Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-02
BLIZZARD OF BILLS, ETC.,
 LOOKED FOR TODAY
This Being the Last Opportunity to
 Present New Business.
Especial to The Bulletin )


 Hartford, Feb. This is the last day for introducing new business for this legislature session and the wealth erwise looks for a blizzard of bills, resolutions and petitions before ad- journment is taken this afternoon. Another raft of proposed business came in Wednesday, enough to keep the clerks busy far into the night, that they may be printed in the journals and distributed on the members desks before the time of the session opens this morning. It was one o'clock Wednesday morning before the clerks were able to get the mass of business printers, but the journals were issued on time.
 Public Utilities Hearing.
 Today will also be marked as inn portant by reason of the fact that the judiciary committee will sit at a hear ing on all matters concerning public utilities, regulation of public service corporations and tla establishing of a court of commerce ass these meas ures are among the most important 10 be considered at this session. an unusually large attendance is fore casted. The hearing will commence at o'clock in the old supreme court room in the capitol.
 Public Utilities Hearing.
 Incident to the preparation to hear discussion of the essentially import ant measures that are pending the house concurred with the senate at Wednesdays session in rejecting the resolution raising a, special committee to hear the arguments in favor and against the various employers liability and workmenS compensation acts. ind instead adopted plan whereby a joint committee comprised of the judiciary and labor committees will set at such hearings.
 Some Funny Stuff introduced.
 A resolution offered by Representa- tive Lester Peck of Bedding in favor of the calling of an extra session of congress that the Payne Aldrich tar if might be grilled was settled We'd nesday in the house, the incident SUD- plying 9 feature of the session. The vote was 11S to 73, the democrats vot- ing solidly in favor of passing the res olution. Incidentally the many bills introduced Wednesday contained some funny stuff, one measure providing for teaching. Esperanto, and another for fixing bounty on crows.
 Of Interest to Eastern Connecticut.
 Some Eastern Connecticut matters of interest filed were as follows:
 Mir. Warren of Killingly introduced an act amending an act establishing the town court of Killingly passed at the session of 1897, making the act to read that the judge of said court shall annually appoint a prosecuting attorney and an assistant prosecuting attorney, each of whom shall be sworn to faithful discharge of his duties Within the cognizance and jurislic- ton of said town court, and as may be provided and restricted by this act said prosecuting officers shall exercise the same authority and perform the same duties as are now provided by law for states attorneys in their sev- eral counties; but shall not compro- mise with nor discharge any offender on payment of costs or other sums without the written approval of the judge, and said prosecuting officers shall further have the same power and authority "s are or may hereafter be conferred upon grand jurors and pros- ecuting agents by the general statutes and public actS.''
 All parts of the old act establishins the court as are inconsistent with the proposed amendment are. to be re- pealed by it.
 Mrs. Grenier, ,VoluntoWn--An act con corning the maintenance of schools ir the towns of Voluntown and GrisWold section i providing that the town ot Voluntown shall have jurisdiction o1 the schools which were previous to a public act of 1909 maintained in join, district known IS the Fourth dis trict of the town of VoiuntoWn, and the towns of Voluntown and Griswold in which this fourtf. distrian is stuat- ed shall apportion the monies for the maintenance of the schools in this dis trict s+s provided before the passage ei chapter 14e Of the public acts of 1909 So much of this Fourth district as IS situated in the town of GrisWold silal hay power to levy and collect taxes fol the support, repair and erection of saio school building, etc.
 lMr. Kenyon of Woodstock introduced ! resolution authorizing the Williman tic and Southbridge Railway company tC organlZe ard contruct a line be- tween the places mentioned before tht final adjournment of general assembly at It's January session, 191a A charter was granted for this road at the ses. sion of 1901.
 An appropriation of $1,500 for tIl, erection of 2 monument lo Prudence Crandall Is asked for i'll a resolution introduced by MT. Warren Of Killing. ly. / It Is proposed to erect the monu rnent at Paekerville, near the Baptfs church. where sine was sheltered witl her coiored pupils when driven iron the town of Canterbury in 1883. Pro vision for the erection of the monrl nent In 1911 is asked. The resolution