New Britain herald., 1925-06-01
LEGISLATURE IS
 ALMOST ENDED
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A considerable number of bills adopted in the house Thursday and Friday were sent to the calendar. From It's calendar the senate adopt ed these bills:
 Authorizing Hartford rto create zoning districts: authorizing Water bury to issue improvement bonds. Making additional appropriations-- s5o.o00 for state board of control. .s50,o0o for, the state water com mission to start the anti pollution campaign and for the tuberculosis commission.
 Bills Adopted.
 The senate concurred fin adoption Of these house bills:
 Authorizing Greenwich Water Co. 10 supply water to Rye, N. r.; au- thorizing Waterbury 10 issue sewage bonds; authorizing Bridgeport to ,is- sue s5oO,00o in pavement bonds: amending Ansonia charter by in- creasing salaries of judges, prose- cptor and clerk in the city court; authorizing Widows Son Lodge, A. r. andfA. M., to erect building on Branford Green; validating acts of the Ridgeheld town meeting; mak- ing appropriation for the soldiers hospital board; validating transfer of part of Bloomfield to Windsor; in- creasing fees of medical examiners and coroners;S appropriating s2oo.- 900 for joint use of board of fish cries and game and the park and forest commissioner in the acquisi- tion of land: and amending the Wa terbury charter so that the alder manic number of appointive Boards shall be of the same political party.
 The senate temporari,v delayed action on house bill 17v which trans- fers powers of the New Haven school district to the board of finance which bill the house amended in three particulars last week.
 East Lyme Sanitarium
 The senate had long discussion on the bill authorizing the tuberculosis commission to acquire land for the sanitarium at East Lyme after an explanation by Senator Pierson of the appropriations committee and description of the land desired and or the work of the institution. The money allotted is s35,00o and land would be taken by condemnation and the governor authorized to ap- point an attorney to carry through the proceedings to get the land. The matter would be taken out of the attorney generals hands.
 Mrs. Merritt said there were other facts besides those outlined by Sen- ator Pierson and she desired to state them. She declared this was nasty legislation; that the rights of the crippled children in this instance were not paramount over the citi- zens; that no emergency exists now which did not exist in January, February, March and April, and ob- jcction was made to rushing in this legislation in the closing days, when hearings could not be held, and that 1t is n right of citizens to protect their own rights. She read q letter from Dr. Maher to Dr. Me- Cook Asking that inc latter sell to the commission 50 feet Of the beach, and a reply from Dr. McCook, who offered to give the commission 60 feet on the beach. Mrs. Merritt said the voluntary offer still held good and the bill for condemnation was 
 Senator Challenger spoke for the bill, saying that he could not under staNd why Dr. McCook should object 10 giving up the small portion of the beach desired by the commission for the crippled children.
 Senator F.. F. Hall favored the bill and Mrs. Merritt made a vigorous reply, saying that the legislation was not necessary and that might never made right"
 Senator Beckwith was against the bill, as he felt that he had right to protect so far as he could the interests of the. town and of the citi- zens In it. As Dr. McCook's offer to give land on the beach was open, he did not believe in the, legislation proposed, Senator Pierson spoke again and he was followed by Sem ator Shaw in favor, denying that the bill was nasty legislation. Sena- tor Meech was against the bill and criticized the tuberculosis commis- sion for. indecision in making esti- mates of land and money wanted. Senator Keeny offered an amend ment to strike out the section in the bill authorizing the governor to ap-a point an attorney to carry through condemnation proceedings. Senator I'ierson said he regretted the angle the debate had taken.
 Today In the House
 The house at the outset suspended its rules to adopt an amendment 10 the Meriden court charter to make the deputy judge and associate judge and increasing his salary.
 The house tabled the hill which he senate had indefinitely postpon- d giving selectmen the right to 'egulate weight of motor vehicles on