The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-02
 PREPARED FOR
 LAST 3 DAYS Desks of Clerks in Both Branches
 Piled High House Passes NOTWaIk COnSOI- idatiOn BiII Subject to
 Referendum

Hartford. June 2.-The legislature
 entered upon the last three days of it's
 1913 session and scores of members
 came prepared to stay until adjourn
 ment on Wednesday, which is expect
 ed to be midnight.
 The clerks desks in each branch
 were piled high with bundles of bills.
 Members were complaining that bills
 which they were interested in were
 not yet printed, while others were
 holding conferences to straighten out
 disagreements.
 A new bill on deer provided that
 the close season should be from Nov. 2S to December 1. inclusive.
 The word close should be open. This
 bill provides that during the open sea-
 son no deer shall be killed except by,
 use of a shotgun and no person shall
 kill more than one buck deer in the
 season. Deer hunting will require a special license, costing $225 The
 penalty for killing doe or any deer out
 or season is fine of not more than
 $1oO or 50 days Imprisonment or both
 In the House, today, the bill con
 solidating the cities Of Norwalk and South Niorwalk was adopted with three
 amendments which were offered by members, one of these carrying a ref
 erendum. The first amendment was
 offered by MT. Matthias of Norwallz, and referred to water rights the amendment being favorable to the tcit- ies and to the water interests. This amendment was adopted although op- posed by MT. Hodges of New Canaan. The referendum amendment was of fered by MT. King of Fairfield, and af- ter a debate it was adopted 63 to S3. The third amendment provided that all officers now in office shall remain un- til their successors are elected. This was adopted and the bill as amend ed passed
 .s The -mei1rbers Of the House were flooded with telegra1ns from telegraph operators throughout the state in fa- vor of the bill which compels two days rest in 15 for operators. The bill passed the Senate, last week, and is pending in the House. The House at once took up it's calendar matterss' hundred awaiting action. To the bill authorizing Bridgeport to issue bridge bonds, MT. Wilson offered two amendments, one striking out the name of Clifford B. Wilson and the other submitting the bill to a refer endun1. The bill as amended was passed.
 When the New Haven harbor line bill was taken up MT. Pardee offered an amendment excepting from the pro- visions 21 acres of flats which under the bill would go, 1t is claimed, to was rejected and the bill was passed. There was debate upon the bill linn iting labor to eight hours in all hu- mane institutions MT. Evarts offer ed amendment exempting the tu- bercuIosis sanatoria but the amend ment was defeated and the bill ta- bled.
 MT. Wilson favored the proposed l constitutional amendment which pro- | vides that no member of the General 1 Assembly shall be eligible to office un- ! der the statutes of the State. He said | he did not want to find any particular i fault with the present system but thought the amendment offered a bet ter way MT. KoppleInan favored the | and MT. Haines, of Old that every judgeship which has been heard before the judiciary committee | had been received upon it's merits. Af-I ter further debate the resolution was indefinitely postponed.
 The bill on hours of labor was taken off the table ana MT. Evarts explained that the cost to the State under it would be $5O,oO0 and he moved that the whole matter be indefinitely postpon- ed. pending were taken Up as the first Senate business. The bill changing the method of state aid for hospitals was referred in concurrence. On the bill to provide $1,000 for the New Britain and Middletown barge com m 1SS1On,a senator -JOhnSOn, or dOnL- vile, asked why special commission was to be raised instead. of having the present river, harbor and bridge com make the inquiry as to its feasibility. Senator Purcell said that it was thought a special commission would give more time to the work. The bill was adopted.
 On the trunk highways board bill the Senate insisted in it's action in adopting it. Senator F. A. Johnson was named as a committee to meet the House commission.
 The general appropriation bill, car rying $327, LOCO for state aid to hospitals was adopted but the House amend mentst increasing the amounts for Griffin hospital at Derby and the Nor walk hospital were rejected and the Stamford hospital increase accepted The bill was sent to the, House on dis agreeing action. A resolution was of fered to recall from the House the bill which provides for supervision by the public service commission of mergers and leases made by the public service corporations. It bore no endorsement and was not received. On Friday when Senator Frohlich tried to get this Dill recalled Senators Perry and Weed declared that the lobby had sat up all night working energetically to get this matter back into the Senate.