The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-02-16
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
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| police of such city or the prosecuting at | torney of the city court, nor in any DOT
 ough, without such request from the
 warden of such borough or the chief o1
 police therein, or the prosecuting attor-
 ney of the borough court, nor in any | town in the state, unless thereto pre- viously requested by the selectmen of | such town or by the grand jurors there | of.''
 MT. DickermanS of North Haven, pre-
 sented a bill authorizing the governor | to appoint a commissioner to the | Charleston and St. Louis expositions at
 a salary of $1,200 year and $500 for ex- penses.
 Representative Lilley, of Waterbury, | introduced the following bill for re-
 districting of the state into congression-
 al districts:
 Section 1-The state hereby is and shall continue to be divided into five districts for the choice of representa- lives from the state in the congress Of the United States, each district to be
 entitled to one representative, as fol- lows:
 District No. 1-To consist of the coun-
 ty of Hartford, excepting the towns of
 Bristol and Southington.
 District No. 2-To consist of the
 towns of Middlesex county which are
 west Of the Connecticut river and that part of the town of Haddam which is east of the said river and the county of New Haven except the towns of Meri- den, Cheshire, Seymour and the towns which now comprise the Fifth senatorial district.
 District No. 3-To consist of the coun- ties of Holland, Windham and New London and the three towns of Middle sex county which are east of the Con- necticut river.
 District No. 4-To consist of the coun- ty of Fairfield.
 District No. 5-To consist of the coun- ty of Litchfield and the towns of Bris- tol, Southington, Cheshire, Seymour and Meriden, and those towns which now comprise the Fifth senatorial dis trict
 Section 2-All existing laws relating to the election of representatives in congress as heretofore constituted ex- cept so far as the same was inconsistent with the provisions of this act. shall continue in force and be applicable to and operative on the respective con- ,gressional districts as hereby consti- tuted,
 Section 3--This act shall first apply to the representatives in congress to be elected on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1902 and vacancies which may occur in the pres- ent representation in congress shall be filled as now provided by law and from the districts as now constituted.
 Section All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby re- pealed.
 A petition for the incorporation Of the East and West Shore Ferry com pany was presented by MT Bree. The capital is $10,00O and the purpose is the transportation of passengers between Savin Rock and points around Morris Cove and Lighthouse Point. Charles H. Fisher ct al. are the sgners of the peti- tion.
 The petition of Nicholas Weller for the restoration of forfeited rights was presented by Senator Bree, as was the bill drawn by William A. Wright and providing that one alderman be elected from each ward annually and that five aldermen be nominated at large, three of whom the trio receiving the highest vote shall be declared elected Any elector may vote for any three of the five. This gives the city only one board, l with numerical force of eighteen. The present boards number i in all