New Britain herald., 1923-02-01
LEGISLATURE O. KS.
 HOTEL LAND SALE
All YechnicalitiS Holding Up S195,000 Transfer Cleared Up
ASSEMBLY SPEEDS ACTION

Week in Effort to Hasten Hearings
 Judiciary Plans to Have 25 Bills
 Discussed Every Day.
 Hartford. Feb. 1-To expedite leg isative business Through committees Speaker Nickerson in the house an- nounced today that next week he would have a conference of all com m0ee chairmen to discuss assignment of bills for hearings that the greates amount of work may be done in the shortest time.
 The session already has started to do business quickly for with more unc6ntested judgeships appointments made in both branches today large number of these matters have been disposed of.
 9 Hearings Daily
 House Leader Buckley announced that Friday sessions would begin next week and he urged making commit tee assignments for that day. The judiciary committee has assigned 25 bills day for hearings and he be- licvcds cthcr cofrn.ittces should 10
 likewise. He would like the as- sembly to finish up work and then recess for two weeks before final ad- journment. He said that had such a course been followed two years ago the house would not be considering | for old school atten- dance grants. That measure was passed at the close of the 1921 ses- | sion was vetoed by the governor after | the house had adjourned and the | house had no opportunity to change | the situation.
 A favorable report was received | from the finance committee on bills the town of Groton to is- sue $150,000 of bonds, and for the borough of Groton to issue s75,00o ponds.
 Hotel. Issue Strengthened
 Under a suspension of the rules both branches passed an act validating leeds in 1863 from Henry F. Russell and others to St. Marks parish in New Britain. MT. Alling, of New Brit, lin in the house, said the situation was holding up s1s5,OOO sale. This s the property which the Commercial Trust Co. of New Britain is to bhy md resell the greater part of it to | corporation which will erect the Ilihu Burritt hotel on it.
 A bill to merge the First and South b1y reported was adopted in both ,odies, and sent to be engrossed.
 IN THE SENATE
 The senate chaplain Rev. Mir. in his prayer, referred to he agreement which will lead to the ettlement of the debt owed by Great Britain to the United States as an \ ugury of a return to worldwide eace and quiet.
 The governors communications nj he transfer of Fort Hale park to the ity of New Haven by the federal received in the house .yes- f .rday was read and ordeMd printed o l the journal. VT n In disagreeing action on the bill q -hich would create a law under h .hich corporations may issue mo par ., alue" stock, Senator Wilder was ap- n ointed conferee. The senate had |, mt the bill to the judiciary commit n .e and the house to that of incor- h oration. The judgship resolutions n dopted in the house yesterday were f. assed in concurrence. =, The Connecticut infirmary commits l.. on sent in it's report in which half illion dollars is asked for to erect 4, Id equip the necessary buildings. tr
 Judgeship Report W The judiciary committee reported in IF ,half of Herbert s. Bullard. record W :, Alex w. Creedon and George H. m ay, judges of the Hartford courts; svi P. Hickey. judge. and Samuel N. rainerd. deputy judge at East Hart I'd and under suspension of the rules P oh resolution was adopted. m The judiciary committee favorably of ported on the proposed merger of bt e First and South Baptist churches Fl Hartford
 Under suspension of the rules these solutions taken from the calendar x ire adopted.
 William J. Larkin, Dr., II d John F. McGrath. judges at Wat bury; Arthur F. Libby. judge and .nry P. Pettis. deputy judge at Nor oh: Bernard F.. Higgins judge and iomas W. Bryant. deputy judge at rrington; Samuel Young. judge and fContinued m Thirteenth paeel E