Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-09
Special to The Bulletin )


 Hartford, March S.-various matters affecting Norwich and eastern Connec- ticut were acted upon at today's session of the general assembly. The house con- cured with the senate's action Of last week in passing an amendment to the charter of the Central Baptist church of Norwich, approved. April 10, 1889, so that section one of the charter shall read as follows:
 The present members of the Central Baptist church of Norwich. and all others who shall hereafter become members are hereby constituted and created body polite and. corporate by the name of the Central Baptist church of Norwich, and by said name they. and their, successors shall be known, and called, and shall have perpetual. succession, with power to sus and be sued, to. plead and. be impleaded in all suits whatever, either at law. or in equity, and to. purchase receive, hold, use, mortgage and convey any. and all es- tate, both. real and personal, necessary or convenient for the purposes of the cor poration. .. ..- {. The senate concurred with tile houses previous action in including in the trunk line system of highways the road from 1 Willimantic to the Connecticut Agricul- tural college at Storrs and changing the house for voting ats Norwich city meet ings., Similar action was taken on. the house bill amending Norwich,s city char ter Concerning the publication of pro. posed city ordinances. .. -'s By rising two-thirds votes; as provided in the statutes, the senate. restored for. l feited rights in a number of cases in ciuding Chester S. selleck of Norwalk | defaulting bank cashier, Carl A! Geib ot FTHf. af I l yard. .
 House resolution by MT. Rogers ot Litchfield: 2. | Be. It Resolved by the House of Repre- sentatives in General Assembly convened that we:
 Tax the people and tax with care To help the tax commission -aire
 Tax the farmer, tax his-fowl Tax his dog and tax it's howl.
 Tax the hen and tax her-egg-
 Let the .bloomin' rooster beg, . . . Tax the OK and tax the ass
 1 Tax the "HelIry'', tax the gas:
 Tax his house, and tax his bed, Tax the bald spot on his head. Tax all business tax the shop, ,.i Tax their bonds and all their stock. l Tax the payroll; tax the sale ; l Tax all their hard-earned paper kale. ! Tax the building. of concrete .. Z, Tax 'efn for walking on the street. Tax the living tax the dead,
 1 Tax. the unborn before they're fed
 Tax 'em all and tax 'en we'll Tax ern to the gates ef-Tophet.
 
 Sheep breeders bills caused furry ii the house today. and after the fshee fences bill had gone to the appropriation committee for examination before tn house. will pass. H-there was. test 0 strength on a bill providing for the reg istration of sheep with the town clerk b. any owner who, desircsI
 The bill: came from the calendar on .. l favorable report from the committee ol agriculture, but Mir. Nickerson of Corn wall thought he saw an interpretation il l it. freeing the sheep from taxation. H moved to table but the agricultural inter ests were up on their toes immediately.
 Speaker huxford could not detern1in the"viva voce vote and called for ris ing vote. MT. Nickerson's motion to ta ble was carried by a vote of so to73
 A bill considerably involving appeal in criminal. cases to the supreme ,cour with forfeiture of the bond was re3ecte on adverse sreport ofEthe judiciary ron mittee. Petitions favoring state educa tional legislat tion -werac received. from. th Forestville Child Welfare Club. Rachau Grange of Jewett. City; ~-Nex,. Londo Teachers League; Vernon Grange, an Cernelia Circle, Federated women's club of Rockville 7; ' Es' .sI /
 MOUSE. !
 Speaker Huxford called the house order today at :11.2o a. .ms During th session the, governors nomination of Jof, I K. Beach of New Haven .te be a justie Of. the supreme court fer eight erner years was confirmed by ballet of POS l favor and one against. The nomination John sJ., Walsh. of -NorwaIke .to euccee himself on the bench of tho criminal cou of common pleas for Fairfield county, fot more years, was also conferred by ballo | 1SS to one. q, ---- :..1 . Favorable reports were received fro
 committees and the. following matter tabled for calendar ;. Raiireads-Exten'
 ing time for construction of Meride
 Middle.own and Guilford Electric roa Roads, bridges and rivess-Autherizir state highway commission ,te supervS construction of highways on Petitfcn !