Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-20
Appropriations.

There is determination to collect that personal tax in New London and the special tax collector has handed list of the delinquents to the prose cutting attorney. Warrants will soon be issued and those who have not paid the required tax will have to call at the collectors office and settle or tell in the police. court the reason why. As it will cost less to settle with the col lector rather than pay fine and costs for not complying with the law, it is probable that the collector will have to put in just a little overtime in the near future. The prosecuting at torney must issue warrants according to law and the police are obliged to make service, so there seems to be no chance to dodge that particular tax.
 This action on the part of the collect or is not optional on his part, but in line with his sworn duty, so his friends and those who are not his friends are in the same category. Those who have paid the tax for last year were on the verge of declining to pay for the present year in many instances for the reason that the oth- CT fellows were not compelled to fol- low suit. So the action of the collect
  the personal tax payment of the fut- ure Many of the delinquents have openly declared that they will not set tie and that there is no law that can compel payment or for penalty for non payment. That little point can be easily determined and probably will be within week. There used to be and there are still ia existence a few sea lawyers, but there seems to be a surfeit of personal tax iawy eFs, as many usually law bidiRg citizens seem to have been wrongly advised.
 Judge William B. Colt of the New London police court has inaueurated something new in the conduct of his court when railroad employees are brought to his bar from, another on the charge of intoxication. The judge is the son of former railroad presi- dent and is a Stockholder in a rail road himself and fully realizes the importance of having sober men handle a business where the lives of people are at stake. He is acquainted with movement to have sobriety pre- vail among all railroad employees and the judge is bound to aid the railroad officials in this special line. He gave
 
 a railroad man was arraigned before him for intoxication that the clerk of the court would be instructed to file the facts with the railroad officials for their action.
 In consequence there has been a de- crease in the arrests of this nature, but there was one Wednesday of the present week and the man was ad- judged guilty of intoxicatiQn. Judg- ment was suspended and a repre- sent ative of the railroad company in which he was employed was notified. It will now develop whether the rail- road company is in sympathy with the action of Judge Colt. If the judges effort to assist the railroad company is appreciated the custom established will continue. If not. the clerk of the court will receive no special directions in regard to railroad men who are ar rested for drunkenness. It is said that in saloons where railroad men former Iy congregated there has been a no- ticeabIe depreciation of receipts since the railroad company took the iniative in the movement to have only sober men in connection with the opera tions of trains and in general railroad work
 That public meeting called by the