Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-04
Cspecia1 to The Bulletin.)

by was crowded with women interested in the woman suffrage amendment who
 were resolved to be on time in attend
 ance at the public hearing which was
 held in the hall of the house, to come
 early and get good seat. Two years
 ago when this matter was given
 hearing the hail of representatives was
 crowded with women, the a1sleS ana
 vacant seats being occupied by them,
 much to the inconvenience Of the members of the house, and the inter ference with the progress Of puollc business. In order to prevent repet- ton of this disorder, Clerk John Buck ley cautioned the doorkeepers to per init no ladies to enter while the house was in session. But when the house adjourned at 1.10 to meet again at
 11.S0 Thursday morning the doors were opened and there was grand rush TOT the seats that has never been equalled by any bargain day sale, and the members had difficulty in reaching the | lobby. The hearing before the commit | tee on woman suffrage, with senator | Barnes of Norwich chairman, opened at o'clock, and for over two hours there was a flow of real oratory show. 1 ing the undoubted qualifications of women to talk, and to talk well. Ar | gumentS were made in rapid fire sue | cession in advocacy of woman suffrage and even then there was not oppor- | turity to hear all who desired to be heard. Thursday afternoon the anti- suffra gists will have their inning. Calendar Matters Considered. These matters were taken from the 1 calendar and passed Incorporating The Seaside Improvement association | in Milford: amending the charter of | The Howard company, New Haven; to merge the D. A. Chatfield company in | the grain business; authorizing the 1 city of Meriden to issue water bonds, street improvement bonds and street pavement bonds; amending the charter of the Stamford Gas and Electric com pany, to mortgage property to secure bonds to the amount of $1,5OO,00o or denominations of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 each, at a rate not greater than six per cent. per annum, | payable semi-annually; authorizing the l town of Torrington to issue bonds Of $250,000, for school and public build | ings; amending charter of Berkeley | Divinity school, increasing the number l of trustees to 19. 12 clergymen and | laymen, of the Protestant Episcopal church; authorizing the towns of Cromwell, Middletown and Wethers- l field to issue bonds.
 | Against Fire Balloons.
 An act was passed that any person | who shall sell, expose for sale, dis | tribute or liberate a fire balloon shall | be fined not more than $100 or impris- oned not more than three months, or | both.
 I Wiid AnlmaI 60unrys
 An act was passed which provides | that any town may offer a bounty of not more than 5 for killing each wild | cat, a bounty of not more than $3 for raccoon, $1 for skunk, weasel, wood | chuck and wild Belgian hare and Ger | man hare, to be paid by the town l treasurer. The bounty to be paid from | the surplus of the amount received for | dog licenses during the previous year. l Bull Pasturinc,
 l Another act taken from the calendar | specifies that no person shall permit any bull of the age of IS months or | more to be at large in any field, high
 way, park or common. Any person violating any provision of this act shall be fined not more than $25 for | each offense. The bill was tabled. An l other act makes the close season for gray squirrels from Nov. 24 to Oct ', | inclusive. No person shall take more than six gray squirrels in one day or more than 30 a season.
 l Other Calendar Matters. l Act amending charter of Oakcliffe l cemetery, Danbury; act concerning marine insurance and fishing in Tyler l and Dog ponds in the town of Goshen; | amending charter of Hartford Fire h. | sur ance company and Hartford Acci- | dent and Indemnity Insurance compa-
 ny; and concerning inspector of dairies and sale of milk and cream, which l gives to aggrieved persons the right of ! appeal to the dairy and food commis- | Sioner from decisions of local inspect ors.
 committeo Reports.
 Favorable from judiciary committee: | Act concerning the admission of select- ors so that upon request of an elector, a newly naturaliZed citizen must prove | identity; the issuance of check with | out funds to meet same; assault with l Idang6rOuS WR2nOn. cOncRTnInQ the regustration of voters; release of mortgages; attachment of liquor li- censes;- disposal of ballots after cleo
 tion. Unfavorable reports. from the senate, concurred in by the house;
 concerning the display of the Amer
 1can flag at polling places; foreign attachments: adoption of mothers
 pension bill: property exemption of | typewriters from taxes and execution.
 New London Matters.
 The act incorporating the Young
 Women's Christian association of New
 London came from the senate ap-
 proved and was tabled for calendar. | The report of the highway commits | sion on the Thames river bridge came from the senate and referred to the committee on rivers. roads and bridges
 and like reference was made by the house. Petitions were received from George M. Cole camp, United Spanish War Veterans, in favor of several
 matters pending in the legislature and
 reference was made to committee on
 military affairs
 Methodist Church Home. The charter of the Methodist church home was so amended that the object of the corporation shall be to pro-
 vide a home for aged and destitute
 Protestant women and men in New Haven, giving special attention to such as are members of the Methodist Epis-
 copal church and the funds and prop erty of said corporation shall be de- voted to that object.
 Mileage for Members.
 The following resolution from the | calendar was passed: Whereas. at 9 general assembly in the state of Con- neeticut, held at Hartford on the Wed nesday after the first Monday of Jan-
 uary, 1913, the house of representa-
 tives did pass a certain resolution therein and thereby proposing ar
 amendment to the constitution of the state, which amendment was by or l. der, of said house continued to the , present session of the general assem bly, and was published in the manner
 prescribed by the eleventh article oi
 the constitution, and is in the words
 and figures following:
 That portion of section three of ar
 ticle twenty seven of the amendments alfo ba constitution ubicI, a +ixyae +r