Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-16
CONNECTICUT GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Senate Votes for Final Adjournment on August 3-Egg
 Bill Passed-House Session Today

of inheritance and successions; calen- dar
 Interpretations = Petition of the Rocky River Power company for charter amendment, calendar.
 Judiciary-Amending act concerning summary process, calendar.
 Finance-Extending the time for the examination of assessors, calen- dar
 RaiIroads-Concerning the number of men employed on freight trains; calendar
 Humane nstitutions-Reports of reformatory commission.
 Disaereeing Action.
 The matter of women voting on the license question was taken up. The house had voted to give women the right and the senate had voted ad- versely. On the motion of Mr. Burnes of Greenwich the house voted to adhere.
 UnfavorabIe Reports.
 Cities and Boroughs-Concerning gas shut offs, report accepted and bill rejected. concerning price of gas in certain towns and cities, bill rejected; concerning water rates to be charged against municipal corporations, bill rejected.
 Lite imprisonment.
 Mir. Fuller of Suffield called from the table bill concerning life im- prisOnment This had to do with the indeterminate sentence as applying to murder in the second degree, mak- ing the sentence imprisonment from twenty five years to life. Mir. Fuller said that prisoner for life lost all hope. Many of the life prisoners should not be placed in the criminal class. A large percentage went into the insane wards and were a burden on the state. MT. Fuller opposed the unfavorable report of the committee on the judiciary.
 MT. Burnes of Greenwich said that the bill was introduced two years ago and was continued to this general as- sembly. He argued that the commit tees position, that the penalty should not be abated, had been sustained hitherto His motion, made before the tabling, that the report be accept ed and the bill rejected, was carried.
 A Friday Session.
 Mir. Burnes of Greenwich went into statistics as to the calendar matters ready for action and said that unless there was a Friday session there would be little for the house to do next Tuesday. He moved that when the house adjourn it adjourn to 1030 a. m., Friday. The motion was car ried.
 Certificates of Teachers.
 Mir. Humphrey of Oxford called from the table a bill dealing with cer- tificates of teachers. A minor amend ment was laid in bv him and was adopted. Then the bill was carefully discussed. Mir. Magee of Watertown and MT. Leete objected to the bill Mir Brinsmade of Washington made a strong plea for the measure. The bill was lost by d vote of 47 10 85.
 Final Adjournment.
 From the senate came a resolution fixing the date of final adjournment as August 8, and MT. Burnes of Green wich advocated it, saying that it "only put off for a short time the decision to adjourn July 15."
 Mr Scott of Plymouth objected saying that the time to adjourn would be decided when the time was reached.
 Night Telephone Rates.
 Disagreeing action was reported in the matter of night telephone rates. The house had overturned the un- favorable report and the senate had accepted it. Mr. Chandler of Rocky Hill moved that the house insist and appoint a committee of conference. This was done, and MT. Johnson of NewtoWn and MT. Clark of Bridgeport were appointed.
 Adjourned to Friday at 1O.30.