Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-04
PATRIOTISM RAMP INT AT THE CAPITOL
Motion Passed by Senate and House Thanking the President of the United States for His Splendid and Patriotic Ad
 dress to Congress of Local and Gen. eral Interest-In the Senate Bill Was introduced

Close Season For Quail.
 An amendatory act was passed kilich provides that the close season for quail. woodcock. partridge or ruffled English pheasants and Hungarian par fridge and gray squirrel shall be from November 24 to October 2. both in elusive.
 No Ger vestibuies.
 The committee on railroads, reported bules on all trolley cars. The re- ports were accepted and bills reject ed.
 Seats For Passengers.
 Unfavorable report came from the committee on railroads requiring rail- road companies to provide seats for all passengers. The report was ac- cepted and bill rejected.
 Disposition of Duplicate.
 The fish and game committee re- ported unfavorably a bill which would prohibit otter and trawl fishing in the Thames river and the bill was re- was duplicate biii and that there was favorable report on the other bill Another bill which would prevent the use of seines with net not in excess of two and one-haIf inches. in the Mi antic river was also rejected.
 Town Clerks Fees.
 The act concerning town clerks fees was amended so as to increase the fee to fifty cents fors recording or for a copy of an ordinary deed, for tax lien sixty cents. for other records or copies fifty cents page.
 Dental Hysienists.
 An amendatory act provides that any registered or licensed dentist may employ women assistants. who shall be known as dental hygienists. Such fo1 ie4- reous deposits. accretions and stains from the exposed surfaces of the teeth and directly beneath the free margins of the gums, but shall not perform sny other operation on the teeth or mouth, any diseased tis- sues of the mouth. They may op- crate in the office of any registered or licensed dentist or in any public or private institution under the general supervision of a registered or licensed dentist. The dental commission may revoke the license of any registered or licensed dentist who shall permit any dental hygienist operating under his supervision to perform any operation other than that permitted under the provisions of this series. On or after July 1. 1917. no dental hygienist shall be permitted to practice who has not registered with the recorder of the dental commission. unless such person shall pass an examination prescribed by the dental commission. The fee for such examination shall be ten dol lars. Any applicant failing to pass such examination shall be entitled to a re-examination at the next meeting of the commissioners, without addi- tional cost. and for any other addi- tional examination a fee of five dollars shall be paid.
 Loans to Bank Directors.
 An amendment was made to the act concerning loans to bank directors which reads: No director of any state bank or director or trustee of any trust company shall be obligated to any such bank or trust company to an amount exceeding five per centum of it's paid-in capital surplus and un- divided profits combined, provided the foregoing provision shall not apply to loans secured by collateral so long as the market value of such collateral shall exceed by twenty per centum the total loans secured. in each case, by such collateral; but the total loans to any director or trustee shall. at no time, exceed ten per centum of the paid-in capital surplus and undivid- ed profits of such bank or trust con- pany. No such bank or trust company shall permit it's directors or trustees to become obligated to it in an amount at any time exceeding in the aggre- gate the sum of thirty per centum of its paid-in capital, surplus and undi- vided profits combined. Every state
 
 violate any provision of this section shall forfeit to the state not 1e6s than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for each offense.
 War Veterans Favored.
 The statutes were amended so as to provide that no town, city or borough, shall require a license fee from any soldier. sailor or marine, who has been honSrably discharged from the service of the United States, tor the privilege of buying. selling or vending goods. wares or merchandise or or marine engaged in any of said occupations, shall produce his dis charge. certificate of honorable dis charge from the service, or a copy from the records of the town where said discharge or certificate of dis charge i.s recorded as provided in chapter 10e of the public acts of 1915, for inspection. upon the demand of any proper officer of any town. city or borough in which he may be pur- suing any of said occupations, and If he shall fail to do so, he shall not be entitled to any privilege under this section Every person who falsely represents himself to be an honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine, for the purpose of availing himself of the privileges of this section. shall be fined not more than seven dollars.
 Disposition of Stolen Goods.
 An act was passed providing that money secured by any officer of the state police from any person charged with theft from the person or high way robbery. and held to be used as evidence in the trial of any person upon such charge. shall be divided equally between the state and the town in which such offense was committed, provided, within six months after for fe1ture of bail or other final disposi- ton of the case, any person claiming to be entitled thereto may establish his right to such money, before the court in which any such bail may have been forfeited or in which any such case may have been finally disposed of, or any judge thereof In any such case when an arrest shall have been made or any money shall have been recov- cred by thy officer other than an of fcer of the state police. and no per son shall establish his right to such money, such money shall be paid to the town in which the offense was committed.
 National Guard Staff.
 According an act raSSed Tuesday.