The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-09
BILL FOR HIGH SCHOOL BONDS
 INTRODUCED
No Sum Named in Draft, But
 $25O,OOO Is Wanted.
Representative Pease Offers Bill Authorizing Fairfield County to Issue Refund ing Bonds to Amount of S144,OOO.
(By Our Special Staff Cores. :,

lug bOIlQS to AI1lOUuL OI
 $144, ,O0O.
 (By Our Special Staff Corres.l Hartford. Feb. 9.-A matter of con- si 1erable importance to Bridgeport was in .roduced in the Senate. this morning, when Senator Arnold. by request. pre- SC nted a resolution from the building committee of the board of Education
 ot that city. providing for a bond issue fcf the purpose of new high school blGilding. The names signed to the D. tition were: w. M. MarigoId, presi- de nt; E. F. Hallen, secretary; E H.
 H.ivens. R. H. Murphy and T. H. Mac
 dc nald, all of the board of Education Tsie petition was referred to the fin-
 al ce committee. of which Senator Ar
 nt Id is chairman. The petition does nc cali for a fixed sum- but it is un-
 de rstood that the board of education
 de sires to issue bonds to the amount
 of $250OOO.
 Senator Manwaring of Bridgeport in
 tr oduced an amendment to the charter of that city which provides that all
 c1.y advertising, notices, bills against
 the city, approved by the finance com
 m ttee. statements. etc.. shall be ad-
 vertised twice in each daily paper of
 the city. having a circulation of 1,5O0
 copies or more. This has been the law
 in the city of Bridgeport, but a pro-
 position to change it has been made
 ard to reduce the number of inserti ons
 to once The intention of the charter amendment is to continue the practice
 new in vogue and for a number of
 years past.
 Senator Manwaring also introduced
 by request resolution extending the time for the organization of the Strat- ford Point land Cn fill T111u and Senator Holzer by request, a simi- lar resolution. extending the time for
 organization of the Fairfield County
 Trust Co., till July 1. 1911. Both have charters but have not organized under them.
 Rep. Pease of Fairfield introduced in tn. House a resolution providing for a
 bond issue by the Commissioners of Fairfield County, to the amount of $1t4,O
 These bonds are to be used to refund the take up $S5,000 outstanding 5 per cent. notes, against the county; $40,0 ,090 per cent. notes. against the county in various banks. and $25,000 in bonds. which mature in 1913, and which carry interest at higher rate than the com missloners think necessary. It is ex- pc ;ted that the issue of the bonds will ect a considerable saving to the co Inty.
 ltep. Bartlett of Bridgeport, pre- sel.ted resolution authorizing the ad- ministratCs of the estate of the late Rev. George CZaba former pastor of St. Stephens Hungarian Catholic estate and divide the proceeds among the heirs. He also presented petition from the Uniformed Rank Knights of Pythias. asking for the use of the sta e camp ground at Mantle for the pur- pose of holding it's annual encamp- ment.
 A sweeping bill affecting automobil- ists was presented in the House to-day making many changes in the present automobile law, providing for the li- censing of chauffeurs, that no one un- der IS years shall be licenses, provid- ing a speed limit of 25 miles an hour, as a maximum, and a maxunum speed of l2 miles an hour in any city or bor- OUsSh and any excess of these limits shall be pri.na facie evidence of care lesIness in case of any accident. Heavy pe1 alties are provided for violations of the law.
 The last week in which new business may be introduced in the Legislature wa ushered in this morning by per- | fec! flood of business in both House | anc Senate. Especially in the House | members took advantage of the first | of their last three chances, and more | thaa 800 resolutions came in. Among | the more important were several mes sages from the fire prevention associa- tiolI These provide for a State fire | ma -shal, cause insurance agents to furAish information regarding local | fire narshals. regulating the placing | of gas shut-offs provide for the aisles in ;aalls and theatres to be always kept | opened, regulate the storage and sale of fireworks and provide for fire es- caoes on tenement houses and similar buildings.
 Several railroad measures were in- troduced, three of which regulate the number of men who shall compose train crews. One of these is sweep ing and drastic and provides that street railways shall remove snow from the streets on which they operate. and another prohibits the use of salt and other decomposing substances, and there are the usual charter amendment bills of the Consolidated Railway Com pany and the Connecticut Railway & Company.
 Other measures of importance are as follows: providing for a state verter- mary stable, for the location of schools in such places that transportation to them will be easy; protecting water supply; providing that no child under IA may be employed in a manufa ctur- ing establishment and not under 16 un- ess the child can read and write; pro- viding that no child under Is shall be employed under any conditions; estab- ishing free trade schools; providing hat all sessions of the Supreme Court shall be held at Hartford; providing 'or the closing of billiard and pool 'ooms at rnidnieht; one bill raising the salaries of states attorneys and an- other cutting them down; substitut- ng the rifle for the shotgun as a weap- ,n by which deer may be shot; caus- ng gas and electric companies to pay 1nnnCitS of l CTS.