The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-20
state legislative
news BUDGET
Governor Woodruff Busy
With Duties of
Office.
SENATOR CHASE WINS
Senator Barnum Puts an
End to Automobile
Park.

map of the shell fish grounds located
in New Haven harbor or its tributa-
ries, lying north of a line drawn from
Oyster river to South End. The map is
to be prepared by July 1. 1908 by a
commission consisting of the Shell Fish
commissioners, the selectmen of the
town of Orange and three persons to
be appointed by the Mayor of New
Haven. The expense will be paid by
1.-THE town of Orange and the city Of
New Haven according to the acreage
located in each, The bill provides
that all taxes collected by the Shell
Fish commissioners on the ground
lowered by the map shall be paid to
the treasurer Of the town or city in
which the grounds are located.
The bucket shop bill which is to be-
come effective July l. 1903 has received
the governors signature The public
acts passed at the present session Of
the General Assembly will take effect,
unless otherwise provided. September
1, 1907. The bill regulating the lock-
ing of ballot boxes and requiring the
keys to be returned to the town clerk
by the moderator within twenty-four
hours after the boxes ure locked has
| been signed by Governor Woodruff
| Nao.teot of sf
ished by fine of $780, Governor Wood
ruff has also signed the bill providing
for the support of State paupers. The
bill will become. operative October 1,
1907
The Veteran association in the Legis-
lature had an afternoon lunch We'd
Inesday, in the Capitol, which was at
tended by large number of old sol
Idiers. Speaker Tilson was the guest
Iof honor. Edward Grlswold of Gull
ford presided. Comptroller Bradstreet
who was president of the association
two years ago and Representative f.
A. Fuller of Suffield maze the principal
addresses. Mr.. Fuller spoke of the
value of army discipline upon all who
lserved in the war This discipline he
said had made them better citizens
and better men.
Comptroller Bradstreet sounded a
lbugle note In the remarks which he
made criticising the custom that pre-
walls in most towns of carrying old
soldiers In lumber box wagons on
Memorial day. He emphatically de-
clared that this custom should be abol-
lichn6 Tho tnuyp iofr
the pace to be followed he said by de-
Gliding last Memorial day that the vet
Grams should have the best hacks in
the town. He wanted the old soldiers
to be treated with the respect and
honor that their services deserve.
The bill providing for the appoint
Iment of woman factory inspector,
the selection to be made by COM
mission of three women who viii be
appointed by the governor, has gone
to Governor Woodruff for his sigma.
ture. Senator Chase of Waterbury rep.
resented the commission feature Of the
bill with great persistency and intelli-
genee, carrying 1t through in spite OF
the determined opposition that was
shown in the house at first. That body
in its original action rejected the COM
mission 1t was in the committee on the
bill that Senator Chase won a splendid
triumph. He showed the old Yale grit
in the work that was so successfully
te, minated this week by the passage OF
the bill. The woman commission idea
is the dominant one in the measure
The commission will take the appoint.
ment out of politics entirely and will
ensure the selection of an inspector am.
ply qualified for the duties that will
be required of her.
) The correspondence of Trumbull
which has been published in the New
York Sunday Herald for years, ha.
been preserved bv the state librarian
George S. GODDARD, and makes a mum.
: Der Of folios of Connecticut history
. These folios will be of marked interest
in the State library in coming years
The Librarian Mr. GODDARD, has done
! The state great service in making
Irumbull easy of access in the Stat,
library Readers who have not the file,
of the New York Herald at hand will
} easily find the Trumbull correspond
ence in the capitol.
> Senator Barnum won one of the bes
victories Of the session this morning il
securing the defeat of the automobile
parkway through the State. This meas
ure was reported against by the com
: lmittee on interpretations, of which Sen
ator Barnum is the chairman, on &C
count of the vast franchise that wa
placed in the hands of the incorpora
tors. The senator held to the grount
that no corporation should be give1
!, eminent domain indescriminately, a
the bill in question bestowed it, anC
, was backed by the senate in that posi-
f ton. The reports of the incorporation
, committee have been uniformly accept
, ed during the session.
: The committee on education has vot
| ed to recommend the continuance 0
l the committee with authority to inves
stigate the school system of Connection
: and report findings to the next Gen
: eral Assembly. Senator Luther /
- chairman of the committee on educa
= ton and will naturally be the leadin,
= spirit in the investigation that will b
l authorized by favorable action on tn
= report.