Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-26
Especial to The Bulletin.)


 Hartford, March 25-The first real tilt of the house came on Thursday when the act concerning fortune tell ing was called from the calendar for action. MT. Martin. of Orange, asked that the matter be passed and retain it's place on the calendar. as he de- sired time to consider the measure, and had an amendment which would remove palmistry from the terms of the act. MT. Martins effort to keep the bill on the table failed and there was general discussion on the bill by Messrs. Merton. Hyde, Back, Fenn and Rogers. Finally the time came for MT. King of Fairfield to move the previous question on debate of the Martin amendment. Then Leader Hyde took the floor in opposition to the Martin amendment and in favor of the passage of the bill When he concluded MT. Martin took the floor and MT. Hyde raised the point of order that the gen. tleman from Orange was out of order as the previous question had been or dered. Speaker Hea1y said that in fairness to MT. Martin he would be granted the privilege to proceed. Then MT. Hyde stated his point of order, adding that it was the custom for the house leader only to speak after the
  CT Hea1y decided that this privilege applied only as applicable to the main question and not to an amendment, and that as matter of fact both gen. tlemen were out of order. The Mar tin amendment was then acted upon and passed by vote of S3 to 63.
 The bill, as amendment. was then passed, as follows:
 Section 1. No person shall advertise by display sign, circular, or hand bill or in any newspaper, periodical, mag a.Zine, or other publication, or by any other means, to reveal the future; to find or restore lost or stolen property :; to locate oil wells. gold or silver or other metal or natural product, to re- store lost love. friendship, or affection to reuntte or procure lovers, husbands wives, or lost relatives or friends, or to give advice in business affairs or advice of any kind to others for or without pay, by means of occult or psychic powers, faculties. or forces clairvoyance, psychometry, psychology spirits, mediumship, seersh1p. pro- phecy, astrology, necromancy. or like crafty science, cards. talismans charms, potionS, magnetism or mag netized articles or substance, oriental mysteries, or magic of any kind. Nc person shall obtain money or property from another by fraudulent devices and practices in the name of, or by means of spirit mediunlship, card reading, as- trology, seership, or Ike crafty science or fortune telling of any kind Nc person shall hold or give any public or rrivate meetings or seance of any kind in the name of any religious body society, cult, or denomination, and therein practice or permit to be prac- tfced fraud or deception of any kind with intent to obtain from another anything of value. Any person who shall violate any provision of this act shall be fined not less than twenty five nor more than one hundred dol lars for each offense. or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
 Sec: 2. The act shall not be con strued to prevent advertising or hold ing any bona fide meeting of spirit ualists for purposes of worship ac- cording to the faith. This act shall take effect from it's passage.
 Scott Claim Settled.
 The resolution from the T. A. Scott company of New London asking fo1 authority to bring suit against the state through any member of the riv- was reported unfavorably by the judi ciary committee and rejected. The resolution had previously been with drawn by the Scott committee, the matter in dispute in connection with work on the steamship terminal hav- ing been amicably adjusted.
 Conourred with County.
 Tn deference to the vote of the mem bers of New London county, the judi ciary committee made unfavora.bIy re- port on the bill which provided thai New London county make annual ap- propriation of $1.000 to the law H- braries at Norwich and New London and a special appropriation of $S,00( for the Norwich library. The report was accepted and the bill rejected. Transfer of kieuor License.
 The excise committee reported fa- vorably on an act concerning the transfer of liquor licenses, which pro- vides that in case of death of licensee the license may be continued by ad- ministrator, executor or agent. Tabled for calendar and printing.
 Woman Suffrage Game.
 A bill came from the committee on constitutional amendment bearing the