Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-25

of the United States to be admitted as
 municipal voters upon the same condi- tions as to age and residence as are
 male electors passed the senate We'd
 Ees0ay when the matter came up at nocn as the order of the day The act
 provides that any woman who Is made
 T municipal voter under the provisions of the act shall have the right to vote
 at any meeting of a town. city or bcf- oush, provided the matter acted upon is not one which under the provisions of the constitution o1 the state can be voted upon by legally admitted electors. The senate passed the bill 24 to g. The principal arguments for the bill were by Senators McNeil and Judson- zn opposition Senator Hooker was heard. he stating among other things that he spoke for himseH and for women who were opposed to the bill. He said tine senators who favored the measure would undoubtedly vote for it, but he felt that those senators who were real l " and truly opposed should vote against the measure and not in favor, merely to pay compliment to wem an 1 in the hope that tha house would kill | the bill. This has been done at other sessions.
 Seventeen resolutions paying ex- penses and counsel fees to persons certesting for or desendins seats in the house were brought before that body Wednesday afternoon by Repre- sentative Stewart, North Stonington, as chairman of the committee on con- were tabled at request of MT. Tingier | of Vernon
 Ther. will be Friday session of the general assembly this week. that leg | islative day may not be lost next week when there will be no session Tuesday Mem moria1 day.
 Representative Mcormond of Ansonia threw & scare into those members of the house who wanted to do business Wednesday afternoon when he moved ! for adjournment of the second session of the day. Request after request to I table matters disgusts1 MT. McOrmond and he expressed, Tn effect, his opinion that if no one wanted to do business | that it was time to shut up shop and go home. It was feared at the time | that a quorum was not present but the vote disclosed that there was, so the sitting continued The absence of | terested in matters starred for action | was responsible for the inability to | make progress.
 l After all, there is to be no closed season on mink and muskrat the Diii providing for such being rejected by ] the house Wedn esday afternoon in con- | currencs with the senate, which dis | agreed with the house, which origina ly passed the bill
 | An act giving the state board of health power to regulate or prohibit the use of common drinking cups in public places, vehicles, etc. was pass
 ed by the house at Wednesday after noon's session.
 Eight thousand dollars for the use cf St. Joseph's hospital, Willimantic, IS carried by an appropriation bill pass ed by the house Wednesday afternoon. | The appropriation is for the two years
 ending Sept. 30, 1913.
 An act doing away with roller towels
 in hotels and public lavatories was passed by the house Wednesday. The act requires tEat towels furnished in
 such places shall be individual towels
 and that when used and discarded they
 shall not be used again until thor oughly washed and dried.
 | The senate passed an important bill | "Wednesday regulating the shipping of meat catsle over six months of age into this state The object of the bill reduce thereby the danger of com munfcating tuberculosis. it being
 claimed that 9 large percentage of il-
 fantile cases of that disease are trace able to contaminated milk The bill
 provides for rigid insDection of all an- I finals coming into Connecticut
 1 Mayor Dunn of Windham aave the members of the house another talking
 to Wednesday afternoon about the de-
 stability of cutting out di1dalling and
 getting down to business. It had q
 good effect. too. as the members got
 busy and passed several bills without | the usual delay