Litchfield enquirer., 1867-06-20
CONNECTICUT LEGISLATURE.
MAY SESSION, 1867.

In the Senate, Wednesday June 12, many mat ters were referred in concurrence with the House Mir Street moved to reconsider the vote on the Mid dletown contested election case. The vote was reconsidered and the resolution declaring vinal elected passed by vote of 10 to g. Resolutions appointing J. B. Lord county commissioner of Fairfield county, and incorporating the House of the Friendless ill New Haven, passed. Bills ex- empting from taxation property to the amount of $3GOO owned by persons who are blind or other wise incapable of selfsupport and repeating limi- tation of punishment for barn burning providing that the accused or defendant ill criminal cases may at his own option be witness, passed. The bill exempting wages oflabor to the amount of $50 from attachment for debt, then taken up Mr. Granger moved an amendment, proVldmS that when suit is brought for debts incurred for pro- visions medicine clothing, or other necessaries of life the provisions of this act shall not apply Lost by the following e:-Ieas-Messrs Elliot, Clarke of the 10th Street, Gallup, Chandler Pier pont, Buckingham, Granger, Johnson, Brainard-10.
 Nays Messrs. Beach, Austin Gallagher, Rogers, Williams. Clark of the Sth, Brockway, ,Cornen, Con- verse. Dorrance-10. MT. Williams offered an passed:-Yeas-Ms Elliot, Williams Clark of the Sth, Broadway, Street. Gallup, Chandler, Pier pont, Buckingham, Granger, Bralnard, Converse Dorrance-13 Nays-Messrs Beach, Austin, Gallagher, Rogers, Clarke of the 10th, Cornen-6. The whole bill was then indefinitely postponed.
 In the House the Speaker announced on the joint committee to appoint commission on the subject of equal taxation the following Mallory of RrldpoDOrt. 0 New Haven, Carr of Lisbon, Potter of Woodstock, Goodwin of Sherman Terril of Middlefeld, and Gager of Coventry. Bill to amend the act author izing railroads to take land where it might be ne- cessary according to the judgement of the Rail road Commissioners, passed after considerable discussion. The eight hour law came up and after much discussion on an amendment proposed by Mir Stevens, dem. of Hartford striking out the words s'unless otherwise agreed by the parties.' which was lest, Yeas 10 Nays 120, the bill passed. It is as fOllOWs:-
 Be I enacted &c.
 SEC. 1. Eight hours of labor, done and perform ed in any one day, by any person, shall be deemed lawful days work unless otherwise agreed by the parties.
 SEC 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed
 SEC 3. This act shall take effect on the first day of January, 1868. ..
 transaction of unimportant business the resolution raising pay of railroad commissioners from three dollars to five dollars per day, and requiring them to walk over each road once year was discussed at length. After an exciting debate upon the di vision of the town of Haddam motion to adjourn was carried.
 In the House, among other. resolutions passed ill concurrence were those appointing Rufus Cleave- land of Barkhamsted {the present incnmbent) coun- ty commissioner for Litchfield county, and Joshua Lord commissioner for Fairfield county. Bills en- towering selectmen to erect temporary lock-ups exempting property of blind and disabled persons from taxation to amount of s, ,000, passed. Reso- lution incorporating 8 state industrial school for vagrant and vicious girls, being the special order was taken up. After much discussion it was final ly recommitted.
 In the Senate, Friday June IA. the chair announ- ped the following appointments: On the petition of Dorrance Atwater, Mir. Granger of the 17th and Mir, Gallup of the 18th; on committee to appoint commissioners on taxation, MT. Beach of the 18th and MT Clark of the 8th. After considerable dis cussion the bill dividing Haddam into voting dis