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

the interests of Agriculture shonid be para"
mount In anv other, and that tie relief
asked Esr nv the peiiiiSneTs while y will rec
ouTe MOI pruha bIy more thai tr'tiIng sum
from the public fund, will check the ravages
Of an animal which has no redeemlng
quality 10 save il from destruction.
Mr.. Strong nl MnIorl suggested the
propr,eiy of having the bill explained by
some gentleman, wirereuTnn Nlr. Merrills
Of Barkhan,sred, arose and said Ire wished
10 know If the " old original, short tailed
wild cat, that used to be found in New
England, "was the one which the law aimed
al, 0r The "lDng tailed one found in the
woods in our days" if it was the latter the
sum for killing the same would be quite
large, but as tie former were scarce, the
amount would he trAlng; he supposed il
important To have i! understood which kind
was referred TO.
Mr.. Speaker said very graveIy that he
supposed that "the old original wild cat
could not be referred 10 in the biIl."-
(Laugh'er)
MIR. Burr of Hartford, asked If the ami.
NAL under consideration had long biIi''
and was in the habit of "pecking trees
Mr.. Comstock asked further If II had a
red head;" this important discussion
beng concluded, the bill was passed.
Report OF Judiciary Com. recommending
hat the petition Of F. Morgan and Others
| If Cnebronk for Law TO restrain cattle,
he indefinitely postponed, as 10 further
| legislation on the subject is necessary at
present, came from the Senate accepted
and leave gwen to withdraw; House con-
CURED. ",
MONDAY, June 90.
| SENATE.-B 10 allow Schoo! Districts
| 10 borrow money at seven per cent. laid OH
| the la BILE.
Bill concerning education passed.
Annual reports Of several railways were
accepted.
Bill requiring the Bank Commissioners
to visit Savings and Building Associa lions,
taken up and amended by inserting Lille
Insurance companies and indefinitely post
poned.
Bill forbidding conversation with jurors,
passed.
HoUsE.-Reports Of com. on Roads and
Bridges, lhvorabIy to petitions ot Canaan
aud Lnchfield Turnpike Company for sur.
reader of charter; of S1ratiord Springs
Turnpike Company, tot dlsconlnuance OF
portion of their road; of Gro,on and
Slonlngiun Company for leave TO surrender
their charter, came from the Senate accept
ed. and the prayers Of the petitioners sew
orally granted House concurred.
Com on Sale Prison reported iavorably
on resolution authorizing Warden of the
State Prison TO expend $4,000 out of the
surplus earnings OF the PRISON, for the pur.
pose of repairs and Improvements Upon tie
building and premises ol the Prison re-
port accepted and resolution passed.
Committee oD Railroads reported that
the reports of Naugatuck Railroad Co. and
of the Commissioner of the same, were
correct; accepted.
Report of committee on interpretations
Other than B,nks CavorabIy to granting pc
ti,lon of nj B Lockwood and others, for
an act Incorporating Wauseean Mills IN
PlainfeJd; report accepted and bill in form
passed.
Com. ON Railroads reported favorably to
passage OF blll for an act providing that
no officer of Railroad Company shall be
disqualified from voting in the election Of
directors Tor such railroad company upon
other Stock than his own, unless such Co.
snail at a meeting Ut lis Stockholders pro-
hbu lis officers from SD doing; report &C.
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