[Substitute for House Bill No. 278.] CHAPTER 144. An Act concerning the Remission of Fines or Costs by Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: fines or costs by tices of the Section 1453 of the general statutes as amended by chapter Remittance of 55 of the public acts of 1907 is hereby amended by inserting courts and jusafter the word "court" in the third line of said section the peace in crimwords "or any justice of the peace holding court", so that inal cases. said section as amended shall read as follows: Any judge of the superior court, a criminal court of common pleas, or the district court of Waterbury, or of a city, town, or borough court, or any justice of the peace holding court, may, in his discretion, remit fine or costs, either or both, if in his judgment such course will tend to the reformation of offenders or the furtherance of the ends of justice. Approved, July 11, 1911. [Senate Bill No. 342.] CHAPTER 145. An Act concerning Service of Process in Civil Actions Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in cess by leaving abode of judge Section 574 of the general statutes is hereby amended to Service of proread as follows: Process in civil actions against a nonresident copy with or at executor, administrator, conservator, guardian, or trustee, in office or place of his individual capacity, in any action founded upon or aris- of probate. ing from his acts or omissions as such executor, administrator, conservator, guardian, or trustee, may be served by leaving a true and attested copy thereof with or at the office or usual place of abode of the judge of probate in the district where the estate is in settlement; and such judge shall forthwith give notice thereof to such executor, administrator, conservator, guardian, or trustee. Approved, July 13, 1911. Fees for attendance of deputy sheriffs. [Senate Bill No. 260.] CHAPTER 146. An Act amending an Act concerning Fees of Deputy Sheriffs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Section one of chapter 261 of the public acts of 1909 is hereby amended to read as follows: Each deputy sheriff when attending the supreme court of errors, the superior court, the court of common pleas, or the district court of Waterbury, and the city sheriff of the city of Waterbury when attending the district court of Waterbury, shall receive five dollars for each day of such attendance. Approved, July 13, 1911. Attorney-general may remit for feitures due to nual reports. [Substitute for Senate Bill No. 86.] CHAPTER 147. An Act concerning the Remission of Forfeitures for Failure of Corporations to file Annual Reports. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in SECTION 1. The attorney-general may, upon such terms as he may prescribe, remit, either wholly or in part, any forfailure to file an feiture heretofore incurred and unpaid, or that may hereafter be incurred, by reason of the failure of any corporation to file an annual report under the provisions of section thirtyseven of chapter 194 of the public acts of 1903 and amendments thereof, when, in his opinion, it would be inequitable to enforce collection thereof. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. 1 [Senate Bill No. 341.] CHAPTER 148. An Act concerning the Exemption of Certain Gifts from the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: taxation, gifts to tions or insti All gifts hereafter made by will to or for the benefit of Exempting from any corporation or institution, located in this state, which re- certain corporaceives state aid by appropriations provided for by the gen- tutions. eral statutes, and all such gifts, heretofore made to or for the benefit of such corporations or institutions, on which succession taxes have not been paid to the state, shall be exempt from the payment of any succession tax. Approved, July 13, 1911. [Senate Bill No. 343.] CHAPTER 149. An Act concerning Town or County Trusts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in treasurer may act benefit of town SECTION 1. Whenever the trustee of any trust for the Town or county use or benefit of any town or county or for the citizens of as trustee for any town or county, as such, shall die or become incapacitated, or county. or resign, or refuse to act, and no provision is made for such contingency by the instrument creating such trust, the treasurer of such town or county shall thereupon become such trustee, and said treasurer and his successors in office shall act as such trustee, under such bond as the selectmen or the county commissioners, as the case may be, shall, from time to time, prescribe. annual accounts. SEC. 2. When any such treasurer acts as such trustee he Treasurer to file shall include in his annual statement a report in detail of his account as such trustee, including a list of the securities on hand, the price and date of purchase of all securities purchased since his last statement, the amount, date, and source of each item of income received, and the names of all banks and depositaries where such trust money is deposited, with the amount on deposit in each such bank or depositary. Investment of SEC. 3. Said trust funds shall be invested only in the trust funds. manner prescribed by section 254 of the general statutes, unless otherwise directed by vote of a town meeting or by vote Property held in trust to be open to inspection. Repeal. of the representatives chosen to the general assembly in the county and the senators resident in the same county, as the case may be. SEC. 4. All property so held in trust shall at all times be open to the inspection of the selectmen and town auditors or of the county commissioners and county auditors, as the case may be, and shall be inspected by such auditors, at least once in each year, before making their report. SEC. 5. So much of section 249 of the general statutes as is inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed. SEC. 6. This act shall take effect from its passage. Record of sales of fire arms to be kept. Penalty Penalty for giving false name or address. Manufacturers [Substitute for Senate Bill No. 82.] CHAPTER 150. An Act concerning the Sale of Firearms. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in SECTION 1. No person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of selling or exchanging firearms of any description shall, either as principal, servant, or agent, sell or exchange any pistol or revolver, without making a record of such sale immediately thereafter in a book kept for that purpose only, such record to state the name, address, and occupation of the purchaser and the purpose for which purchased, together with the maker's name, the factory number of such weapon, and the date of purchase, and such record shall be open to inspection by any officer or agent of the police department of any city or town within the limits of the state, or by any other proper authority and shall be preserved for at least five years. SEC. 2. Any person convicted of a first violation of any provision of this act shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars, and on every subsequent conviction shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. SEC. 3. Any person purchasing any pistol or revolver who shall give a fictitious name or address shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties provided by section two of this act. SEC. 4. The provisions of this act shall not apply to dealers excepted. manufacturers or to wholesale dealers supplying retailers in and wholesale the regular course of trade. Approved, July 13, 1911. [Senate Bill No. 80.] CHAPTER 151. An Act amending an Act concerning Accounts of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Sheriffs to file ments of ac SECTION 1. Section two of chapter 164 of the public acts of, 1909 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the words:quarterly state"Each of said sheriff's shall, on or before the fifteenth day counts with the of January, April, July, and October in each year, file with comptroller. the comptroller a statement under oath, in such form as the comptroller may prescribe, of all moneys retained by him as compensation under the provisions of this section during the three months next preceding the month in which such statement is required to be filed, and at the same time shall pay over to the treasurer the amount of such moneys so retained by him as shown by such statement", so that said section as amended shall read as follows: The sheriffs of the several counties shall, quarterly, in the months of January, April, July, and October, report and pay to the treasurer of each town, city, or borough interested, or to the state's or prosecuting attorney of the court to which such fines are by law to be paid, the amount of fines and costs collected from prisoners during the preceding quarter, and take a receipt therefor, retaining five per centum of such moneys as compensation for making out such returns and keeping an account thereof, except when such payment is due to the state or county, when no such compensation shall be retained by such sheriff. Each of said sheriffs shall, on or before the fifteenth day of January, April, July, and October in each year, file with the comptroller a statement under oath, in such form as the comptroller may prescribe, of all moneys retained by him as compensation under the provisions of this section during the three months next preceding the month in which such statement is required to be filed, and at the same time shall pay over to the treasurer the amount of such moneys so retained by him as shown by such statement. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. |