Litchfield enquirer., 1875-06-24
LEGISLATIVE.

] Se7aGte.-On Tuesday of last week bills passed restoring the law before the revi- sion as regards taxation of insurance com panies.-A bill passed allowing sub-con- tractors and persons furnishing material to have lien on buildings.-BiH passed allowing borough of Winsted to issue SlO.O0O bonds. = Railroad investigation was then debated till adjournment.
 On Wednesday the railroad committee reported Tn favor of extension of time for building the New York & New England raiiroad.-The bill for compensation of members of legislature was discussed, and Messrs. Johnson, Bowers and Wilcox op- posed the doubling of mileage proposed Tn the House amendment increasing 1t to fifty cents both ways.-The bill regulating compensation of clerks of court on natu- rallzatlon papers was then discussed. The bill was amended so as to have fees for first papers, 90 cts; for final papers, ,$1 co, and then passed.-The bills to reimburse liquor dealers, prosecuted under q law that had been repealed, their expenses, were passed.-The constitutional amend, ment extending terms of minor judgeships was then rejected yeas, 2; nays, H. The question of railroad investigation was then debated at length and MT. Googan's resolutions were passed with a single dis. senting voice.
 On Thursday bills etc passed, empow- erIng the First Ecclesiastical Society of New Milford to sell land raising com- mlttee on final adjournment incorporat- ing the Danbury Home for destitute children re1mbursing D. s. Roberts of North Canaan S76, recruiting expenses The resolution appointing Moses Culver, Inf sed unanlmously.-The Senate receded from Its vote re-electing Jas. B. Colt judge of the Norwich City court, and concurred with the House in the choice of John M. Thayer.-The Railroad Sub scrption Amendment was made the spe- cial order for the 23d inst.
 On Friday reports were presented favor ing bill establishing Savings Bank in Winsted and extending time for the Ridgefeld R. R. Go. to take land.-Bills passed authorizing towns to maintain fire companies fixing days of grace allowed on promissory notes extending time in which N. '. < N. D. R. R. Go. can take land and raising a committee of investi- gation into State Prison affairs. ed till Tuesday.
 House. On Tuesday of last week, the bill making acceptance by any judge of our higher courts of any nomination for other office resignation of his iudgeship was debated. Messrs. Cleveland. of Hamp- ton, and Harrison, of Guilford, favored its passage and Johnson, of Hartford Ups posed It It was lost by nearly a party vote Democrats voting against. and Re- publicans for it.
 On Wednesday the constitutional amendment prohibiting town subscrip5 tions to railroads was discussed and de- feated, failing the necessary two thirds vote yeas, 112 nays, 1O3. Litchfield county voted IS to 16 in favor.-A com mlttee was appointed to consider the question of final adjournment.
 On Thursday petition of 100 Norwich ladies against the repeal of the local op- tion clause of the license law was referred. -Messrs. Dickinson, Olnev, and Yeo- mans were appointed the committee on final adjournment.-The bill regarding clerks fees on naturalization was passed as amended by the Senate Coogan resolution regarding railroad investigation came from the Senate passed. On motion of Mir. Cleveland the House c6ncurred.- Moses Culver was then elected Superior court judge.-The resolution ineorporat- ing the Hartford Timber Preserving Go. was debated and passed.-A bill passed extending the Norwich city limits Bills passed limiting shad fishing to the time between March 1st and June 25th in each year reimbursing Lyman Dunning $500 for expenses in the Bion prosecution A bill restoring power to county commis- sioners to repair defective highways was recommitted.
 On Friday resolution passed for inves- tlgatlon into State Prison affairs. The following members of which were announc- ed by the Speaker: Messrs Lounsbury of Bethany, Steele of Bristol, Walton of Salisbury, Dibble of Danbury, Tourtelotte of Putnam, Wiley of Chatham, Gillette of Lyme, Sumner of Mans nsfield.-The bill passed incorporating the Danbury House, limiting amount of property they could hold to S5O.0O0 and exempting BIO, 600 from taxation.-The resolution incorpo- rating the town of Thomaston was made the special order for Thursday of this week.-Bills were reported requiring jus tices binding over criminals to send up abstracts of testimony: and requiring votes 0n consolidation of school districts to be by ballott-A bill allowing appeal from railroad commissioners to the Snpe. rior court on the question of requiring fagmen at railroad crossings was discus- sed and passed.-A bill repeating the law allowing adjoining proprieters damages in case of change of grade of highways was passed, p to 61.-Bills etc. passed allow ing s15 to towns barying paupers of other towns and authorizing the borough of Winsted to issue S10,0OO in bonds.-Ad- journed till Monday at II a. m.
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