Litchfield enquirer., 1867-05-16
CONNECTICUT LEGISLATU2E
MAY SESSION, 1867.

!n.the senates May g. Albert. Austin, of Plain House Keeper. Resolutions from the House rais- ing joint special committees OH constitutional amendments on federal relations, on the canvass of votes for judges of probate and justices of the iIpeace, on fisheries; an inc revision Of the joint rules, on cities and boroughs, and on cngrossed biIfs were passed: Bills to repeal the usuEy laws for general railroad law repeating jpry trials before judiciary, were appropriately referred In tine House there some discussion on the taxa i ton of incomes from U. s. Bonds. Mr. Graves [ dem of Ltchfefd, introduced resolution on the subject of the repeal of the Maine Law and adoE- r jtien of License law.a A report of Commission 1 on State Houses shows that both of the present
 buildings are insufficient, and that the erection of
 a suitable State House will cost half million. In
 view of the present amendment establishing q tsngle State Capitol, they thought no further ac- ] tiop necessary at present. Bills offered and re- ferred., .,
 In the Senate. May g, bills repeating the military
 communication tax, and for an act making 1t requis-
 ife for each town treasurer to keep correct record
 of all moneys received and expended, were refer red. Resolutions ordering the Comptroller to contract for portrait of ex-Ctovernor Hawley to l cia committed to whom the matter of holding
 courts in Fairfield county shall be referred passed 1 In the House, .a petition of sundry persons for
 more stringent provisions against the granting of
 divorces, was referred. after some discussion be-
 tween Messrs. Ives, rep.,s of East Haven, Graves,
 dem. of Litehfeld, and Nunson, dem, of Sey- tnour to Judiciary, Committee. Petitions were
 presented for the release among others of Charles l C. Dart and Henry Nennasseh from States Prison; I of Munson HaSvley and others fnr removal of the county saat from Danbury to Bridgeport. Reso- Hutton that the title of bills for public acts shall jbe So worled that members can get some idea of what they gre for, passed. Considerable discus fsion arose on Ar. Graves resolution relative to I the Maine Law-Messrs. Graves Of LitcAfeld, aI: l Waller of New London, dems., opposing the ex-
 isting law and Messrs. Eessenden of Farming ton,
 and Lee of Guilford, reps, supporting it. i In the Senate. May 10 Resolutions appoipting the Governor, the Secretary, and Judge Faldee, the Committee on the State Library; passed Res l olution dividing New Hartford into voting dis tricts referred After some discussion, tho reso- 1 Keeper, was passed. In the House, petitions for
 Air Line Railroad /: for new Probate District n ] southbury referred. Resolution irstructing the 1ioia select committee labor reform to inquire into the expediency of repeating the poll tax and l military communication tax passed in concurrence.
 Mir. Brockway from the committee on the unfin- :, shed business of the last session reported, and ! the several matters presented were referred to appropriate committees. Resolution appointing
 Albert Austin Of Pianfeld, State House keeper, came up, and the democratic members. after be- ing beaten on vote to indefinitely postpone un- dertook unsucceesfally, to designate another re.
 publican than Mir. Austin for the place. The lat 1 ter gentleman. however, was appointed A letter from Judge NcCurdy WAS received, announcing that his tenure of the Judgeship of preme Court expires next December. Both Houses adjourned 'ttill Tuesday.
 1 In tae Legislature, May 13 a multitude of bills and
 resolutions were presented and referred. In the House resolution setting forth that the board
 appointed to considered the equalization of taxes
 found the mos! unequal methods prevailing in diff
 ferent localities. and inatructing the Judiciary fComnnttee to propose bill to secure greater u. Il formity in the essment of taxes, wss passed l l,,,, .. JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES.
 7, LABOR REEoRa.-Senator, James Gallagher, |. Representatives Storar, H., of West Hartford ;
 Phelps, H., of New Haven Gallup, L., Of Groton
 Gregory: IL, of Wilton: Tarbox, IL, of Windianl I Weeks: d.; of litchtield; Scranton H., of Dur 1 7CoNsTITUT1oNAL AMENoNEsTs. E. A I Converse, d. Reps Woodward, u., of Norwalk Hubbard d. of Glastonbury; Smith, d., of Mil j ford Gallup, h., of North stonington Ashley, u
 of Scotland; Steele, IL, ofNew Hartford; Holmes
 h., of East Haddam Sumner, d., of Bolton.
 i FEDERAL EE1AT1oSs.-seJ'. Rogers, d.: Allen
 d., of New London; Dewey, u., of Granbv; Smith I d., of Naugatuck: :: Thompson. u.,. of stratford Williams, d., Of Canterbury Brown, IL, of Win
 chester. Hopkinson, H., of Chatham Fenton, IL,
 Buckingham, h.; Reps. Morehouse, D., of Darien
 Cheney, It,, of Manchester; Robinson, d., of Bran ford Gallup, d., of Iedvard Williams, H., .oi Pomfret ,Crissey, IL, Of Norfolk; Town, d. ot 1 FISHERIES; yohnson: dem; Reps. Ken
 land Beck7ith: IL, of East Lyme: Wakeley, u:
 ward, u:, of Watertown; Carter, u, of saybrook
 Webster, d. of Andover. t,,...'- .ida ... - | EyaRossED B1LLs.--son. Elliot, U. ;, Reps. Hob, by, d., of Greenwich Case, IL, of Sirnsbury and 1 Avery, IL, of Groton.
 l CITIES AND BoRouGEs.- Brockway, u. Reps
 Ferguson, u., Stamford; Dewey, d., Preston ; and
 REv1sroS SIC OF JOINT RiuIEs-sen Clark, u. Reps ] Ives, H., East Haven Hanks, d., Marlborough ! Beers, IL, Cornwall " --' .-'s-i! -' 'i.'.t 1 CONTINGENT EXPENSES. Senate Rogers, den1.7
 d., of Westport Converse, d., of Franklin.
 l JUDIctAnY.-R Representative Barbour. IL, Of Tor
 rington, rice HoDson, resigned. -- v 't .