ure to nominate any officer at two meetings ordered therefor, the governor may fill the vacancy by direct nomination. If the person so designated to preside at any such meeting shall not appear thereat, the senior officer present shall preside. Provided, that all nominations from the ranks, or from civil life, except medical officers and chaplains, shall be made from persons holding a certificate as being qualified for a commission as second lieutenant, signed by the adjutant-general and issued under rules published in orders by the adjutant-general. Second lieutenants shall be nominated by their respective companies. Vacancies in company officers above the grade of second lieutenant shall be filled by seniority, after successfully passing the examination required by section 3017 and amendments thereof, unless the company shall obtain permission from the governor to nominate; the request for such permission to be deposited in the office of the adjutantgeneral within ten days after the occurrence of such vacancy, and shall then, by a two-thirds vote of the members present, otherwise nominate. Field officers shall be nominated by the field and line officers of their respective corps or regiment, and such nominations shall be made in the manner prescribed in regulations. commissioned offi SEC. 4. Section 3011 of the general statutes as amended Nomination of by chapter 227 of the public acts of 1905 and section eighteen cers to be approved by the of chapter 69 of the public acts of 1909, is hereby amended governor. to read as follows: Every nomination of a commissioned officer, and in the naval militia the nomination of a warrant officer, shall be subject to the approval of the governor, who shall, except in the case of staff officers, defer, for ten days after receiving a return thereof, his approval of the same to give opportunity for remonstrance, and, if then approving, shall publish in orders the names of the persons whose nominations are approved, and if not so approving, shall order a new nomination; and after twice disapproving, shall forthwith nominate to fill such vacancy. Such nomination shall be conditioned in the case of every officer required by law to appear before the examining board provided for in section 3017, except persons nominated as second lieutenants. All nominees to offices of the grade of first lieutenant, or of higher grades, and in the naval militia of the grade of lieutenant, junior grade, or of higher grades, who shall have passed an examination satisfactory to the board aforementioned, shall be appointed to their respective offices in orders, and upon acceptance of such appointment, and upon taking the prescribed oath of office by such appointee, the governor shall Uniforms of commissioned officers. Retirement from service. Naval reserve issue to each appointee a commission or warrant dating from SEC. 5. Section 3023 of the general statutes as amended SEC. 6. Section 3065 of the general statutes as amended by section forty-eight of chapter 69 of the public acts of 1909 is hereby amended to read as follows: When an officer of the Connecticut national guard, in good standing, has served ten years as officer and soldier, of which he shall have served not less than three years as a commissioned officer, or in the naval militia as a commissioned officer or warrant officer, or enlisted man, he may, if he make application therefor to the governor, or when such officer has served ten consecutive years in one grade, he may then, at the instance of the governor and in his discretion, be retired from active service, and placed upon the retired list. When, in the opinion of the governor, any officer in the Connecticut national guard has become incapable of performing the duties of his office, he shall be ordered before a retiring board to be assembled by the order of the governor. When such board finds an officer incapacitated for active service, it shall report its findings to the governor, and if, in the opinion of the board, the incapacity has resulted from no fault of the officer examined he shall be placed upon the retired list. SEC. 7. Section 3078 of the general statutes as amended how constituted. by section fifty-two of chapter 69 of the public acts of 1909 is hereby amended to read as follows: The governor is hereby authorized to organize a naval militia as a special force for coast protection and as a naval reserve, consisting of a maximum force of not more than three hundred and forty officers and men, not including the line and staff officers attached to the staff of the commanding officer, to be organized into divisions, the location and number comprising each division, subject to said limit of three hundred and forty men, to be at the discretion of the board of organization authorized in section 3004. Said divisions, when so organized, shall be fully armed, uniformed, and equipped, and, together with the officers and enlisted men of the line and staff hereinafter ་ authorized, shall constitute a ship's company. These divisions of naval militia shall be considered the equivalent of companies of infantry, and shall be located throughout the state with reference to the military wants thereof, and with reference to its seacoast and navigable waters. ments in naval SEC. 8. Section 3080 of the general statutes as Ratings of enlistamended by section fifty-four of chapter 69 of the public militia. acts of 1909 is hereby amended to read as follows: Enlistments in the naval militia shall be made in the following ratings only seaman, ordinary seaman, apprentice seaman, fireman, first and second class, coal passer, landsman, and hospital apprentice; provided, that, in case the designations of any of the ratings above mentioned shall be altered by the regulations of the United States navy, the board of organization is hereby authorized to make the same alterations. militia SEC. 9. Section 3081 of the general statutes, as amended Officers of naval by chapter 227 of the public acts of 1905 and section fiftyfive of chapter 69 of the public acts of 1909, is hereby amended to read as follows: The officers of the naval militia shall be a commander, who shall command the same, one lieutenantcommander, who shall act as executive officer and shall be next in rank and in succession to command to the commander, and one lieutenant and navigator, who shall act as navigator, and who shall be next in rank and in succession to command to the lieutenant-commander, and shall be senior to all other officers in his grade, regardless of the date of his commission. These officers shall be nominated by the line officers of the ship's company. The commissioned and warranted staff of the ship's company shall be nominated by the commanding officer of the naval militia and shall consist of one ordnance officer, one surgeon, and one paymaster, each with the rank of lieutenant, and a signal officer, assistant surgeon, and assistant paymaster, each with the rank of lieutenant, junior grade, and three warrant machinists. The enlisted men on the staff of the ship's company shall be such petty officers and enlisted men as the board of organization may, from time to time, prescribe. militia, how con SEC. 10. Section 3082 of the general statutes as amended Divisions of naval by chapter 227 of the public acts of 1905 and section fifty-stituted. six of chapter 69 of the public acts of 1909, is hereby amended to read as follows: The officers of each division of the naval militia, except the engineer or artificer division, shall consist of one lieutenant, who shall be designated chief of division, and who shall command the same, one lieutenant, junior grade, and two ensigns, and the officers of the engineer or Parades and encampments of naval militia. Weekly evening drills of naval militia. artificer division shall consist of one lieutenant, who shall be designated chief engineer, and shall command the same, and one ensign, all nominated by the division, as provided in section 3010 and amendments thereof. To each division of said organization there shall be allowed such petty officers and enlisted men as the board of organization shall, from time to time, prescribe. Petty officers shall be nominated by the chief of division to the commander of the ship's company, who shall appoint and issue warrants to the persons nominated, when approved by him, or order new nominations when disapproving. Enlisted men below the grade of petty officers shall be rated by the chief of division, in conformity with such regulations as may be prescribed by the governor. SEC. 11. Section 3086 of the general statutes as amended by section fifty-nine of chapter 69 of the public acts of 1909 is hereby amended to read as follows: At the discretion of the governor, the naval militia shall drill one day, annually, by section or ship's company, as ordered by the governor, and shall annually cruise or encamp for drill and instruction for not more than fifteen successive days between the first of June and the first of October, as ordered by the governor. During such drill, cruise, or encampment, said naval militia shall be instructed as the governor may direct, and shall be subject to the laws governing the organized militia and the regulations prescribed for the naval militia. The duty required of the naval militia, by law, may be performed afloat or on land, either within or without the limits of the state, as directed by the governor. SEC. 12. Section 3087 of the general statutes as amended by section sixty of chapter 69 of the public acts of 1909 is hereby amended to read as follows: The governor may direct the commander of the naval militia to order weekly evening drills by any division of the naval militia for a period of seven months during each year, of not less than one hour each, and the commander shall inspect at least one evening drill of each division during said period, and for making such inspection shall receive his necessary traveling expenses, to be paid on his certificate, approved by the adjutant-general. SEC. 13. This act shall take effect from its passage. 1911.] TIME WHEN PUBLIC Acts of 1911 relatinG TO TAXATION. [Senate Bill No. 385.] CHAPTER 247. An Act concerning the Time when the Public Acts of 1911 relating to Taxation shall take effect. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in taxation. 1547 SECTION 1. All acts relating to inheritance or succession Date of effect of taxes, and all other acts public in form relating to town or state acts relating to taxation, passed at the present session of the general assembly, shall, unless otherwise provided in such acts, take effect September 15, 1911. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved, September 12, 1911. [House Bill No. 914.] CHAPTER 248. An Act concerning the Sale of Coal by Weight. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in stating weight. All coal sold, except in accordance with a written agree- Coal to be sold ment with the purchaser otherwise, or offered for sale, in ets to be delivthis state, shall be so sold or offered for sale by weight. No ered with coal, person, firm, or corporation shall deliver any coal unless such delivery is accompanied by a delivery ticket and a duplicate thereof, on which shall be distinctly expressed, in ink or other indelible substance, in pounds, the weight of the coal contained in such vehicle or receptacle, together with the name of the seller and the name of the purchaser of such coal. One of such tickets shall be surrendered, upon demand, to the sealer of weights and measures, for his inspection, and such ticket or, when the sealer desires to retain the original ticket, a weight slip issued by the seller, shall be delivered to the purchaser, or his agent or representative, at the time of the delivery of such coal, and the other ticket shall be retained by the seller. If the purchaser, or his agent, takes such coal |