and the number of votes given disapproving said amendment, the numbers to be in words at full length, one of which certifi cates shall be deposited in the office of the town clerk, and the other shall be transmitted by mail to the secretary, at Hartford, or shall be delivered to him, sealed, within five days after the holding of said meeting. The certificate shall be in form as prescribed by the secretary. transmit blank clerks. votes and proc SEC. 3. The secretary, at the time of transmitting the said Secretary to proposed amendments to the town clerks of the several towns, forms to town shall also transmit to them blank forms of said certificates and such other blanks as may be necessary for the return of votes to be given in pursuance of this act, for the use of said towns. SEC. 4. The secretary, treasurer, and comptroller shall, on Counting of or before the seventeenth day of October, 1907, count the votes lamation of returned to the secretary, as aforesaid, and on or before the result. twenty-third day of October, 1907, shall transmit a certificate, under their hands, setting forth the result of the count, to the person administering the government of the state, who, within five days after the receipt thereof, shall issue his proclamation reciting the same; and if it shall appear therefrom that a majority of the votes returned are in favor of approving said proposed amendment, he shall so declare in such proclamation, and he shall also declare therein that a majority of the electors present at the town meetings aforesaid have approved said proposed amendment and that the same is valid to all intents and purposes as the constitution of the state; and if it shall appear from said certificate that a majority of the votes returned are not in favor of said proposed amendment, he shall so declare in said proclamation; and said proclamation shall be published at the expense of the state in two newspapers in each county and shall be recorded in the public records of the state. fied to vote. SEC. 5. All inhabitants who are electors, and who are also who are qualiqualified to vote at town meetings in any town, shall be qualified to vote in such town at the meeting to be held therein. pursuant to this act; and no other person shall be allowed to vote at said meeting. A registry list of such inhabitants shall be used at such meeting, and the names of those voting shall be checked on said list, as they are required by law to be checked at electors' meetings. SEC. 6. If any person shall neglect or refuse to perform, Penalty for or shall be guilty of fraud in performing, any duty required of perform duty rehim by this act, he shall be fined not more than one hundred quired by this dollars, or shall be imprisoned in the county jail not more than sixty days. Approved, July 17, 1907. act. 804 BREAKING AND ENTERING. SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS. [Jan., Penalty for breaking and entering. [Substitute for House Bill No. 370.] CHAPTER 215. An Act concerning Breaking and Entering. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Every person who shall, in the violation of any of the provisions of sections 1194, 1195, and 1196 of the general statutes, use any personal abuse, force, or violence, or threaten or intimidate any person, or have in his possession any key, picklock, jimmy, bit, or other instrument of house-breaking, or any explosive compound or mixture, shall be imprisoned in the state prison not more than fifteen years. Approved, July 17, 1907. State aid to schools of certain small towns. Appropriation. [Substitute for House Bill No. 274.] CHAPTER 216. An Act amending an Act concerning the Support of Schools. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in SECTION 1. Section one of chapter 102 of the public acts of 1903 is hereby amended to read as follows: Every town having a valuation of less than one million dollars may annually receive from the treasurer of the state upon the order of the comptroller a sum which will enable the town to annually expend for the support of public schools twenty-five dollars for each child in average attendance, as determined by the attested school registers for the school year ending July fourteenth; provided, that payments of principal or interest on indebtedness, the expense of new buildings, sites, and permanent improvements shall not be included in obtaining the cost of each scholar in average attendance; and provided, that the said state grant shall be expended only for teachers' wages. SEC. 2. The sum of sixty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the two fiscal years ending September 30, 1909, for the purposes named in section one of this act, said sum to be in addition to any other amount appropriated for said purposes. Approved, July 17, 1907. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in loitering on Any minor, or any female, except she be the proprietor or an Penalty for employe of the proprietor, who shall loiter on the premises saloon premises. where spirituous and intoxicating liquors are kept for sale, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars. No person accused of a violation of this act shall be excused from testifying before any court in this state in any case for the reason that he may thereby incriminate himself; but no testimony so given by him shall, in any prosecution, be used as evidence, either directly or indirectly, against him, nor shall he be thereafter prosecuted for any offense so disclosed by him. Approved, July 17, 1907. [Substitute for House Bill No. 477.] CHAPTER 218. An Act amending an Act concerning Deer. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: 66 pro SECTION 1. Section 3114 of the general statutes is hereby Killing of deer. amended by adding at the end thereof the following: vided, however, that the owner or lessee of any real estate may, at any time, on land owned or leased by him, kill, by the use of a shotgun, any deer which shall be found destroying or damaging any crop, vegetable, or fruit tree upon said land; the burden of proof that any deer found in the possession of any such owner or lessee was killed in conformity with the provisions of this proviso shall be upon said owner or lessee," so that said section as amended shall read as follows: The close season for deer shall be from the first of July, 1902, to the first of June, 1911. No person shall hunt, kill, attempt to kill, chase, or take any deer, buck, doe, or fawn in this state during the close season; provided, however, that the owner or lessee of any real estate may, at any time, on land owned or leased by him, kill, by the use of a shotgun, any deer which shall be found destroying or damaging any crop, vegetable, or Penalties. fruit tree upon said land; the burden of proof that any deer found in the possession of any such owner or lessee was killed in conformity with the provisions of this proviso shall be upon said owner or lessee. 66 SEC. 2. Section 3119 of the general statutes as amended by chapter 93 of the public acts of 1905 is hereby amended by striking out the word "five" in the third line of said section as amended and inserting in lieu thereof the word one," so that said section as amended shall read as follows: Every person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punished as follows: for each violation of section 3114, by a fine of one hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days; for each violation of section 3115, by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars, and for each squirrel or part thereof taken and possessed in violation of said section, by an additional fine of not more than ten dollars; for each violation of section 3116, by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars, and for each wild hare or rabbit or part thereof taken or possessed in violation of such section, by an additional fine of not more than ten dollars; for each violation of section 3117, by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars; and for each rabbit taken in violation of section 3118, by a fine of not less than seven dollars or imprisonment of not more than thirty days. Approved, July 17, 1907. Local authorities to direct location of tracks. [Senate Bill No. 43.] CHAPTER 219. An Act concerning Change of Grade of Highways. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Section 3824 of the general statutes is hereby amended to read as follows: The selectmen of each town, the mayor and common council of each city, and the warden and burgesses of each borough, shall, within their respective jurisdictions, and subject to the right of appeal as provided in sections 3832 and 3843, have exclusive control over the placing or locating of tracks, wires, conductors, fixtures, or other permanent structures of any such railway in the highways, over the relocating or removal of the same, and over changes in grade of such railway, and may make all orders necessary to the exercise of such power of control; provided, that orders concerning relocation, removal, and changes in grade shall be made only for the purpose of public improvement. Said orders shall be in writing, and shall be recorded in the records of the respective municipalities. Every such company shall, at its own expense, comply with and carry out such orders forthwith, and, in case of its failure so to do, such town, city, or borough may carry out said orders and recover the expense thereof from such company in an action on this statute, or may proceed by a writ of mandamus to compel such company, at its own expense, to carry out said orders. Except in the case of bridges, terminals, curves in turning from one street to another, and turnouts and switches not exceeding one hundred and fifty feet in length, the wrought part of any highway made suitable for travel shall nowhere be less than eight feet in width on each side of the street railway tracks, measuring from the outer rail where said tracks are located in the center of the highway, and not less than twelve feet in width, measuring from the rail nearest the wrought part of the highway where said tracks are located on the side of the highway, unless permission to reduce such width is obtained from the superior court or a judge thereof. Whenever any town, city, or borough shall change the grade of any such highway after the tracks of any street railway company have been duly located thereon, such company shall comply with any reasonable order to temporarily remove its tracks for the purpose of such change, and, when said change has been com pleted, shall conform the grade of its tracks to the newly established grade of the highway, and such company shall pay all the cost of changing its tracks and one-half of the cost of the necessary excavating, filling, resurfacing, paving, or other construction work within lines two feet on the outside of each outer rail of such tracks. Said city, town, or borough shall pay the rest of the cost of changing the grade of said highway. Approved, July 18, 1907. [House Bill No. 778.] An Act concerning Warehouse Receipts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: PART I. THE ISSUE OF WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS. SECTION 1. Persons who may Issue Receipts. Warehouse receipts may be issued by any warehouseman. SEC. 2. Form of Receipts. Essential Terms. Warchouse receipts need not be in any particular form, but every such |