Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-15
WESTERLY

Kingston Board of Trade rooms a. res olution was adopted to petition the state legislature to refrain from the passage of the bill presented by Sena- tor Maurice W. Flynn of Westerly, calling for alternate sessions of the superior. court for Washington county at Westerly with Kingston. It was set forth by opponents of the proposed bill that it's passage would work great inconvenience on jurors. officers of the
 court and others interested in cases before the court. as well as put an additional burden of expense upon the state. It was declared that Kingston is centrally located and should remain the county seat. It was also given in
 argument that court can be opened half an hour earlier in Kingston than in Westerly, as the judge comes from Providence each court day.
 Nothing was said at the meeting of the disadvantage of people from Westerly and vicinity and the expense, too, of going to Kingston to attend
 court; nor was there any hint or com parison of the accommodations at Westerly as to the conveniences that are required but do not exist at King ston. There is courthouse at King ston, and that's about all. Not a res taurant worthy the name in the place and actually no hotel accommodations | Most of the superior court business of the county comes from Westerly. All sessions of the court now convene at Kingston, and only adjourned sessions, at the option of the judge, are held in i Westerly. In conjunction with the new town hall, the state erected a court house, modern in every detail. with the expectation that there would be at l least alternate sessions of the superior court, instead of oeca sional adjourned
 Eessions. No valid argument has vet been introduced against the alternate
 sessions plan, and the project has been repeatedly blocked in the general as-
 sembly by peanut politics
 Miss Elizabeth Holiday of Westerly has received notice from the Connec- ticut state board of registration for 1 nurses that she has passed the re- 1 9uired examination and has been duly registered in the state as a trained
 and qualified nurse.
 A new general corporation law, con- | taining many revisions, are proposed l in the statute that accompaiiied the 1 report submitted to the general as- i sembly Friday by the commission ere ated two years ago to make study 1 Of the present laws and bring them to
 meet present conditions. The new provisions are not radical in nature but are designed to have the laws | governing corporations up to date 1 The present laws are considered anti guated The new law affects business
 and manufacturing corporations, alsC
 ite-ary, scientific and miscellaneous
 Tporations. The tax, insurance anc
 nl;,ic utilities laws are not affected
 |. the main by the changes. but tht
 proposed new law necessarily amend.
 ii some respects the statutes relating .d these corporations:
 Non par stock, cumulative voting merger and control, corporation fees 1 are among the features contained il ] the new law. The non-par stock pro j fision allows corporations to hay, shares of stock without q fixed pa, Fl value. Fourteen states have such | law now The cumulative votin. clause gives minority representation Il
 corporations and allows them to eiec certain number of officers, provide, 1 B corporation elects to accept and in corporate in it's charter the cumulativ voting clause. The change in corpora ton fees reduces the fee from s1 pc f1,000 of capital stock to 20 cents pc S1,000. This is to encourage corpora
 ttons to incorporate in Rhode Isian
 
 charter where the fee is less.
 n The anglers license bill, new I committee of the general assembly I has received the unanimous endorse fnent of the Rhode Island Fish an RI Game Protective association. At tn meeting in Providence Friday nigh the association proposed severe amendments to the law relating t I open season on raccoonS and uplan I birds. It is recommended that tn open season on raccoons extend frol I Oct. i to Jan. i, as prevails in Con necticut and Massachusetts. In tlles states there is 8. full month of huntin before Rhode Islanders are permitte x to hunt, while the last month of tt
 present open esason Is of no value, g the raccoons have holed-in for u a winter sleep. The same argument wa 5 advanced regarding the upland bird Gunners in the other states get tr
 cream of the shooting. especially woodeock, as the usual annual fiigl begins about Nov. 20. leaving only few days of shooting for Rhode Is anders. It is recommended that tF
 season open Nov. 1 and close Dec. 1 shortening the season Is days for t} protection of the birds.
 The assoeia ton favored law nal ing brooks open to the public for term of three years, after beir S stocked at the expense of the state. Il Tlaa uSa of ferretS In ra4ahit hu1