UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (CONNECTIC 



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upon 576 candidates, of whom 249 received the 

 degree of A. B. Large gifts were made to the 

 university in connection with the bicentennial 

 celebration. 



Legislative Session. The General Assembly 

 met Jan. 9, and adjourned June 17. In the Sen- 

 ate were 22 Republicans and 2 Democrats; in 

 the House, 201 Republicans, 53 Democrats, and 

 1 Independent. Henry Roberts was president pro 

 tern, of the Senate, and John H. Light was 

 Speaker of the House. 



Nearly 2,000 measures came before the Legis- 

 lature; fewer than half were passed, and those 

 were largely incorporations and other private 

 bills. The public acts numbered 184. In 1899 

 there were 230. 



Among the important acts were the resolutions 

 submitting to vote the question of holding a 

 convention for revising the Constitution and also 

 for submitting two amendments, which were 

 passed to their second stage. One was for the 

 election of State officers by plurality vote. The 

 other was to permit the senatorial districts to be 

 increased to 36. These were carried at the Oc- 

 tober election. 



The amendment proposing a change of town 

 representation failed in the House by a vote of 

 145 nays to 61 yeas, and is left to the constitu- 

 tional convention with certain restrictions as to 

 the action of that body. 



Some new State offices were created: A tax 

 commissioner, with salary of $3,000, the incum- 

 bent to be ex offlcio member of the Board of 

 Equalization; a forester, to be appointed by the 

 Board of Control of the experiment station, and 

 authorized to buy lands for State parks suitable 

 for growing pine and chestnut, at not more than 

 $4 an acre; a fire marshal, to be appointed by 

 the Governor to serve four years from July 1, 

 1901, future appointments to the office to be sub- 

 ject to approval of the Senate; a board of voting- 

 machine commissioners; a board of examiners for 

 barbers; an entomologist, to be appointed by the 

 experiment station from the staff. The number of 

 .Superior Court judges was increased from 13 to 

 141 Appointment of truant officers was provided 

 for. The Labor Commissioner was authorized to 

 appoint superintendents for 5 free public employ- 

 ment bureaus; the annual expenses of each bu- 

 reau are limited to $2,000 ; all private employment 

 offices are to be under the supervision of the 

 commissioner. 



An important measure was the corporation act, 

 consisting of 63 sections. 



A new law for taxation of corporations is de- 

 signed to make that more equitable. 



Another , measure was a caucus law designed 

 to prevent the packing of caucuses. Voters must 

 be registered before taking part in primaries, de- 

 claring their party preferences. 



A new law for the collection of poll and military 

 commutation taxes provides that when any per- 

 son shall refuse or neglect to pay any poll or mili- 

 tary tax assessed against him, he may be sent to 

 jail until the tax, interest, and costs are paid. 



A law in regard to itinerant venders calls for 

 a deposit of $500 with the Treasurer, a State li- 

 cense fee of $100, and a local fee of $25. 



The laws of inheritance were so changed that 

 parents inherit before brothers and sisters. 



Automobiles must not go faster than 12 miles 

 an hour within city limits, or 15 miles without. 

 Rubber-tired vehicles must show lights at night, 

 unless accidentally prevented. Provision is made 

 for construction and maintenance of bicycle-paths. 



The State is entitled to one more member of 

 Congress according to the census and the Federal 



prison con- 



\V;M passed, 

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apportionment. The fift.h rcj.rrsnntativc will be 

 a Congressman-at-Lar^e. 



Indeterminate sentence-, - >i Stat< 

 victs were provided for. 



A new general fish and ^;im< l,i , 

 bringing together the many staum 

 ject, making some changes in i he 

 and some new provisions. 



Other enactments were: 



Prohibiting the committing of any Uy un.ler 

 ten to the School for Boys at Meriden, ev < >>, for 

 an offense punishable by imprisonment at 

 State prison. 



Making the maximum penalty for kidnaping, 

 etc., thirty years' imprisonment. 



Providing a maximum penalty of $200 for keep- 

 ing a billiard-table or slot-machine for purposes 

 of lottery or gaming. 



Providing that teaching in schools on the effects 

 of alcohol and narcotics shall be given only to 

 grades above the third. Neglect of such teaching 

 shall be cause for withholding school money by 

 the Comptroller. 



Providing that fathers and mothers shall be 

 joint guardians of their minor children; but a 

 court may appoint either parent sole guardian, 

 or other than a parent as guardian. 



Making the license laws applicable to the sale 

 of candies containing a liquor or sirup which has 

 more than 1 per cent, of alcohol. 



Forbidding contractors, foremen, etc., to receive 

 payment of any kind for furnishing employment 

 to any person. 



Prohibiting the use in factories of stained, 

 painted, or corrugated glass injurious to the eyes 

 of workmen. 



Requiring manufacturers employing persons 

 under sixteen to procure and keep on file certifi- 

 cates of the age of all such. 



Increasing the amount that may be used for 

 the improvement of highways in one year from 

 $175,000 to $225,000, and appropriating $450,000 

 for the next two years. 



Among the appropriations, the amount of which 

 was very large and beyond the limit of the reve- 

 nue, were the following: $25,000 for a model 

 school at the State Normal School; $52,000 for 

 education of the deaf and dumb; $18,000 for 

 completing the normal school at Willimantic; 

 $22,500 to the Litchfield County hospital, $10,000 

 to the Waterbury hospital, $6,000 to the Day- 

 Kimball Hospital; $165,000 for completing the 

 general dining-room at the Connecticut Hospital 

 for the Insane ; $8,000 to Stamford hospital ; $10,- 

 000 to St. Francis hospital; $25,000 to the Hart- 

 ford hospital to build an experimental hospital 

 for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis ; $96,- 

 000 for hospitals at Hartford, New Haven, Bridge- 

 port, Danbury, Meriden, New London, and Nor- 

 wich; $22,000 for the State Library; $16,000 for 

 electric lighting of the Capitol building and 

 grounds; $450,000 for good roads; $5,500 for 

 School for Imbeciles for filtration bed; $22,500 

 for transportation of the General Assembly and 

 its officers; $60,000 for enlargement of the State 

 prison; $811,400 for judicial expenses for two 

 years; $30,000 to pay the commission on revision 

 of the statutes; $309,775 for military expenses; 

 $11,000 for Fitch's Home for Soldiers; $180,000 

 for the support of sick, wounded, and disabled 

 soldiers, sailors, and marines for two years, and 

 $15,000 for deficiency for appropriation for the 

 care of sick and wounded soldiers; $20,500 to 

 supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the 

 care of children in temporary homes; $50.000 for 

 an armory at Norwich; $1,181,700 for education; 

 $1,607,000 for civil purposes, including the insane 



