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Hou~• Bill Bo. 695
(Kr. Shaw of Bedding)
AWINDIIGANACTCOHCBBiiDiG
QUALI~ICA!IONS
0~
woimJvoras.
Section 1.
Section 1629 of the General Statutes ae amen4e4
by Chapter ~6 of the Pliblic Acta of 1909 is herebJ amended by aclding af'ter the word• •or to public libraries•
at the end ot the aection the words •and tor town and oit7 officers.
aJid ele~tora ot
president and vice-president
ot the Uniteel States•, .so thAt said aeotion as amended shall read as tallows : Bvery woaan Who ab.all ba'H
attained the age or twenty-one years, . who eh&°ll be a citizen ot· thi .•
state or of the United states. anel who sb&ll have reaided in th9
atate one year an~ in the town six 110nth• .• ~ c,m. r~
the ·JIDaliela
1~.
shall, ai"ter having been duly adaittea., have the ript
to
vote tor any ottioer ot school• an4 directore of' public librariea
and upon any question relating to ecfaoatJ.on, or to achnols, or to
public librariea,
and for town and cttj ottioers 1 and elector• ot
president and vice-president
or the United Stat•••
Section 2.
Section l6SO ot the General Statute• is hereb~
amended by ineerttng af'ter the word• •~r to public libraries•
tile
word• •and for town and cit7 otticera,
and electors
of president,-ul
vice-preaident
or the United State ••, do ~bat saii aeotion aa aa.114ed ahall read. as tollon:
The board ot ••l•ctmen and town clerk
shall at an7 meetJng held by tnem tor the admission of electors,
fl:XUine the qualifications
of' thoae women by whom or in who• e behalf
application
has been made to be admitted ae voter • for achool otticere
and tor directors
of public libraries
and upon an7 4ueetion relatina
to education, or to schools. or to ;:ublic libraries,
and tor town an4
city otficers,
and electors of president and vice-preaident
ot the
United States, and whose names ·appear on the •women•• li~t -•- to be
~ad••• and ahall cause the person tn whoae favor auoh anlioat1on
is -de to testify ~der oath to her qualification•
to be act• auoh
voter, and shall deliver to the town clerk a eertified
liet in wrltln4
of all women no are found to possess the requi • ite qaalitloatiou
to
be made such Totera, which said liat • ball be kept b7 aat4 town olen
aa an otticial
li • t. and the re;iatrara
11&7restore to • &td liat tu
nuae ot &D7 iroaan, aubJect to the•••
rHtr-iotlona
and oondittou
aa apply to re • toration ot names to the liat ot elector ••
wean Who ahall teatit'y tal••lJ
aa to her qU&litioattona to be aa4e
& Toter,
or Jmowinal1 vote~ tllepllJ
at lllt7 town, •~hool, or 41•trict aeetin1, aball be tined not aore than fifty dollar • or iaprtsone4 not aore tlaan thlrt7 ·4Q • •
••17
8.ectton ! •
8eotion 1880 ot the General ltat11tea 11 hereD7 aaencled by inaerting after the word•
elector••
in the tint
line the word• •an4 woaen v.oter••• ao that said • eotlon ... ,-a4ecl
shall read ... tollofl
s The eleotor • aa4. woeen Toter • tn tile
HTeral t ·owna in the state, at tile eleotora• aeetinga on the 'l'aelle\a7
nut after t.!le first Kon4&yot lloveaber, 190&, ancl qaadrennia117
thereafter,
•ball bring In their ballot •, in tu anner proTi4tl4 la
tllls oba~t•r• tor eleotQra o~ pre • t4ent Tio•~prea14ent o~ the
United State•, not aoff41nc in maber tile nolt
naaber ot •-t•n
&114 repr•••tath••
to atoll tllfl • tate aball thea t,e entltlecl ln
.. c.p-- • ot tu VIit-' .. •• , ...
•th•
Two auffrage bill •, introduced in the Holme were sent to th• Judiciary Co111n1ttee. Both ,rere entitled,
"All Act A10nd1ng an Aot Concerning the
Qualifications
of WomenVoters•.
The ti tl•~ 9·n the iniilide and on the back
of th e bill• were of oourae the • ame, -... an7 on• can verify for himaelf
by exam1ning th~ bill• which are now in the poueasion
of the Clerk of the
Judiciary Committee.
Immediately after the adJounmet
of the JJ~• • on the da7 Oil which
the bill• were introduced I went down to th• ijall of the House .-id 1n the
presence of Kr. Shaw of Re441ng who 1ntro4uoe4 Bill 696, I aue4 Mr. Keneal7,
the Clerk of the Houae, to what committee our euf:frag• blll• had been referred.
He said, •ro lihe Judioiar7 Coauttee,
both• ·•
Upon consulting a law:yer I learned that this was a perfectly
legitimate asaig11ment, aa any act emendi·ng th ·e, xr,esent atah.tea ~ be oonBiderecl
by the Jdioiary
Colllllittee.
In the Senate the bill• were sent to th• • aae
committee.
We were not diapleaaed as the suffrage colllllitt•• for the past two aeaalons hae been oompoaed, for aome atrange reason, of vlol&t
anti-suffra•
giate.
!'hie year with one or poeejbly two exoeptiona •••ry!D&Jl on the committee wu known to be hopeleaely oppoaed to auttrage be:for• th• legialature coDYene4.
The eix mabera of the committee who were manb9ra o:f the
latve.
Mr. Boarlman of llicldletovrn, Kr. Jlor • mall of U'llion, Kr.
Pairfiel4,
Kr. Claxton o:f Torrington.
Kr. Reill7 of Ba~atu,ok,
Harwinton, are on ~cord in thf Jo1U'J181of the
for 1915
voted against even submitting the question to the voters.
ii!r.
Union nted againat by pairing with Mr. Ryan af Ridgefield.
Ho••
1915 leg1sLaoe7 of
Kr. Prati of
u having
Horsman of
Jlo move waa ·made to o~•
the oommittee oonsi,dering our billa util
about three •••ka ha4 puaed and it beoam1 known that aeveral members of the
Judiciary Committee were favorable to euffrage.
The hearing on our bill •
had meanwhi ~• bea eet. published 1Jl the Legislative
Bulietin,
and given
eome publicity by _ the newapapers.
Ou organi~tl
on had been working with this committee and did not care
to begin on a new one even if we had knoV11lthe new om to be unbiaaet.
The matter of transferring
our bills wae ooneitered by the J'lll iclar;v
Committee and they Tote4 7 to 6 to retain the bill••
In any other conceivable oaa• the matter would haYe dropped th•••
J.
attended
large hearing was held before the Judiciary Committee on !'ebruary
by about 260 auffragiste
froa all parta of the atate.
27 ti1
haTe 37,000 members one notification
b;y pe11t cart• coats u
It is a conservative
estimate to aay tha.t our 11Drk 1Jl presenting
our ca•• to thie oommittee ha s coat our membe·rs between two and three thousand dollars up to the present time.
A.a we
$370.00.
ill peti tlone which have been • ent 1n for the paaaage of Bill 805 have
been masaed and listed 1111derone head•• Petition
51 instead of aa aeparat•
petitions
as is customary.
A bill
to giTe 11Dmena vote Oil library matter& waa last year r•f•rred
to the CODnittee on Etuoation, reportet b7 them and voted Gn. Do move was
made to ~henge the cOllllltt•• uai~ent.
Al.lowing th••• bills,
Houae Bill 805 and House Bill 595• to be tranaferred to another committee at thS • late hour will Ntablieh
a most danger0118 precetent
for juggling with bllle between committees.
ne propoaition atill to ineiet
traordinar;v and looks Y~ry maob like
can not b• defeated b;y fair.
on a tranafer of the bille is moat exto defeat by foul play what
an attempt
(Signed)
Emily Pieraon.
r
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r•~• -•
Hou• o 1'111 806
(llr.
hUer
---
ot Somera)
AB ACTAIIBNDIRG
All ACTCOJICIRlfINGQUALIVICATI0JJS
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....
VOTm.
Section l.
Section 1629 ot the General State • u ... n~e4
Chapter 96 ot the Public Acts ot 1909 1• hereby ame~ded by ad4ing after the words •or to public librarie •• at the end ot th• ••c•
tton the worda •or to th• manufacture arid sale of • plritous and
intoxicatins
liquors,•
so that aatd aection ae uended •hall r i ad
aa follow•: Bvery womanwho ~hall have attained the age ot twentyone year •, who ahall be a citizen ot thte. •t•te or ot the United
State •, and who &ha}.l bave re • idect in the at8te one year and in the
town atx month•~ a.nd can read the Bngll s b lang~age, lhall,
after
hav:ing been duly admitted, have tbe rl&b-t to vote tor any officer
of • choola and directors
or Public Librariea and upon a~y queation
relati.ng to education, or to school11, or to publin Ubrarlea,
or
to the manufacture and sale of apirituoua and intoxicating
liquors.
by
Section 2.
Section 1630 ot the General Statutes aa
amended by Chapter 96 ot the Public Acta o:t 1909 1e hereby uaended
by inserting after the words •or to public librariea•
at th, end
ot the ninth line the words •nr to the manufacture and eale of
~pirituoua and intoxicating
liquors, •ao that aaid aection ·u
Aaended shall read as follows: The Board of Selectmen and town
clerk ahall at any meeting held by the • tor the a4mias1on ot electors. e2uine the qualification,
ot those womenby whomor tn who••
behalt &ppli~ation has been made to be admitted a• voter• t'or school
otticers and tor directors
ot' public libraries
and upon any question
relatiq
to education, or to eohoola, or to pqblio librariea,
or to
the -.nufacture
and aale ot epirituoue and intoxicating
liquo::&
and who•• names ap-pear on the •w,,me11••liet --- to be made•,
eball cauae the person in who• e t'avor such application
ta made to
teatity under oath to her qualit'icationa
to be '!&de auch voter. and
eh&ll deliver to the town clerk a certit'ied
liet in writina ot •11
woaen wbo are found to po••••• the ~equiaite qualit'icationa
to be
made 8U~h TCtera, which aaid li • t •hall be kept by laid tolffl clerk
aa an offiotal
ll • t, and the regi • trara IIIQ restore to aaid li•t
the naae ot' any woman, aubjeot to th ·• aue rHtrlottona
and ooncUtlou u apply to reetoration
ot' nu••
to the liat of elector ••
Bt-e17 woean wllo • hall teatih
t'alaely •• \o her qual1t'icat1ou
to
be aa4e a Toter, or lmowlngly Yote .111eoll7 at iuly town, Rohool,
or 41atriot ••Una, aball ba t'in-4 not aore than t'ttty dollar • or
1-,riaonecl not aore tban thirty 4Qa.