participation in political management or campaigns, and the filing of such complaint is made mandatory when directed by the Governor, or requested in writing by one hundred electors of this State. And under Section 11 of said Act, he is required to make application to the Superior Court to enforce by appropriate decree or process any proper order of the Utilities Commission.

One of the provisions of Chapter 298 of the Public Acts of 1911 makes it the duty of the Attorney-General, under the conditions named, to prepare written charges against the Highway Commissioner, and to prosecute such charges before any Judge of the Superior Court. And, under Chapter 31 of the Public Acts of 1911, he is required to represent the Insurance Commissioner in proceedings before the Superior Court, or a judge thereof, against delinquent insurance corporations.

Chapter 147 of the Public Acts of 1911 gives him power, upon such terms as he may prescribe, to remit, either wholly or in part, any forfeiture incurred and unpaid, or that may be incurred, by reason of the failure of any corporation to file an annual report under the provisions of section thirty-seven of Chapter 194 of the Public Acts of 1903, and amendments thereof, when, in his opinion, it would be inadequate to enforce collection thereof. The sum of $1,595.00 has been collected from delinquent corporations and paid over to the State Treasurer.

The report contains:

(1.) A brief record of every case in which the Attorney-General has appeared for the State.

(2.) A copy of the account given to the Treasurer of the State of all fees, bills of cost, and moneys received and expended. (3.) The written opinions rendered by the Attorney-General during the period covered by this report.

Respectfully submitted,

JOHN H. LIGHT,
Attorney-General.

This is an action to collect from the Home Trust Company of Derby taxes upon deposits in its department of Savings, which are claimed to be due the State pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 85 of the Public Acts of 1907.

THEODORE H. MACDONALD,
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER,

08.

THE ETNA INDEMNITY COMPANY.

SUPERIOR COURT,
HARTFORD COUNTY.

This action was brought for the dissolution of said corporation and for the appointment of a receiver to wind up its affairs. The writ was returnable to the first Tuesday of February, 1911. Application was made to Hon. Lucien F. Burpee, a Judge of the Superior Court, on the 7th day of January, 1911, for the appointment of a temporary receiver, and Theodore H. Macdonald, Insurance Commisioner, was appointed, and accepted said appointment, and duly qualified, and on the first Tuesday of February, 1911, his appointment was confirmed, and he was made permanent receiver of such corporation, and has since been engaged in winding up the affairs of the corporation.

This action was brought to the Superior Court by the Bank Commissioners against the Windsor Locks Savings Bank, under authority of Section 3461 of the General Statutes, asking for an injunction to enjoin the Bank from proceeding with its business, that a

receiver be appointed to wind up its affairs, and that the charter of the Bank be revoked and declared forfeited.

An injunction was issued and Norris S. Lippitt and Fred P. Holt, Bank Commissioners, were appointed receivers to wind up the affairs of the Bank, and duly qualified as such, and have ever since been engaged in the performance of their duties.

TOWNSEND'S APPEAL FROM PROBATE, SUPERIOR COURT,

ESTATE OF JOSEPH PARKER.

HARTFORD COUNTY.

Joseph Parker, the decedent, a resident of New York, died in New York, January 27, 1910, owning shares of stock in certain corporations, (notably The New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R. Co.), organized and existing under the laws of several States, including New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut. The inheritance tax levied on said stock in Massachusetts and New York has been paid. Rhode Island levies no inheritance tax. The question raised is whether such stock owned by a nonresident testator should be taxed under the inheritance tax law at its full value, treating it as representing all the property of the many times incorporated company, or at a less value, treating it as representing only that portion of the property which belongs in this State.

The Court of Probate held that the stock of the nonresident testator should be taxed at its full value, and from this order and decree of the Probate Court said appeal was taken to the Superior Court.

Said action was brought asking the Court to make an order of decree authorizing the plaintiff to sell certain real estate devised to them and to their successors in office forever, as special trustees, for the use and benefit of the Bridgeport Public Library and Reading Room, and authorizing the plaintiffs to invest the proceeds of such sale in the purchase of another site in said Bridgeport, and the erection thereon of a new building for public library and reading room purposes. A decree was granted agreeable to the prayer for relief.

The State had no interest in the property. The AttorneyGeneral was evidently made the defendant on the assumption that he is supposed to represent and safeguard any public rights involved in the case.

MERRITT HEMINWAY AND

GEORGE C. PERKINS,

EXECUTORS OF HOMER HEMINWAY.

APPEAL FROM PROBATE.

SUPERIOR COURT,
LITCHFIELD COUNTY.

The above entitled appeal from Probate was reserved for the advice of the Supreme Court of Errors upon an agreed statement of facts.

of stock, described in the appeal, belonged to the estate of Homer Heminway for the purposes of taxation under the succession tax law of this State.

At the time of the decease of said Homer Heminway, the stock stood in his name, but as a matter of fact it had been transferred to the plaintiff by the deceased during his lifetime. And while the stock was found among the papers of the deceased, the evidence showed that at one time at least the stock had been in the hands and possession of the plaintiff. The question involved was sufficiently doubtful to justify the Treasurer of the State in accepting, on the recommendation of the Attorney-General, the sum of $5,000, as a compromise settlement of the tax claimed to be due. This is substantially one-half of the tax claimed on behalf of the State. In addition to the sum mentioned the plaintiff paid the expenses of litigation, so the amount received by said Treasurer was net to the State.

CLARENCE DEMING ET AL.

vs.

THOMAS D. BRADSTREET ET AL.

SUPERIOR COURT,
HARTFORD COUNTY.

Said action was brought by certain tax payers to obtain an injunction restraining the Comptroller and Treasurer from paying eleven newspaper reporters under authority of a resolution adopted by the Senate.

An injunction was issued, and thereafter the Senate repealed the resolution in question and passed another resolution ordering and directing the Treasurer to pay the sum of three hundred dollars to each of the eleven persons named in the resolution, for special services.

On the same day the Treasurer paid each of said eleven persons the sum of three hundred dollars under the authority given in said resolution and Section 89 of the General Statutes.

Said action was brought against the defendants for alleged contempt of court and violation of a temporary order of injunction. The case was tried before the Superior Court in Hartford County, and judgment was rendered for the defendants. An appeal was taken by the plaintiffs to the Supreme Court of Errors, and the judgment of the lower court was sustained. See Deming v. Bradstreet, 85 Conn., 650.