The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-24
WITH THE LEGISLATORS.
NEW HAVEN'S WARD LINES CON-
 sIDERED BY THE HOUSE.

The Proposed Amendment to the chnr"
 ter Caused Considerable Dtseussion-
 Senate Acts on Important Matters
 Governors Nominations.
 Hartford, April 2S.-On motion of Mir. Colt of New London the bill amending the charter of New Haven, which bears two reports, majority and minority, was taken from the foot of the calendar of the house to-day. MT. Colt explained that the object of the bill was to change the ward lines.
 MT. Gruener explained the plan favor ed by the minority and Dr. Pratt Of East Hartford spoke for it, maintaining that the committee lad originally stood with a majority of the plan now favor ed by the minority and was changed through the efforts Of the chairman of the republican state central committee, whom. he thought, oLght to keep out Of rurely local matters.
 MT. Blodgett of Canaan rose to a point of order and MT. Pratt replied that he believed it due the house that it should know how committee came to report in certain way on a certain matter.
 pr. Bowen of Woodstock spoke for the minority, and MT. Blodgett for the majority. MT. Goslee of Glastonbury explained why he signed the minority report
 zThe so-called Chatfeld plan was de- feated 57 tc 76 and the Isbell plan, rep resenting the minority report, was adopted, 64 to 57.
 The committee on labor reported un- favorably on the bill providing for com pulsory arbitration and it was rejected.
 The judiciary committee reported 8 substitute bill providing for a deputy secretary of state at a salary of $2,500, and increasing salaries as follows: Chief clerk of the treasurer and comptroller to $2,5O0; chief clerks of the governor, secretary, commissioner of the school fund, railroad commissioners, and labor commissioner, $1,S00; first assistant clerk of the treasurer and comptroller, $1,S0O.
 When senate bill No. 72, which re- duces the amount of wages exempt from attachment for debt from $50 to $25, favorably reported by the judiciary committee and on the calendar for &C., ton, was reached. MT. Bicknell of Mer- iden introduced an amendment making the amount exempt $40, and providing that it should not apply to bills due June 1, 1903.
 The amendment was lost and the bill passed.
 The resolution appropriating $s,0OO for completion of the State Normal school building at New Britain, was passed from the calendar.
 A resolution amending the charter of the Connecticut Sheep Breeders asso- citation by including Angora goats in its provisions was passed.
 The bill increasing the salary of the factory inspector to s2,500 and providing for the appointment of deputies, besides increasing the scope of duties to include the inspection of elevators, was passed The resolution appropriating $43,50C to complete and equip the congregate htlIltS IuOHI GU IIlc AullnGCltEuI uUSpltd for the insane was passed. Several measures were passed to cor. rect omissions made by the statute re. vision commission. Among them was a bill providing penalty for violations oi the screen law by saloons which was omitted by the commission and two oth. | CT bills concerning liquor laws in which similar omissions were made.