The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1905-02-15
Legislative Notes.

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receiving new business. The total
number of bills, resolutions and petit
tions introduced in both houses dur
ing the session is 1870. Of this
number in the Senate there were 203
bills, 166 resolutions and so petit
tions. In the House the figures were :
Bills, 42O; petitions, 100, and reso-
lutions, 1926. The total number is
about $50 less than during the ses-
sion of 1908.
On Wednesday the Senate passed a
resolution appointing William A. Ar
mold judge aud James A. Shea deputy
judge. at Willimantic. The follow
ing was introduced: A bill prohibit
ing judges or deputies practicing be-
fore the court in which they are ap-
pointed to preside. There was intro
duced in the house as follows: A
bill to legalize pool selling, bill to
allow amusements on Sunday from L
to 7 d m. where no admission fee is
required; bill establishing bounty of
25 cents on hawks aud crows, resolu-
tion making an appropriation for a
dormitory at Connecticut Agricultural
college, various bills changing open
season for game, measure providing
that each town shall have at least one
representative, and one additional
for each 1000 of it's population. This
scheme would give New Haven 119
representatives, Hartford and Bridge
port about 80 each. and the entire
state over 900. By Mr.. Sarhse of
Rockville, bill to restrict lobbying,
to legitimate limits, heavy penalty
heing provided for any and all vio-
lations
On Thursday the new business in
troduced in the senate included bills
Reducing salary of Windham county
commissioners from 5000 to $500
defining and limiting business of
hawkers and peddlers; providing for
licensing of all kinds of game birds
transferring Connecticut Agricultural
college fund to civil list; imposing
a state tax of 1 mill on towns grand
list; providing for regulations for
liquor in hotels, etc. la bill in the
nature of a Raines law. The fol-
lowing was introduced in the house
Bill appropriating 100000 for the
improvement of the public roads for
the two fiscal years ending September
80, 1907; bill providing for election
of county health officers by popular
vote; by Mr.. Keeney of Somers, reso-
luton Incorporating the Somers Water
company; bill requiring owners of
bill boards to take out licenses; by
Mr.. Lee of Bridgeport, resolution au-
thorizing the Hicks Realty company
to issue bonds and act as executor; by
Mr. Higgins of Coventry, bill grant
ing pension of 800 per year to each
blind person in the state; by Mr..
Higgins of Coventry, bill providing
that all private institutions, except
the Connecticut Institute and Indus
trial Home for the Blind, receiving
appropriations from the state for the
purposes which include the support
or board of beneficiaries of the state
may be visited by the state board of
charities; the Connecticut Institute
and Industrial Home for the Blind
shall be visited by the state board of
education for the blind; by Mr.. Hig-
gins of Coventry, bill relating to ad
vertising and sale of certain patent
medicines, bill making the laws rela-
tive to junk dealers applicable to bor-
oughs as we'll as to cities; bill to pro-
vide for the printing and distribution
of ballots at public expense and to
regulate voting for state, city, town
and borough officers; bill declaring
trading stamps to be in the nature of
lotteries and therefore illegal; bill
exempting from taxation estates of
persons incapable from physical disa-
bility frrm earning a livelihood: bill
providing for appointment of county
commissioners ny judges of the su-
perior court; resolution to annex a
section of the town of Mansfield to
the town of Windham. Its purpose
is to have. that part of the town of
Mansfield owned by the city of Wilt
mantle annexed to the town in order
TO escape the effects of any effort in
tile future to give towns the power
to tax the water works of cities for
their full value. Bills calling for
the rep al of the general railroad law ;
bill authorizing any three persons TO
construct and operate intertown tele.
phone systems Mr. Morrison of En-
field offered bill providing that be-
tween November l and March ] there
shall be no golf balls lost, strayed or
stolen in the state, and that the pro-
visions of this act shall not apply to
the Nonotuck Golf club. The bill
was sent to the Judiciary committee.
The recount of the ballots cast in
the third senatorial district, compris-
ing a part of Hartford, makes Senator
Hogan secure, he having IL more
votes than his republican competitor,
Frank A. Hagerty. The count in
November gave Hogan only one more.
The senate yesterday concurred with
the house in passing the resolution
appointing Senator William P. Bailey
of Bethel state auditor. In execu-
tive session the senate confirmed the
nominations of Charles II.
Noble of New Milford to be bank
and of Christian
Schwartz of Norwalk to be a shell-fish
In the house resolutions were pass
ed in concurrence with the senate APP
pointing William A. Arnold judge and
James A. Shea deputy judge of the
police court of WilIimantic.
Kidney complaint kills more people