Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-24
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the. city of Waterbury to provide for l
 the establishment of a commission of
 the children's home in that city. The l
 commission will consist of five citi-
 zens 10 be appointed by the mayor.
 Three of the members of the commis-
 sion shall be women. The commission
 will have the power to appoint a su- perintendent for the home who shall
 be woman Of special training in the work of child welfare.
 The bill was tabled for calendar. Senator klett asked how many sen ators would go to Boston ill a special car from Hartford at o'clock Friday
 morning.
 Senators klctt and Adams were the only senators who indicated by rising in their seats an intention to so to 1 Boston in the special car.
 The project of having a special. car had better be abandoned" remarked l Senator klett
 1 The committee on roads. bridges and rivers reported favorably on bill
 to require operators of public service motor vehicles to display cards show 1 ing schedules and rates of fare, and imposing a penalty of not less than s i nor more than S25 for the violation Of
 the law and that the operators license
 may be suspended or revoked within ] the discretion of the commission of
 motor vehicles
 A favorable report was received rom the same committee on the bill i requiring owner, of public service mo- tor vehicles to provide for payment of damages caused by such vehicles. It 1 provides that no person shall operate a public service motor vehicle until the owner thereof shall have placed in the posse ssion of the commissioner of motor vehicles . policy of insurance or surety company bond satisfactory to the commissioner in an amount of not les than 5000 nor more than
 $i0,000 for each vehicle operated.
 The minimum policy shall be fur
 nished for each vehicle having a car
 rylng capacity of five persons or, less
 and $500 shall be added to the princi-
 pal sum of such policy for each addi-
 Iion2l single seat in the vehicle until the maximum amount Of s1o.00o is furnished. The insurance bond shall be held by the commissioner to cover any claim for personal injury or for
 causing the death Of any person by
 the use Of the public service motor
 vehicle for which the insurance bond
 i shall have been furnished. The owner
 l of q public service motor vehicle shall . pay a registration fee of s15 for each I vehicle having seating capacity of ,, live persons or less; for each addi- tiolal seat in excess of five and in- , ] cluding twenty. g.: for each seat ir excess Of twenty and including forty :, %J: and for each seat in excess Of for
 ty :. ice of $10 shall be charged But nothing in the bill shall be construed to exempt any person from paying the fees otherwise required for regiStra- , ton Of a motor vehicle or licensing oi operators as required by the provis- ions of any public act passed at the :, present session.
 tl The bills were tabled for calendar. Senator Klett. under suspension o, l. rules introduced Q bill from the com inittee or the judiciary authorizing the commission having charge of tht : state farm for women to receive gifts 4 Senator Klett said the committee fac i, been informed that there was q per. | son desiroUs Of making Q large gif t to the institution, but the commission had no legal authority to receive ii l and the purpose of the bill was to giv, :. it the necessary authority. The bill was passed under suspen z sion of rules and transmitted to th, ! house.
 a The bill to allow women to vote to Y, presidential electors. which was tn :, order of the day, was taken up a a a 12.50. The majority of the committe . favored the bill and the minority op = posed iE..
 g Senator Cline moved the passage 0 : the bill favorable to suffrage reporte =, by the majority Of the committee. :, Senator Leonard thought the ques Il tion should be submitted to the peo ' pie. Il Senator Bowers said he was con verted to woman's suffrage thtrt n years ago. When he attended tn = Hartford public high school the ques Y tion was known as Wonaan's right: :. One of his classmates was Edwar u Beecher Hooker. whose mother wa ,- one or the most prominent advocate :, Of Woman's suffrage. In those days tn t5 subject was considered joke, and ,o recalled that his other ciassmate :. m used to have great deal of fun wit Mr. Hooker because his mother advc
 cated woman's suffrage. But tt W question was not now considered or joke. There were twenty nine state F. in the Union where women voted fl n presidential electors. and only nine of teen in which they did not vote. Ser ,... ator Bowers concluded by saying tn: Ill he would vote for the bill. S. Senator Fox favored the. passage 'n the bill.
 l. Senator Kopplenann read the fo
 lowing telegram from Homer S. Gun B. mings, the chairman of the democr; tic national committee:
 Senator Fl. P. Koppleann, ee State Senate, Capitol.
 a Hartford, Conn:
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