Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
LEGISLATION OF GENERAL INTEREST

CT shall receive annual salary of not less than $5.000 nor more than $S,000 i and for travelling expenses while of ficially employed not more than $1 a year, for office expenses not more than s17,50o a year; and for the purchase of motor vehicle for his Of i ficial use and for maintenance of !
 An act for the appointment of l matron or nurse, reported favorably 1 by the public health and safety com mites, provides that in towns | where no school physician is appoint | ed the board of school visitors, 1 board of education or town school | committee may appoint a matron or nurse to carry out the provisions of the act.
 Among the acts passed from the l calendar, were the following: Neither the Eosterh Power company, the 1 Shore Line Electric Railway com pany, nor any other company or per son, shall, while the city. of Norwich operates gas or electric plant, purchase, lease or otherwies acquire the franchises, rights or privileges of The Norwich Gas and Electric com pany and by virtue thereof sell or distribute, or acquire the right to sell or distribute gas or electricity with in the territory in which said city has the right to sell or distribute gas or electricity, nor shall said The Eastern Connecticut Power Company, The Shore Line Electric Railway company or any other company. by consolidation or merger with another company by purchase or lease of rights or franchises, have or acquire the right to sell or distribute gas or yI-it h in fta except with the consent of, or under contract with said city; provided the provisions of this act shall not i'm pair or limit any rghts franchises or privileges heretofore granted, and l now existing, relating to the manu- lecture, distribution or sale of cleo tricity.
 The board of control is authorized | to continue the maintenance of the
 free employment bureaus at Hartford.
 New Haven, Waterbury, Bridgeport,
 New London, Stamford, Willimontic. Torrington and Meriden, up to and
 including June 30, 1919, in conjunc-
 ton with the department of labor of | the United States, and the comp 1 troller shall draw his order on the
 treasurer for the expense thereof to
 an amount not to exceed thirteen thousand dollars.
 In concurrence with senate action the house passed the act which sDeci-
 1les that the Shore Line Electric Rail way company, subject to approval of
 the public utilities commission under the provisions of the general statutes, | IS authorized to sell or lease all it's franchises, privileges and rights to generate. transmit. distripute and sell
 electricity, and all its property, both real and personal, now owned or which
 may hereafter be acquired and used oy It in the generation, distribution and sale of electricity, to the Fasterr Connecticut Power Company of Nor l wlch; and the Eastern Connecticut
 PoWer Company. upon the acceptance
 of this act by majority vote of its sLockholders at meeting warned fol
 that purpose, is authorized to acquire
 such rights and propei-y, such acuui
 sltion to be upon such terms and fo,
 such consideration as may be agreed upon. and the payment thereof may bt
 Tn whole or in part in cash or in the
 stock or bonds of The Eastern Con. lnecticut Power company.
 l The Eastern Connecticut Powe,
 company. upon the acquisition of the trlghts, franchises. privileges and prop erty of the Shore Line Electric Rail |
 ed, snail have, possess and enjoy tn,
 same to the same extent as the sam.
 are now held, possessed and enjyed by
 said The Shore Line Electric Railwa7
 company and subject to the restric tlon and limitations that are contain ed in the charter of said The Shor,
 Line Electric Railway Company a
 heretofore amended, and the Easterl , Connecticut Power Company shal
 thereupon become a specially charter ed corporation and shall no longer en joy franchise rights under the Drovi sions of the joint stock act, except an, only to the extent that may be neces sary to enable it to enjoy said rights franchises and privileges which. sai company is authorized under the pro
 visions of this act to acquire from Tn } Shore Line Electric Railway Compan, l provided nothing herein shall affect tn l right of said The Eastern Connection Power Company shall sell, distribut l ed by it. The Eastern Connection Power Company shall sell distribut and use electricity hereunder subjec : to all the limitations provided for i the charter of The Shore Line Flee
 l trlc Railway company and the amend
 tments thereto, and is prohibited fro1 g distributing, selling or using withi I the state electricity generated outsid | of the state.
 r Said The Eastern Connecticut Pow S CT Company is authorized from tim
 to time to purchase, lease establish
 erect maintain and operate station 7, for the generation Of electricity, b z steam or any other means, at such lc
 cations within the territory III whic
 The Shore Line Electric Railway com = pany was authorized to sell and dis tribute electricity, as it's beard of q
 1 rectors may deem advisable, and als
 from time to time, within said terr = tory. subject to approval Of the publ , utilities commission under the pro ' visions Of the general statuces, 70 pun chase. lease or otherwise acquire wa Il CT powers and the franchises and pro1 Il erty, both real and personad, in who 1T or in part, of corporations authorize ,. to do and now doing power busine. : within said territory.
 r. The capital stock of said The Eas l. ern Connecticut Power company sha