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 Especial Correspondence
 Hartford. May Both branches pf fhe general assembly Improved their time todag by turning off a lot ef work on routine matters on their calendar. but neither handled anything of prime faeorlaHee In fine senate Ihe order of the daY Bas the New HateH bond issne of s7a.a1a for contagious di-- ease hospital. ta which Senator Mitchell Of fhat elte aaared an amendment pro vldine for a referendum This Was finally defeated Icy roll call y4te Of r to 12. tHe latter mainly 9emeefaiS aud tie bond issue passed This has been on tine senate nble Tor weeks and has become gitut matter through the death of New Haven nurse for the mek If such T hospital
 The -euate passed bii providing for inc employment by mercantile or manufacturing concerns of uo children under sixteen unless tAey possessed certificate fhat they were over f"ur teen aud able To read, write and cipher
 VIII Not Approve sa1e.
 The baHze passed ! measure which imposes the cost of aIl spfihls'iag ma- tefial4 except water ou the street mil wuy companies in cities This covers o.i spfluklms b9 trolley .prfakier-. An other bilt pissed provides for lhe build ing by the Town. at the expeuze of the property owners, of sidewalks iu stretches between otber sidewalks where The owner has hern lax This applies only to those towns which have started system of sidewalks by spc cial tax.
 Before its session this morning the Republican members of the senate held q caucus at which they considered the appointments of Governor Baldwin with view 10 their action when these come up in executive session. Is they soon will It was decided not to ap- prove the appointment of John l.. SaXe of Waterbury to be factory inspector in place Of George l.. Mclean of FL liuefon. partly because this office k likely to be abolished and is duties combined with those of the commis siOner of labor statistics md pnrtly because Mir Sake k sixty i've years of age and has had no experience in this sort of thing The appointment of Fred r Holt of Hartford to he building and loan commissioner will be approved, though il is quite possi. ble this office will he abolished
 Big Matters Hang Fire.
 With the larger matters which are to come before the Connecticut gen eral assembly all hanging fire the lat fer days of last week showed little in the way of legislative accomplishment of sufficient moment to chronicle The special commission on the I ties and expenses of the different state depart ments and commissions gnt down tu work on Wednesday. and there werc referred to it several measures con cerning combinations of the huildinp and loan commissioner with the bank commission. the commissioner on do mesiie animals with the dairy and food commissioner and the factory In spector with the commissioner of la Dor statistics and other combinations and additions Until this commission reports on these matters nppropria tions for the various departments and commissions concerned will be held up.
 The senate took up the bin for an act to regulate flying machines, which originates from the recommendation in the inaugural message of Governor Baldwin that such law be placed on the Connecticut statute book. but after some discussion of the favorable re port of the judiciary committee. which was led by Senator Mahan. tabled the matter nj the foot of its calendar and will dispose of if later on. There is some seuti4ent on the Republican side of The senate that such legislation is rather premature. but the majority of the members of both houses is expect cd to go to Bridgeport during the week to witness the flying there, and there may be different feelings regarding this subject when another week comes around
 shad Bill Passes Senate.
 There was uo such time over the shad bin in The senate as was the ease in the house. and lhe upper branch of fhe pN4Vral leS uhly passed the meas u9e as Il aaiHe from the committee on f h aud game with little ado. The bIi. which now goes to tbe governor. provides that the tributaries of the Connecticut river below the railroad bridge between MiddletoWn and Port land shall be closed to shad fishing in- definitely The down river fishermen tried to have included all of the tribu- taries of the river. but the up river fishermen were successful in getting this amendment killed in the house. and t didn't come up la the senate. The principal tributaries affected are Hamburg cove and Salmon river.
 The amendment 10 the act limiting the amount Of loans which may be made by state banks or trust compa- nies to one person so that the penalty for dedication shall fall on the de faulter and not on the directors of the Institution. as Is the situation under the present law, occupied some little of the senates time on Wednesday, and the fact that the penalty imposed was only S10o made it seem to the Republican side of the senate that Senator Spellaey's contention that the measure should be recommitted was correct. but the bill was finally tabled Gor amendment later.