Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-26
dvOrS Return of
 Liquor License Fees
In the Event That Licenses Become lnoperative-Ex- else Committees Report in House.
Especial to The Bulletin. )

l buckled down to business in earnest and the work went on with wish from start to finish. During the session. Speaker Walsh called to the chair for brief periods Representatives Thomas Ryan of Thompson, and Robert O. Ea- ton of North Haven. There was brief discussion when the calendar was reached, in the bill that would put a close season for cartridges, rufIied l grouse or female pheasants to Octo- l Der $, 1920. Representative Edward W. Jones, of Lebanon, spoke in opposition l to the bill, declaring that if there was l to be a close season for two years, it l ought to include all birds. He declared l the scarcity of birds was not wholly 1 due to the work of sportsmen, but ra- | ther by the fox and hawk, and that | these could not be made to observe the l law by legislative action. On motion 1 of MT. Jones the bill was tabled. The judiciary committee reported fa- l vorably bill that provides for the re- turn to holders of liquor licenses pro- portion of the fees for unexpired terms of license. The bill to increase sal ary of clerk of common pleas of Wa terbury was favOrably reported and re- ferred to appropriations committee. Favorable report came from commit tee on interpretations which extends ] the time in which the Waterbury r M. 1 c. A. may complete organization.
 The committee on agriculture report ed favorabIy Q bill which provides for the licensing of all who deal ill milk or
 cream by the dairy food commissioner. | The license fee is fixed at 50 cents a month. Favorable report was made on 1 the bill prohibiting the sale of cows
 which have reacted to the tuberculin | test, or kept for sale, after January 1,
 1920, except by written permit of the
 commissioner on domestic animals. 1 The house concurred with senate ac- tion on all bills received from that body. Included in the big batch of un- favorable reports was> the act to au-
 thorize the city of New London to is- sue municipal wharf and dock bonds
 to an amount not in excess of $1,000,- coo. It was explained that this bill was T superfuous as the subject matter was covered in another bill
 A vote was passed restoring forfeit
 ed rights to Charles Dudley of Nor
 wich.
 The committee on cities and bor- oughs reported favorably a bill which provides for a regularly organized po- T lice force in the borough of Groton. The claims committee reported fa- vorably the payment of $194.70 to H. , Bernard Lamb of Groton to reimburse for provisions furnished to soldiers widows.
 Favorable report from the judiciary committee, provides that county Sreas-
 urers of counties, with consent of coun- : ty commissioners, when authorized by county, may borrow money to meet
 necessary expenses.
 : Among the matters on the calendar
 ! taken II and T9S aat l which authorizes the warden and bur s gesses of Naugatuck to retire from ac- I tive service policemen who have at- e tained the age of sixty five, and served n not less than twenty years.
 = Towns may make bylaws concern. = ing any sidewalks within the limits O 6 such town and which are not within y the limits of a city, borough or incor' e porated village; and may, by such by 5. laws regulate the use and provide fol the maintenance thereof, and may pro $ vide for the construction of sidewalk q by the owner of land abutting on an, q highway and in front of whose prem
 ises no artificial sidewalk has been con e Structed, and may provide for the re s pair of sidewalks by the owner in iron it of whose premises any sidewalk is il D need of repairs, and may provide fo Il the removal of snow and ice frolu tn e ! Sl1tW dihs5 Ol SdId ItWllS p3 LtlG OWIlSl " tenant or occupant of the premises ad n joining and fronting on such sidewalk le and may fix penalty not exceedin le five dollars for each violation of sue g bylaws. The selectmen may construc in repair or remove any Sndw or ice fror " any such sidewalk upon the default c IT neglect of the owner, tenant or occu
 pant of such adjoining and frontin in premises to comply with such bylaw = lv repair or removal shall be lien upo t. the premises adjoining and frontin SC such sidewalk, provided said selectme 1e shall cause certificate of lien to | a- recorded in the town clerk office with c. in sixty days from such construction ed repair or removal.
 ns Any person on trial for crime sha
 be a competent witness, and at his e. her option may testify or refuse to tes n- tify upon such trial: and if such pel n- son has a husband or wife, he or sf on shall be a competent witness, but ma ve elect or refuse to testify for or again tn the accused, except that a wife whe al she has received personal violence fro al her husband or is a woman describe m in sections 6379 or 6391 of the gener re statutes, may upon his trial for offens'
 arising out of such personal violen, i'd or from violation of the provisions O. said sections, be compelled to testi at in the same manner as any other wi at ness. The neglect or refusal of an a. ed cuSed party to testify shall not be con -al mented upon to the court or jury.
 st Money loaned on interest and S
 cured by a mortgage of real estate
 the state shall be exempt from tax
 tion to an amount equal to the asses
 ed value of the mortgaged real esta 3r in the assessment list of the town, cit he borough or other taxing district of which it is situated, but the excess fo, any such loan over such valuation sh: m be assessed and taxed to the lender air the town, city, borough or other taxi
 district in which such mortgaged re ,c- estate is situated. Nothing herein sh ee l exempt any savings bank from t rS payment of the direct tax to the sta ted The board Of trustees of any ins lc- tuition supported by the state at whi
 teachers are employed may, upon a
 plication to the teachers retireme
 board, be classed as a public scht n under the provisions of section 1915
 the general statutes. The secreta 'se and treasurer of such board of truste ate shall perform the duties required
 Ill educa tional officials under the prov to- ions of sections 1922 and 1923 of t el- general statutes.
 is A mandatory act passed provie ,ed that whenever a petition is filed in a l a court for the commitment of any oh
 to 8 temporary home, notice of
 hearing upon said petition shall
 given to the commissioners of 1
 l county in which such temporary ho eh is located and to the supervisor ,of nal state board of charities employed ded that county, if any, or if no such es- pervisor is employed, to the direc