Litchfield enquirer., 1872-08-01
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 0z Tae@iAy, resolutions and bills were passed validating the appointment oi seAooI c0mmifkee in the Fourth Cornwall SeAool District: granting school money to eha eRh Washington School District; pro vSdlmS support for children born since ISss to soldiers EhO have died of diseases cumkrme8ed in the service; forbidding judges Co hold txO successive terms Of court ip the same county; releasing F. s. Gllis iron State Prison; giving the appointment of School Fund Commissioner to the Coy sKDnE- @
 Oa Wednesday, bills and resolutions were passed releasing Jane E. Pratt QMFs Hzxperl from State Prison; requiring sge@fs of foreign insurance companies tc unhalmh certificates of such agency; re. IMAing to railroad stations The bill es- sahllzhing Board of charities was con tinned to next Assembly and to be printed with the lava After considerable discus @sna the House amendment raising the m3nant uf State aid to public schools to S15o pew scholar was adopted, as we'll as eAe ether House amendments, and the hin nov goes to the governor.
 On Thursday, bills and resolutions were passed furnishing the Insane Hospital with furniture; securing conveniences for Kzxlr0ad trzvelers m New Haven; authoriz- ing the Hartford and Fishkil railroad to huil6 branches Tn the city of Hartford. BIS and resolutions were rejected allow Eng savings banks to invest in railroad boadS; prohibiting the location of railroad sezkSnns within half a mile of each other: Espemhng the act pnnishing scurrilous lan- gunge; regarding jurors of the Waterbury Gty cOurt: rzislng the salary of the State Librarian | -
 On Friday, bills, &c, were passed pro- viG1zm9 for printing 5, 900 copies of the new EdzeH1soa Ac4; contributing stone to tAe Niles Standish monument; prohibit lg seAectmen or town clerks from being Eewlstr2Rs of voters; allowing towns to opea thelr ballot boxes at A. M.; pre- vezxIng husband from disinheriting his w1fs by wIl Bills, &c., were rejected ex- e@pking mortgages of savings banks from taxation; making a married woman's prop @xxy 6ahle for taxes. The finance com Zzftes reported against the taxation of PEsminn notes. The cOnstabulary bill coming back from the House rejected, the Sezz1e insisted No quorum being pres eGt m the afternoon, the Senate adjourn ed
 RS9se--On Monday of last week, con- SS3eEahle eOutine business was transacted A committee of conference was appointed 0a the $l ,OO0 appropriation to investigate ghs cattle disease. The resolution for PayHaat of money to the 9th School Dis sxsc4 of Washington was rejected. The &&A commissioners report that expensive kMhwxys have been built in the Birming- han dam
 On Tnesday, bills and resolutions were P@@ssd limiting the time of suit, where a eS9z@ against sn estate is rejected to two @Oufhs: requiring the Board of Agricul- tzrstO pablish their Secretary s end Treas Hrer's repOrts; releasing William Morton hom State Prison; apprOpriating SIC, 900 tO the LakexiIle School for Imbecfles: re- qulEzng the name of station to be posted ca FAilr0ad depOts. Bills and resolutions Egre rejected authorizing the Secretary of the Board of Education to grant teachers licenses; establishing boundaries between WetheESfeld and Glastonbury; and re- leasing several State Prisoners. The res- olutiOn for the release of Jane E. Pratt Mrs. HarpeD from State Prison was op- posed by ME. Fyler and others, and af- ter being once rejected was reconsidered and passed The resolution for change of county seat in Holland county was con knned to next legislature.
 On Wednesday the release of Mrs. Har- per was again debated on & motion to re- cal the resolution of release, which was lost, 68 Co S1. The bill changing the WlndhAm county-seat was continued to next legislature. The various bills for reg ulatl0n of railroad fares came up. Messrs. WoodruH, Waller, Scranton, Wheeler and otksn opposed, and Mfr. Goodwin favored them, and they were rejected. The bill fOr new board of Railroad Commission eEa to be appointed by the Governor and w=szef k1nsa mla was debated till adjournment.
 On Thursday. bills, &c, were passed providing for printing 5, 900 copies of the new Education Law; prohibiting fishing m Ames lake; defining the expression pEivate ponds" in a statute of last year. The Railroad Commission bill then came up and was rejected, S2 to 122, Iitchfieid county members voting as follows
 TeS KhbOum, Guild. Mallet, Bass, Lawton, J. D- Page. WagOner, Whiting, Riggs, Cowdery, B.sa~in. Prandle, Wand. M. B. Strong, G. s. Cogs
 Eaz; D. s. Case. c. Wickwire. wadharns. e. Curtisa. Edwuras. Gilman. Merrill, G. Taylor, BnEkizKhMna, Harris, q. D. Goodwin Wilson, 4aA4san. Fyier. D. strong, c. c. Mitchell.
 The Constabulary bill was then debated by Mezzrs- Tyler in favor and Babcock against the law. The Senate amendment submitting the bill to the people was vot- down 10 Co III. The original bill was then rejected, 77 to IA, the Litchfeld county vOts being as follows:
 Tea-Bazs. c. Curtiss, T. D, Page, Gilman, MniEi1g. MEgs. M. B. Strong, G. S. Cogswell, Masaoea. Ryaer. D. Etrcng, c. c. Mitchell-12.
 4sB-MaodFuR, D. s. Case, Klbourn, Mallett, w1eox. Lawton, c. Wickwire, wadhams, Ed w@E4A wagoner, Merrill, c. Taylor Buckingham, C0w9ry. Baldwin. Prindie, Ward, Harris, G. D. -Gooawsn. Bartr1m, Wilson-2l.
 The bin making liquor debts uncollect- able then came up and was opposed by ME RahcDck and favored by Messrs. Fy- Ter and Waller who offered an amendment etraklng out khe section allowing recovery back oE money paid on liquor debts and a lively discussion followed and the resolu- ton for inzl adjournment Aug 1st was pmsed
 On Friday the bill establishing Litch- keAd diztxict court was made the order for WeanesdAy at eleven o'clock. The reso- lusloa releasing John Evans, the Bark AmznssH0 murderer, was amended on mo- ton of Mr. Woodruff so as to return him frOm the Insane Hospital to State Prison and passed Bills &c. were passed ap- pEOpristing S2, ,O0O towards the completion of the Washington monument appropri- akzng $500 tO the state prison authoriz- lng the purchase of two Calling; Incorpo- Tmkng eity of New Britain; incorporating the Connecticut School of Design of Hart
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