Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-06
BUSY FRIDAY IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY '
Favorable Report Raising Fees of Grand Jurors from $1
 to $3 Day and Six Cents Mile for Travel

that no party lever so called, or other device for voting for more than one candidate (eXcept for candidates for justices of the peace). or on more than one question at a single operation shall be used in any voting machine at any election.
 A proposed act in preventing op- pression by criminal prosecution was committee which provided that any person knowingly giving false informa- tior in consequence of which arrest is made should be punished by imprison- ment not exceeding two years in state prison, or one year in jail, and by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or both. Un- favorable report was also made on the act which provided that the states attorneys of Hartford, New Haven and Fairfield counties shall not in their several counties try causes before civil juries. Another proposed act was re- Jected that gave a majority of the board of directors to grant parole to state prisoners who had served the minimum sentence.
 Minor Calendar Matters.
 These acts were passed: Amending the charter of the New Canaan Read ing Room and Circulating Library or sanitation by changing it's name to New Canaan library; concerning an act the taking of fish in the Farming ton river and it's tributaries in the town of Windsor which specifies that all fishing shall be by hook and line, eX- cept shad, lamprey eels. suckers, silver cells and dace; concerning fishing in Black pond and A1iddlesex reservoir in the town of Middletield.
 Common Pleas Terms.
 The committee of the judiciary made favorable report on the act concerning terms of courts of common pleas which prescribes for sessions of the court of New London county at New London the first Tuesday in August and April, and at Norwich the first Tuesday in October and February, but of the cities.
 The Use of Lockups.
 Favorable report came from the judi ciary committee on an act which au- thorizes proper officers to detain pris- oners in lockups in adjoining or nearby towns, upon payment of the regulation fee, and the officers shall have full charge of the prisoner as if in custody of the town where the alleged crime Was committed.
 Grand Jurors Raise.
 Raising the fees of grand jurors from $1 to $3 a day, and six cents a mile for travel to court, received favorable report from the judiciary committee.
 School Physicians.
 The hall of the house will be used on the afternoon of March r for a hearing relative to school physicians.
 The house adjourned to 11.30 next Tuesday morning.
 IN THE SENATE.
 Hartford. March 5.-When Chaplain Dunlap of the house offered prayer in the senate, in the absence of Chaplain Sexton, there were 19 senators in their places.
 The executive secretary presented a communication from the governor transmitting the report of the highway commissioner. Referred to committee on roads, rivers and bridges.
 Reports of Committees.
 Military Affairs--F7avorab1e on bill directing the adjutant general to pro- vide an appropriate design for 9, badge to be presented to each person who served in the SpaniSh-A American war and who was credited on the quota from this state, also each person who served in the United States volunteers and who at the time of enlistment was a resident of this state, and if the per- son is dead the badge to be delivered to a member of his family, preference being given to his eldest son. Tabled for calendar and printing.
 Judiciary-Favorable on bill extend ing the powers of the public utilities commission so as to give Jurisdiction over damage to pipes in streets caused by electrolysis. Tabled for calendar and printing.
 For Spanish War Veterans.
 The committee on military affairs reported favorably on a bill directing the commission on sculpture to take into consideration the erection on the capitol grounds of suitable memorial to the men from Connecticut who served in the Spanish-American war, the Philippine insurrection or the China relief expedition. Tabled for calendar and printing.
 Against State Referee.
 The committee on the Judiciary re- ported unfaVorably on the resolution appointing John Walsh of New Britain state referee at a salary of $2,000 a year. The report was accepted and the bill rejected.
 Senator Isbell, in explaining the re- port, said that owing to the condition of the finances of the state the commit tee could not do otherwise than report unfavorably on the resolution.
 Manufacture of Mattresses.
 Senator Bissell explained the bill re- 1aung to the manufacture and sale of mattresses. Senator Klett spoke in support of the biH.- He said that in other states there was more stringent law in effect.
 Senator Isbell offered an amendment that 'this act shall take effect Jan. 1, 1916." The amendment was adopted and the bill passed as amended.
 Shad Fishing.
 The committee on fish and game re- ported a bill repeating chapter 57 of the public acts of 1911 relating to shad fishing in the Connecticut river
 The senate adjourned to Tuesday at 11.30 a. m.
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