New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-02-23
ANOTHER BLOW At
LITTLE RED SCHOOL
ThWarted, Lyman Says, BY AS
sembly Action-.LSislatiVe Notes

Hartford. Feb. 23-Another blow
at the little red school house whicf
has figured largely in debates Over
educational bills in the general as
sembly was thwarted, according tc
Mr.. Lyman, of Columbia. in the house
today when refusal was made in the
committee on roads, bridges and riV'
crs to approve wholesale turning over
of town highways to the state. The
member said, in making an unfayor'
able report on the placing of all
town highways under the state high
way commissioner. that while some
of the smaller towns favored this the
effect would be to wipe out many OF
the little red school houses" on the
country roads in the process OF max
ing those roads highways
IN THE SENATE.
The senate was presided over by
Senator Blackwell today The judiciary
committee reported favorable on a
change in the succession laws by pro-
viding for retention by the state of
one half the total tax collected and
payment of the balance to the town
in which the decedent last resided.
The present laws contains percent
age provision.
The judiciary committee also re-
ported in bill requiring that the sec
rotary of state shall furnish a certi-
fed copy of reports of corporations,
etc. to town clerks, each of whom
shall index and keep on file the same,
but not requiring them to copy such
reports for recording Another bin
would make the recording fees of cor
poration and other reports made in
the secretary's office SO instead of So.
Unfavorable reports were made on
these bills; For employment by the
state of architects to design buildings
for state purposes; to establish vot-
ing precincts in East Hartford; to,
alter cash surrender value of lapsed
policies in life and endowment in
surance; to provide pensions for all
state employees who having attained
the age of IS have been thirty years
in the states employ; to permit alb
sentee voting at state elections: on
Senator Clyne's bill providing for the
holding of republican and democratic
state or local conventions, only those
whose names on the last registry 10
vote, the report stating the provisions
of the bill were unconstitutional for
biennial instead of annual town meet
ings. and on the SuisElann bill which /
would have had polls open from a. /
m. until r. m.
From the calendar measures were
a dopted as follows: Amending tho !
charter of the Morris Cove Assoc;a- |
ton; amending the charter of the I
court of Stafford Springs; /
establishing the town court of |
sprague, and increasing the salaries
of the deputy Judge and assistant
clerk of the Naugatuck court
The West Haven sewer assessment
bill was taken off the table and
amended to provide that assessment
shall be paid in equal" amounts. As
amended the bill was adopted and
,ent back to the house
The senate concurred in passage of
he bill validating the election of 16
Justices in West Haven which had
,assed the house under rule suspen-
ion
The senate adopted a resolution
providing for securing a painted por-
raft of Lieutenant Governor Bing-
lam for the picture gallery of those
celebrities.
Judiciary Hearings.
The judiciary committee has as