Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-09

chief eXecuI1Ve warns the me1HDefa . consideration and make full inquiry into all new ways of spending the states money, as we'll as dn regard to increases in regular appropriations, as is reuuired by the present financial condition of the state.
 Incidentally the house experienced a streak of economy talk Wednesday, Representative HOtchkiss of New Ha- ven thought the state ought to stop spending money so freely. He slapped at the state board of education Tor having deficiency bill of $S0,444, books. many containing all sorts of nonsense that nobody reads.
 Representative HotchkisS talked at some length before Representative Belcker of New Haven rose to a point of order, maintaining that the gentle ma from New Haven was not speaking in close relation to the matter before tl1a house-a particular deficiency bill. Tho speaker ruled the point well taken. Mir Hotchlxiss sat down, stating that he had managed to finish before being discovered.
 dead crow, partridge in the same state, both caught in trapping devices, together with snare wires in number and traps of various types, some ap- parently sufficiently powerful to hold a horse-a small horse-were brought in by a Canterbury citizen this week as exhibits to help out his arguments against certain snaring and trapping hills now in the hands of the com-. mittee on fish and game. The wires and traps and the victims of them were collected in his vicinity by the Canterbury man.
 Oh, that automobile furnished by the state to the highway commissioner! The committee on appropriations re- port favorab1y a deficiency bill for $1,- 900 to repair the machine The dem ocrats object. Result: General discus sion of deficiency bills, raps for conn nissioners of the state who exceed appropriations; explanations of why's and wherefores, suggestion that the highway commissioner ride in a cheap CT machine; pleas for economy, de- fense of commissioner, etc, etc, ad in finitum. FinaIly-after all the debate passage of the bill and appropriation of the money.
 Will there be. Friday session this week? Maybe yes; maybe no. The senate has made the matter the order of the day for Tuesday of next week. which is not this week. Only two or three of the committees have assigned hearings for tomorrow, carrying out the idea of uncertainty as to what is to be done.
 Representative Warren of killingIy appeared before the judiciary commit tee Wednesday afternoon in behalf of the resolution amending the act creat- ing the town court of Killingly so that only one assistant prosecuting attor- ney will be appointed, instead of three, as at present. There was no opposi- ton to the proposition, which in effect would save the town $100 a year.
 After considerable debate the bill providing that a. hunters license shall not be issued to any minor under 16 years of age was tabled in the house Wednesday, though favorably reported by the committee on fish and game. Much was said by the members rela- tive to the value of keeping guns out of the hands of young boys, who are prone to use such weapons reckleSsly.
 This (Thursday) afternoon the com mittee on fish and game will give a hearing on Representative Johnson s bill prohibiting the use of automatic and repeating shotguns in killing wild birds and fowl