Connecticut western news., 1907-03-07
LEGISLATIVE NOTES
THE Do,HGs AT THE CAPITAL

Some of the More Important Matters
 in Which our Readers are interested
 Committees are Kept Busy Consid-
 ering the Various Measures.
 The gu6icary Committee. reported favorable on bill aboiishing the state police department.
 The mostimportant measure before the committee on public health and safety was abstracted as being to prohibit any undertaken from injecting embalming fluid into the body of any person who has died from a violent, accidental or sudden death under suspicious circum- stances until the body has been examined by medical examiner. This did not seem an improper measure, but when President Brewer of the state board of health examined 1t, he found that it also provided that every undertaken in the state shall be an embalmer. The bill provides that any person who shall here after engage m the business of under taker or embalmer of human dead bodies or engage in the business of caring for and preparing human dead bodies for burial, transportation, or cremation, shall procure a regular license and that no licensed 'embalmer shall sign certif- icate attesting to the preparation or em- baIming of a body that has not been prepared by himself. President Brewer said that the bill was uncalled for and was wholly inthe interests of the board of examiners of embalmers and he hoped it would not become a law.
 The bin which would have towns pay the tuition'of pupils at out-of-town pa rochial schools was favored before the education committee by Representative Shea of Canterbury. No one appeared for bill which admits towns having between ten and twenty teachers to the provisions of the act by which towns may have school superintendent the state paying three-quarters of the ex- perse and the -town-the remaining one quarter. Another bill assigned for last week was to require 180 school days in a year and on this Representative Welch of Chaptin spoke the day before. Noone no one opposed the other two bills. :,
 "A bill presented by MT. Davis of Pom fret asked fora gate or lngmnn at every grade crossing in the state. Oommis- ioner Gates was present and stated that the commission had never turned down the request of any town for proper protection of a;grade crossing.
 The Judiciary committee granted hearing on bill providing that where a mortgngee has lhdld'possession of land for ffbeen years 'his'title shall eas oom- plete as through foreclosure; prohibiting the collection of bills against minors for goods shipped upon consignment with out the minors consent or order; an act describing the kind of burial which de ceased paupers are ito receive from se- lectmen-
 A bill has been passed which provides that the selectmen of any town may ap. point or employ such number of police officers as they may deem necessary to preserve the public peace within the 1imitc of cTch toun
 There Is a bill before the legislature providing for the appointment and out lining the duties of school physicians. One bill provides that the school board of every town and city shall appoint a physician to examine the pupils in its schools and other bills make the appoint ment permissive-
 Senator Donovan, in announcing his withdrawal of the bill relating to the vestibuing of street cars. said that the railroad commissioners had passed an order which made the bin unnecessary He added that generally sit is futile to approach the railroad commissIoners for anything against corporation"
 Hearings were given on bills provid- ing for the protection of grade crossings; prohibiting the lighting of railroad pas senger cars by oil; providing that snow or foe shall not be left at crossing in such manner as to impede the passage of sleighs; providing that trainmen shall not labor for more than twelve consecu- tive hours at time; prohibiting the rum ming of trains between stations with the locomotive reversed; prohibiting railroad telegraph or telephone operators to be on duty for more than eight consecutive hours at time.
 Much Improved, But Dead.
 (Hartford Courant.)
 William Skinner, of Seymour street, bo roturpo1 froyr, T.;fDbf3a11 xuhc~< I,r