Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-01
ACTION DEFERRED ON STATE
 SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT
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kSSneiudS0 dSS otiS1 of Mansfield Training School and Hospital; $3,000.000 for trunk line system and. state aid roads. Tabled for calendar. M
 Forfeited rights were restored to George S. Lewis of Westport who was arrested for blackmail. in concurrence with the senate.
 Favorable report was made on act providing that reports and returns of public officers required by law to rffake annual and biennial reports, shall be made by the S0ta day of Sep tember of each year,
 Under suspensonA of the | rules, a resolution presented by MT Christoph of East Windsor, the salaries of Hart ford county commissioner was in creased from $500 to S2500. The salaries of New London commissioner have been raised to $500, and those of New Haven county to s3000.
 The fish and game committee made unfavorable report on fifteen pro- posed acts concerning fishing in ponds and lakes, as they are now covered irl a general fish and game law passed at the present session of the legisla- ture. Among the rejected bills was the one to restrict fishing in Gard ners Lake. Report was favorably made of ar act for the education of blood chil- dren that cannot have instruction ir public schools, in the affirmative or; l der of three members of the board oi education for the blind, shall receive ] instruction at the expense of the state, at not more than $450 for \eacf person year; also. $50 for clothing | and transportation. l The act concerning hours of em, ployment for women and minors, witt majority and minority reports. wa; l tabled for calendar.
 ! The cities and borouehs committe, reported unfavorably the act to re- lieve street railway companies iron repairing highways, that is for main I taining the space occupied by track and two feet on either side. Th house concurred with the senate il the rejection of the bill. Like actiol was taken on a bill to relieve stree ] railway companies from paying pri vate expense of construction an, maintenance Of highway bridges. ! When the house reconvened. at 2.3 | M' 'ntlhps re tuned his speech in op position to the Americanization bil JI ,ne glounu that. instead .of beini 8 benefit this bill wdiild3 beSa detri : ment and Encouragement of Amer icanization. He said that the stat board of education was discredite , and that it was wrong to put tha dead locked board ill charge Of tn important work of, Americanizatiol The bill Of the State Council of De fense on Americanization was throw into the discard. and real good bl was prepared, and thS has Seen re placed by the present substitute bil that places the work really with th | state board instead of a special con mission. This present bill has ne7 CT been considered by the codlmitte on education. but by the apnropria tions conmitteee only. It being a educational matter it ought to hay been referred to the education commi1 tee, 2s q matter of courtesy if not { right. This bill would wipe out a work now being done by local organ nations The anilnus of this bi is in hte. adverse selection. of a certai man to take charge of the work wh is totally unfit, but 6 job is hein
 made for him, 1t is time this mat ter was handled in d safe and sworth way, but this bilt- will not acc5Ehplis
 this end. This bill is 8 wasta an
 $50 0o0 might as well be thrown int
 the Connecticut river. It is q cle5
 case for q job for q man whose sa
 ary be fixed by the state board of et
 ucation.
 hir. Rogers of Manchester. # tn ] is case of creating 6. job sor son pa. ticular man. it is but fair to u
 members to anno,mct the name ul til;
 man.
 1u. Phillips replied that he did IT
 want to name the man, as perhaps u
 rumors tnat have been, circulate might not be true.
 Mir. Sci1iever, of .MiddleFeld, all
 opposed the oil ard attacked the st;
 chamber of the appropriations con
 lnitlee. The board of education unqualified to handle this matter al
 lie said that 2500G a year would '
 begin to pay the expense. The )
 aa prs tnJeI is inadequate. is Ga zero
 an Gousat not jo pass. tie knew |
 education committee. Of which he 8 member, had the confidence of all |
 members of the house, and ha
 worked hard for the best interests t!.e people of the state This bill h;
 it's origin in mystery and ought not ip5ss. ..
 Mr. TaIcott, of Vernon, asked E