The Press., 1903-02-12
Legislative Notes.

Friday was the last day for receiving
new business. The following were among
the new business introduced In the SEN
ate: Resolution appropriating 81 900 for
repairs on the monument to General Ma
than Lyon In Eostford; bill providing q
penalty for registering by any voter with
party which he Is not affiliated; bill
providing that the state shall be divided
into thirty-five senatorial districts; peti-
ton to extend tracks of Willimantic trac-
ton company to Manchester through
South Coventry. In the house the fol-
lowing were among the new business in
troduced: Bill forbidding prize fighting
under a penalty of $4,000 fine aud two
years or both bill providing for election
of county and town health officers by pop
ular vote; bill concerning taking of land
for Connecticut agricultural college for
sewage purposes; bills providing for the
election of judges of the supreme and su
perior courts and judges of the courts of
the common pleas by the people; resolu-
tion providing for commission to report
upon advisability of enlarging the capitol
building; bill directing the Connecticut
bridge and highway commission to cause
q steel bridge with draw to be erected
across the Connecticut river at Hartford;
bill giving control of the agricultural col
lege fund to the school fund commission
err bill to authorize the granting of liquor
licenses to reputable grocers; bill increas-
Ing bounty on foxes f1om 81 to So; bill
forbidding taking of fish In ponds and
streams without permission of owners !;
resolution incorporating Tolland county
power company.
On Tuesday Governor Chamberlain
sent In the names of the present board of
state prison directors for reappointment.
In the house the "200-foot line" liquor
license amendment, putting the law back
where 1t was before the revision, las
passed. The judiciary committee report
ed a substitute bill, providing that any
person who Is delayed by train on rail-
road crossing more than five minutes may
receive $25 damages.
The bill which was introduced In the
senate providing that no railroad company
under the general railroad law
should have power to condemn land with
out special franchise from the general as
sembly came In from the senate. This
bill affects the "loop" line around the
famed Montague farm, which completes
the Connecticut Westerns TariffvilIe-
Springfield line, and the proposed line
from Hartford to New Haven and Bridge
port, which were Incorporated under the |
general law.
On Wednesday the senate concurred In |
rejecting the bill to repeal the indetermi-
nate sentence act, and the bill concerning
of white and black persons.
The house passed the resolution fixing |
he compensation of delegates to the con-
'titutional convention at $500 each. The
committee reported adversely
IN bill to pay $500 to heirs of firemen
killed while on duty.
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