New Britain herald., 1925-03-18
JITNEY, MOVIE
 MEASURES UP
Assembly Discusses Proposed
 Statute Changes

State Capitol, Hartford, March IS. Mfrs. Townshend of New Haven. made her first speech on the house floor today, defending a bill unfavs orably reported which provided for equal pay for teachers regardless of sex, Mrs. Lewis. of Stratford, chair man of the committee on education, said that the committee favored the principle in the bill. Mrs. Town shend said she would stand with the committee in It's unfavorable report but believed that action was on a technicality and not against the principle in 1t. The bill was rejected.
 Petitioners for a third voting pre- cinct in Waterford were given leave to withdraw.
 The bill to provide penalties for trespassing was unfavorably report ed, was tabled after Mir. Hungerford of Watertown had protested against the assertion of MT. Burke of Say brook that the provisions of the bill are in the present law.
 The house received substantial re- ports on bills as follows:
 Authorizing Groton to issue s50,- 900 in bonds; the East Hartford fire district to issue s500.000 in bonds for highway improvements; increasing salaries in East Hartford court; lim- iting enrolment of students in Con- necticut Agricultural college to 500 at any time during any year, and giving preference to those taking full agricultural courses; appropriating s5,000 for heating, lighting and equipment in Henry Whitefeld house. Guilford.
 The Movie Bill
 The bill to protect children who attend movie exhibitions and which was debated yesterday by the senate because it was pointed out that no child under 14 could go into a mu- scum exhibit unless accompanied by an adult, was again the subject Of debate and went back on the calen- dar. Senator Robbins offered an amendment providing that an adult should not take more than 10 chil- dren into movie show at one time. Senators pointed out that the bill was ambiguous especially in its ref erence to dance halls" and "con- cert salons"
 When the calendar in the house was resumed Miss Cheney Of Man chester had eight bills passed over without action because printed copies of them were not in the files. House Leader filling pointed out that while he did not object to the delay now he would remind Miss Cheney that later on it might be necessary to adopt bills even if they had not been printed for the files. Miss Cheney's point was supported by Dr. Higgins sf Coventry.
 Jitney Bill
 In the senate the bill to give the Connecticut Co.,, the right to operate jitneys on routes now covered by trolley lines went back to the calen- dar after Senator E. F. Hall, com mittee chairman had offered an amendment to change a phrase in it. Some debate followed in which sev- eral senators sought further explana- tion of the bill. For this reason action was delayed.
 The judiciary committee reported change in the workmen's compen- sation law increasing to AS the figure of weekly salary of a man eligible for compensation; favorable on bills providing that Waterbury land rec ords may be signed at the end of each volume; incorporating the Law renee and Memorial hospital at New London; incorporating the New Haven community center: exempting property held by the Ansonia '. M. .C A. for taxation