Litchfield enquirer., 1876-07-06
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SENATE: MOndGy.-Th Goodwin me- morial was read. Resolutions passed re- leasing Wm. B. Royce and. James Rowley from State Prison.-The bill passed com pensating statute revisers.-The women suffrage bill was discussed. and rejected. The vote was as follows:
 Yeas-Messrs. Austin, Brown, Tourtel- lotte, Hubbard-4.
 Nays-Messrs. Pond, Johnson, Coogan, Merwin, Nichols, Guy, Beardsley. SeY- mour, Eastman, Hardenberg, Wilcox. Hyde, White-13.
 Bills etc. passed, incorporating the East Canaan Quarry Co.,; restoring forfeited rights to Wm. s. Tenn; making the debts of an insolvent, for labor, preferred claims.-The railroad commissioners re- port was then discussed and a resolution of examination into the correctness of MT. Goodwin's assertion that the commission CTS construction of the words 'capital stock actually paid in, was rot sanction ed by the last legislature was rejected The bill providing for the election of county commissioners by the people was rejected.
 Tuesday. ay.-Bills etc. were passed, pro- hibiting the appointment of liquor sellers as prosecuting agents; directing com
 
 the Senate in 1875 regarding the railroad commissioners report: allowing savings banks to invest large proportion of their capital in state national and municipal bonds; deducting $8,0G0 from the tax on the Canal railroad; appropriating $25, ,000 for repair of State Prison, allowing a con- solidation of the Derby & N. Y. & N. E.. railroads validating acts of the 9th School District of Woodbury; releasing Wm. Hubbard from State Prison; and en- larging jurisdiction of the District Court of this county to $1 .000.-Bills etc. were rejected, repeating our local option law; regulating Episcopal parishes; repeating the exemption of Canal R. R. stock from taxation; increasing pay of sheriffs; call ing constitutional convention; and ap. propriating $25, 1000 to the Walnut Hill Asylum The endorsements on the rail- road commissioners report of last year were found substantially as claimed by Mr. Goodwin. Their report ot this year was accepted.
 Wednesd0y.-B Bills etc. passed, releas. ing John Dunning and Alexander Henry from State Prison; appointing Wm. H. Potter member of the Board of Educa- tion; regulating the issuing of injunctions; and appropriating SIS, ,0O0 for repairs oi | State Prison-The usual closing love. | feast was celebrated and the Senate went into joint session with the House for final adjournment.
 HOUSE: Monday.-Bills etc. passed, re. mitting tax on Canal railroad; continuing | the commission on amended orthogra. | phy; appropriatlng $5.000 to the General | Hospital; releasing Alexander Henry from State Prison; and authorizing the appoint. ment of a commission on state charitable institutions The bills lowering rate oi interest were finally continued. = All the bills changing our license law were reject ed, except one forbidding appointment of lquor seller as prosecuting agent.- I The appropriation of $25, 900 for the In. ebriate Asylum was strongly advocated by l Dr. Deming, chairman of the committee ] On humane institutions, but there was much objection aud the bill was finally continued to the next Assembly.
 ] Tuesddy.-Speeches were limited to five minutes.-Bills etc. were passed, allowing | savings banks to invests greater propor- 1 tion of their capital ill bonds; giving the | town of Sprague for losses sustained by floods; consolidating Derby and N. Y. & N. E. railroads; requiring military enrol l ment between July 1st and September 1st; paying expenses of Norfolk and Somers 1 contested elections; requiring ballot boxes to be kept open at least five hours at town elections; giving the Litchfald county District Court jurisdiction in equity up to $1.OO0; giving revisers of court terms S5. 15; equalizing railroad taxes; appoint ing w. H. Potter on Board of Education; paying the special committee $512 expen- ses of Investigating the State Reform School; appropriating S25, 900 for repair of State Prison. The bill paying statute revisers was indefinitely postponed. The House insisted on it's vote giving women taxpayers the right of municipal suffrage. -Constitutional amendments were passed (frst year.. prohibiting town aid of rail- roads and providing for biennial sessions of legislature. Another amendment pro. hiblting town or state aid of sectarian schools was lost by strict party vote. | Wednesday.-A Tllden resumption res olution, offered by MT. Harrison, was voted down. Then everything was lovely, tLe Governor and Senate came in, and the leo isIature adjourned sine die, 2.