1883.] STATE TAX. 317 SEC. 3. The compensation of members of the general assembly shall not exceed three hundred dollars for the term for which they are elected, and one mileage each way for the regular session at the rate of twenty-five cents per mile; they shall also receive one mileage at the same rate for attending any extra session called by the governor. SEC. 4. The regular sessions of the general assembly shall commence on the Wednesday following the first Monday of the January next succeeding the election of its members. SEC. 5. The senators elected on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, 1885, shall hold their offices only until the Wednesday after the first Monday of January, 1887. Resolved: That the foregoing proposed amendment to the constitution be continued to the next session of the general assembly, and be published with the laws passed at the present session. Passed in the House of Representatives May 3, 1883. CHARLES H. PINE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE, I hereby certify that I have compared the printed copy in this pamphlet contained with the engrossed bills of public acts passed by the general assembly of the state of Connecticut, and the proposed amendment to the constitution of said state, passed by the house of representatives at the January session, 1883, and that the same is a correct copy of the public acts and amendment aforesaid, engrossed and on file in this office. I further certify that the third day of May, 1883, is the date of the rising of the general assembly aforesaid. D. WARD NORTHROP, [House Joint Resolution No. 231.] Imposing a State Tax. Resolved by this Assembly: SECTION 1. That a state tax be and it hereby is imposed upon the several towns of this state equal to one and one-quarter mills on the dollar on the grand list of the said several towns respectively, made for October, A.D. 1882, as the same shall be amended and corrected by the board of equalization, and that said tax be required to be paid according to law on or before the tenth day of November next. The several towns are hereby authorized to raise the tax hereby imposed in such manner as they may direct. SEC. 2. This resolution shall be printed with the public acts. Approved, May 1, 1883. 318 PROPOSED LAWS. [Jan., PROPOSED LAWS. [Substitute for House Joint Resolution No. 197.] An Act changing the Name of the State Reform School. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: SECTION 1. Section one of chapter one, title 'eight of the general statutes (page 92) is hereby amended so that the same shall read as follows: The land of the state and its appurtenances in Meriden shall be and remain the Connecticut Industrial School for Boys. SEC. 2. Whenever in any public or special act the words "State Reform School" or "Reform School" are used the same are hereby changed to and shall read "Connecticut Industrial School for Boys." SEC. 3. Said change shall not affect any contract now existing or any commitment made to said State Reform School, or the duties or powers of any officer thereof, but the same shall be continued in the same manner as if this act had not been passed, and any person who has heretofore committed any offense for which he is liable to commitment to said State Reform School may in the same manner be committed to the Connecticut Industrial School for Boys. [House Bill No. 134.] An Act providing for the more General Diffusion of the Government Weather Indications through the State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened : SECTION 1. The governor shall make an arrangement with the proper authorities at Washington for the assignment of each of the morning weather dispatches for the New England states to one of the five following classes: No. 1, fair, No. 2, probably fair, No. 3, doubtful, No. 4, probably foul, No. 5, foul; and also for the transmission of the number of the class to which each such dispatch belongs, immediately after or with said dispatch. 1883.] PROPOSED LAWS. 319 SEC. 2. The governor shall contract with telegraph companies for the taking off of the number of each morning weather dispatch at every telegraph station in the state and for the sending of said number to the engineer of such steam mill as the selectmen or mayors of such towns or cities as have telegraph stations shall designate, said numbers to be sent before the blowing of the first morning call of the steam-whistle of such mill. SEC. 3. The selectmen or mayors of such towns or cities shall contract with the proprietors of one of the steam mills, if such there be, in every such town or city, for the signaling of the numbers of said dispatches in the following manner: after the first long morning blast of the steam whistle, the blast to be an unbroken one, there shall be a pause of five seconds, then a blast of five seconds duration for No. 1; for No. 2, another pause of five seconds and another five-second blast; three five-second blasts for No. 3; four for No. 4, and five for No. 5, each pause between the blasts to be of five seconds duration, and no weather signal by steam whistle shall be given save in the manner here specified, but towns or cities having telegraph stations and no steam whistles may adopt any other mode of announcing the signals, provided that the expense of making such announcements shall be paid by such towns or cities. SEC. 4. The blowing of all other steam whistles within two miles of such signal whistles, except fire alarms and danger whistles of locomotives, shall be prohibited during and for fifteen seconds after the blowing of such signal whistles. SEC. 5. The selectmen and mayors of every town and city in the state shall post notices at their respective post-offices, stating the regular times of the blowing of all the signal whistles that can be heard in any part of their own towns, together with an explanation of the system of giving the signals, and they shall correct such notices when necessary. SEC. 6. The expense of the transmission and delivery of such dispatches shall be paid by the state, and the expense of making the announcements shall be paid by the towns in which they are made. [Senate Bill No. 51.] An Act relating to the Congressional Districts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: SECTION 1. The state shall be divided into four districts, for the choice of representatives from this state in the congress of the United States, each district to be entitled to one representative as follows: District No. one to be composed of Hartford and Tolland counties. District No. two to be composed of New Haven county. District No. three to be composed of New London, Windham, and Middlesex counties. District No. four to be composed of Fairfield and Litchfield counties. 320 PROPOSED LAWS. [Jan., [Substitute for Senate Bill No. 60.] An Act providing State Aid for Towns, Cities, and Boroughs burdened with Railroad Indebtedness. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: SECTION 1. Whenever any city, town, or borough in this state shall, at a meeting duly called, vote that it desires to avail itself of the credit of the state in paying its railroad indebtedness, as hereinafter provided, the mayor, treasurer, and clerk of such city, the selectmen of such town, and the committee of such borough, respectively, shall present to the state treasurer an attested copy of such vote, together with a statement signed and sworn to by them, or a majority of them, showing the character and amount of the railroad debt to be paid by such city, town, or borough, when and for what it was contracted, and the rate of interest which it bears; whereupon the state treasurer shall issue state bonds to the amount of such indebtedness, or such smaller amount as said vote may specify, and said bonds shall be made payable to such city, town, or borough, or bearer, and shall run for such time, not exceeding twenty years, as the state treasurer may determine; and they shall bear such a rate of interest, payable in semi-annual installments, as the state treasurer may at the time find best for negotiating the same at par; and the state treasurer shall promptly negotiate the same for cash, and the proceeds thereof shall be used by him in the payment of such indebtedness of such city, town, or borough; provided always, that before using such proceeds for such purpose the state treasurer shall demand and receive from such city, town, or borough its bonds of the same amount and date as said state bonds, but bearing not less than one per cent. more interest than said state bonds, and they shall be made payable to the state, or order; and said treasurer shall collect the interest on said city, town, or borough bonds at the time the state taxes are collected, unless such interest shall be required by him at an earlier day, in which case he shall collect the same, or so much as may be required, in advance; and he shall use the interest so collected on said city, town, or borough bonds in the payment of interest on said state bonds issued for such city, town, or borough; and whatever sum shall be left, if any, after such payment, and whatever profit, if any, is made on negotiating said state bonds, shall be placed to the credit of such city, town, or borough, and invested as a sinking fund to be used towards the payment of such state bonds as they mature; and as such state bonds are paid, the treasurer of the state shall surrender to said city, town, or borough a like amount of its bonds. SEC. 2. Any city, town, or borough holding collaterals of value for any portion of its railroad indebtedness shall describe the same, giving the amount and true value thereof in the sworn statement mentioned in section one of this act; and such city, 1883.] PROPOSED LAWS. 321 town, or borough shall not be permitted to avail itself of the benefit of this act except for the amount of its railroad indebtedness above such true value of such collaterals. SEC. 3. If any city, town, or borough shall fail to pay the interest on its bonds, as provided in section one of this act, the treasurer shall have the same power to enforce collection of the same as he has by law to collect the taxes due the state. |