The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-02-14

nue railroad for permission to la,
 tracks in Howard avenue between Con
 gress avenue and Portsea street wa!
 presented and another petition of the
 Fair Haven and Westville railroad fol
 permission to lay tracks in Orange
 street to East Rock park.
 | Senator Bree offered a resolution con
 corning investments by savings banks
 adding large number of securities tc
 the list in which the banks are allowed
 to invest.
 Senator Whitlock introduced peti-
 tion of the Shelton Street Railway
 company for right to build dam on
 Far Mill river.
 Among the bills presented in the
 House were the following: By Mir. Cal
 ktns, of East Lyme, a bill providing
 for the stationing of fagmen, railroad
 electric signals or gates on electric road
 crossings by the railroad road commits
 sioners; by MT. Atwood, of New Brit
 ain, a bill authorizing the city of New
 Britain to manufacture gas and cleo
 tricity; by MT. Philbrick, of Hartford,
 an anti-expectoration bill; by MT. Cal
 kins, of East Lyme, providing that
 damage done by intoxicated persons in
 license towns be paid for by the liquor
 seller who furnished the liquor; by MT | Wallace, of Midlebury, a bill provid- ing for fire escapes on all school build
 ings over two stories high; by Mr. Adams, of Norwalk, bill providing
 that married women may have joint
 guardianship with their husbands; by
 MT. Stone, of Bethlehem, bill for
 checking of bicycles on railroad trains;
 by MT. Calkins. of East Lyme, bill
 providing that the railroad commission
 CTS when requested by any town shall
 order gate or electric signal to be | erected or a flagman to be stationed at | any point on a street railway within their limits; by Mir. Freeman, a bill ex- empting the property of veterans of the Spanish war or Philippine insurrection from taxation to the extent of $1,000; by MT. Mansfield, of Putnam, reeolu- tion exempting the Putnam Wolf Den from taxation; by MT. Hubbard, of Litchfeld, bill providing that officers seizing gambling slot machines may re- cover costs as in raids on other similar devices; bill concerning the practice of medicine, surgery and midwifery intending to replace the present laws concerning such practice; by Mr. Wads- worth, of Pennington, bill to con- trol the San Jose scale and other in- sect pests; by MT. Heminway, of Wa tertown, bill providing for kennel license for dogs of $25 where not more than thirty dogs are kept, to answer in lieu of all other licenses required; by MT. Gorhanl, of Weston bill which provides than any person who shall wilfully sell or ship out of this state the flesh of any animal or fowl.which died or was killed when diseased or flesh of any calf less than twenty-one days old, shall be fined not more than $100 or im- prisoned not less than six months.
 MT. Freeman introduced a bill for the conservation of forests and re- mobilization of barren lands which au- thorizes the commissioner of the school fund to purchase lands in the state suitable for the growth of oak pine or chestnut lumber at price not ex- ceeding g an acre to the amount of two-thirds of an appropriation of s10,- 900 which is made to carry out the provisions of the bill as a whole. Oth- CT provisions are that land shall be planted with trees where necessary and fenced with wire.
 A bill introduced by MT. Tucker, of i Ansonia, authorizes the state treasurer to borrow for the temporary use of the state an amount not exceeding $500000 < in order to meet any demands on the ! treasury previous to the close of the | fiscal year ending September 30, 1903.
 MT. Hamenway, of Waterbury, has, by request presented a bill for an act | directing street railway companies to issue transfers upon demand of passen- gers. The object of this bill is to cover such situations as exist here, compelling transfers from any one road to an- other connecting.
 MT Stearns, of Mansfield, has pre- sented a bill providing that the fee for he retail sale of Intoxicating liquors shall be BLOOD; for the sale of beer, $500; for the sale of liquors not to be trunk on the premises, $500; and that he number of licenses shall be one for ,ach 1000 inhabitants.
 MT. Smith, of Cornwall, has presented L bill which provides that steam roads hall issue 800 mile books at the same ate per mile as the 1000 mile books Ire issued.
 The House yesterday unanimously confirmed the nomination of Judge s. g. Baldwin to be judge of the supreme ourt.
 The railroad committee took up the natter of the incorporation of the Far nington Valley Tramway company afternoon and heard the ar of the contractors, receiving lso plans of the proposed road. Before the judiciary committee, Ma ( or Middlebent. of the State Humane ociety, appeared in favor of the pro- { osed bill doing away with the death 1 enalty for minors, as did Representa- ives Staples of Bridgeport. Represen- ative Hubbard argued for the bill sub tituting electrocution for hanging, nd Charles A. Fowler of New Haven :, lade long argument against it. War en Garvan of the state prison also op- . osed the bill.
 KELLOGG, BIRD WARBLER. r