The Press., 1905-06-07
Legislative Notes.

The senate on Wednesday passed the bill requiring the state to pay certain towns $25 for each child in average attendance at school, and de- feated the house amendments inereas- ing the limit of grand lists of towns which could profit by it from $5O0,- 900 to $600,00O, and providing for qualified teachers instead of those ap- pointed by the state board of educa- tion. The woman's suffrage bill was rejected in concurrence. The bills providing for the licensing of hunters and making it crime to fish in any pond without consent of all land own- CTS around it were rejected. The gen. eral railroad law was repealed in con- currence by a vote of 19 to II.
 The house passed a bill requiring every male person between the ages of 21 and 60. except as otherwise provided by law. to pay a tax of $2 for town and state taxes in lieu of a poll and communication tax.
 The senate and house both held short sessions on Thursday on account of a picnic given by Senator Paige at Lake Compounce. The senate passed bill providing for relocating of boundaries with Massachusetts and New York, appropriating $10,O 900 for the same. The house passed bill incorporating the Northern Power company, a corporation which pro- poses to utilize the waters of the Pennington river in Massachusetts and to generate and dispose of electri cal power in the counties of Litch- field, Hartford and Holland.
 On Friday the senate rejected the bill repeating the part of the charter of the Hartford Life Insurance com- pany allowing assessment business and the bill providing for distribu- tion of the safety fund. The state tax bill was rejected. The consti- tutional amendment allowing election of selectmen biennially was passed. The railroad committee reported fa- vorably on amendment of charter of Stafford Springs Street Railway con- pany, allowing line from Stafford vile to the state line at a point near road from Staffordville to Holland, and also line from Staffordville to the state line in the town of Union. The petition of the Willimantic Trac- tion company for extension of rights was rejected. A bill was passed pro- hibiting taking trout out of the state except for commercial hatcheries.
 The senate yesterday defeated the bill favoring the Main street site for the state armory site at Hartford by vote of 21 to 9. The following were passed: Veterinary registration bill; the constitutional amendement allowing the use of voting machines bill making it obligatory for towns to transport children in cases where schools have been closed. The last bill was rejected by the house. Sen- ator Baker was appointed committee of conference on the bill relating to state aid tospublic schools. The bill requiring assessors to give notice of increase of tax list was passed in con- currence.
 The house passed the tenement house bill, and defeated bill reducing tax on savings banks from 1 of 1 per cent. to 3-16 of 1 per cent.
 It is reported that the committee on judiciary will not report bill re- pealing the law relating to telephone companies, but will instead report a resolution granting a charter to new company, to have the same rights and privileges now enjoyed by the South ern New England Telephone company.