counties. The salaries shall be as follows: For Hartford SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. [Substitute for House Bill No. 678.] CHAPTER 195. An Act amending an Act concerning Shell-Fisheries in Guilford and Madison. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in fish restricted Guilford and SECTION 1. Section 3295 of the general statutes is hereby Taking of shellamended to read as follows: Every person who shall, with or in the towns of without a boat, take, gather, or collect more than two bushels Madison. of oysters, clams, mussels, or shells, including any or all kinds of such shell-fish and shells, in any one day, from the West river, in the town of Guilford, or from the East river, or from the Neck river in the town of Guilford or in the town of Madison, or from that part of the Hammonassett river that is in the town of Madison, or from any of the grounds that are within the boundary line of town waters of the towns of Guilford and Madison and not already designated for the cultivation of oysters, shall be fined not more than twenty dollars, or imprisoned not more than sixty days, or both. Oysters taken under the provisions of this section shall be culled upon the ground where caught; and this section shall not be so construed that any person may take shell-fish or shells for another, but each person only for himself and only the quantity allowed to one person. above-named SEC. 2. Section 3296 of the general statutes is hereby Dredging in amended to read as follows: Every person who shall take, waters. gather, or collect any shells or shell-fish by means of any kind of a dredge, in any of the waters described in section 3295, shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. Informing officers in either of the towns of Guilford and Madison, the sheriff of New Haven county or his deputy, any state policeman, or any citizen of the state may make complaint of any Powers of Guilford and Madi violation of any provision of this section, or of section 3295 or 3281, and any justice of the peace in either of said towns, or the court of common pleas in and for New Haven county, shall have jurisdiction of such complaints. The provisions of this section, or of sections 3295 and 3281, shall not include the taking of shells driven up by storms and used for poultry food. SEC. 3. Section 3281 of the general statutes is hereby son selectmen. amended to read as follows: The selectmen of the towns of Guilford and Madison shall, subject to the control of their respective towns, have charge of all the shell-fisheries and shell and shell-fish grounds therein not granted or leased to others, and each of said towns may authorize its board of selectmen to appoint two or more constables, or, in case of report of any violation of any provision of sections 3295 and 3296 to the selectmen of said town or towns, said selectmen may appoint two or more constables for a period not to exceed ten days at any one time, who shall have power to inspect and measure shellfish and shells taken in violation of sections 3295 and 3296 and to arrest any person taking, or who has taken and has in his possession, shell-fish or shells in violation of said provisions; and said town or towns shall provide for the payment of such special constables as they or their selectmen may respectively appoint, and said towns may enact by-laws for the proper protection and control of all the ungranted shell-fisheries and shell-fish grounds within the limits of said respective towns; provided, that such by-laws do not conflict with any provisions of the general statutes. Application of this act. Commissioners or state employes not to receive SEC. 4. The provisions of this act shall not apply to the taking of shells driven ashore by storms and used for poultry food. SEC. 5. This act shall take effect from its passage. [Substitute for Senate Bill No. 87.] CHAPTER 196. An Act concerning the Employment of Salaried State Com- Agents. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in SECTION 1. No person, committee, association, organizacompensation for tion, or corporation shall employ any salaried commissioner or aiding in passage deputy commissioner of this state, or the sheriff of any county, or defeat of legislation. or any county commissioner, or any person receiving a salary or pay from the state for services rendered and performed in the state capitol building at Hartford, or shall give to any such person any advantage, aid, emolument, entertainment, money, or other valuable thing for appearing for, in behalf of, or in opposition to, any measure, bill, resolution, or petition pending before the general assembly or any committee thereof, or for advancing, supporting, advocating, or seeking to secure the passage, defeat, or amendment of any such measure, bill, resolution, or petition pending in or before said general assembly, or any committee thereof; nor shall any such salaried commissioner, deputy commissioner, sheriff, county commissioner, or person described in this section accept any such employment or perform any such service for another, or accept any aid, emolument, entertainment, money, advantage, or other valuable thing for or in consideration of any such service. SEC. 2. Any person, committee, association, organization, Penalty. or corporation, or any such salaried commissioner, deputy commissioner, sheriff, county commissioner, or person receiving a salary or pay from the state for services rendered and performed in the state capitol building at Hartford, who shall violate any of the provisions of section one of this act shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars. made to state's SEC. 3. All complaints for the violation of this act shall be made to the state's attorney for Hartford county, and it shall Complaints to be be the duty of such state's attorney, upon proof of probable attorney for Hartford County. guilt being shown, to cause the arrest of any such offender and him present or cause to be presented for trial before the superior court in and for Hartford county according to law. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect from its passage. [Substitute for Senate Bill No. 74.] CHAPTER 197. An Act concerning the Removal of Commissioners by the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in transmit facts to com SECTION 1. Whenever the governor shall be of the opinion Governor to that any commissioner or deputy commissioner appointed by attorney-general. the governor or by the governor by and with the advice and Notice to consent of the senate has been or is guilty of misconduct, material neglect of duty, or incompetence in the conduct of his missioners. Duties of attorney-general. Statement of facts to be made by governor copy to be filed office, he shall transmit all facts and information in his possession relating thereto to the attorney-general, who shall thereupon make such investigation as he shall deem proper, and shall prepare a statement in writing of the charges against such commissioner, together with a citation, in the name of the state, commanding him to appear before the governor at a date named therein, and show cause, if any there be, why he should not be removed from office as hereinafter provided. Said attorney-general shall cause a copy of said statement and citation to be served, by some proper officer or indifferent person, upon said commissioner, and shall cause a copy thereof, together with a return of the service by the officer or indifferent person making the same indorsed thereon, to be filed in the office of the secretary of the state. Said commissioner shall have the right to appear with counsel and witnesses and be fully heard. SEC. 2. To carry into effect the proceedings authorized by this act the attorney-general shall have power to summon witnesses, require the production of any necessary books, papers, or other documents, and administer oaths to witnesses, and upon the day named in said citation for the appearance of said commissioner, or at any adjourned date fixed by the governor, shall appear and conduct the hearing in behalf of the state. He shall cause all oral evidence submitted at said hearing to be reported by a competent stenographer, and for such purpose may employ such stenographer at the expense of the state, and within fifteen days after the close of any such hearing he shall cause a certified copy of said evidence to be filed with the secretary of the state. SEC. 3. After a full hearing of all the evidence offered by the attorney-general and by or in behalf of any such commiswith secretary. sioner, the governor shall make a written statement of the facts which he finds to have been proven, and shall, within a reasonable time, file a copy of said finding, duly attested by him, with the secretary of the state; and, if the governor finds that the Removal of com- evidence warrants the removal of such commissioner from office, he shall make a written order to that effect, and shall cause a copy thereof to be left with or at the usual place of abode of said commissioner, and shall also file a copy thereof with the secretary of the state. Upon the filing of said copy with the secretary of the state, the office held by such commissioner shall become vacant, and the governor shall thereupon proceed to fill said vacancy in the manner provided by law. missioner. Witness and officers fees. SEC. 4. Any witness summoned and any officer or indifferent person making service under the provisions of this act shall be allowed and paid by the state the same fees as are al lowed by law in criminal prosecutions. Any person summoned to testify, in as a witness under the provisions of this act who shall refuse Witness_refusing to testify to any relevant fact within his knowledge, may be contempt; pencommitted by the governor to the county jail for Hartford alty. county, for contempt, and when so committed shall remain in jail until he shall have purged himself from his contempt, or until he shall be released by order of the governor or by due process of law. Approved, July 11, 1907. [Substitute for House Bill No. 742.] CHAPTER 198. An Act amending an Act regulating the Practice of Professional Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in nurses. SECTION 1. Section four of chapter 120 of the public acts Examination of of 1905 is hereby amended by inserting after the word "sick " in the tenth line of said section the words "and shall decide upon the qualifications of every such applicant and give notice of such decision within three months from the date of such examination," so that said section as amended shall read as follows: At a meeting of said board to be held within sixty days after the appointment of the members thereof and at the annual meeting in each year thereafter and at such special meetings as said board may deem necessary to hold for that purpose, notice of each of which meetings shall be given by publication in such newspapers as the board may determine at least one month previous to such meetings, said board shall examine all applicants for registration under the provisions of this act to determine their qualifications for the efficient nursing of the sick, and shall decide upon the qualifications of every such applicant and give notice of such decision within three months. from the date of such examination. Any person twenty-one years of age or over and of good moral character who shall show to the satisfaction of the board that he or she is a graduate of a training school for nurses which gives a two years' course in a public or private hospital where medical, surgical, and obstetrical cases are received and treated, or has had such experience as said board shall find to be equivalent thereto, shall be eligible for such examination upon payment of a fee of five dollars, to be deposited upon the filing of the application for examination. Said examination shall include the subjects of elementary anatomy and physiology, medical, surgical, and |
