The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-11
BABY FARMS
Bill to Regulate
Them Passed.
Adopted by the House
Without Discussion.
The Bill for Additional Judge
Was Also Passed.
Mr.. BlOdgett OF Pawtucket Opposes
II Vigorously.
Said Exigency that Exists for II Is Not Of
Public Character.
Mr.. BlOdgett Of Pawtucket Opposes
II Vigorously.
Said Exigency that Exists for II Is Not of
Public Character.

The House of Representatives made up
calendar which had stretched out from
bill 50 TO resolution l09
The bill for AN act TO prevent baby
farming was passed without debate and
! communicated 10 the Senate
Mr.. Blodgett of Pawtucket furnished
the spice of today's session by objecting
most emphatically Co the passage of the
! bill for an act TO increase the number OF
associate Justices OF the Supreme Court
from five To six. He said that already
| the court had one judge who, the greater
| part of each year, is "a supernumerary, for
| whom there is nothing 10 do. To add
another now would bc 20 increase tho
fixed annual charges of the state by 5000
without the slightest necessity TO war
rant It. In conclusion he remarked that
the bill is the result of an exlgency but
not public exigency.
The bill, however, was passed and
there were hut two negative votes-that
of Mr.. Blodgett and of Mr.. :. ;. Rich OF
East Providence
The substitute bill for an act in amend
ment OF the General Laws relative TO
wrongs OF children was lost by vote of
81 TO Is.
In the Senate the session was short
Senator Eastnn for the finance committee
recommended the passage Of resolution
TO appropriate 5000 for "A barn at the
state home, and school, Passed.
House OF Representatives.
Upon motion of Mr.. Hill OF Hopkinton
the House took up the calendar at the
opening of the SESSION, under suspension
of the rules and the "a bills and resolu-
tions which have been accommodating
fnrs Il .,F
mended by the several committees. The
calendar was as follows:
Substitute A. An act in amendment of
chapter "A Of the General Laws, entitled
"Ot Iaveling on Highways and OF Guide
Boards, passage: substitute Is. An act
to provide for the licensing and regulating
the receiving, boarding and keeping of i'm
fants, passage of substitute Il, and indefi-
mite postponement of substitute A !; reso-
luton TO secure a uniform high standard
of public schools throughout the state;
passage; an act to incorporate the Hebrew
public school, of Providence, II. l., indefi
mite postponement; an act in relation to
offences against public policy indefinite
postponemcnt; an act in addition to
chapter pa TO PSI, inclusive, of the General
Laws, indefinite postponement; substitute
y. An act in amendment of cha pter 2s3
"Of offences against public policy. pas
sage of substitute A as substitute for the
remitted TO committee on judiciary; an
act in amendment Cf AN act, entitled IAN
act TO Incorporate the Peoples Evangeli-
cal Church, of Providence, Rhode IsIand;"
PASSAGE an act to incorporate the
National Elastic Webbing Company; pas
sage in concurrence; an act in amendment
of the act to incorporate the Royal Weay-
ing Company, and of the act in amendment
thereof; passage I'm concurrence; an act
to incorporate the Augustus o. Bourn
Rubber Company passage in concurrence;
an act in amendment of charter of the
Heaton Peninsular Button Fastener
Gompany passage In Sa
Burgess Estate Company; passage:
resolution appropriating the sum of s2l00
for repairs of armories at Providence and
Woonsocket and for lockers fixtures. etc,
in other armories; resolution making an
for certain agricultural So
cicuios; passage; an act to regulate eau
cuses; indefinite poStponement; substitute
a. resolution approprinting the sum Of
$500 fer the purpose of completing the
state census; passage OF substitute a and
indefinite postponemCnt OF original reso-
lution an act in amendment OF
and in edition 10 an act entitled
IAN Act 10 Incorporae the New
port Fish and Game Association,
PASSED at the May session, A. ID. lSg5 and
the act in amendment thereof and IN Gd
dition thereto; passage; resolution appro-
priating 500 10 make repairs ON the state
armory at WoonsockCt; indefinite post
pOpemCnt: an act 70 punish treSpGsslng
ON railroads; passage; substitute a, an
act in amendment OF chapter POI of the
General Laws, "Of tho Supreme Court;"
passage OF substitute A and indefinite
uostponement of original act an act in
amendment OF chapter l. ot the General
Laws. entitled "Of Dogs passage with
certain amendments; an act providing
for the election OF the school committee
of the town Of North Providence; passage
in concurrence.
For the judiciary committee Mr. Covell
recommended the passage of the bill for
an net authorizing the city of Providence
TO issue bonds for SlO0 600 for SCHOOL,
houses; calendar.
a bill for an act authorizing the town
of East Providence TO issue bonds for
900, 90 was passed under suspension OF
the rules.
MIR. Studley introduced two bills for
acts, the purpose of which y TO keep
juvenile offenders apart from adult Grim
inals during their period Of trial and
confinement.
The bill provides for special sessions
Of court for tho trial of Juveniles ana for
spaeial days ON xhieh- -Lhnir- cases nlav-he-
heard by tho grand jury; referred TO
judiciary committed.
MIR. Barstow introduced n bill for an
n F..l.. L..