Connecticut western news., 1907-07-25
CANAAN, CONN. THURSDAY JULY 25, 1907.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES
The Legislators Hope to Complete the
 Session by July 3Ist.

The Legislators Hope to Complete the
 Session by July 3Ist.
 The date for final adjournment is now unofficially set for July 31, the plan be- ing to clean up all business this week and adjourn over to the 31st.
 On Wednesday last the Senate voted to insist on the referendum for the bond bill A resolution for commission to investigate the banking situation in the state and report to the next Legislature was tabled. The substitute trades school bill was passed, and the Auto Parkway bill was made the order of the day for Thursday.
 The House passed bill making an eight-hour day for railway telegraph op- orators and rejecting the committed s report i'll favor of bill enacting nine hour law for all railway operatives. 1t passed bill making a fifty-eight-h hour week for minors and women, rejecting the Senate bill allowing longer hours for minors and women ill department stores. It rejected also the bill concern ing trials in civil actions on the ground that it would virtually nullify the trial by jury bill passed earlier in the session.
 On Thursday the House passed the bill permitting independent telephone com panies to incorporate under the general law permitting them to do business after securing finding of public neces- sity and convenience from judge of the superior court. A long debate followed oil a bill requiring the comp troller to hire two barbers and a boot black at legislative sessions. When it was killed, the question of session Fri day was debated and settled, when the the House, making the lack of quorum obvious, and so forcing adjournment.
 The Senate tabled the free bridges bill, rejected the high license bill passed by the House, finally rejecting the seven inch trout bill which has been in confer ence two months.
 The Senate did more business than the House Friday and was in session longer. It passed the bill for fifty eight hour week for women and child ren, but with an amendment that 1t should not conflict with the act relating to employment of minors of school age; 1t passed the eight-hour bill for railroad telegraphers in concurrence. It passed the telephone bill in concurrence, it passed bill for commission to inves- tigate banking conditions, it amended the dentistry act passed by the House, so as to provide for continuing in office the present commissioners for terms ranging for from one to five years; it rejected the bill under which the state police force was to be increased and the men chase autos on motor cycles.
 The House session was brief, but the calendar was well cleared up during the short period of business. The committe of conference on the bond bill, reported a basis of agreement upon that and the kindred bridge bill Representative Gum of Milford, however, desired more time for consideration and used ob- structive tactics which resulted in ad- journing the House as quorum was not present.
 The House Tuesday disposed of the free bridge and bond bills on the plan outlined last Friday with little debate, and the Senate concurred in the bond rejecting the referendum. An amend ment requiring the Consolidated Rall- way Company to expend at least 10 per cent. of the cost of construction of it's various extensions before January 1, 1909, under penalty of forfeiting its rights, was passed after sharp debate.
 The Senate, besides concurring in the bond issue matter, had quite debate over the banking resolution, anne nded by the House so as to let the governcr name the commission, and tabled the matter. It appropriated $300,000 for the Norwich Hospital for the Insane, and it took disagreeing action on several excise measures.