Putnam patriot., 1917-01-26
FLOOD 0F BILLS
 LIGHT THIS YEAR
IeoisIatiye Grist Much Behind
 Last Session.
LABOR BILLS PRESENTED
One to Prevent Night work py Women oHsred-Ess; Street Tfel- icy Egain-Eli to Name
 Special constahIes.

Special constabIes.
 
 Special Hartford correspondence-)
 Har,foYd-Wsth the last day set OF which new business may be intro saccd into tae general assembly. the sambeS of bi.is thus far introduced Ia either house is smafi compared with swo sessions ago. Scarcely 300 have thus lar been sent ins whereas in the tass session for the epoa1ing tims about Ia times as many as that were presented. This either means that she great buak of nsH bazIness of the session VIII come in the arst dsfs of next week. or taaf taere Niil be fewer sIi.s ths session nan gsaal
 A number Of important labor biiis were introduced in tbe hsase. one b RepresertatlFs Rogers of Manchester. relating 10 the employment Of women and minors within certain prescribed hoars. in mercantile and manufsetur. Ing establishments. It provides that 50 minor under sixteen years Of age. and no woman employed in mi. fac sory e m0ging picture theatre. laundry. bakery dressmaking estab- iizhment. millinery. manicure. or hair dressing establishment or in any manufacturing mercantile or me ebanicai establishment or h the transmission or distribution of tele- graph messages. or by any express or Transportation company shall De em- rIoyei more han nine hours a day or more than six days a week. and in no case shall the hours 0f labor in the week exceed 90. provided that any employer in a mercantile estab. lishment vno shall. during each rear. give not less than seven holi days. with pay shail be exempt from the provisions Of the lax during the period from December IT to Deeem. Der s
 Prevents Night Work.
 II also provides that no minor or woman shall be allowed 10 work In a manufacturing or mechanical estab- Eshment before 4. Nj. CT after 70 o'clock P. NJ and no woman or minor shall be allowed 10 work more than ssx hours continuously without an Interval of threeqaarters of an hour. The commissioner ef labor is entrust- pd with the enforcement of the law Representative Rogers. of Man. chester put in a bill providing that 30 employer Of labor In ghe state shsll make or cause 10 be made with s stop safch. or other time measuring device q time study of any employe nr movements of employees while en. FaKe8 in work Any employer who hv himsels or his agent violates this is ta ae Shed not less thsa ta5 nor more fhau $saa
 To hams Special constabies
 Repr atsftgs Hact. of KIIlnr,y. 'nsroaa hH groei3iar t6ai the seiecfu af ans tHnn aran the re aBest ef any per~aa or corporation easgEe8 in tae D hssluess ef maaafac- turing sAafi appoint watehmen of fsciofies and ether persaas es spec Ia constable who shaH in the huTd. ing and upon ihe grounds Of said factories have the power of constable. and shall be paid hy the manufaetur. CTS st whose request they are ap- pointed
 Motor Vehicle Bills.
 In the senate Senator Klett offered motor vehicle bills one Of these pro vtding that no operator convicted of drunkenness. or operating while un- der the influence Of liquor or dr,ags shall be licensed again within one year from the date of conviction ex. cept at the discretion of the secre- tary of state. Another bill provides that DO motor vehicle license shall be fssned until the secretary is satisfied that the applicant is over IN years of age, and has not been cony icted of drunkenness within a year. sun an. ether hi1l would increase the penalty for stealing motor yehicls An ex. else bill provides that where a ballot is used space shall be provided for vote on the license quest along side of the name os party candidates
 Senator whhneys Bills.
 Senator wbltney of New Haven in the senate oifere,i several bills. The Connecticut Co. asked for amendment tn it's charter permitting electric transportation on additional routes in the town of Cromwell. in the town Of Thomaston. and in Norwich. He also introduced bill for the Con necticut company asking for an exten- sion of time in which to build the trolley line through East street. New Haven The last general assembly gave them fwo years in which to baild it Senator Whitney also intro aueed a bill to grant the Connecticut Railway and Lighting company the righ, 10 build certain lines in Nauga- tuck
 To Abolish Curve.
 Town Treasurer Walter Hayies of Hamden Is preparing biil which will call upon the state. the town of Ham. den sn8 the New Haven railroad to share .a Inc expense of aholishinr tae dsneerTue .s~ve on nlxwell ave nae wheea ihe airh way basses under Nm aiifNad A tse Grm
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