The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-06
PUBLIC ACTS WHICH
 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY
Digest of Some of the Important Public Mea- sureS Which Met the Favor of the
 Legislators

Below will be found a digest of =ume Of the public acts that were pass ed by the late General Assembly. The Farmer will print a like digest of additional acts in tomorrow's issue:
 Lodging Houses.
 Chapter 29-That buildings used as lodging or boarding houses shall be kept in good repair; that no horse. COW. swine, poultry. sheep or goats shall be kept in them; shall be used vaults and water closets; making tt the duty of the local board of health to enforce the law. The amendment brings lodging and boarding houses under the tenement house law of 1911.
 Fire Escapes on Schools.
 Chapter 40. Section livery build ing used as a schoolhouse, which is two or more stories In height ana III which the greatest elevation used or occupied by pupils is ten feet or more above the adjoining ground at any ac- cessib1e door, window or other suit able place of exit, shall be provided viii, ;s- least one adequate fire escape, of iron or other incom buStible mater ial, securely erected on the outside or said building. for each two hundred and fifty pupils fractional part thereof; and such fire escapes shall, at all times, be kept free from obstruc- tions, shall be so designed as to pre- vent persons from being pushed off or falling from same, shall be con .venientIy accessible to and from each floor of ten or more feet above the adjoining ground of said building, shall be of sufficient width and strength at all parts so that the same may be crowded from top to bottom with adult persons descend ding two abreast, and~the exits of each floor to same shall consist of doorways whose base shall be level both with the floor of said building and the landing Of the fire escape to which it leads Said doorways shall not be less than three feet wide nor seven feet high.
 and the state board of education shall have power to enforce this law. School buildings which have two or more ways of egress by stairways on the inside may be exempted from the provisions of the law.
 Any school building which Is not equipped with fire escapes in accord ance with the provisions of this act within sixty days after notice given as provided in section two shall be con- -demned by the official giving such no tlce. and shall not thereafter be used [ for school purposes until the provfs- ions of this act have been compiled with. In case any such building is used for school purposes after being so condemned the officials in charge of such building shall be subject to the penalty provided in section 2,683 of I which such building Is so used shall ] forfeit the state enumeration grant during the time such building Is so used
 Night Walkers.
 Chapter 3o-Sec., 1.-AI common night-waIkers. all common prostitutes, all lewd, wanton and lascivious per sons, in speech or behavior, all per sons, male or female. who by day or night frequent the streets, highways, or public places, or go abroad or about with the intent to entice, allure or in vtte any one to sexual intercourse, shall be fined not more than fifty dol lars. or committed to the workhouse { for not more than thirty days, or both, and for each subsequent offense shali be fined not more than one hundred dollars or be committed to the work house for not more than one hundred and twenty days, or both
 Sec g. Section 1919 of the general statutes is hereby repealed.
 Foreign Insurance Companies,
 Chapter 26-Sec- 1-Every tnsr1r- ance company or association fncorpo- rated by or organized under the laws or any foreign gOvernm ent, which shall have received license to tram sact business in this state, shall return annually, on or before the thirty-firsi day of January, under oath, to the in- eurance commissioner the gross amount Of premiums, less return nre-
 ntums including cancellations peid ir