The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-02-13
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
4 LARGE BATCH OF BELLS, RESO-
 BUTTONS IND PETITIONS

Introduced at Yesterdays Session-Gov'
 ernor Mclean Sent to tho Senate th'
 Nomination of George W. Wheeler O
 Bridgeport to be Judge of the Superior
 Court-ProE ". G. Sumner Reappoint'
 cd to the State Board of Education
 Hearings on New Haven Matters To- | morrow.
 Hearings will be held by the legisla-
 tive committee on cities and boroughs
 tomorrow afternoon on a numper ol
 bills of especial interest to citizens ol
 New Haven. The New Haven matters | to be considered at that time VIII pe'
 A bill for an act for amendment or tne | charter of New Haven to proVlae TOT | the pensioning of policemen; an act concerning permanent pavements Tn 1 New Haven; bill amending an act re-
 vising the city charter of New Haven
 so as to provide for paying the mem bers of the board of relief TOT extra work in the matter of appeals rom
 real property reassessment; an act
 amending the New Haven city charter
 concerning the civil service board of the | city of New Haven; an act amending | the charter of the city of New Haven | to provide increased compensation for | the superintendent of charities and cor-
 rection. On the same afternoon the ju-
 dietary committee will hold an ad-
 journed hearing on the chamber of
 commerce bill for an act concerning the
 assessment of real property in New Ha-
 ven.
 Senator Bree of New Haven yesterday introduced a resolution to provide
 changes in the charter of the Manufac-
 turers' Railroad company of New Ha- ven, so as to make possible the exten-
 sion of their tracks in various direc- tions.
 The finance committee reported un- favorably on the resolution to author
 ize the city of New Haven to issue $500.- 900 Street pavement bonds, which was so strongly opposed by New Haven men before the committee last week.
 In executive session the senate con- f1rnied the executive appointment of Washington F. Wilcox and o. R. Fyler to be railroad commissioners for term of four years, to succeed themselves, and also Edward F. Fuller to be state prison director.
 Governor Mclean sent communica- tion to the senate nominating George w. Wheeler as judge of the superior court for the term of eight years from July l, 1901; Professor William Graham Sumner of New Haven and Georme M Darlington of Winchester to be mem- bers Of the state board of education.
 Senator Kennedy presented bill pro- viding that employers must give their employees one hours time on election day for the purpose of casting their votes. Senator Brown presented bill providing: That all laws relating to tke illegal sale or delivery of spirituous or intoxicating liquors and the penalty for the same are hereby made applic- able to the sale of candies and confec- tionery, including therein such liquid or any syrup of which one per centum or more is alcohol"
 Senator Kennedy presented a bill section 365S of the general statutes regarding the commitment of children to the temporary homes, pro- viding that children may be committed by judges of probate courts or by judges of city or police courts, or jus tices of the peace to St. Francis or phan asylum.
 Representative Freeman of Hartford a resolution in the house to create a state reformatory for women. l The resolution is endorsed by the state board of charities, and was drawn by | Secretary Kellogg of the state board of | charities of Waterbury. According to | the provisions of the bill there would be | i've directors appointed by the gover- nor, at least two of whom shall be wo- men, and the board shall be non-p@rti- aan. The officers and employees as far 1 IS practicable shall be women.
 The bill is the one for which the board of finance of New Haven was re- luested to secure endorsing signatures md one clause is as follows:
 "The superintendent shall keep the inmates employed so as to provide for heir support, their recovery from evil labits and the formation by themselves # the ability and disposition to SUD- ,ort themselves and their families, and hall, under the control of the directors, and enforce such system of eward and penalty as may seem best ltted to accomplish these results.''
 The bill also provides that no direc- or shall receive any compensation out idle of actual expense while engaged in V ficial duty. Nor shall a director be di- ectly or indirectly interested in any ontract or purchase on account of the eformatory. All females above the age f sixteen years convicted of offenses punishable by jail sentences shall be { committed to the reformatory, after it , made ready and no female shall be { onfined in any jail unless pending trial r temporarily, until a convenient op- ortunlty occurs of conveying her to he reformatory CT state prison. Sentence shall be intermediate ex. l ept that it shall not exceed fifteen ] ears. Persons committed to the re- may at any time be inden- fred by authority of the directors to ' arvice in this state but not for a time Sceeding the term for which they are I , serve in the reformatory. Prisoners lay be released by directors on parole T nd any inmate upon two commitments l lall be deemed incorrigible and shall r ? sent to the state prison for a term of C ve years. c Excess earnings of prisoners may be I sed for the benefit of the same or for 5