The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-04
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 IN CLOSING HOURS
Governor Baldwin, Antici- pating Midnight Adjourn
 ment, Will Stay Tn Hart
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 l Hartford, June With the constitu- | ton as it's executioner the General l Assembly of 1913 will expire, late to- day. Every indication was that the | hour of adjournment would be close | to midnight, and it even may be on | the stroke of the hour when in fable l the ghosts walk through the grave yards. Governor Baldwin, anticipating ' a late hour, has reserved hotel accom- | modations and most of the Senators have guarded against an overnight stay. A large number of spectators are expected in the galleries in antici- l patton of more or less amusing scenes which have been seen at the close of other sessions
 The first interesting question which arose, today, was as to how the ad- journrnent would come. Under the l constitution, this would be an auto
 matic one; no proclamation is necAs sary and there need be no joint session | of the branches to receive the goVer- nor and the secretary of State, the former to congratulate the members on what they have done and the latter 1 officer to seal the doom of the ees- sion by the fall of the gave1. The gov | ernor has signed all the bills and res olutions which have reached him HIS work up till this morning had dnclud- ! sages, the signing of 1.576 acts. and l 283 private acts. His first veto was against the legislative mileage, his sec ond against an appropriation for the l building committee of the Connectl- l cut Colony for Epileptics.
 Members were anxious that the ad- I journment should take place in the evening as they did not like the 1dea l of quitting before sunset. At noon l 1t was known that the governor had expressed the wish that the adjourn rnent should be brought about at 4 n. m. Accordingly. in the House was | offered resolution providing that the joint convention should be held at | o'clock. House Leader Healy said that he believed that all business could be done at that time and that the end could come in an orderly way and with the usual ceremonies. The resolution was rushed to the Senate, 1 where Senator McDonough spoke in favor of it, saying that the object of adjournment at a fixed hour was to avoid the pandemonit1m which has usually accom- panied the wind-up of a session. The Senate adopted this resolution in concurrence but a few minutes later 1t was decided that there was little likelihood of all the bJ1si- ness being done at p. rn., so action was reconsidered and the Senate de- cided that at 3 o'clock it would take up the matter of fixing the time for adjournment.
 The last day Of the session opened in the Senate with prayers by Chap lain France, who asked that Divine i Guidance go with the members as they returned to the responsibilities of pri- vate life.
 The business done included the re- jection of bills providing for an in vestigation of the borough court of Greenwich, the election of state at fn1T hU he f1f 7e limit of $10soO0 recoverable in damages due to negligence and requiring pri- vate detectives to secure permissions from police authorities or sheriffs of counties.
 Among the bills adopted were these: concerning the employment of chill dren, permitting those between 14 and IS years of age to work during school vacations; providing for the establish ment and maintenance of playgrounds and making an appropriation to meet the extra expense through increasing the pay Of enlisted men in the na- tional guard.
 The judiciary committee reported unfavorab1y on the amendment to the ptcketing law which would permit peaceable gatherings for the purpose of picketing in time of<1abor troubles.
 On Speaker Webster's desk in the House was magnificent bouquet of carnations from the teachers of Con,
 
 ings a cluster of roses was brought in and placed on Lieut.. Governor Tin gier's desk This was greeted with applause He remarked that he hoped. this was not suggestive of a funeral Upon looking at the tag, MT. Tin gier thanked the Senate for it's com pIiment but Senate Clerk Wynne dis covered that the roses were from the teachers of Connecticut and was, with the House bouquet, an expression of the teachers, of their appreciation or the passage of the state teachers pen sion act.
 The House had amended this act during the morning through an amendment making the period of time that a. teacher should serve to be eHgi- ble for a pension 30 years instead of 40 years. The bill was rushed to the Senate where Senator Newman, of the education committee, explained it. Senator McDonough spoke in favor of a pension for teachers as duty that the states owes to them. He believed that a 30 year period was better than a 40 year period as 80 years work for an employer ought to entitles the teachers to the reward for faithful ness
 Senator IsbeIl also favored the change. The amendment was adopt ed and the bill wass passed in concur renee unanimously and with it an ap- propr1ation of $80,000 to carry its provisions into force.