The Press., 1899-06-08
State Legislature.

ed the resolution of final adjournment to read June IA. The bicycle lantern bill passed by the house was amended by the senate, so as to strike out the words re- garding the lantern showing light at the side. The telephone bill was passed in concurrence. The bill was passed which makes the salary of the county commits sioners of Holland county $450 pear year. The bill allowing druggists in no-license towns to obtain prescription licenses and the right to sell liquor or alcohol in quan- titles of five gallons was passed in con- currence.
 The house on Friday concurred with the senate as to date of final adjourn ment, June IA. The following bills were passed: The good roads bill the anti coercion of employees bill; the bill al- lowing women over 21 years of age, who own property, to vote on the question of the laying of any tax or the appropriation of any money at any town, city or bor- ough meeting; the bill providing that children shall be committed to the county homes by judges of local courts and not by justices of the peace; the bill provid- ing that every person who shall buy, sell or expose for sale, or have in his posses sion for any purpose, or who shall hunt, pursue, kill or destroy or attempt to kill any woodcock, quail, ruffed grouse, call ed partridge, or gray squirrel, between the first day of December and the first day of the succeeding October, shall be fined not more than $10 for each bird, or imprisoned not more than thirty days in default of payment. The destruction or purchase or sale of nests or eggs is simi- larly punished, likewise the setting of traps, snares or nets. This includes game on a mans own land. A deter | mined effort was made to strike out the | trap clause, but it failed by reason, in | part, of the strong speech of MT. Beebe | of Stafford, who denounced trapping as cruel. He was applauded when he said that the superiority of the American sol dier in handling the rife was due to the skill acquired by him as a citizen in using arms in manly way as 8 sportsman. The bill also prohibits any person, except hotel-keepers and marketmen, from kill ing or having in his possession more than five ruffed grouse in any one day, or more than 36 in any one year.
 l The house agreed with the senate that there should not be secrecy in legal pro. ceedings for divorce.
 On Friday the senate amended the bill reducing the labor commissioners salary to $250O by cutting it another 5000, re- ducing the salary to $500. If the house fails to accept this amendment and ar agreement is not reached the salary vii remain as at present, $3OOO. The senate concurred in the passage of the resolu tion authorizing the city of Willimantit to issue $75, ,O0O 4-25 water fund bonds the act exempting sheep to the value o $1OO from taxation act providing pen atty for persons selling shad as Connecti cut river or HousatonIc river shad which are not such. The house on Friday passed the bill which makes salaries as follows: Senate clerk, $500; house clerk, $25O0; assistant, $15OO senate and house chaplain, $500 each messen gers, $500; door-keepers, $450; trans. portation to be furnished as for members no gratuities or expense items to be al lowed.
 On Monday the senate passed in con. currence the amendment to the game law the bill fixing the salaries of the legisla. tive officials and passed bill allowing fishing with set lines in private ponds. In the house only 65 members were pres ent and very little business was done.
 The senate on Tuesday passed in con- currence the bill appropriating $35O, ,OOC for good roads for two years. The bill appropriating $3O,OOO for Storrs college for two years, $15,000 year, passed by the house, was passed by the senate with. out the house amendment appropriatine $20 ,00O for buildings. The senate recon. sidered and passed the bill making the salary of the labor commissioner $25OO The house passed bill requiring street railway companies to carry school chil dren for half fare, and the bill providing for the supervision of the milk traffic The house defeated dtheinnkeepers' license bill.
 On Wednesday the senate defeated the electric road children half fare bill. | The constitutional amendment provid ing for plurality election of state officers and increasing and redistricting the sen ate was passed by the house. The house also passed the bicycle lantern bill as passed by the senate.