Litchfield enquirer., 1872-07-25
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 The railroad committee held session Last week, relative to the reduction of fares to two cents a mile on railroads pay ing large dividends. Mir. Naples of Vest port favored the resolution and w. ID. Blsh0p. Pres. of the \. Y. & N. H. k. k. Co. appeared in opposition.
 The Committee on Courts and County
 Semtn have voted to report in favor of the bill dividing Litchfeld county into iudicial districts, submitting the measure, kowsver. to a vote of the towns included m the proposed District.
 The Finance committee heard further evideace regarding the taxation of pre-
 Hereafter insurance companies are to reDur4 to the Commissioner and not to the IeHlE1nkure
 Nnnase.-On Tuesday of last week an amendment of the charter of New Haven waz rejected. The borough of Fair Ha- ven was incorporated. The petition of John Evans. convicted of a murder at New
 Hartford few years since, for release
 from State Prison, was reported upon ia
 xOxnbly and a resolution for his release
 passed After considerable discussion
 the araenaiment of the charter of the Conn.
 Western R- R. Co allowing a branch to New Britain passed as it came from the
 House. The State Constabulary bill then came up. The 9th section giving the Con-
 stabulaxy control of the police of cities was retained An amendment submit ting the question to the people was then oEssrnd and favored by Senators Stannard, Turrf1l and others. There was then a sharp contest over the bill allowing the pznlzhment of persons in case cit is re- pnted that" they keep liquor shops, and It was indefinitely postponed. The bill making all debts for liquor sold contrary Co hw not coIlectable, was then passed. Bills were passed requiring suits for dis xll0wed claims against estates to be brought within months, and allqydu-
 the Secretary of the State BoseGses that
 cation to grant teaeh School Visitors shnr take SSe r'
 ceEt1S ~s-- I,,s~zay considerable miscella-
 OA ~-@Tess was transacted Senator
 DrS9s N made a personal explanation &C.,
 Ss2Mg the Register of malicious misrep- rcsensAflo0S A resolution authorizing the State Reform School to buy land was passed The COnstabulary bill then came 1 GP and was discussed at length. MT. l RgOw2 c&ered an amendment permitting | wolSa to vote on submission of the bill | to the PeOpAe which was rejected by the | SaaR0wln9 vote
 Ay~s-Maazworsh. Ssoddaxd. Ives. Perkins, | BaA2 Rv~a- Potter. Huriburt
 N&gz-R0z1- M7ls Glover. Burnett, Chapin, 1 CssAa2- T1rTl- B1eIl, Stann&rd, Woodward,
 After more discussion the final vote was ps<spoaed by an adjournment
 O4 Thursday the COnstabulary bill was up aExln An amendment was passed sub- H1zaalAg ths question of appointing State | esz@&nhle to vote of the people and as | a@zmaed the bill passed Bills were pass l ed fuxhsding bathing in any public reser- l xaSx. and allowing pleading over after iudg- l @em& against defendant on demurrer
 Oa End4y no quorum was present. The | resolution for adjournment on the 26th w@s opposed by Mfr Budd who thought l the haziness could not be finished by that | tSme Other Senators favored it but the | bzn wAs tabled s to 2, and the Senate ad l0zrned till Monday afternoon. |
 HSGsG-0n Tuesday of last week, the Education bill came up again. An amend @Rzk was added requiring officers to ar- rest traants under 14 and giving power to HaxS<kxztex t0 send them to the State Re- | tox4 School By another amendment | towns are empowered to authorize the en- | paoyment of all teachers by the school l
 
 t1 require teachers to be able to teach the l raa1l@entS of drawing. An amendment | allowing women to serve as "school com uSkxee~ was rejected
 On Weinnaday a bill fOrbidding the taking Of black bass from Long lake in WfneAeS1sr for the purpose of stocking aSAer ponds v1s passed on explanation by ME FyleH. The bill reducing railroad fares oa railrOads paying ten per cent to 2 cents per mile, came back from the rail- road coumittee without recommendation. If wzs hid over. Then there were se- ries Sf personal explanations regarding re- fersSc1s cn members published in the Greenwich Hour, which were attributed to Mir Goodwin of East Hartford That gentlemen admitted furnishing facts to che editor but denied being responsible for the comments thereon which he regret ed A bin repeaIing the law allowing txas4 companies to deduct from the mar ket value Of their stock the real estate in whl<h if was invested, was rejected The Ednc2tion bill then came mp and an amend ment was offered making it the duty of the State and not of the towns to support the schools. This amendment was at first carried and then reconsidered and reject ed Qr. Taylor, of New Milford, was op- posed to the proposed law as tending to the degradation of the school system.
 On Thursday the billexempting women's property from taxation was rejected. The bln apprOpriating Sl 600. to the State Board of Agriculture to investigate diseas- e of domestic animals came up on disa- greeing vote of the Houses. The House Rdheued which kills the. bill Education kllls were then discussed. The bill which provides for the appointment of com Co take the place of the present was saved from in- asanite postpOnement by the speakers casting vote. bntKas afterwards SO amend s1 a Co provide only for a re-valuation of School Fund property. The 4biil fixing the interest of the school fund at seven per cenk vas indefinitely postponed A resolution for final adjournment on the eskh was passed and speeches limited to Eve minutes. The education bill was then dlscnssed and the appropriation to each scholar raised from 50 cts. to S1 .50.
 On Friday the bill granting relief to the Air Line railroad from payment of taxes vas limited to one year, on an amendment odered by MT. Woodruff of this place, and passed MT. Goodwin tried to have some mode of Aufhenfirnting amendments adop- teas claiming that railroad bills had been tkmpered with after passage. An amend ment of the edueation bill, providing for a re4ssessment of property in school dis txicss w7s voted down. and the bln passed. Therewns a sharp discussion oyer the char tsr of a new Insurance company. q It was voted that the next session of the House should be on Monday afternoon. The form of rnlIrOad returns was discussed. 1