The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-04
THE GENERAL. ASSEMBLY
CONSTITUTIO AMENDMENTS
 FAVORABLY REPORTED.

New Haven Police Pension Bill Signed
 by the Govcrnor-Indetermi Sem
 tence Bill Reported from the Judt tciury
 Committce-County Health Officer
 Hoadley Given More Power.
 Governor Mclean yesterday signed the New Haven pension bill which was passed by the House and Senate some days ago. This bill provides that the
 police commissioners may retire mem
 bers of the department after twenty five years service when they are inca pacitated for further service.
 Speaker Light was absent yesterday and Representative Pearne of Middle town occupier the chair
 The bill restricting hawkers and peddlers from doing business without paying fees to the state large enough to put them on the same level with regular merchants was reported. Mr. King said that the committee was in favor of the bill and would have passed 1t, If possi- ble. He said however, that it was not in the power of the common constitu- tional grounds to pass such bill. The hearing on the bill was largely attended by merchants from all the large cities and by representatives form each city merchants association.
 The bill amending the charter of the city of New Haven and bringing it into !, to+ 1tnc nf hn state in regard to giving to the county officers certain powers of the city board of health was passed.
 Several bills put in by the shell fish commissioners of the state were reject ed this morning. The bills provided for raise of salaries of such commis- sioners, for transferring certain fees to them now paid to the state, and giving such commissioners much higher pow CTS than they now have. MT. Calkins in turning down these bills said that the shellf1sh commissioners were now given twice as much power as they ought to have, and he was not in favor of granting them any more.
 The bill providing that mayors, se- 1ectmen and wardens may make con- tracts for municipal purposes for twen- ty years was rejected. The bill author izing Waterbury to construct and oper- ate an electric lighting plant was un- favorably reported. MT. Whittlesey of Danbury said that the 1893 general law covered all such matters and that there was no good reason shown why Water bury be shown special privileges. Mr. King asked to have the matter tabled and it was so voted.
 The bill extending indeterminate sen- tence to the jails Of the state was re- jected. MT. King said that the machin- cry of the states prison was much bet ter adapted to the idea of the indeter- minate sentence and parole than the jails and 1t had been decided to limit the working of the law to the prison.
 One of the most important bills re- ported favorably by the present assem- bly, came in this morning from the judi ciary committee. It Is the long expect ed indeterminate sentence bill which marks complete change in the atti- its criminals.
 The provisions of the bill provide for parole under the surveillance of proper of such states prison pris- Oners as may be judged capable of liv- ing a peaceable life and for the return of such prisoners, if they do not live up to their opportunity. The bill in brief Is as sollows
 Section When any person shall for an offense hereafter be committed to The state prison otherwise than for life | or with a sentence of capital punish nent, the court imposing the sentence shall not affix definite term of impris- | onment, but shall establish a maximum term for which said convict may be | held in prison. The maximum term | shall not be longer than prescribed by | aw for such offense and shall not be | ess than one year, provided that any person twice convicted of any crime the | ,ourt may sentence to a maximum of f thirty years.
 Section 2-Any person so sentenced | md confined one year may be allowed | o go at large on parole in the discre- | ion of the majority of the board of | directors of the prison and the warden, vho shall constitute 8 board of parole, | f 1t sees that he will lead an orderly | fife.
 Section 3-Authority is given such ,oard of parole to establish such reg llations as it thinks proper in regard 0 such paroled prisoners and to rear est and reimprison any such paroled onvict for any reason that shall seem uff1cient to said board, provided that uch rearresting shall be prior to the aspiration of the original maximum entence.
 Section 4-Public officers shall arrest nd hold any such paroled prisoner at he order of the board of parole.
 Section 5--Any paroled convict who hall be returned may be retained in rison for period equal to the unex- fred term of his sentence or may be gain paroled.
 Section 6--If it shall appear that such aroled prisoner is leading an orderly fe he may be discharged from parole nd furnished with certificate to that fleet. Section 7-The Connecticut prison as- ociation and board of parole shall lake all reasonable efforts to secure mployment for any convict thus pa- 1led or discharged. The bill was tabled for printing. F The two important constitutional mendment matters left over from the lst session were reported favorably in le House yesterday by the joint .anding constitutional amendment 1mmittee.