The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-03
HOUSE IN ACCORD
WITH SENATE ON
new LONDON ACT
Indefinitely Defers Ac-
ton on M'NeiI Re-
peal Bill
Revised Count in County Com
misSiOneTS Bill Shows Mar
gin of One Vote


Hartford, April BIN the House to-
day the bill repeating the New Lon
don million dollar appropriation was
indefinitely postponed on motion of
Mr.. Tanner, of New London, in con-
currance with the Senate.
Mr.. Thoms, of Waterbury, called at
tention to the fact that the records
of the votes on the county commission
erships, yesterday, was wrong and
that it appeared as 119 votes in favor
of the Magee amendment and 108
against. He said the list of names
showed the vote was 12O to 118
Speaker Webster said the vote would
be corrected.
A little later Mr. Lockwood called
attention to the fact that Mr.. Rungee,
of Greenwich, was given voting
.taye' and may on the amendment,
and his vote was may This change
was made and the vote then stood 119
for to 11s against, which did not alter
the result.
The resolution appropriating $4,000
for automobile for Highway Com
missioner Bennett was acceI ted in
concurrence.
The labor committee reported favor
ably a bill to limit the hours Of phar-
macists and assistant pharmacists to
10 hours per day. and the committee
on Public Health and Safety reported
unfavorabIy on a bill to make towns
liable for all damage done by dogs to
crops and property.
A favorable report was made on the
bill to allow Groton to manufacture
and sell gas and electricity. From
the calendar were adopted the follow
ing measures: An act providing for a
municipal ice plant at South Nor
walk.
Mr.. Stoddard, of woodbridge, OBJ
jected to the bill allowing health Of
+E11 in IF sT1
lands and mosquito breeding places
on the ground that it would compel
the shore towns to fill in salt mead
ows The bill was rejected in spite
of the fact that it was favorably re-
ported.
oughs reported unfavorably upon the
bill providing that a city, town or
borough may establish houses or
sheds for the distribution and sale OF
coal, wood and ice, provided that vot-
ers of said places should so order at
ported in favor of a bill authorizing
boroughs to sprinkle streets.
IN THE SENATE
In the Senate, a large number of
reports which the House
had rejected were rejected in concur
renee. When the resolution to pay
W. H. Taylor 1925 for compiling the
manual and roll came up from the
House the resolution was tabled Sem
ator McDonough stated that the high
way department was paying $lO0
week for automobile hire when a
resolution was reported providing $3,-
900 for a new machine for Highway
Commissioner Bennett. The machine
of Commissioner Macdonald was burn |
ed in a wreck, last year. Senator NC
Neil said the new commissioner |
thought he could get a new machine !
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$4,000. The resolution was passed in |
and sent to the engross-
ing clerk.
The roads, rivers and bridges COM
mittee recommended the adoption of
the governors recommendation that
the state take advantage of the fed
era1 law concerning action in build I
ing post roads. The recommendation
was sent to the appropriations COM
mittee in order that money may be
provided to make it effective. The
federal relations committee reported
favorab1y memorial requesting
Congress to pass a constitutional
providing for direct vote
in electing the President and Vice
President.
The education bill carrying nearly
two million dollars, which was tabled,
yesterday, because of the criticism of
the state board of education in rails
ing the salary of Secretary Hines from
S 5000 to $4,000, was again called up
when Mr.. Johnson, of Hartford, offer
ed an amendment which in effect
would take away from the state board
the right to fix salaries of the secre-
tary or any employees of the state
board. The amendment was ordered
printed after Senator Cheney had an
nounced he would oppose any amend
ment which took away the discre-
powers now exercised by the
commissioners of education. The bill
was made the order of the day, for
Tuesday.
BARRIERS, BOARD REMAINS
The state BARRIERS commission still
lives The Senate, by a vote of 16
to T. this afternoon, rejected the bill
favorably reported which would place
the supervision of barberships and the
licensing of BARRIERS with the state
board of health. The debate on the
bill was an -oratorica1 battle between
Senator Mccarthy against the bill and
Senator McDonough for it. A good
deal of wit and humor was interjected
into the debate but when the vote was
taken 1t was seen that the commits
sion was master of the sitution. This
IS the third attempt to 1egislate the
BARRIERS commission out of existence.
The first real fish story of the sea-
son is related by Nicholas Toussaint
with w. F. Thompson as a witness,
who aver that a large eel imprisoned
in sprinkling cart of the Burns Com
pany secured its freedom at Lexing-
ton avenue and Oak street, yesterday,
and was finally captured by Mr.. Tous-
saint. AS the story originated in the
afternoon it is receiving much cred