New Britain herald., 1921-05-26
PROHIBITION BILL
 PASSED BY HOUSE
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A- plained that his Amendment would simply place with the comptrolIer's oIice as a routine matter the inquiry ihto all applications for relief where such inquiry should be thought neces sarv- It would be unnecessary to create a special office. His amend inent was adopted. It made a section m place of the one stricken out bv the house amendment r-ra
 Ihere was some debate over the de- tails of the bill and then it was tenn porarily tabled.
 Strike Lockout.
 The house took up the strike and iockout Dill, .Mr. Buckley saying 1t had been thoroughly discussed be- lore and so moved the previous uues- ton to see if the house desired fur ther debate. The house voted mo- and the motion was withdrawn in or der that M-. Bell might offer an amendment which he discussed at length. He said the measure had too much big stick" in it. There were several occasions when parliamentary rulings from the chair were neces- sary during the five minute speeches. The arguments were on both sides The Bell amendment was defeated and the bill adopted 1S6 to 64. after motion to indefinitely postpone was defeated. In the midst of parliament tary rules Mr. Dunn of Hartford tried to adjourn the house but failed. MT. otoddard was ruled out of order When he claimed the constitutional right to have members recorded yea" ana nay on the question: The att tempt to have a roll call was also de- feated. NIT. Buckley moved. to re- consider in hope the motion would not prevail but withdrew the motion when it was evident a roll call was demanded.
 The status of this bill was that when discussion ended few days ago, Mr Wall of Torrington claimed that motion for a roll call had been carried. The clerk had made an err TOT in computing the one-fifth neces- sary for roll call and when the question of a roll call came up to- day the speaker ruled that the cor rected record showed that a roll call had been voted down. Therefore an- otner recall motion could not be voted on.
 The general elections bill disagree ment was strengthened out by har- mony on amendments between the two bodies, the polls at town cleo uons to close. if desired. at ? D. m. but not in general elections. .-t- Opposes Toll Cuts
 MT. Sherwood of westport opposed the bill to free toll bridges which the senate had adopted. He said it would eliminate s70,OoO in yearly revenue. He said towns have to pay for trunk line bridges while New Lon don had its trunk line bridge paid for by the state. This, he said was not fair.
 Mir. Allyn of Waterford said New London county was paying for the bridges it was building and the toll bridge bill was not a New London measure, but was put in by Senator Macdonald of New Haven. The bill was tabled by MT. Buckley.
 The bill for a tax on gasoline which came from the senate was tabled by MT. Bell so that senate amendments might be printed.
 The civil administration code bill received from the senate was tabled.
 Must Have Honorable Discharge.
 The senate later took up the sol dierS relief bill and Senator Drew offered an amendment defining re- lief. but this was lost. fl to 8. Sem ator De Laney offered one to make relief available. only to "honorably'' discharged or disabled soldiers, in effect inserting the word "honorably'' in the law. This was accepted, the bill was amended, adopted and sent to the house.
 The bill offered in the house yes terday at request of the governor to allow the state park commission to appoint an expert forester, was con- cured in by the senate
 The agriculture committee report cd bill altering the law under which bovine animals are tested for tuberculosis.
 The Banks committee reported a bill defining investment companies, under ruling of the attorney gem eral. They include companies which sell or nesotiat te- their own choses in action, or sell, guarantee or negotiate the choses in action of other persons or corporations. The bill is retroac- tive. .. a--a,
 4 bill to provide s5OO.o0o for new buildings for the American School for the Deaf. was rejected.
 The education committee reported bills to meet conditions wherein a school district fails to provide suit able schools the state to arrange to do so: providing for tenure of serN- ice of teachers. in certain towns and cities: and providing for transporta- ton up to $50 a year for transporta- tion of children in towns to a state trade school
 The finance committee reported adversely on the bill to take mercan- tile business or manufacturing by in diriduals and partnerships, and the bill was rejected in the senate.
 Bald FIcadei'' Club.