Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-24

A qrouo of more than score of senate appointments will be consid-s cred at a hearing before the commit :. tee this -{F'riday) afternoon at 1 p. m. These appointments are for trustees or commissioners of various institu- tions within the state, including trus-s tees for the Norwich State hospital
 Representative Dunn of Windham piled a little more work on to that of a busy week Wednesday evening", when he delivered an address at For- estville before & G. A. R.. and Sons of Veterans meeting. His subject was Patriotism.
 Bills concerning blacklist, employ ment< of prison labor, in favor of a ten hour law for drug clerks, providing one days rest in seven. and concern ing work on Sunday, will be taken up by the committee on abor at one of the few hearings assigned for this (Friday) afternoon.
 A bill allowing school boards to en- gage as secretary of such board any citizen of a town who is not a mem Der of the board passed the house on Thursday. It was explained by Chair man Ensign of the committee on edd- cation that in some towns there has been difficulty ill getting members of school boards to act as secretary.
 Representative George B. Chandler, facetiously dubbed the boy wonder of Rocky HiiL'' tells abopt some one who asked a. friend of his if he saw any pommes de terre while he was in Paris The friend said: No; I had my wife with me all the time,
 A. resolution. amending the charter of the Dayville Cemetery association if To ar fo 1-a fund, passed the house Thursday.
 Resolutions extending the sympathy of the members of the house to the family of Representative J. Munroe Benjamin of Canaan, who died few days ago, were adopted on Thursday.
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 A bill concerning lettering about saloons and the procuring of liquor by minors and other persons to. whom the sale of liquor. is forbidden and providing a penalty of $50 for such day.
 The matter of the petitions of the city of Norwich to issue water and debt-funding bonds, which were to have been heard by the committee on finance this week, have been put over to an uncertain date because of the pressure of business on the committee. Attorney Joseph Tanning was at the capitol to appear insfavor of the meas ure but did not get an opportunity to be heard
 Next Tuesday afternoon the judi ciary committee will sit in joint exec utive session with the committee on labor for consideration of. the work mems compensation act. Thursday the judiciary committee will take. up the bills concerning the regulation of trades unions and concerning the pre- vention of the formation of combina-, tions in restraint of trade in the nee. esSaries of life.
 Representative thompson (Pon,fret) for the committee on public health and safety, reported unfavorabIy to the house Thursday on the resolution li- censing Stephen B. Sweet of Gris- wold to practice bone setting in Con- necticut, saying that the committee had believed that such licensing was unnecessary inasnuch as the appIi- cant already has the right to practice this part of surgical work.
 Representative Bent of Bridgeport asked that the matter be tabled that he might have time to investigate as to whether Mir. Sweet now has a right to practice bone setting without a li- cense. MT. Bent said that once, when g. boy, he had been the subject of 8 practical demonstration of the ability of the Sweets to set bones, he having fallen and broken his col1arbone while playing at school Dr. Sweet. now Representative Sweet of Griswold, and father of the applicant, Stephen B. Sweet, had set the fracture, and after a few weeks he was able to be out again, and has never since felt any