Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-07
ATHLETIC COMMISSION STATE TO HAVE AN
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 way say an armory there would be a
 joke with a population of 17OO people. In Norwalk there was difficulty in
 maintaining two companies Major Leland is the whole thing in the state
 guard in the Saybrook section and
 when the major goes the state guard there will go with him. When repre- 1 sentatives return home they will be asked by the constituents to explain
 an increase in the state tax of two mills. ,. AIr AIlshouse, of Granby, opposed the bill and said this armory business was all rot and all wrong.
 Mir Rogers of Manchester moved the previous question, and closing debate Z was made. By unanimous consent, q MT. Rudd was permitted to speak. He deprecated the talk of Mr Sherwood especially as it was made in the hear= 3 ing of Captain Moore who is a mem Der of the house. If Connecticut is in q state of peace today, it is due in part to the existence of the state guard. He had heard of no voted ob- I lection to the bill; the military com- \ Inittee had given this whole business 4 the closest attention and he asked the \ support of the house.
 Nf The vote on the acceptance of the
 
 pill was carried by a vote of 119 to 97. Al MT. Rudd then called from the ta- \ pie the bill for an armory in Stoning A ton with an appropriation of s60. .000 S SfCniavorahly reported by. the appro- v priationS committee. . q Mr. Hall of New Britain said thai 9 some objection against Saybrook were @ applicable to Stonington.
 N MT. Moves of Stonington, made a i-f% f%D, DAoI,. LII M explained the absolute necessity foi @ an arrnory, and the continua tion ol E the state guard in that section. N MT. Rudd urged the passage of the N Stonington bill even if the Saybrool # matter had been turned down. M The report of the committee was % accepted and the bill rejected by M vote of 116 to 9S.
 < Mr. Crane of Naugatuck advocated RI the passage of an act rejmbursing thu N town of NauSatuck for damages don, RI by the state in connection with con # struction of state highways to tn, M amount of S9S9.
 & Mr. Stevens of the claims commit M tee stated that the committee had de Z c1ded that the same claimed was ex M cessive, and was of the opinion tha H S190 would cover the loss, and recon M mended that amount.
 M An amendment by Mir Caine in @ creased fixed the amount at S464 a M the claim, The amendment was lost @ by vote of 106 to S7. The act as re M ported by the comittee was passed. E By unanimous consent, Mir. Geary c E New London,} presented a bill Whc E grants eXtenson of time to the D. I M Nhiton Machine company to file au E nual reports to September 15, 191! Fl The reports were not filed within tn M time specified by law. The act is of M validating nature and relieves tn N company of penalties.
 @ The salary of $6ooo a, year for th H attorney general was added to tn N general salary list. The salary Ii: E has been materially increased, NJ & Eaton said Was for the purpose M keeping good men in office. In re 8 sponse to query by MT. Phillips, M M Eaton said the increase amounted M kabout $+000o0 for two years.
 M In concurrence ttitn senate. u @ house passed this act for improve @ hents at the steamship terminals ; S New London. The following sums al A appropriated for the pu -.oses hereir w after specified. such sums to be CT @ pended by and under the direction { @ tiic commissioners of rivers. harhol N and bridges: To acquirc hv purcha.
 
 E Central Vermont RailMay Compar E and the New London Northern Raj A way Company and ihe mortgages M said companies in land at New Lol E don held by tho state under lease. k may be necessary or desira ble for u K improvement of tho steamship term E nals at New London, fifty thousar A doilart; to construct a street approat E from the state pier area to the ne M state highway bridge approach at Ne E LCndon sixty thousand dollars: to il E stall an automatic sprinkler ayste N for fire protection on the state Di M at New London. thirty-Give tllousaf E dollars; to install or purchase an ele E trfc light system at the ctate pier E New London. five thousand dollars E This act was passed in concurrene A relative to discontinuance of highwa H and private ways: The selectmen sa any town may. with it's approbatio K: by q writing signed by them, disco M tinue any highway or private way. ka land dedicated as such, therein. exec E when laid out by a court or the ge "A eral assembly, and except where su Es highway h within q city. or within % borough having control of highwa N within it's limits. Any person aggrie M ed may be relieved by application E the superior court, to be made a E proceeded with in the manner pr "a scriDed in section 1434 Of the genel G statutes. Whenever q petition sn ' have been presented to the celectm E for such discontinuanc of any la @ dedicated as a highway or priva G way but which has not been actua 4 ever used. marked or accepted as m highway, by the town, and such dt sh continuance shall not have been ma ES by the selectmen and approved by | M town within twelve months after sl E presentation. any person aggriev M may be relieved by application to | B superior court, to be made and pr I ceeded within the manner pre~crib E in said section 14S4.
 S Afternoon Session.
 a1 MT Ripley. of Winsted, called fir, xa the table the act concerning app; fa tionment of state aid to schools a A concerning the average attendaI As grant He explained the bill as an i
 % provement over the old bill. and st E5 cd that in the substitute bill the
 "A propriation committee had cut dc
 the appropriation asked for by ol ss.ssss .ss third. He was opposed to the subs ax2 ax2 ute and favored it's rejection and - passage of the substitute and passage of the bill as presented by Aer' committee on education. try Mir Fall of New Britain eXplai cry that ninety-four towns were affec hl- by the bill, and the appropriat