Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-22

-l tary of the board of education, after 1t had been declared "gratuity. the giving of which was contrary to the policy of the state.''
 The New Haven chamber of com,. merce's petition regarding enf0rcerneft of the eighteenth amendment was fe- fereed by the excise committes to the ju- .diciary committee.
 The $10,000 appropriation for tohac- co experiment at the experiment. station was adopted.
 A petition for | "bfue sky law was ordered on file. In concurrence the bill to establish commission form of local government was sent to the next session. The house adopted the two bills sent down from the senate concerning bonded indebtedness of cities. and that affecting the Norwich issue. A bill to make closed season on trout April 30 was rejected This would have eliminated one months fishing.
 Bill td authorize Meriden to issue $2be,000 in street improvement bonds and appropriating s2,000 for soldiers me- morials along state highways were re- ported by committees.
 In the senate, the bill providing for better protection of public welfare against unwarranted strikes and lock- l request of Senator Delaney after Senator McCasey had moved to have it retain place as the bill went into the files from the printer only yesterday.
 | Speaker Huxford startled the house for moment by stopping the rush of proceedings to announce that section of seats in which a member has rarely made himself heard had at last aroused itself and was evidently getting ever | RnA Aa ha ~A -l. ing siclspess.". No one: knew whether the speaker had noticed members asleep who had been awakened by Ms use of the gavel or whether the ten democrats who sit in that section, had suddenly taken an interest in the proceedings when one of them rose to speak. The rest of the house craned its neck at the section to the embarrassment of sev. era1 women visitors who were in mem bbers' seats.
 House calendar matters adopted were: Authorizing Meriden to issue $5o,eo0 iz in fire equipment bonds; appropriatins $150,000 for a water supply at the Nor. wich state hospital changing the namt of the New Britain Charity Organization 1 to Welfare AssociasS2n; authorizing thu tax collector in Torrington to collect tn, full tax; for the placing of soldiers me morials in state parks; designating bowl uiS AioyS ds ueTCauIlIo eSLaDLlSnmentS 1T the employment of miners; making au tomobile owners liable for negligent op eration of their vehicles; authorizing tn, | first district in Bristol to issue $500 ,00t in school bonds; transferring the Girls
 School at Middletown to the state ant naming 1t Long Lane farm: :' creating the probate district of Darien; authoriz
 Ing New Britain to issue $50o,o in wa
 ter bonds; consolidating Unionvi1le bor ough with the school district; increasin,
 the capital stock of the Bridgeport lily draulic company to s10,o61, ,0e0; appro prfating $5o,ooo for the steamship ter mipals at New London; authorizing pub lie libraries to pension employees.
 The bfll adopted yesterday giving to surviving husband or wife the estate 0 the other In case there are no children was reconsidered, at request of Mir. Nick
 erson of Cornwall who then had 1t ia
 bled. The bill for registration of sheej was sent back to the committee. and tn senate dog warden bill was tabled. Both houses adjourned to Tuesday