2272 CHAP. 56 BOARDS OF GAS AND ELECTRICAL COMMISSIONERS. [Jan., of making his application, file with the secretary a certificate of, his appointment as dealer or sub-dealer by the manufacturer represented by him, and he shall, semi-annually, on the first day of January and July, file with the secretary a statement, under oath, of the number of motor vehicles transfered to him and by him since the last preceding statement; and every dealer in motor cycles shall, annually, on the first day of January, file a Use of vehicles similar statement of transfers made to and by him. No manu restricted. Records to be open to public inspection. facturer, dealer or rebuilder shall use any motor vehicle regis- SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Vacancies in any board of municipal gas and electrical commissioners may be filled. [House Bill No. 29.] CHAPTER 56. An Act concerning Boards of Gas and Electrical Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in The authority appointing any board of gas and electrical Approved, March 28, 1917. Powers of the [House Bill No. 416.] CHAPTER 57. An Act concerning the Assistant State's Attorney in the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in SECTION 1. The assistant state's attorney in the county of assistant state's New Haven, at Waterbury, shall be designated as state's attorney in the county of New Haven, at Waterbury, and he shall have the same powers and perform the same duties within the territorial jurisdiction of the district court of Waterbury, in New attorney in New Haven county, at Waterbury. Haven county, and at all criminal terms of the superior court at Approved, March 28, 1917. CHAP. 58 [Substitute for Senate Bill No. 46.] CHAPTER 58. An Act limiting the Time of Payment by Cities and Towns for Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in SECTION 1. All towns and cities shall pay to the treasurer of the state such proportion of the expenses for improvement of highways, assessed by the comptroller by authority of section five of chapter 264 of the public acts of 1907 and section two of chapter 153 of the public acts of 1909, within thirty days from the time when notice shall have been mailed by the comptroller to the authorities of such towns or cities who may be authorized to pay the same. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Cities and towns must pay for improve ment of roads within a speci fied time. [Substitute for House Bill No. 422.] CHAPTER 59. An Act amending an Act concerning the Taking of Bail. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in on civil process. Section 867 of the general statutes is amended to read as Bail when perfollows: All officers and indifferent persons serving writs of son is arrested attachment shall take sufficient bail, when offered by any person arrested or held in custody by them on such process; which bail shall be one or more inhabitants of this state, of sufficient ability to pay the judgment that may be recovered in the action, who shall become bound to such officer in a sufficient sum, conditioned for the appearance of the person so arrested before the court to which the writ is returnable; and the person arrested shall thereupon be liberated from arrest; and when the person so arrested shall be committed to jail, on mesne process, for want of bail, the sheriff, jailer, deputy jailer or any person under either of them in charge of a jail, at any time before the session of the court to which the writ is returnable, shall take sufficient bail as 2274 CHAP. 60 DUTIES OF THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR [Jan., aforesaid, when offered, for the appearance of such person before such court; and such bail being given, he shall be released from confinement. Approved, March 28, 1917. [Senate Bill No. 90.] Duties of the commissioner CHAPTER 60. An Act concerning the Duties of the Commissioner of Labor and Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in The commissioner of labor and factory inspection, or his deputy, shall, in addition to the duties prescribed by the general tory inspection statutes, examine as soon as practicable the lighting and sanitary conditions of railroad roundhouses. of labor and fac in railroad Penalty for violations of the act relating [Senate Bill No. 605.] CHAPTER 61. An Act amending an Act concerning the Practice of Pharmacy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Section seventeen of chapter 216 of the public acts of 1909 is amended to read as follows: Every person who shall violate to the practice ally provision of the preceding sections of this act, except section eleven, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than sixty days, or both. of pharmacy. Approved, March 28, 1917. Designating the terms of the superior court at Waterbury. [Substitute for House Bill No. 415.] CHAPTER 62. An Act concerning Terms of the Superior Court at Waterbury. SECTION 1. Terms of the superior court shall be held at Waterbury as follows: For the transaction of civil business, on the first Tuesdays of October, January and April; for the transaction of criminal business, on the third Tuesday of September and the first Tuesdays of January and June. SEO. 2. Chapter 110 of the public acts of 1911, and so Repeal. much of chapter 52 of the public acts of 1915 as relates to terms and sessions of the superior court at Waterbury, are repealed. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect June 1, 1917. Approved, March 28, 1917. CHAP. 63 [Senate Bill No. 506.] CHAPTER 63. An Act amending an Act concerning Certificates of Authority Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in surance agents on the issuance of a certificate by the insurance commissioner. Section 3494 of the general statutes is amended to read as Corporations follows: The insurance commissioner may issue a certificate to may act as inany corporation of this state authorized to act as an agent in the transaction of insurance business, permitting such corporation to transact the business of an insurance agent in this state for any foreign or nonresident insurance company duly admitted to do business in this state. Such certificate shall not authorize or permit any person other than the person or persons named therein, not to exceed two, to solicit or procure risks in behalf of said corporation from or in any such insurance company. Such certificate shall continue in force as provided in section 3634 of the general statutes unless revoked by said commissioner for cause. All statutes relating to the duties of insurance agents shall apply to such corporations, and when by any such statute a fine is imposed for a violation of duty, the same, as applied to such corporation, shall be construed as a penalty, and be recovered by the attorney-general in the name of the state. Approved, March 28, 1917. [Senate Bill No. 273.] CHAPTER 64. An Act concerning Returns from Public Service Companies. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: The com when. SECTION 1. Section twenty-five of chapter 128 of the pub- Annual reports lic acts of 1911 as amended by section two of chapter 225 of the to be made public acts of 1913 is amended to read as follows: mission shall, annually, on or before the thirty-first day of December, furnish to every public service company duplicate blanks for reports, in such form as the commission may pre 2276 CHAP. 65 Penalty INCOMPATIBILITY OF TOWN OFFICES. [Jan., scribe, provided such blanks for reports to be furnished by companies engaged in interstate commerce shall be in form, if any, required by the interstate commerce commission. Every such company receiving such blank forms shall return one of such reports to the commission on or before the thirty-first day of March next following with all questions therein fully answered. All reports shall be for the year ending on the thirty-first day of December, and the first reports required under the provisions of this act shall be for the year ending on the thirty-first day of December, 1916, but the dates for furnishing blanks for such first reports to the companies by the commission and for the return thereof to the commission shall be respectively two months and three months from the passage of this act. Such reports shall be signed and sworn to by the president or vice-president and treasurer of the company, or by a majority of the trustees or receivers making the same. Every company which shall fail to make such report shall forfeit to the state twenty-five dollars for each day of such failure, and the commission shall report such forfeiture to the attorney-general, who shall collect the same. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Incompatible [Substitute for House Bill No. 224.] CHAPTER 65. An Act amending an Act concerning Incompatibility of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Section 1813 of the general statutes as amended by chapter offices not to be 19 of the public acts of 1915 is amended to read as follows: held by the same person. No selectman shall hold the office of town clerk, town treasurer or collector of town taxes of the same town during the same official year, nor that of judge of probate for the district within which said town is located; no town treasurer shall hold the office of collector of town taxes of the same town during the same official year; nor shall any town clerk or selectman be elected a registrar of voters; and no registrar of voters shall hold the office of town clerk. No assessor shall act as a member of the board of relief. If any registrar of voters shall be elected to the office of town clerk or selectman and accept the office, he shall thereupon cease to be registrar; and if any town clerk or selectman shall be elected registrar of voters, the election shall be void; and in |