Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1853-06-23

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Che "a SaRe &c Q bill Cor public ACT With |
oul reading la'd-pn the table and OFdeEed
printed. So
Bill Car q public act relating to Courts, |
providing sstssi the Supreme Court Oi FIR
rOrs may transfer the trial Of any case from
one county To another; read third time and
passed.
Bill providing that joint stock corpora
tiOns MAY cha 0ge the business for which
they we're originally est hlisllcd, heretofore
pissed, came fiOm Senate negatived
House adhereds
Resolution relating 10 Naugatuck Rail
Road C"mpanys referred 10 committee on
RsihQsds. 81
Resolution appointing Jeffrey o. Phelps
of S:nSbnry. Judge Of the County Court
Of Hartford County; passed.
Resolution appointing Jesse O'nsy of
SOn;hing,ons w arren Siehbms Or Aar'Iand,
aud Russell Eldredge Of Manchester. Conn,
~ Commissioners for Hartford County
passed.
Resolution changing The name of the &C.
clesiaslIcal sOciely IN New Cambridge in
Bristol; passed.
ResOluiun appointing Julius Ca'lih and
James b.. Crosby State Directors Of the
Phen'x Bank; referred TO committee on
Railroads.
Resolution provid,ng that the property
Of the State at Meriden intended for S.
ReE,rm School be sold a, auction, and in
vested elsewhere !; referred TO committee on
Judiciary. 4..
Resolution appointing Charles B. Phelps
Of Woodbury., Judge "f the COon,y Cour'
for Lcifield County; passed.
Resolution appointing Sylvanus Merwin
Of New Milford, Nathaniel B. Stevens If
Norfolk, aud Milton Smith Of CoIebrook,
County Commissioners Of Lilehfeld County
passed.
Resolution appropriatine $500 for the
erection al monument in Brooklyn, TO tfe
memory of the ATE General Israel Putnam,
provided like sum be raised BY subscrip,
lion: referred 10 committee on Wooster
Monument.
The Judiciary committee recommended
the passage Oi bull ltr an act securing
payment of wages 10 aborers employed in
constructing railroads, providing that COM
panies shall be responsible laid on the
table.
*s THURSDAY, June is.
SENATE Resolution appointing Charles
b. Phelps JuJgeof County Court in Lilch-
field County. passed
Lnchfield County commissioners, passed
(see House proceedngs.)
Com. on Railroads reported resolution
showing Sou,Ebridge railroad to pass thro'
Thompson, laid on tie table.
Likewise on a petition of railroad thr"'
part Of Thompson, reported! tav0rably.
Resolution Land On the table Incorporating
the East Thompson Railway Company.
Resslui,on respecting the Courtoi Errors
in Li'chheld County was reconsidered and
indefinitely postponed.
Bill allowing "a divorce in cases of one
years abandonment, where lhe!e was evil
den, intention Of permanent deseriioD, was
advocated by Mr.. Harrison on the ground
that il would moi compel parties TO wait too
long. Mr.. Hall opposed the bull on the
ground that il would lead to coliusion be-
tween the parties, and would Loosen the
bands Of social lie. Mr.. Butler was sur
pissed that proposition Of This character
should have been presented. He WAS un-
willing 10 90 such lengths. Mr.. Dean fa-
vored the bill. because it would do away
with marriages for money. Mr.. Harrison
eneered al the want of progress in MessFs.
Hall ard Butler. when Yesterday tileV were
Trauv even Tor revOluImn IN order 10 eXpe-
die Justice. He was for divorces in aI ca
SEES when there was separation OF feeling.
for he considered marriage as mere civil
contract. He advocated the bull in speech
Of great length.
Mr.. Hall replied al length. IS did Mr..
Butler. who wondered Al the defec,s Of our
judiciary system, aud explained them at
length. lie moved an indefiBIte postpone.
meDt.
Mr. Harrison opposed postponement,
because the motion was dlsrespeciiuI.
Mr.. Butler Withdrew the motion.
Mr. ~. 0ImSfouh NpDnSpd tI,o hill N |
Immoral measure, and was opposed tn the
whole pOcv Of divorce, as contrary 10 the
DIVINE Law.
Mr.. Harrison replied TO Mr.. Olmstead.
Mr.. j. A. B Il favored the bill because
public opinion demanded it.
Mr.. Kellogg opposed The hill because i, |
would release all the wives whose husbands |
had gone to California.
The debate was continued by Messrs.
Hall. H. Oln,s,ead, and Harrison.
Mr.. j. A. Bill moved the yeas and nays,
which we're ordered.
Bill reiecied-yeas6 g.; nays Is.
Committee on Agriculture, on the peii,
tons E,r projecting sheep from dogs, re
ported bill offering premium for the
destruction Of unreslrained dogs.
Mr.. Harrison opposed the hill. and "a
vored the rights Of dogs. Bill carried II
TO 8.
Committee on School Fund. on the peti.
lion of Solomon Berce fnr the forming of |
new school district in Sharon and Sails
bury. repO-;ed iavorably Resolution op-
posed by M. Fall ON the ground that the !
law already mace provision fnr such cases. |
Mr.. Harrison advocated the resaluii.,n-
Debate continued hv Messrs. KELLOGG, Har.
rison, Butler and Hall. Resolution passed.
HousE-ResolN,ion appointing a com.
10 superiniend the expenditure Of money
in the erection Of monument to General
Wooster; passed.
The CON. on banks reported adversely
on hills cOncern,ng Bank Commissioners
and Receivers-.f,r the Regula, ion Of Bank.
in9-and 10 prevent mutilal iOn OF bank bills
--hilIe severaIy rejected.