The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-24
 BILL PASSES
 HOUSE TODAY
AN ATTEMPT TO DEFEAT TT BY INDEFINITE POSTPONE -4
 MEN FAILS.

l INDEFINITE POSTPONE
 MEN FAILS.
 Manwaring's Amendment
 State to Construct Trolley Tracks on
 New Bridge and Lease Them to
 Any Trolley Company Requiring | Their Use.
 Especial to Farmer.) f-+ l Hartford, June 24.-Both houses of
 the General Assembly sweltered
 through a couple of hours session | today, and each attempted to relieve
 the heat by passing resolutions pro- 1 viding for electric fans. The House finally passed the automobile bill as it
 was amended last week but it took three-quarters of an hours discussion
 on parliamentary points to accomplish
 this. Chairman Leet of the committee on roads, bridges and rivers, took the | bill from the table and urged the | House to pass it in amended form. | Malone of Bristol opposed this with some vigor and more indefinite post ponement. He intimated that the au- | tomobile people had not been heard by l the committee and Leet sprang up and contradicted this, saying that every courtesy had been given to manufac- piles. Malone then said that the bill was weak in not taking effect until 1911 but this was shown to be wrong and after some debate Malone's mo- | tion was lost. D'Esopo of Hartford, stated that the amended bill was in the file for the first time today and moved that it be made the order of the day for next Tuesday. This mo- tion was lost. Tomlinson of Danbury, then moved that the amended bill be reconlmitted to the committee. After a considerable debate and the ordering of the previous question the bill was passed at last. Mayor Dunn of Wi11i- mantle who moved the previous ques- tion on the motion for the passage of the bill, withdrew this so that the House could pass an amendment draft ed by Parker of Hartford, providing that the new schedule and registration fees should not go into effect until December 3rd except as to renewals. Then Dunn's motion was renewed, the previous question was ordered and the House passed the bill with sigh of re- lief. s.
 A considerable number of measures were re-comnitted to committees. some of them after reconsideration by the House.. Among these were the bill providing for the taxation of the mu- nicipal water supplies at their actual valuation; prohibiting women 1oitering
 
 for teachers.
 The Greenwich bond issue bill was reconsidered and the date when 1t shall go into effect changed from July 1st to August 1st.
 Among the favorable reports were the following:
 State aid for Connecticut river fer ries; sale of liquor only in the town where the dealer has a license. ~
 After considerable debate on the reconsideration of the bill providing that rabbits may be caught only by the use of ferrets, which passed the sider was finally tabled. The discus sion of this matter brought out an rem phatic protest from Representative Loss of New Haven over the way in which the House changes its mind from day to day-passing a matter one day and reconsidering it the next.
 Among the measures which passed the House were an appropriation of $5,- propriation of S5,O00 for St. Joseph's Hospital at Willimantic; an amend ment concerning the layout of high ways; the appropriation for the execu- tive department; the bill which will require any moving picture machine l using a. film over ten inches in length l to be constructed of fireproof material, | and under which the operators of such l machines much be licensed.
 IN THE SENATE.
 The Senate spent considerable time on the proposed bridge across the Con- necticut River between Old Lyme and | Old Saybrook. Senator Blakeslee made | an unfavorable report on this matter on behalf of the committee on Alp propriations and this report was ac- cepted, but the bill was not rejected. l Senator B4akeslee himself stated that he did not think the States inability i to find the half million dollars requir- ed ought to block this project which | he has been favoring all along.
 Senator Alsop introduced a substi- tute bill authorizing the building of the bridge and providing for a bond issue os a half million dollars to if nance the project. His bill makes this a foot bridge for twenty years and requires any trolley company which may use the bridge to pay a tax to the State Senator Blakeslee spoke in favor of the substitute.
 Senator Manwaring of Bridgeport in- quired if it would not b a good plan for the State to construct trolley tracks on the bridge and lease them to any trolley company which wanted to use them. The bill was tabled temporar- fly for Senator Manwaring to prepare did so and the amendment was pass ed and also the substitute bill.
 In the course of the rejection of number of resolutions naming differ necticut Agricultural College, there was one naming George F. Palmer of New London for reelection. His place has been filled and the Senate rejected this resolution with the oth- CTS. l
 There was a favorable report on a measure which will permit soldier or sailor to collect double damages if he is discriminated against because ne wears tn euniform Among the meas ures which passed the Senate were: S15,00O for the purchase of the State armo~y at DanieIson. and the resolution under which the city of Norwich may appropriate S2, 900 to help defray the expenses of entertaining President Taft on the occa sion of the 250th anniversary celebration July 9th.
 BIG LINER AGROUND