Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-01
WESTERLY

The senator and representatives in the general assembly from Westerly witness the ghost walk at the Rhode island state capitol and were on deck as the pay checks were passed out. The members. receive a per diem pay of S5, payable the 9th day of the ses- sion, and receive like pay for the suc be entitled to full pay they must an swer the daily roll or the per diem is docked, and are not entitled to pay beyond the 60 days. Therefore, the members who have been perfect in at tendance have received checks of $50 each and in addition a mileage of 10 cents a mile for each legislative day. It is said the members of the Wester- 1 ly delegation received full pay.
 The legislators of Connecticut are | furnished transportation books by the state at communication rates, and the members of the general assembly are l paid monthly to a total of $50 each, i and serve the state about 95 legisla- 1 tive days. The per diem system does not prevail in the Land of Steady l Habits.
 Bond issues by the state are not issued by Rhode Island by vote of the l legislature but by referendum. A res i olution has been submitted proposing ! a state printery, to provide for the l purchase of a site, the erection of a building and furnishing and equipping | the plant. The resolution was referred | to the finance committee. The state printery of Rhode Island is very small | in comparison with the printing au-
 thorized by the state of Connecticut, which is generally doled out to print 1 CTS without the formality of competi- | dc ho oat is 1 only one plant in the city of Hartford
 that is fully equipped to do the neces-
 sary printing within the time limit for the state legislature.
 Howard Briggs, aarageman at Saunderstown, reported to Sheriff John R. Wilcox at Kingston that the 1 lock of his gasoline tank had been 1 broken and a quantity of the burning | fluid taken by three men in an auto i mobile at 3 o'clock Thursday morn 1 ing. A few hours later the sheriff l caused the arrest of the trio in West arly. They are alleged to have stolen ] the automobile in which they were riding, and the machine was identified l as his property by Dr. c. 4. Riley ot Allston. The young men gave their
 names as Richard Duckworth, 19, Wal l ter Conlany, 20, and Peter King, IS all of Brookline. Mass.
 They were arraigned in Kingston l before Justice of the Peace Frank G 1 Perry. charged with bringing stolen ] property into the state. Each entered ! a plea of guilty and were held fol l hearing in the district court at Wake field next Monday Duckworth charged with stealing an automobile
 was placed on probation in Brooklint last Wednesday,.
 Repre- sentatives Davis and Ferguson of V esterly and twelve other republi-
 cans voted with the democrats in tht general assembly on the resolution
 requesting the special legislation com
 mittee to report the property qualifi-
 cation bill On or before Tuesday
 March i. The resolution failed of pas
 sage by a vote of 50 to 43.
 No opposition appeared at the leg
 ;aiative hearing on the act allowing
 the NarraGansett Electric Lighting company, owner Of the Westerly Ligh and Power company, to increase it
 capital stock from $l2000 GOO to SIS. 00U,000. It was stated that the in creased capital is to take care of tn,
 ordinary normal expansion of tn
 company and the increase in business
 Under the charter the compan! l cannot pay dividends in excess of
 per cent. on it's outstanding capita
 stock, and all money in excess of |
 per cent. surplus on it's stock must b, applied to reducing the cost of curren
 to consumers. Forty-four per cent. 0
 the stock is held by women and pc
 cent. by estates.
 Ezra NJ. Armstrong, 92, a native o
 New London, Conn.,, and the oldes
 resident of the Soldiers home at Bris
 tol, R. L, died at the home Thursda,