The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-26
WOODRUFF
 SIGNING BILLS Protection of Workmen En- ployed Now Permanently
 Assured. IMPROVED OYSTER LAW Committee on Humane h. stitution Visits Storr's
 School.
IMPROVED OYSTER LAW
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 Hartford, June 25.-Govorner Wood- ruff has signed the bill concerning the protection of workmen employed on buildings It contains rigid provisions which must be carried out by con tractors and ensures greater safety for workmen than has been guaranteed in legislation that has been on the stat ute book
 The governor has also signed the bill concerning concealed weapons. The bill provides that
 "Every person who shall carry con cealed upon his person any pistol, slung shot, sand bag, brass knuckles, or still etto, or any knife the blade of which exceeds four inches in length, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon or implement, unless in possession of a written permit issued and signed by the mayor or chief of police of the city, the warden of the borough, or the first selectman of the town, authorizing said person to carry such weapon or imple- ment within such city, borough, or town, as the case may be, wherein such person may be found, shall upon con- viction, be fined not more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not more than one year, or both; provided, however, that this sec tion shall not apply to any sheriff, dep uty sheriff, balliff, constable, police man, or any other duly appointed off, cer charged with the preservation of the public peace"
 The weapon will be forfeited to the municipality in which the offender Is apprehended.
 The bill relative to designation of shell grounds in which Senator Ho- man of New Haven was Interested has been signed by Governor Woodruff. It introduces new feature into she'll fish legislation, validation, the titles held by non-resldents. In full the act is as follows:
 "All designations heretofore made by the shell-fsh commissioners to any persons, including non-residents, of ground for the purpose of planting and cultivating shell-flsh and all trans fers of such ground to any person or corporation, including non-residents, are hereby validated and confirmed"
 The act relative to the taxation of shell fish grounds in the state jurisdic- tion, changing the time for marked re- turns to the shell fish commissioners has been signed by the governor. The | statements must be made on or before the first day of November, showing the condition of the grounds on the first day of October, preceding. The tax will be one half per cent on the au- 1 thorized valuation, which shall be pay able annually after the first Monday in May. Up to the present time Governor | Woodruff has signed 152 public and 327 l special acts. Members of the commit 1 tee on human institutions at invita- l tion of the trustees of the Connecticut 1 Agricultural college visited the insti- tuition Friday. There were twenty-five | in the party including the wife of Sem ator Potter and the wife and daughter of Representative Wheaton of Putnam. Dr. William L. Higgins of Coventry, l chairman of the committee on the part of the house shared in the outing. It was the first time that the Humane in- stitutions committee has visited the college.
 The committee on game and fisheries, Senator Briggs chairman, has decided on favorable report concerning the bill authorizing the arrest and holding of boats found at work on private oys- | ter grounds. The bill is to meet ne. 1 cessity brought about by the supreme court decision in the Greyhound case of month ago. The committee is unanimous in favor of the bill but some opposition has turned up, which Senator Stiles Judson will have to adjust. Senator Briggs was in consul l tation with Senator Judson this morn 1 ing in regard to the matter. Senator Chase of Waterbury took his 1 wife aud four daughters to Narragan- sett Pier Saturday, where they will re-
 main through the season. Senator Chase will spend the session days In Hartford. going to the Pier on satur- days.