Putnam patriot., 1913-05-23
ABOLITION OF
 COUNCIL BOARD
LawIer's Bill Passes House Pro- yiding For Votes of Citizens
BURIAL FOR WAR VETERANS
Compensation Bill Made Order of Day in Assembly as Passed by Sen ste-Permit to Cities for tissue
 of Bonds.

Special Hartford Correspondence.
 Hartford. = Representative Joseph H. Lawler's bill providing for the abolition of the Hartford common council board and the transaction ot the city's business by a single board was passed by the house of represent atives at legislative session after il had been amended by Representative Lawler to make it effective only if ap proved by a referendum vote of the people of the city.
 The House also passed a bill which would increase the allowance for civil war veterans in their last sickness and for burial from 95 to SS50.
 In the Senate a large number of routine matters were disposed of The House made the workmen's com. pensation bill, passed by the Senate the order of the day.
 The Senate.
 The Senate passed the bill giving certain powers to cities and boroughs chiefly to permit them to issue bonds to five per cent of the town valua- ton; acts defining the boundary lines between this State and New York and Massachusetts; increasing the duties of the bank commissioners so that they may appeal to the superior court when impaired assets of savings banks are not made good within 60 says; authorizing the city of Meriden to issue $250,000 street and pave ment bonds, with consent of two thirds of the council; permitting South Norwalk to transmit electricity to Norwalk and New Canaan Street Railway company; authorizing that town of Norwalk to issue S200, ,000 school bonds; fixing a penalty for throwing vitrol of acid and directing that increases in appropriations by the board of control shall not exceed $500, ,000
 Bills concerning shell fish fran chises, amending the charter of the Danbury and Bethel Gas and Electric Company, revising and continuing the rights of the West Peak Railroad Co.,, appointing James A. Shea, with an amendment substituting the name of Samuel J. Harvey, as judge of the Willimantic police court, amending the motor vehicle law concerning the registration, speed and licenses, mak- ing extreme penalty for maiming or disfiguring persons; prohibiting judges from practising in their own court, were all passed, retaining their places on the calendar.
 One bill concerning fees or motor vehicles was rejected in concurrence because 1t had been found it con tradicts and overlaps the pending measure on the subject
 Vote on Proposed Amendment.
 Early in the session on motion of Senator Perry the proposed amend ment to the constitution passed by the house of 1911, but rejected by the present house, concerning court procedure, was taken up. A two thirds vote being necessary the Senate roll was called and every Senator present voted for the resolution which was immediately returned to the house. Senator Perry said he could not understand the attitude of the house on the proposed amend ment which will provide for an ap- peal from administrative boards and appeals from questions of fact.
 The act passed authorizing the Short Line Railway Company to sell electricity in certain towns was re- corded and tabled on motion of Sen ator Reynolds who wished to investi- gate it.
 House Session.
 Speaker Webster was absent at the opening of the session. Representative Hyde. of Manchester presided in his absence.
 Reports were made by committees as follows:--
 Favorable on a bill concerning the hours of labor in humane institutions of the State It limits the hours of labor for males to 50 hours a week and females to 5S hours and excepts the State prison at Wethersfeld and the school for boys at Meriden and industrial school for girls at Middle town.
 Authorizing the printing of addf- tional number of reports of the tuber- culosis commissioner.
 Appropriating Norwich hospital for the insane: for current expenses $10,- GOO; for support of pauper and indi- gent insane s14S,2O0.
 Act to protect wild game and en- courage propagation.
 Unfavorable on the following bills:
 Conceraing rights of eminent do- main to the tuberculosis commission to take land for hospital sites.
 To change the date from June l5 to 30 for filing the annual reports of with the public utilities 
 Amending the act concerning bill board taxing bill boards.
 Common Council Bill.
 Representative Lawler of Hartford called up the bill for the abolishment of the court of common council of the city of Hartford.
 MT. Lawler expressed the opinion that the system of municipal govern ment is antiquated and that there