Repeal. [Senate Bill No. 212.] CHAPTER 99. An Act repealing an Act concerning the Assessment and Col- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Sections one, two, three, four, six, and seven of chapter 189 of the public acts of 1909, entitled "An Act concerning the Assessment and Collection of Taxes in the Town of Danbury", are hereby repealed. Approved, June 22, 1911. When barbers li censed in other tice occupation in this state. [Senate Bill No. 18.] CHAPTER 100. An Act concerning the Licensing of Barbers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Any person licensed to practice the occupation of barber states may prac. in any state maintaining a board of examiners of barbers may, upon presenting to the board of examiners of barbers of this state satisfactory proof that he is so licensed in such other state, and upon payment of a registration fee of one dollar, be licensed to practice the occupation of barber in this state without conforming to the requirements of the laws of this state concerning the examination of barbers. Approved, June 22, 1911. Employment of unsuitable per sons or women [Substitute for House Bill No. 194.] CHAPTER 101. An Act amending an Act concerning Employees in Saloons. Section two of chapter 265 of the public acts of 1907 is hereby amended by inserting after the word "saloon" in in saloons, pro- the sixth line thereof the words "and no female, unless she be the wife or daughter of the proprietor, shall be employed hibited. 1911.] ABDUCTING or Enticing females for imMORAL PURPOSES. in any capacity in any licensed saloon, except in a hotel of established good reputation in which the county commissioners of the county shall have, in writing, authorized the employment of females", so that said section as amended shall read as follows: No person who is by statute declared to be an unsuitable person to hold a license to sell spirituous and intoxicating liquors in his own name shall be employed as a bartender or manager in any licensed saloon in this state, nor shall he be allowed to have a financial interest in any such licensed saloon; and no female, unless she be the wife or daughter of the proprietor, shall be employed in any capacity in any licensed saloon, except in a hotel of established good reputation in which the county commissioners of the county shall have, in writing, authorized the employment of females. Any licensed dealer who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be subject to the penalties of section 2712 of the general statutes. Approved, June 22, 1911. 1359 [Substitute for House Bill No. 688.] CHAPTER 102. An Act amending an Act concerning Abducting or Enticing Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Section 1311 of the general statutes is hereby amended to Penalty for abducting or enread as follows: Any person who takes, receives, employs, ticing females for immoral purharbors, or uses, or causes or procures to be taken, received, poses. employed, harbored, or used, any female for the purpose of prostitution, or who, by any pretence or device, inveigles or entices any female into a house of ill-fame or assignation or elsewhere for the purpose of prostitution, or who takes or detains any female unlawfully, against her will, with intent to compel her, by force, menace, or duress, to marry him or any other person, or who detains, or attempts to detain, against her will, in any house of ill-fame or elsewhere, any female for the purpose of prostitution, or who knowingly accepts, receives, levies, or appropriates any money or other valuable thing, without legal consideration, from the pro ceeds of the earnings of any female from prostitution, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than fifteen years. Any acceptance, receipt, levy, or appropriation of such money or valuable thing as hereinbefore provided shall be prima facie without legal consideration. Approved, June 22, 1911. Validating vote District, as to described in petition. [House Bill No. 843.] CHAPTER 103. An Act validating Certain Votes of The Norfolk Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in SECTION 1. The vote of The Norfolk Sewer District, of Norfolk Sewer passed at a meeting of said district held May 26, 1898, adcertain territories mitting certain territory described in the petition referred to in said vote to be a part of said district, and the vote passed at a meeting of said district held August 2, 1909, annexing as a part of said district the territory described in the warning referred to in said vote, are hereby validated and confirmed, and said territories are hereby declared to be a part of said district for all the present purposes of said district, being to establish and maintain a system of sewerage within said district and to light the streets and highways of said district, and for such other purposes as may hereafter be legally added thereto. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Release deed to be executed upon the satisfaction of a mortgage. [House Bill No. 515.] CHAPTER 104. An Act amending an Act concerning the Release of Mortgages. Section 4048 of the general statutes is hereby amended by striking out the words "and the tender of the necessary expense thereof" in the fourth and fifth lines thereof, so that said section as amended shall read as follows: Upon the satisfaction of any mortgage, the mortgagee or person by law authorized to release the same shall execute and deliver a release deed thereof, and, if he neglect so to do for thirty days after a written request, shall pay to any person aggrieved five dollars for each week of such neglect after the expiration of said thirty days. Approved, June 22, 1911. [Senate Bill No. 322.] CHAPTER 105. An Act concerning the Appointment, Powers, and Duties of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in commissioners of SECTION 1. The governor shall, on or before July 1, 1911, Appointment of nominate and, with the advice and consent of the senate, ap- rivers, harbors, point five commissioners of rivers, harbors, and bridges, two and bridges. to hold office for the term of two years, two for the term of four years, and one for the term of six years from July 1, 1911, and until their respective successors are duly appointed and qualified; and biennially thereafter the governor shall nominate and, with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint two such commissioners, each for the term of six years and until his successor is duly appointed and qualified, except that in the years in which the term of only one commissioner expires one commissioner shall be so appointed. One of the commissioners shall be a capable and experienced civil engineer of at least ten years practice, one shall be a lawyer of good standing in his profession, and the remaining commissioners shall be practical business men. If any vacancy occurs at a time when the general assembly is not in session, the governor shall appoint a commissioner to fill such vacancy for the remainder of the term. sioners. SEC. 2. The comptroller shall furnish to said commis- office to be fursioners an office in the capitol, wherein maps, surveys, and nished commis. other documents in connection with rivers, harbors, and bridges of the state, and other matters within the jurisdiction of the commissioners, shall be kept and shall be open to inspection by the public. Powers and duties of the commissioners. Payment of ex penses and cler commission. SEC. 3. Said commissioners shall, on behalf of the state, consult and cooperate with the federal authorities regarding any river or harbor improvement or the construction of any bridge over navigable waters within the state; shall cause surveys to be made, by or under the direction of the engineer member, of navigable waters or extensions thereof or of waters that may be made navigable, or for the protection of river banks against erosion or damage to public or private property; shall confer with municipalities concerning water terminal facilities, and promote, where possible, greater coordination between water and rail transportation, and advise relative to the proper mechanical devices for handling freight; and shall adopt such other means, by surveys and recommendations, as will conserve and develop transportation by water. Said commission shall report to the general assembly on the first Wednesday after the first Monday in January, 1913, and biennially thereafter. SEC. 4. The comptroller is hereby authorized and diical expenses of rected to draw his orders on the treasurer for a sum or sums not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars to pay for clerical or other assistance for the commission and also the necessary expenses of the members of the commission in the performance of their duties, but the members of said commission shall serve without compensation. SEC. 5. This act shall take effect from its passage. Suspension of mitment to custody of probation officer. [Substitute for Senate Bill No. 78.] CHAPTER 106. An Act amending an Act concerning the Appointment of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in SECTION 1. Section four of chapter 142 of the public acts sentence and com- of 1905 as amended by section one of chapter 1 of the public acts of 1907 is hereby amended by striking out, commencing in the thirteenth line of said section as amended, the words "at its next session and shall keep on file the clerk's receipt therefor" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "except in cases in the superior court or court of common pleas in which |