Litchfield enquirer., 1865-06-08

SENA TE.-Monday Mag 29. Res. incorporating trustee fund for disa- led ministers, as per petition of Hon. Wm.W llsworth ct al. :; passed. ,.....,,. ...- Adjourned. ..... .....t ....-E
 HOUSE-Monddy May 29. Bill allowing agents of town deposit funds O invest the same in U. s. securities drawing l nore than six per cent; carried
 Pet of Danbury X Norwalk Railroad Co., | Or amendment of charter, and pets in aid ;- cave 10 withdraw. The res. ordering the Clerks ts publish the speeches made on inc death of President Lin coln tabled. s .-.sE.u Adjourned.
 SENA TIE Tuesdaq. May 30.
 Bill de salaries and fees, allowing $3 per day 10 sberitys and constables and ten cents per mile for mileage fees; referred. Adverse rep. to bill providing two separate boxes for town clerk and seleetmen at town elections bill rejected
 Mr. Harrison introduced a resolution of thanks to President Johnson for his amnesty proclamation and the appointment of w. W. Holden as Governor of North Carolina tabled for printing.
 Adjourned. ........-
 HOUSE--Iuesddy, Udy 30.
 Rep. favorable to the incorporation of the fund for disabled ministers; report accepted and resolution passed.
 Rep favorable to granting administration upon the estate of Sarah Phelps of Norfolk i; passed.
 Mr. Harrison of New Haven introduced a resolution providing that the returned battle flags should be properly cared for by person or persons to be appointed, and not to be used T ntIs consent of the Governor or General Assembly j; referred . Mr. Osgood introduced resolution raising joint select committee to investigate the arrangement of county jails, with power 10 examine book accounts, etc.
 Mr. Oseood said the reports of the county commissioners were very unsatisfactory The State was paying SPA 500 for the keeping of 157 prisoners, besides which the Jailors had the proceeds of their labor, and even with this large sum the jails were not self supporting. Carried ....
 Bill incorporating the American Emigrant Co. amended aud passed. f Act prohibiting the drawing of timber with one end on the ground except when the gronnd is frozen referred. | The franchises of the Connecticut and Wa terbury Mining Companies were received and accepted.
 Adjourned. H.-a.
 SENATE- Wednesday, Mug 3l.
 eO~."..us. '' at41 satr irolsso IT rn urspusrrUI of sundry matters.
 Res that when the Legislature adjourn to. day it be until l2 M. on Monday next; cam from the House passed. Amended by maxim, the hour } P NJ, Monday, and as amended passed. ~..'.
 The order of the day, being the report 0 the Committee on Constitutional amendment Tn favor of negro suffrage, was taken up. Tn, minority report was read; also the amend ment itself.
 Messrs. Bolles. of the 9th district, Rockwell of the lst. and Smith of the 5th, made speeches in favor of the amendment. The yeas ant nays were then called, and the amendmen was unanimously adopted-every member be Il ing in his seat and voting yes Majority fceport accepted. commttee to visit the several county jail' and enqtire as to their management, and re port to the General Assembly. MT. B. spok' oi the recent Developments made by tho State
 frlson Commi''eN and thought there must b.
 something wrong soAewbere' Res. nas'd. ant
 Mir Bolton appointedS, D, the com. - Bill making the numbh, of superior Cour Judges to consist of ten rexsrred. Res instructing the Raiffa1 Com to on D quire into the management oft6eN, Y. &N.H R. R., and report more folly than >thev hav done its condition to the General Asseob,v passed.
 Mir Hodge gave noticsthat he should nov
 on Tuesday to go into the election of JudG n
 the Superior Court.
 The Chair announced as the committee q n procuring a portrait of President Lincoln
 Messrs. Rockwell, Batell and Harrison. Adjourned.
 Wednesday,, May 31. 8 House met at D.
 Y Messys. Osgoodof Pomfret, and Mason O
 Westport, were apointed committee to visi
 the several county ails.
 s There was bill t'change the pay of sher
 ifs, for court service, to $3 per day, and tt
 allow to constables inthe service of writs $
 rate of travel fees at'0 cents per mile re 8 ferred.
 eral Henry W. Birge, of wich, for his ser.
 vices at Port Hndson, Lalnd Cedar Creek, Va, was debated pa1 ana passgo So was another, l. thanking MaJor-denerai 'osh A. Mower of
 New London. Y : }, MT. Catlin of Harwinton, ored and de- }. fended resolution directingbe rail ra;,road % i, commissioners to report at an Iiv dov tho II information which he said they sty t y hans an } withheld, touching the real condin of inc l. N, Y. & N. H. R. R. Go. and their 1d-bnw
 it is managed-if there are any ases or
 things requiring to be improved or chsed # After debate the res. passed. 'o, Mir. Woodruff called up the resolut to | print in joint pamphlet the speee4es 10 made in either branch of the Legislatures r the subject of MT. Lincolns death. ,s Cries from the Union side, move It pc | :, definitely postponed I second the moti1a z: MT. Woodruff said he had not changea na n,
 v;awa of the inexpedieDcy of printing tnes n.aehes hut only desired to say that nay 7 sh :b : Keen told that the Senate had yctea :. .d nr;nt S inc speeches made on this sap9ee:a ;aa ~ na4 hrauch of the Legislature he had decide IT. fo withdraw the opposition: .;,. .d ,snasr. Rarnum and Barbour spoke again,
 nr;nt;nc. The House voted to indehnitel
 pa,,e lns inc resolution. l'i' as PoMsIpW Mp Woodruff of Litehfeld, moved thaS wne q, inc Legislature adjourns it snail DC 'o Nn'ss ;, Tuesday next. -...o;a oh;octed to tb 5 ,onr adiouruments. He moved that the hoa'
 o oaet on Mondays and work all the week un1 1e Saturday noons By doing this and py nav is ;n@ committee meet at eight each morning all each afternoon, the entire bushes or U . =, I.egistature could be properly finished np 10 three weeks. Motion carried. ,lal Aa z
 TIE whole number of patents granted Ia ia 7-1year was 456s, of which 246 were residents Id Connecticut.