Litchfield enquirer., 1875-07-08

Bank tax of one half per cent on loans on real estate, one per cent on other invest ments. and one-half per cent on assets in
 handsof receiver. was debated. Mir.
 Marior thought the last provision, apply ing only to the New Haven Townsend
 bank, rather hard on depositors. They
 would have to lose from one third to one
 half their investment in any case and he
 thought they ought not to be taxed in
 addition. Other Senators opposed the exempkion as a yicions principle, The bill was tabled.-ResolutiOn passed au-
 thorizing the State Prison committee to
 send for persons and papers.-Bills pas sed chartering- the Indemnity Insurance Co, of Hartford; restricting attorneys from issuing writs in cases where they may be interested providing for the clos ing of the polls in the 2d voting Districts of Lischfeld and New Hartford at P. m. ];
 allowing higher rate of interest on foreign contracts constitutional amendment increasing the number of Senators was then debated and passed, 16 to 4-Bills
 were passed empowering the superior
 court to order the construction of new
 bridges as well as new roads directing justices to transmit abstracts of evidence with copies in criminal cases
 On Thursday there was discussion re-
 garding the salaries of railroad commis- sioners. Objection was made to the pres
 ent law which apportions the expense of their salaries upon the various roads of
 the state in proportion to their length, as
 an unjust arrangement The bill proposed
 apportions these expenses upon con-
 parison of gross receipts.-Bills were re- iected regarding abatement of dog tax ; giving members of assembly free trans portation requiring men to work on high
 ways; empowering courts to employ
 stenographers. were passed protect ing fish in various lakes in this county, and Long Meadow pond in Bethlehem = The bill regarding taxation of savings banks was debated, an amendment in effect relieving assets of such banks in the
 hands of receivers from taxation was adopted and the bill passed d-The divi- sion of Plymouth then came up and the
 resolution incorporating the new town of Thomaston was opposed by Messrs Brig gerhof and Marlor, while Messrs Steele, BlosS, Tracy. and others, spoke in it's fa- vor The final vote stood as follows Yeas-Messrs Pond, Johnson, Nichols,
 Yale, Larrabee, Tracy. Raymond, Bulkley, Bailey, Briggs, Steele, Bloss, Fowler, Wilcox-14.
 Nays Messrs Coogan, Bowers, Brug-
 gerhof, Marlor, Brewster, Corbin, How ard-7.
 A resolution was reported annulling the charters of the American Mutual Life In- surance Go. and the American National Life and Trust Go. of New Haven for re- fusing to make legal report to the Insur-
 ance Commissioners.-Ab bill regarding
 the winding up of insurance companies
 was debated and passed. Messrs Bowers
 and Wilcox tried to have it tabled but as it had already been tabled on their request
 the motion was denied.
 On Friday bills passed for taxation of
 foreign insurance companies for payment
 of Canaan school money; and punishing tramps who refuse to work for board and
 lodging. g.-Bills were rejected prohibiting
 the issuing of free passes by railroad com panies, and prohibiting bank cashiers
 from being treasurers of savings banks
 having over $1 ,O0O, 900 deposits. journed till Tuesday
 House.-On Tuesday of last week, bill passed providing for special terms of the Superior court-There was sharp dis cussion of the resolution appropriating g., 800 extra pay to the revisers of the stat utes. Some of the members charged that the work had been done in a bungling manner. Bills were rejected allowing abatement of the dog tax requiring every able bodied citizen to work on highways i; compelling joint stock companies to keep public lists of their stock holders provi- ding for the appointment of court sten- ographers.
 On Wednesday, bills etc passed ap- pointing Judge Carpenter on Board of Education :; regulating consolidation of school districts.-There was quite a dis cussion of bill giving landlords lien on furniture for rent in certain cases, and shortening the notice required in sum-
 mary process to five days.-A bill regard ing tramps was then passed. It requires that where vagrants refuse to work in re-
 turn for food supplied them they may be committed to the work house. Several of the members spoke of the nuisance tramps had become. Mr. McMahon doubt ed the constitutionality of the bill.-There
 was discussion over the resolution de- claring Mir. Palmer, the Democratic mem-
 Der from Stoningtonp entitled to his seat.
 He was elected by only one majority and the Republicans demanded recount.
 This was refused by a strict party vote, and Palmer was declared entitled to his CCdA.- 1OHOIb LII tu0 COmm1GG60 III
 favor of re-establishing a depot at
 Huntsville was made the special order
 for Wednesday of this week-Use of the
 woman suffrage was granted for Friday afternoon.
 On Thursday the bill regard ing the St. Francis Seminary of Winsted
 was reported against. = The judiciary committee reported against repeating the
 law regarding capital punishment. The proposed constitutional amendment in- creasing the number of Senators came
 from the Senate passed and was made the special order for Thursday of this week. Bills passed incorporating the Indemnity
 Fire Insurance Co. of Hartford, and re
 gardlng the collection of interest on con-
 tracts made out of the state in concurrence
 with the Senate.-The Centennial appro-
 priation of $4O, 900 was made the order of
 the day for Thursday.-A bill requiring
 that before loans age made by savings banks appraisal of the property shall be made by two or more competent persons
 was debated and passed S5 to GA bill allowing judges of the Superior court to send people heretofore acquitted of crime on account of insanity to the Insane Hos- pital was passed. This bill will reach
 the case of Betsey Wadhams, so long con- fined in the jail in this county.
 On Friday bill was reported favorably increasing pay of sheriffs in attendance on court to s per diem.-A minority of the committee on agriculture reported against the S5,O 900 appropriation to the State Fair of the Stockbreeders Association.
 bill protecting fish in lakes of Litchfeld Go. was amended so as to include Long
 meadow Pond of Bethlehem.-T minor ity report in the Stonington contested election was made the order of the day for Wednesday. bill incorporating
 the Connecticut Home Missionary Society
 was passed bill establishing State Workhouse was debated at length. The necessity of some legislation against tramps was conceded but the bill was re- jected on final vote, 84 to 47.-There was a sharp dehate on the bill taxing savings
 banks. The chief matter in dispute was