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885. Improvement* on the prison to the amount of 

 $20,000 had been made. 



Labor Bureau re.-ri of thi* bureau was 



largely devoted n and to 



irregular methods in \alunt i--u> "f property 

 which prevail in the towns. The total nun. 

 manufacturing c>tbhshmeuts reporting in the 

 u* 88.051 employee*. The av- 

 erage weekly hours of lal-T for the whole numt>er 

 of establish ments and employe during the year 

 WM -..: ;,. . ., .. .: :,<,, mptoyeaf 



by reason of days closed. The proportion of busi- 

 ness done as reported by tl>- manufacturers as be- 

 iie proportion of nctual or full capacity ..f the 

 whole numberof e*Ubhs! it ing wa 



.tmi'iini |iid in wages by the 780 et- 

 tallihini-ni* reining was $88,500,484 for the year. 

 If the niiiiiU-r rted wa> the true 



average for the vear. the yearly wage rate for all in- 

 dustrteft was $468.98 per employee. 



Far tort Inspection. The report of the In 



Total nu m her of factories 



inspected. 1.-HJ1 : number of male employees, 96,- 

 225: number of female employees, 89.6*1: totul 

 iiumU r of employees, 185,900; factories in which 

 n<> changes wer> in which 



changes were ordered. 4-V. : number of chain: 

 dered, 760; number of with imp 



means of egress where pro|>er autln noti- 



fied, 28; number of fatal accidents during the 

 year rvjN.rtcd from differ. I, 19. 



Militia. The Connecticut National (Juard. un- 

 der the command of ! ge Haven, con- 

 sists of 205 commissioned officers HI ! istcd 

 men. The Oo\ ,anl i- composed of 25 

 commissioned officers and :57:{ enlisted men. Total 

 expenses of the National (Juard for the year ending 

 :tO, 1806, $140,847; of the Governor's Guard, 

 $14.870. The Naval Battalion had 1? commis- 



uid 14! men. 



The number of inmates lorne on the rolls of the 

 S.ld; \..rt.-n. was 4-")4. being an in- 



crease of 100 over the preceding d ex- 



penses, $7-1. 7' M. 



Flnh and (iame. With the present shad-hat < h- 

 i' ilities the commissioners are able to turn 

 into the Ci unit-client river each October from 

 6.000.000 to 8,000,(Km shad from :', t.. :. i: 

 The l'nitel States Fish Comini-- 



loads of cans of shad fry and .~>o.ooo salmon 

 egg** which were placed in ii retaining pond at 

 Poquonock for release into Farmington river. The 



h of shad in 1896 number. 



missioner* have co-operated with the Tinted States 

 mission in lobster hatching, and an egg-taking 

 station was established at New London. 



. few wild deer now in the > 

 and there is a fine of $100 for killing one at any 



any 



The oyster business of the State d as 



growing rapidly, the foreign trade havii 

 Terr great. Practically all the oysters are shipped 



inland, where a large pro portion are h 

 planted, to be used as required. It is stated that 

 none but Connecticut oysters are - Jirope 



from 1 States. One firm, of South N.. r - 



walk. cUiming to be the largest .\ -rting 



house in the country, sent to England 40,000 l.ar- 

 reb of oysters in 1896. 



" .A law passed at the preceding 



of the General Assembly apportioned the ex- 

 pense incurred in the const met ion of improved roads, 

 third U> be paid byti -.. third by the 



-K-aU-d the town having road 

 improvement, and the remaining one third to be 

 paid by the town. The law limit* the amoi,- 

 be taken from the State treasury to $75,000 an- 



nually. F i.plii'd for aid under the 



law in 18'.' : vantage <>f the 



law for building better roadl in l^'.'f,. l',,r tliis 

 ciitT|'ri>e the Mate ha> paid $14(t,86Ji : counties 



have paid the same : t.-wn- have paid s.M 



l.i<|iior l.ici-n-c. , iv has been an increase 



in the numlier of license towns, lieturns from the 



entir. i.cluiling v n ami the live 



- at which ,-,. h< Id at other 



time- than in < ' total of B! 



amiin-t 71 in is'.Mi. Tlie license vote of in- 

 crease is said to be due in he di-liUe 

 of the agitation and expense of t h 

 for liquor raids, and in KMM "ih.T- to objection to 

 the new law und.-r which licenses n 

 Lrrantcd t<> druggists to sell in IK- -In -en-e t 



. Tlii-nnii-iially light \.iteofth,. 



womet 1 to be owing to the' new ia\\. \\inch 



rej uires that tlu-y shall vote a> men do. Thi> is 



A hat more troublesome than the oi.i n-piire- 



ment of .simply regis|,. r ing with the town clerk. 



Snnd;i\ < losin-. \ law 



that went into operation in .July reads in part: 

 : \ person who shall do any secular businessor 

 labor, except work- of ncce>-it\ or mercy. ..r keep 

 pen any shop, warehouse, or manufacturiiiL' <>r 

 mechanical cstalilishments. or expo-.- any property 



for sale, or . any sport, between lx o'cloci 



Saturday night and PJ ..'dH-k Sunday night, shall 

 be fined not more than s 



Nc\> Legislation. -Som- abstracts of 

 lation by the (i.-ncral A embly <-f 1>;7 ar. 

 given: 



it ing tlie office of Attorney-! ieueral. to be 



elected by the people ill NoVellll" and 



{| 1" be elected for folir-Vt ar tel'lli-. 



Prescribing a Slate Mag with a blue ground on 

 which is a shield bordered in silver and gold, 

 in- the three grapevines on a white ground, 

 iieath is a streamer of white bordered with 

 and brown, with the State mo" *tulif 



XuMlim-f." in deep-blue ! 



That no bill or resolution affecting private inter- 

 ests only shall be introduced in the (Jeiieral A 

 lily until there has been paid to the Male Ttva-urer 

 a fee of $5 for each legal P;IL If it 



: law the money shall be retained by the 

 State, if not the fee >-hall be rcturmd. < '<>rp"ra- 

 liaving capital stock shall pay an add it iomil 

 fee of $1 for each $1,000 of stock, and a like ! 

 any amendment increa-ini: the stock. 



That if tin- L'not of a hotel delivers his vain. 



! keeping, the proprietor shall not be respon- 

 sible for loss beyond x:',(K, unless otherwise agreed 

 in writing. He' shall not be liable for loss of chat- 

 tels unless they are in tin >m or checked. 



That if selectmen willfully neglect to pm\ide a 

 flag for a schoolhouse. under the act of Is'i:;. ,,r to 

 the Mag when necessary, after thirty days' no- 

 tice, they shall forfeit $10: half to the town and 

 the remainder to the person who shall sue therefor. 



That any p.-rx-n willfully <-r maliciou>ly injuring 

 a bjevde path -hall lye tilled I tig $50, or 



imprisoned not over three months, or both. 



That if any bicycle rider on the highway run* 

 against any person and injures him. and do. 

 render aid. and give his name and re-i> 

 he may be arrested and fined up to $500 or impris- 

 oned not exceeding six months. 



That debts for personal wages, dm- for labor 

 within three months, up to $HX). shall be pn ! 

 claims against any corporation or firm for which a 



v be appointed. 



Allowing" the establishment of crematories and 

 regulating them. 



viding that the constitutional amendment 

 every person shall be able to read in the Kng- 



