Putnam patriot., 1909-06-04

aI4 I4et him sleep entIl, through the afr I the Angel of the Resurrection is heard. 1 Peace to his ashes honor to his memo | v and resi- b his soui.
 Ealogies were delivered by Represen- taGiTe Knight Of Salisbury, Senator Lu- I thef, Speaker Banks, Representative i Higgins of Winehester, Representative 1 Malone Of Bristol and Representative | Bartlett Of Bridgeport. e The Convention then dissolved, and l no further business was done except to l adjourn both Houses 10 Tuesday this week.
 TRADES SCHOOLS.
 Senator Luther explained the substi- tnte House bill concerning the estab. lishment of trade schools. American industries, he said, are suffering from the Jack of such schools. The skilled men found inthe shops are the old men or men not born in this country Ger. many ls outstrippiug as ia consequence of its trade schools. The things made in this country are mol made as they should be. For the Rfeat bulk of our youth there is very little chance for them 10 learn what they should in Con. neeiieut. This bill he said. provides fof 4 very humble ex pertinent. IL k I beginning in teaching boys how to bee come useful citizens.
 The bill was passed in concurrence without an adverse vote.
 The following k the full text Section |. Chapter 250 of the public nets of iDO7 K hereby amended To read as follows: The State Hoard of Educa- | ton is hereby authorized and directed l to establish in each of the two towns In | the State which may seem to said Board l best adapted for the purpose, free public day and evening school, for in- l straction h the arts and practices of | trades, and said Board may make reg | ulations covering the admittance ot | scholars, but no person shall be admit | ted to schools established under the provisions of this act under fourteen years of age. provided, however, that, during vacations, said Hoard may ad- | mil children under fourteen years of
 age.
 See. :. The State Board of Education shall expend the funds provided for the support of trade schools, appoint and
 remove their teachers, make rules for their management, and shall file seni- l annually with the Comptroller, to be | audited by him, a statement ot eNpen- | ses on account oi such schools, and l shall annually make to the Governor l n report of the condition ot such schools | and the duings of snid Board in con l nection herewith. Said Board may enter into arrangements with manu- l faeturing and mechanical establish l menls, in which the pupils of said trade schools may have opportunity l to obtain half.time practice, and may | also enter Into, and make arrange ments with. schools already establish. | ed for instruction in trades approved by said Board under the provisions of l this act,
 l Sec. :. When such schools are estab- l lished under the provisions oi this act, | the State iiuafd oi Education may con struct buildings, ar hire, emporarily, rooms in which such schools shall he l housed, and said Board shall be autho-
 rixed 10 spend not more than my | thousand dollaiS. annually for the puf- l pose of erecting buildings and main. tanning such schools.
 | See |. Any town in which trade , school tx established under the proNi-
 sions of tht, act may contribute any sum properly voted therefor to the en- | lafgenenl of such school, aud for the improvement of it's efficiency. | BOUNTY eoR sHApe fRRtls.
 The Senate accepted tho amended | bil passed hy ihe House, providing
 bounty for planting shade trees, and passed Il as follows
 l Section 1. Every person planting, protecting, and eultisating elm, maple, l tulip, ash, hasswood oak, black .wai-
 nut, hickory. birch, beech, spruce, pine apple, pear, or cherry trees, not more than sixty. nor less than forty feet | apart, along any public highway, shall
 be entitled to receive an annual bounty from the State of 25 cents for each tree 1; but such bounty shall not he paid for
 more than five years, nor any longer than such trees are maintained.
 Sec. '. Trees planted under the pro- | visions of this act shall he not less than
 one and one-haif inches in diameter,
 measured two feet from the ground.
 Sec. !. Alt persons planting trees
 under the provisions of this act shall,
 having first obtained from the select | men of the town in which he desires 10 plant trees, as herein provided, permi~- 1 sion as to the location of such trees, Iile
 with the Secretary of the State true i statement of the number of trees so planted, the variety of the same, hcge- ihet with the name oI the town in | which such tfccs are located, and the name of the mad or street upon which they are planted, time Of planting.
 which statement shall he duly attested I by the tree warden in such town. l Sec. |. Section sSsa of the general statutes Is hereby repealed.
 Sec. |. This act shall take effect upon
 its passage.
 Tuesday the Legislature held short session of nall an hour, and voted down
 motion to hold sessions on Friday. An appropriation of s.ss6,ts0 made for
 a statue 10 General S-dgwick. The hearing before the special joint committee on the utilities hill was well
 attended and brought together lsrse com pany of friends and onpsancnt~ of