The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-14
VICTORY FOR GOOD ROADS
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 Section 1. Upon the petition of not less than twenty-five legal voters of any town the selectmen thereof shall notify the legal voters of said town that at the next annual town meeting, or at a special meeting to be called within ten days after said petition has been received by said selectmen, bal lot will be taken to determine whether there shall be permitted in said town the buying or selling of pools on trot- ting or pacing contests carried on with In the limits of any enclosure surround Ing any race track located in said town, during the day when said contests are taking place. The ballot shall be cast in the manner hereinafter provided, either in favor of or against permitting such selling of pools, and the vote then taken shall remain in full force until annulled by a new vote taken at an an nual town meeting upon petition and after due notice as aforesaid; and said vote shall become operative on the first day of the month next succeeding said town meeting
 Section ?. When any town shall vote upon the question of permitting pool selling as aforesaid, the selectmen of the town shall provide a suitable ballot box for the reception of the votes upon said question, which box shall be marked Pool Selling;" and said box shall be kept open for the reception of votes upon the question of permitting pool selling as aforesaid during the same hours as is the box for the recep- tion of votes for town officers. Box tenders ana checker shall be appoint ed by the registrars as is provided for the ballot box for the reception of votes for town officers, and the duties of said box-t tender and checker shall be the same as are imposed upon the box-ten- ders and checkers for the ballot box for town officers.
 Section 8. The secretary of this state shall furnish the town clerk of each town voting on the question of permit ting pool selling as aforesaid, upon ap- plication of said town clerk at least three days before election, sufficient number of official envelopes to supply each of the electors of said town. Said envelopes shall be uniform in size and color, which color shall correspond with the color of the ballots furnished un- der the provisions of this act. They shall be self-sealing, and upon the face of the envelope shall be printed the words Pool Selling" and upon the back the words Official Envelope" The duties of the tenders of the envelope booth shall be the same in regard to pool selling envelopes as the law now imposes or may impose upon them in regard to the official envelopes for town officers. The duties of all other town or election officers shall be the same in regard to pool selling envelopes as they are in regard to other official envelopes.
 Section 4. When any town shall vote upon the question of pool selling as aforesaid, the secretary of this state shall furnish official ballots as provided in the next section. Said ballots shall be of uniform size, color, quality and thickness, which color shall be different from the general town ticket, or the license ticket, and said ballots shall have upon the back of each the words "Official Ballot and upon the face of the ballots in favor of permitting pool selling as aforesaid shall be printed the words Pool Selling Yes' and upon the face of the ballots against the permit ting of pool selling as aforesaid shall be printed the words "Pool Selling No;" and the printing upon the back shall be uniform in all respects as Is now pro- vided for in the official ballots for town officers.
 Senator Beeoher asked leave to offer as new business resolutions for claims for arnlory work at Waterbury and New Haven unpaid on account of the illness of General Disbrow: $35 for bur- ial of soldier and S14.40 due to D. w. c. Pond of Hartford for pens furnished the house in 1893 The aggregate of the bills was about $2,200.
 Senator Converse said the house had refused to receive the bills last week. The bills were withdrawn and will probably be offered as committee bills
 House.
 Another lengthy debate occurred in the house yesterday morning when the Building and Loan association bill came up as the special order of the day. Several matters were disposed of, in- cluding bill concerning the use of bi- cycles. It provides that bicycle rider shall not ride at rate of speed exceed ing ten miles an hour in any street, highway or park; that he must have a bell attached to his bicycle. No city, town or borough shall have the power to make any ordinance contrary to this law.
 The special order was then taken up. The bill relates to foreign building and loan associations, and the committee on banks had reported unfavorably up- on 1t.
 The following amendment was offer ed by Mr. Barnes of New Haven:
 Section 1 of chapter CLXIV of the acts of 1895 is hereby repealed; provid- ed, however, that any association or corporation which, at the passage of this act, is duly licensed by the bank commissioners to transact business in this state. under the provisions of said section. may be allowed to continue business, subject to all the conditions and restrictions existing at the time of the granting of said license.
 Section 2. No foreign building and loan association, corporation or person fho Of