Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-03

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 was rejected.
 The motion to indefinitely postpone | prevailed when the act concerning the ! removal of material from the shores i and waters of the state was reached 1 on the house calendar and the act con l corning shellfsh franchise assess .
 ments was se2It to the foot of the call cndar.
 There was long and tedious discus 1 sion over an act that provided for re- | Viving the charters of the cities of | Norwalk and Scuth Norwalk, which ! means consolidation. and included a ] resume of the long and apparently 1 endless entanglements between the | twin cities. the main debate bearing on ] the matter of referendum. which hal | been tackled on to the original bill at | the instance Of the South Norwal1ers, | and opposed by the NOrWalkerS, W 10 | claimed the referendum meant the de- ! feat of the bill Nearly an hour of | time was wasted in attempted oratory | which flowed as freely as if the SeS- ! sion was at it's openlng instead of upon 1 the last lap. Finally the referendum amendment was put to a vote and adopted by vote of 6S to B. The original bill was then passed.
 The act concerning the hours of ! labor in the humane institutions of the state to 5S hours a week did not in- clude the hours of labor of nurses in tuberculosis institutions and was amended to that effect by Mir Trem- Ieau of Meriden. There was doubt as to result of vote and the matter was temporarily tabled. there not being quorum present at the time. Subse- GuentlN Mir. Evarts moved indefinite p0Stponement. Messrs Storrs, Buteau. Tremleau opposed, as did also MT. TDr-a motion to indefinitely postpone pre- vailed on party lines. the republicans faVoring the motion.
 Mir. MaItbie of Granby explained the proposed amendment to the constitu- ton which provided that no member of the general assembly shall be ap- pointed or elected to office within the gift of the state during term of office Mr. Maltbie said the governor was in favor of the proposition to change the present plan which bordered on sean dal. Mir Wilson of Bridgeport spoke in favor and declared it time that this old plan was iegislated out of exist ence. Messrs. Hea!ey, Hall and Haynes opposed, the latter making motion to indefinitely postpone. which prevailed.
 An act concerning taxation of she'll fish grounds. which provides for physical examination of the grounds by the commissioners annually for the purpose of ascertaining the productivi- ty for taxation. all facilities for the examination to be furnished by the lessees of oyster lands. Mir Evarts explained the bill and said it was about time the oyster business of the state was put on a proper taxable basis. Mir. Magee favored the bill and so did MT. Caine. While Mir. StOddard opposed and made motion to table temporarily and prin. in the journal. which was lost. Mr. Ryce made strong plea in opposition and Mr kfrChberger moved for indefinite post ponement after half an hour discus sion, but the motion did not prevail. The debate was continued by Messrs. EVarts and Stoddard and then the bill was put on it's passage.
 The Bridgeport bonding bill of $1,- 500, COG was the first business taken up in the house Monday passed and transmitted to ;he senate. 4 bill was passed giving power to contract for . water supply for the Soldiers home at NOroton. An act establishing harbor and bulkhead lines in New Haven was also passed
 Representative craney of Norwich voted in his home city at 9 o'clock Monday morning and was in the cap itol at the opening of the legislature, made possible by the use of an auto mobile in overtaking the trolley car at Occum and connecting with the Hartford train at Willimantic.
 The 55 hours Of labor law which was passed in the house was amended in the senate. In order to get the bill back in the legislative works the house agreed with the senate in the appoint ment of a committee on conference, and MT. Hall of Milford and MT. Hyde of Manchester were named as the com- mittee on the part of the house An act amending an act concerning op eratiOns for the prevention of procrea- tiOn was indefinitely postponed on mo- ton of AIr. Ry,e of Stamford
 Mr. Wilson of Bridgeport opened the debate in the discussion of an act au- thorizing investigation of fire insur a1lce ccnBa aies He said the rates were made by combination of the companies and were illegal. lt< was time the state decided whether compe utipn or monopoly was wanted in fire InsurapcC. The bill provides for commission to be appointed by the governor tO investigate conditions and report 10 the next general assembly. Mir. GTiSwOld of WetheTsfield lauded the Insurance companies and deprecat- ed the idea of disturbing the insurance, companies by investigation. MT Law Ter of Hartford spoke in support of the measure and told of Winsted instance where the Combna ton reduced the rates and like action was taken in re- gard to fire rates on the fire houses in the city of Hartford. He saw no harm in the investigation and believed !. would be courred by the good com .panies MT Healey opposed in his usual forceful way and the bill was put upon it's passage and rejected.
 
 Mir. Lockwood made motion, which did not prevail, by a vote of 78 to 70, to take from the table an act-concern- ing approval of stock and bond issues of public service corporations. The act provided fer approval by the utili- ties commission. An act providing for the removal of any state commissioner, a substitute for the removal of high way commissioner. which takes the power of removal from the governor, but vests with the superior court, was next considered alter explanation by Mir Magee of Watertown. Messrs Riel and Thoms opposed and the orig inal bill passed
 An act providing for the appointment of a commission to investigate the disposal of sewage in the interior wa