The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-11
HOUSEMAID RIDER
Tackled ON TO
LABOR BILL
lie This Amendment Should
Become Law People En-
ploying Servants Must
Give Them One Day a
Week Off, With Only 10
Hours Work a Day-Oth-
er Business Done By
House.
Especial from United Press.)

Especial from, OnlCeQ PreSS.)
Hartford, May 11.-Considerab1e of a
sensation was created at the capito
to-day when it was learned that a
housemaid amendment to the labor
bill. which was introduced at the in
stisation of the Consumers League of
Connecticut, is to be offered at the
hearing before the committee on labor
tomorrow.
The amendment to this bill is to the
effect that housemaids shall not work
more than 10 hours a day and not
more than 60 hours a week. The bill
as it now stands before the committee
covers the cases OF all women an6
minors who are employed in any mer-
camille establishment and specifically
mentions 1aundries, hotels, confection-
cry stores and it is said only excluded
the housemaids. The amendment, if il
becomes a law. ACCORDING to informa-
ton given out to-day, would compel
people employing servants in their
homes to give them one day week
off and to work them not more than 10
hours in any one day.
Because Of the sweeping scope OF
this bill. it is expected that the hear
ing tomorrow before the committee
on labor will be one of the largest OF
the session.
The House of Representatives to-day
fixed Thursday. May 9th, as the day
for the Joint convention of the House
and Senate to hear .euiogies on the late
providing for this had passed the
House Representatives Burnes OF
Greenwich and Tingier Of Rockville
were appointed g. committee to inform
the Senate of the action Of the House
and later reported back that this date
was agreeable to the Senate.
The House received a large number
Of reports. favorable and unfavorab1e
this morning.
Among the favorable reports were
one on a bill extending the establish
n1ent OF trade schools and another pro-
viding for q permanent closed season
on Hungarian partridge. Many meas
ures were unfavorabIy reported
among them being bill which would
repeal the state police law, another to
make election day q legal holiday, an
other providing for a reorganization
Of the House on the basis of one repre-
sentative to g. town and one to each
Senatorial district.
After a short debate the act provid-
Ing that all eggs sold in Connecticut
should be labeled "Cold Storage or
which had been. favorabIy reported,
was rejected by the House.
Among the matters favorab1y acted
upon were the following: A resolu-
ton providing that the directors Of the
public library at Bridgeport may ap-
peal to the Superior court when in diff
Rcufty over the taking of land: an act
transferring from the comptroller to
the state tax commissioner the, exam
nation into the collection of local tax
es; a. resolution providing for the ac-
ceptance by the state of bronze rep
lica of the Andersonvil1e memorial
from Col. Frank w. Cheney Of Man
chester; an act providing that vote
on the question OF license or. no IL
cense shall be taken at any regular
election upon a petition Of ten per
cent. of the registered voters; a pen
sion of So a month to Mrs Abigail
Lovejoy Of Bridgeport.
The usual resolution providing for
$4,000 of Insurance on the state capt.
tol building which was favorab1y re-
ported by the committee on insurance,
was rejected by the House.
Two matters which will LATER come
in for considerable discussion were ia
ken up but later placed at the foot of
the calendar. One is an act requir-
ing all teachers to have a state GER
tiflcate on the first of September 1910
and the other wipes out what is known
as the hve-signer law which was pass
ed by the last General Assembly.