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Norwalk Senator Assails Creations of Office for Retiring Judge of Minor Court Judson Defends
 Measure and It Is Passed
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 Hartford, May 18.-The Senate was ,the only branch of the General As lsembly in session, today, the House having adjourned until next Tuesday Eout of respect to the late ex-Governor Chamberlain of Meriden.
 | When the favorable report of the ! committee on Judiciary concerning the appointment of John Coates, of New Britain, judge of the Hartford county common pleas court to be a state referee on his retirement from the bench in 1912, came up for de- cision in the Senate, Senator Dono- van, of South Norwalk, vigorously at not on personal grounds He stated that 1t never was the intent of the General Assembly that the judges of any of the state courts but the su- perior and supreme courts should be referees. He further stated that if the General Assembly was willing to appoint state referees from retired common pleas courts the Assem- bly, might just as we'll go further and ap- point them from the justice of the peace courts.
 'Is there any limit to the demands of the legal profession to be cared for by the state,' declared Senator Donovan. He claimed that no de- mand by judicial officials or by a member of the legal fraternity for an increase in salary had been re- fused by this session of the General Assembly.
 Chairman Stiles Judson, of the judiciary committee replied that it was not an innovation as he could not recall that a judge of any com mon pleas court had ever served un- til 70 years of age in this state.
 Judge Coates will be 70 years old at retirement Judson further said that it would be very graceful if the state accorded this honor to Judge Coates after he had spent the best years of his life in its service.
 Senator Donovan replied that, dur ing the past 10 years, the state had and Donovan wanted to know if there was going to be no end to fayoritism to the legal fraternity.
 Senator Spellacy favored Coates be- cause. said Spellacy, the jurist had spent his life in the state service
 Senator Donovan replied that it was ethical for the members of the legal profession, referring to the previous speakers, to uphold any claim put forth by member of the legal pro- fession.
 The bill to appoint Judge Coates a referee was passed with Senator Don- ovan's the only vote in the negative.
 The bill providing for the incorpora- tion of the Masonic Building Associa- tion of Stamford was killed in the Senate. today The incorporators could incorporate under the general law, said the reporting committee.
 Favorable reports were passed by the Senate. authorizing the city of Norwich to issue S160.00O floating debt bonds: authorizing the city of Nor wien to issue $320.O00 water bonds to run D years at 1-2 per cent; concern ing the inspection of cattle. providing that the commissioner of domestic an- finals can apply the tubercular test to animals on request of the owners and for which test the owners must pay: concerning the appointment and duties of school physicians, providing that where they find an infectious disease they must report it inmedi- ateiy to the parents of the diseased