The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-30
BILL TO LECALIzE BOXING TO BE
 PRESENTED TO CONN. LEGISLATURE
State Lawmakers Expect to Pass on Question Within Few Days-Measure is Drafted By < Dick Howell and Modelled After New Jersey Law.
Any club, corporation or association

Any club, corporation or association which shall sell or cause to be sold more tickets or invitations for any ex- hibiton or performance than the seating capacity of the building, structure or part thereof actually used for such exhibition or perform ance. shall for the first offense be subject to a penalty of three hun dred dollars, which shall and must be paid by the state of Connecticut, and for the second offense forfeit its li- cense, and shall be thereby disquali- fled from receiving any new license or any renewal of license and forfeit to the people of the state of Connec- ticut the sum of five hundred dollars. which may be recovered by the attor- ney general in the same manner as other penalties are by law recover ed.
 The price of seats must be pub lished (for the protection of the peo- ple) in at least two local newspa- pers, three separate editions, in space not less than two by three in ches in size; any failure to comply with this provision shall be guilty of misdemeanor and penalized as pre- scribed in this act.
 The commission is authorized to grante licenses upon the application and the payment of a fee of s10 an nually, to competent referees, and may revoke any license so granted to any such referee upon such cause as the commission shall deem sufficient The referee must stop the con- test or match at which he is officiat- ing when either of the contestants shows a marked superiority or is ap- parently outclassed. The fee of the referee as decided upon between club and referee must be paid by said club.
 Any contestant who shall particl- pate in any sham or fake boxing or sparring match, exhibition or Wrest- ling bout shall be penalized in the following manner: For the first of fense he shall be restrained for a period Of six months such period to begin immediately after the occur renee of such offense, from partici- pating in any boxing competition or E y any club, corporation or association duly licensed to give or hold such boxing or sparring match, exhibition or wrestling bout; for a second of fense he shall be totally disqualified from further admission or participa- tion in any contest held or given by any club, corporation or association duly licensed for said purposes.
 No boxing or sparring match or exhibition or performance shall be of more than rounds in length, and the contestants shall wear during such contests gloves weighing at least five ounces each.
 Any principal, principals, manager, managers, second, seconds. promoter or promoters or matChmakers if found guilty of receiving or accepting 1 any money or presents from any | boxer or money or presents from any | boxer or exhibitor of the art of box l ing or sparring or any wrestler for some special privilege or for dis eliminating in matters of making a match shall be guilty of a misde- meanor and subject to a penalty as | prescribed in this act.
 No boxer shall be permitted to en. ter the ring unless he has been de- clared in physical fitness by a com. petent physician who shall be in a. tendance throughout all exhibitions or performances. Said physician shall be one who has been licensed tC practice in Connecticut for not lcs 1 than two years, such physician to b, 1 appointed by the commission. Tht physician shall verify in writing owe l his signature as to the contestant | physical condition to engage in sucl
 contest, and his fee as decided b,
 the commission must be paid by tn
 club, organization or corporation
 boxing exhibition.
 No contestant under IS years o
 age shall be permitted to engage il
 any such boxing match. sparrin
 match, exhibition, performance o
 wrestling bout.
 No betting or wagering at any box
 ing or sparring match or wrestlin
 bout shall be permitted by any clu
 or organization before. after or dur
 ing any such contest in the buildin
 where such contest is held
 No person under the age of l years shall be admitted to a boxin !, or sporting exhibition unless accom- panied by his parent.
 Any person or persons who vio , lates any of the provisions of this ac for which a penalty is not expressI
 prescribed shall be guilty of a mis
 demeanor and subject to a fine nc
 to exceed one hundred dollars