Litchfield enquirer., 1865-07-13
made the special order for Friday morning. at 10 o'clock. Adjourned.

made the special order for Friday morning, at 10 o'clock.
 Adjourned.
 AFTERNOON
 MT Abijah Catlin of Harwinion in the chair the Speaker being unablesfo preside from a. severe hoarseness
 The special order of the day. the joint special committees report upon sfhe revision, of the statutes, was taken up The matter was recommitted, subject to the order of, the General Assembly. "
 Bill increasing the salaries of the Judges of the Supreme Court to $2500 each per annum Mr. Coe of Winchester moved to amend @by. leaving the salary ss it is at present. but pay ing the Judges five dollars for every, day while actually engaged. The motion prevailed and the bill was passed.
 Adjourned.
 SENA FTfday, July '.
 Prayer by Rev. MT. Jenkins
 Mr. Battelf offered Q resolution increasing the number of directors of the Naugatuck Railord Company from : to r9;, adopted ] MT. Peck called up the divorce law, result ing from that part of the Governors message relative to divorce. He claimed divorce was too easily obtained, and wished to make it more difficult to obtain divorce He brought up figures to prove the evil on the increase, giving the number of divorces in the State by periods of four years from 1849 to 1864 as fol lows: lS49-52 544; 1853 -56, S25 !; 1856-6O. 1869; 1S6l-64, 1152. Total, 3791 Of these New Haven County has divorced 776, Hart ford 7l7, New London 55S, Fairfield 523, Lltchfeld 428, Windham 337, Holland 24l, Mlddlesex Il. Fifty-four iivorces have been granted thus far this year. Of those divorced 34 had been married less than one year, and l92 less than six years. The principal causes were desertion l69, adultery 30. intemperance 128. ".
 Mir. Rockwell wished more discretion to be used than the new law gives. He paid hand some compliment to the wives, who respect their martial vows above their personal .hap- piness, and cited instances where their bad husbands had been reformed by their patience and affection. ,. ..... s-..-, -.,- '
 After further discussion the vote was called by yeas and nays-affirmative five, negative fourteen. ..lAar 1-.- @T.s
 The res. endorsing the course of President Johnson was amended to read as follows: WHEREAS, The eminent ability, statesman
 ship and patriotism displayed by the Presi-
 dent of the United States should receive the
 cordial approval of all loyal citizens there.
 fore,
 Resolosd by this General Assembly, That the amnesty proclamation while it amply vndi- cates the outraged laws of the nation and yet tempers justice with all reasonable mercy, meets with our hearty and unqualified appro val. . ...l sa s.p'a t,a7
 Resolved, That We have full confidence in the administration of Andrew Johnson, and believe the important questions which may arise, growing out of the restored Union, will be settled by the government, in spite of en frightened liberality with fidelity to eonstitu tional obligations and so ultimately to secure the rights and interests of all loyal citizens of this Republic. seFss H;.s=gviz i a.d 5..
 Res. passed-yeas l, nays ?. Is s.e .--E Adjourned.
 HOUSE-F1iday, July 7. MT. Kingsbury of Waterbury in the chair
 Resolution of thanks to Brevet Major-Gen Robert o. Tyler of Hartford, for bravery and services, passed. .-.-........ :. Bill punishing the sale of adulteratei liquors and resolution paying Wm. Goodwin i $l5O for his legislative statistics; passed. Bill providing that the secretary of the com panies shall furnish free passes over the sev eral railroads of the State to the Genera Assembly and State officers; bill imposing penalties upon railroad corporations who re fuse to comply with the above resolution ;- bill making it compulsory upon railroad cor porations to advertise their time tables il every ne wspaper on their line of route; al rejected.
 The House voted to adhere to it's forme action on the question of increasing the Judge oft the Supreme Court, and Mir. Pratt of Nor wich moved that ten o'clock on Wednesda, Judge Of the Superior Court; passed. ,o,
 Bill punishing by fine of five hundred dol lars, any party who is not legally authorized marrying any persons, and validating mar riages that have already been performed by such persons where the parties have been de ceived. The bill was amended and passed.
 Railroad bill was made the special order fo, Wednesday afternoon next at four O clock. l Mir. Woodford introduced the following reso lution, which was tabled for printing: IT,. RssolOed, That, in the opinion of this Gen eral Assembly, it is clearly the right and duty of the General Government, under the constitutional provision that the United States shall guaranty to every State in this Union Republican form of government t, declare unlawful all limitations of the elective franchise, founded on the distinctions of na- tionality, race or color, as being plain infrac tions of such republican form. ~i h. e.5 Adjourned to 3.p. M., Monday. te rs z- .a