkiss, Ralph .
G.. Van Name, Ziegler Sargent. .
Henry H. Townshend and J. Dwight /
Dana as corporation without CAPT ,
tai stock for managing the Hopkins
Grammar school in New Haven as
the Hopkins committee OF trustees. ]
HB140 giving New Canaan board
Of finance power to transfer uneX-
pended balances, to include unex- ,
pended balances at end of year In
consideration of budget for forth ,
coming year and providing that rec '