Litchfield enquirer., 1867-05-09
CONNECTICUT LEGIsLATURE
MAY SESSION, 1867.

in the Senate, May 1, Amos J. Gallup elect Ta s;mmons snes1aent lng pro ts 1 M Morris Clerk C. P Q. Page and J. N. Clark, Doorkeepers. In the House, John T. Wait was elected Speaker. Vote, Wait l2o, hammersly 100. Clerks John Tain tor, Dwight Marcey. Messengers G. H. Rugby, r: H. Warner. Doorkeepers; N. Merwin, B. r. Heath w. I. Blake. MT. Ives, (Rep.) of East Ha- ven, offered resolution appointing joint special committee, whose duty it shall be to inquire what legislation, if any is needed ill order to secure to industrial labor of the State its proper reward, and to foster and protect it from unnecessary ex- actions in regard to hours of labor or otherwise, and to report such additions and alterations to present laws as they may deem necessary or desir- able on this subject.
 In the Senate, May g. Petition of Naugatuck railroad for amendment of charter, referred Cor nelius Brainard, Charles B. Clark, and Robert Pierpont were elected Committee on Contested Elections. Mcssrs. Gallup, Beach, Rogers. Gran- ger, Elliott, and Dorance were declared er oticjo members of the Corporation of Yale College. Tn the House, bills were offered for punishing bribery at elections, and i'll relation to School Fund. A large number of petitions were offered, among them the petition of Milo Wetmore and others of New Hartford, for setting off a part of that town to Harwnton resolution was adopted that for the present week and until otherwise ordered, the House adjourn on Friday, and reconvene at Il o'clock on Tuesday.
 In the Senate, May 3 Messrs. Gal- of the Corporation of the Sheffield Scientific School The matter of poll-tax referred to Joint Commit tee Adjourned till Tuesday. In the House, Mat thewson of PoTnfret, and Burns of Milford. were appointed Committee on Unfinished Business. 4 little sharp discussion relative to MT. Ives labor resolution occurred between that gentleman and Stevens, dem of Hartford Adjourned till Tues day.
 In the Senate, May T. petitions and bills were presented, and the House resolution raising joint committee on Labor reform, concurred in. In the House, bills and petitions were offered. The committee OF Labor Reform was announced, 0f I :fnh fial1 hQinc "a A1nnY Epp f0r this County. Political portion of Cows Message, referred, after some discussion, to Committee on Federal relations.
 JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES.
 JUD1c1ARy-sen Granger, dem. Reps Ives, un., East Haven: Mitchell, d., Bristol Woodward, IL, Thompson Graves d., Litchfeld Hough, IL, Es- sex; Hyde, H., Ellington.
 , INcoRPoRAr1oSs.-. Senator Gallup, Il. Reps. Thompson u, Stratford :; Landers, d., New Britain Moore, IL, Derby; Green, H., Norwich Danielson, H., Killingly Hopson, H., Kent Post, d., Hebron; Bacon, d., Middletown.
 RA11LRoADs.-sen Phelps, q. Reps. Smith, H., Woodbury; Norton, Ill., Canton; Pierce, d., Chesh- Ridgefeld; Briggs, union, Thompson Fair1nan, d., Stafford; Gates, h., Chatham,
 BANKs.--Sen. Hamersley, d., Hartford; Scran- ton, IL, Madison Tracy, IL, Griswold Mallory h., Winchester scovill, d., Haddam Hempsted, H., Coventry.
 EDucAr1oN.-sen Chandler, u. ; Reps. Cleveland, u, Brooklyn; Pettibone d., simsbury; Lindsley, guson, u, Stamford; Deming, d., Sharon Platt, IL, Saybrook Kellogg, d., Holland.
 SCHOOL FUND.-Sen. Clark, dem. Reps. Doolit- tie, d., New Haven Smith, IL, Farmington Rath- d., Plainfeld; Hill, d., New Milford; Moore, u., Westbrook; Converse, d., Stafford.
 HUMANE INsT1TUTIoNs.-Sen. Beach, d. Reps. Fessenden. h., Pennington; Leavenworth, d., Wa to Fair field Gates, IL, Windham /; Churchill, IL, Wood- bury; Greenfield, IL, East Haddam; Moore, d.. Union.
 CLA1ms.-sen. Gallagher, dem Reps Munson, d., Seymour Omstead, H., East Hartford Smith, IL, Bozrah Morehouse IL, Daren Burnham, H., Eastford; Dean d., Canaan /; silliman IL, Ches- ter: Sumner, d., Bolton,
 MILITARY AFFA1Rs.--Sen. Pierpont, u.; Reps. Lee, IL, Guiford; sedgwick, d., New Britain AL Kelly, u, Killingly Turner, IL. Torrington scran- ton, IL, Durham Lull, d., Holland. ril IL, Middlefeld Wells, h.. Wethersfeld; Ken drck, d., Waterbury Browning, H., North Ston- ington; Hewes, d., Greenwich Bliven, IL, Put nam ; Spur, d., Salisbury Gager, IL: Coventry as, u., Plymouth Sampson, d., Glastonbury; Gil bert u Southbury; Bll d., Lyme; Bennett d., Chaplin Davis, u:, Danbury Hampstead, H., Coventry; W. E. Griswold, d., Kllingworth. ,,,., u., Berlin; Cook, d., Wallingford; Sheffield It,, Stonington Cam pbell, u., voIuntown Stephens, u.. Barkhamsted Cox, d., Portland; Porter, h., Hebron.
 SALE OF LANDs.--sen. Cornen, dem. Reps. Morrow, IL, Mansfield Neal d., southington /; Heming away, IL, North Haven; Hewett, d., Pres ton; Hill, u., Bedding Potter. IL, Woodstock Camp, IL, Norfolk; Griffin, d., Middetown.
 ROADS AND BR1DGEs-Sen. Austin, u. Converse, dem., Franklin Fowler IL, Enfield Smith, d., Naugatuck Gregory, u., Wilton ; Holt: H.. Hamp ton scoville, IL. Colebrook Rankin, d., Old Say brook Hall, u., Wilmington. . den Stevens, d. Hartford Cottrell u., stoning- ton Smith u, Ridgefeld; Carroll, IL, Wood- stock; Bristol, d., New Milford; Hurd IL, Clinton; Lewis It,, Vernon.