Putnam patriot., 1913-02-14
BILLS FLOW
 STEADILY IN
Much New Business Comes Into
 the Senate and House
THE BULL MOOSE ACTIVE
Measures Provides for District Pri- msries-Minimum Wage for Women and Children---Valuation of Cor
 porations Labor Disputes.

porations Labor Disputes.
 Special Hartford Cores spondence.l
 Hartford.-New business and bills and resolutions flowed steadily to the desks of the clerks of the senate and the house. Some of the most impor tant bills of the session found their way into the clerks strong boxes. The bull moose in the house introduced a batch of bills to cover their platform declarations. These bills provide for direct primaries ordering the commis- sion for the investigation of mini mum wage for women and children to report a bill establishing such mini mum wage; prohibiting contract la- bor; providing for woman suffrage; for valuation of public service cor porations; giving the public utilities commission the power to regulate stock issues of corporations as well as their rates and contracts; for a uni fled system of handling the water ways of the state; for regulation of lobbyists; refusing admission to the senate and house floors of all persons not properly accredited; for the keep ing of a public record of all votes in legislative committee; guaranteeing the right to state or publish the truth in labor disputes without mourning criminal liability; forbidding the loan ing of school fund money on mort gages outside of Connecticut; estab- fishing county life commission. In the Senate. Senator Jones of the Twentieth dis .trict (by request)-To increase food supply by propagating and marketing deer for food purposes. Fisheries and game.
 Senator McCarthy-Taking out of the hands of the comptroller the pow CT to decide who shall do public print ing for the state. Finance.
 Senator J. MeA Johnson-Requir- ing the taxation of building and loan | associations. Finance. Senator Neebe-Dividing Meriden
 into six towns. New towns and pro bate districts.
 1 Senator J. MeA. Johnson-To pre- vent obstruction in navigable waters | Roads, DfldgeS ana fRefS. Senator Neebe-Fer tax of 50 cents per horse power on trolley companies. Railroads.
 In the House. l MT Kelley of Killingly-Appropri- ating $220,000 for new buildings and equipment for the Connecticut colony of epileptics Humane institutions. MT Kelley of fKillingly-Appropria I ing $45, ,371 or the Connecticut colony l of epileptics, maintenance two years. | Humane institutions. Representative Lawler of Hartford | Qby request)-Any person who while | passenger upon a car or any street | railway company shall, when request I ed by the conductor in charge of such | car, refuse to obey any reasonable | rule, posted in plain view, regarding smoking or the carrying of lighted ci- | gars, cigarettes or pipes, shall be | fined not more than $25 or imprisoned not more than ten days, or both, for each ,offepse. Judiciary. Mir Mueller, New Britain-Empow ering the commission on rivers, har-
 
 report to the next assembly on the
 project of digging barge canal from Middletown to New Britain. Roads,
 rivers and bridges. MT. Sanford of Hamden-A bill regulating the election of registrars | of voters in Hamden so they shall be
 elected biennially at regular elections. | Cities and boroughs. Tax on Insurance. MT. Ryce of West Hartford-Pro- viding for a tax of ? per cent. on all premiums for new insurance by com | panies organized under the laws of
 foreign governments. Insurance.
 MT Lyman of iddlefield-Namipg ! Charles E. Chapman commissioner for
 Middlesex county. Calendar.
 MT. Ryce of West Hartford-"Ne l probate judge in this state, nor any
 employe of a probate office. shall rep resent any insurance company for the purpose of affecting contracts of in-
 surance." Judiciary. Mir Stevens of Danbury-Making | eight hours the limit for a days work
 in state and county institutions. La
 bor.
 For Veterans. MT McMurray of Bridgeport-Pro viding a bounty of s10 annually for veterans of the Civil War who served in Connecticut regiments. Judiciary. Flag on Election Day. MT. McMurTay of Bridgeport-r viding for the display of the Ameri- can flag at the polls on election day Judiciary.
 MT. Wilcox of Guilford-Providing
 a fine of $7 for the wearer of hat pin one-half inch beyond the head covering for the first offense, and for each subsequent ofense s100 or 30 days imprisonment. Public Health and Safety.
 Street Walkers. MT Bree-Proyiding a fine of $50 and 30 days for common prostitutes, and not more than s100 and 120 days for each subsequent offense. Judici- ary.
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