The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-25
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
NEW HAVEN POLICE PENSION BILL
 PASSED BY THE HOUSE.

NEW HAVEN POLICE PENSION BILL
 PASSED BY THE HOUSE. The Senate Voted to Hold Friday ses-
 sions and the House VIII Probably Do
 the Same To-day-Proposed Charter
 Amendments Objected to by Promi-
 nent New Haven PoItticiaEs-Reports
 from Committees and Bills Passed
 Yesterday.
 The House yesterday passed, from the calendar, the New Haven police pension bill, which has been hanging fire so long. The bill provides that the board of police commissioners may re- tire on half pay any member ot the po- lice department after such member ehall have served twenty years in the department. The bill also provides that each member of the department shall pay into the fund to provide for the payment of pensions under the act 9 per cent. of his salary. The bill was given a hearing before the committee on cities and boroughs early in the ses- sion, and was favorably reported from that committee about month ago. It was introduced in the Senate by Sena- tor Bree, and consequently came into that body for first action, after the committee report. On motion of Sena- tor Bradley it was tabled and remained on the table until the next day after the New Haven city election, when it was taken from the table on Senator Bradley's motion and passed. It reach ed the House yesterday in the regular course of business, and was passed without opposition.
 A number of New Haven gentlemen were in Hartford yesterday to look over some of the proposed amendments to the>New Haven city charter, which have not yet been reported from the committee on cities and boroughs. Among the gentlemen were Postmaster Howarth, Colonel l. M Ullman, Attor- ney J. B. Ullman and Theodore H. Mac donald chairman of the Republican town committee. These gentlemen are unfavorably disposed toward the bill to amend the charter by changing the time for holding the city elections in New Haven, and also to the bill to abof- ish the board of councilnien.
 At the opening of the session of the committee on cities and boroughs yes- terday afternoon and before the regu- lar matters scheduled for hearings be- fore that committee were taken up the New Haveners mentioned above were given opportunity to briefly express their disapproval of the two bills re- ferred to.
 There was evident in the House yes- terday a very strong sentiment among the members in favor of the granting of the petition of the Fair Haven and Westville Railroad company for permis- sion to extend it's tracks to Derby, and 1t is probable that the House will vote to grant the petition.
 In the House the following reports were received from committees: Un- favorable on bill relating to choses in action which was tabled on motion of MT. Hubbard of Litchfield; unfavor- able on bill for an appropriation for the propagation of quail in this state; on a bill concerning the prevention of trespass and the better preservation of game; on bill concerning the protec- ton of game and fish relating to fish, ing with floats; the sale of ruff1ed grouse, quail and woodcock; on bill prohibiting the sale of game in this state for three years; on a bill making the open season extend from October l to January 1; on a bill to limit the amount of game to be killed in one day; on a bill repeating the law concerning fishing in Shuttle Meadow lake in .Southington, and bill to repeal the law relating to the taking of shellfish from East river, West river and Neck river: favorable on the petition for ex- tension of time for the organization of the Watertown and Litchfield Tramway company; favorable on the bill to au- thorize the borough of Wallingford to manufacture and sell electricity; fav- orable on bill to amend the New Ha- ven city charter; favorable on bill relating to the sale of beans, peas and nuts.
 The judiciary committee reported a substitute bill relating to actions before justices of.the peace.
 An adverse report was received from the committee on agriculture on the bill to appropriate money for the building in Haddam of an observatory for Hor- ace Johnson, the weather prophet.
 Loren A. Waldo of Hebron was ap- pointed doorkeeper to take the place of John Wagner of Rockville, who died suddenly about two weeks ago, and a resolution was passed under suspension of the rules providing for the payment to MT Wagner's widow, $450, the amount of his salary as doorkeeper for the full term of his office
 The following bill concerning inde- cent assault was passed on favorable report from the judiciary committee: The following bill passed:
 Section 1-Every person who shall commit an indecent assault upon anoth- CT person shall be imprisoned not more than ten years.
 Section 2-The overt act of which said assault consists need not be otherwise described in a complaint on this statute than as an indecent assault, unless the accused shall request the court that it be particularly described in such con- plaint.
 Section-It shall be no defense to a complaint on this statute that the per- son assaulted shall consent to the act of violence or to the act of indecency.
 Section 4--This act shall not affect the penalty for sodomy.
 Section 5-Chapter F of the public acts of 1893 and chapter 61 of the public ao+c ,f 1900 ara herabv rene. led