The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-13
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
MANY NEW BILLS ARE INTRO
 DUCED

On a Great Variety of Subjects of More or
 Less Public Importance-New Haven
 Matters-D Double Tracking of Church
 Street, This City-Calvary Industrial
 HOme-The Oyster Interests-Many Dis
 appointed Ladies.
 Hartford, Feb. 12-Both branches of the general assembly gathered this af- ternoon at 12:35 with large attend ance of members. The train due at noon was delayed at New Haven twen- ty-ive minutes by a hot box, and as Speaker Fessenden was on board, the houselwas five minutes late in starting. The same train south bound this af- ternoon was forty minutes late, owing to the disablement of a locomotive on the Boston and Albany and ran to New Haven on the time of the legislative special, which followed immediately be- hind.
 MT. Clark of Haddam entered the house with a pocket full of bills one of which is concerning granting of licenses. It reads; Whenever any town that is divided into voting districts in this state shall vote in accordance with the directions given in section 3,050 and shall cast a vote in favor of granting licenses for the sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors, no such license shall be granted in any voting district where the majority of votes cast were against granting such license; temper ance.
 MT Clark also introduced bill pro- viding for abolishing the office of fac tory inspector, or else to make that official responsible for any accident arising from his neglect of duty.
 Manufactures.
 MT. Clark also offered the following queer bill regarding registration of births:
 Every child hereafter born in this state shall for the purpose of regis tration, as directed in section 103 of statutes of 1887, be named by It's parents or guardians and it's name given to the attending physician or midwife written three days after it's birth"
 MT. Clark intsroduced a bill provid- ing: Any persons, firm or corpora ton being the owner, lessee or oc- cupant of any factory or building, or anyone who may own or control the use of any room in such building in- cluded within the provision of chapter 145 of the general statutes of the re- vision of 1887, or of any acts or parts of acts subsequently, passed in addi- tion or amendment thereto, who shall execute, confirm to and carry into ef- feet all orders or instruction given in accordance with the acts or parts of acts hereinbefore mentioned, shall be deemed to be under state supervision and, therefore, shall not be held liable to any person or persons for any dam ages suffered by them.
 Manufactures.
 MT. Clark also introduced bill in- structing the comptroller to report to the house the amount in general terms for which he has drawn upon the treasurer since September 30, 1894, for the different departments. MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES IN
 PRODUCED.
 Resolutions authorizing the Bradley Library association of North Haven to appropriate money; incorporating the Branford Driving Park association; authorizing a reorganization of Wal 1 lace & Sons, Ansonia; exempting Union | soldiers and sailors from paying ped | dlers' license; providing that after | June 1, 1895, no asylum or hospital for | incurables shall be established in any | town except by consent of the town; | providing that city and town collec- l tors of taxes who hold office on salary | may collect taxes after their term of | office has expired; making penalty $50, | he in ioi orr, l frauding landlord of rent; exempting | children over fourteen years old from at- | tending school when they are properly | employed; providing that all anti-toxine | used shall be inspected by the state | board of health and none used unless | bearing the manufacturers label, under | penalty of $500 fine or a year in jail; ex empting property of widows to the amount of $1, 900 from taxation.
 Representative TIbbals of Milford in troduced a resolution incorporating the Milford Electric railroad, J. D. Brown, S. H. Baldwin and others, to run from Woodmont to Stratford. The company | may also build and operate such lines in the town of Milford
 Representative Keeler of Norwalk made a strong speech advocating a strict observance of the resolution con fining the introduction of new business to February 19 He said there had been inferencesm made that the time could easi- ly be extended, but he wanted the rule rigidly observed, else the assembly was in danger of sitting until July 1. There was plenty of time for the introduc- ton of all new business by February 19.
 The bill for reduction of telephone rates was tabled after a ten minutes fight over what committee it shall be to. The senate had referred it to cities and boroughs, and some of the representatives said it should go to the judiciary, and as a matter of com promise for the present the measure was tabled.
 CONCERNING FIRE ESCAPES
 A bill was introduced providing: All public buildings of more than one story shall have proper stalrways or outside fire escapes; and all factories, hotels and boarding houses where more than twenty persons work or reside-build- ings of over one story-shall have out side fire escapes.
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