New Britain herald., 1929-02-02
ASSEMBLY GETS
 3l8 MORE BILLS
Finds Additional Trouble on
 Hands for 1929 Session

Hartford Feb. 2 R-Eate in mak- ing start by the calendar on its journey into the realm of law-mak- ing and law revision and to provide the wherewithal for the states, it's officers and departments the general assembly session of 1929 closed it's door to new business yesterday with more trouble on hand than had it's two immediate predecessors by a margin of something like SIS bills.
 Subjects of bills and resolutions run the gamut fully of desires of the elector, from . proposal to pe- nalize "crapshooting" as hazard ous pastime, to all effort to deprive the Bankers Security Trust com- pany of Bridgeport of many of its far-fiung powers under charter given two years ago.
 In the grist of measures there are bundles of bills from the democratic party's representatives to carry out declarations made in the palty'S state platform last fall, bills to give women more rights which will yield equality with men including the right to jury duty. Others to give labor what it believes it should have, bills of the manufacturers for changes in industrial conditions, anl bills to regulate leyond the limits now prescribed habits. methods. and rights to happiness of men, women ,t~s nh ir,t 1Tt,n nal fishing laws, elimination of exist ing laws on strong drinks, banking and loan bills and changes in the laws by which the legislators them selves are elected.
 Out of the great mass Of papers on which many a typist has spent a long hour at work, the single out standing one is probably that which would call for constitutional con- vention. It was oIe or the last minute offerings and in very few sessions since 1902 when the last convention of this kind was held, has any legislator spunked up cour- age to offer such thing. There was talk of constitutional conven- ton when Rollin S Woodruff was governor and after that deluge Of comment. wspaper-contributor and platform speaker. on what was termed the rotten borough sys- tem," but bill or resolution for a convention which might consider the basic method of legislative rep resentation was not put forward. Senator Devlin, democrat. who sponsored the bill believes a con- vention is needed because the pres cut constitution contains much that is obsolete and antique"
 Platform speakers, however, stlll continue to refer to Connecticut as the constitution state," and "the land of steady habits"
 .. Women's Bills
 All bills relating to women for jury duty will pe heard in the hall of the house on March 20. and the women of Connecticut already, have said they will make it a field day at the capitol.
 One of the measures to be taken up early and which has d sporting flavor is that which would place amateur boxing under state super vision through the athletic commits sioner. This has been set for next Wednesday afternoon. Gov. Trum- bull would like amateur boxing reg ulated. The bill came on through House Chairman Johnson of Man chester of the judiciary committee. and the forecast is that something will be done with it."
 In many hearings on boxing bills in past sessions the advocates of legislation have become tangled up in diverse opinions until the bills were ripped up and thrown over board. However. the amateur angle is approached this time by unani- nous opinion that something ought to be done. and Gov. Trumbulls idea is likely to be that of nearly every one
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