Litchfield enquirer., 1877-03-22
LEGISLATIVE.

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 .@s It is.expected that the legislature will adjourn this week. The House met on Monday, and the election billand the bill giving members mileage were returned with the Governors vetossThe House has passed bill reducing savings bank taxes to of one per cent.
 Senate. Tuesday of last week bills &c. passed appointing R. W. Farmuer and D. w. Nichols, auditors of public ac- counts: repeating the law making corpor- ation taxes payable in October instead of January bill allowing allmony to wife {on husband s. petition for diyofce, was rejected.
 On Wednesday the proposed dog law was indefinitely postpo poned d.-=The bill giY- ing wives and husbands equal rights over theirsown property was passed after some discussion, 15 to 5.-The bill requiring record of assignments of future earnings to make them valid .as to other creditors was rejected. ss.Eg e.. .8s 8 A8z
 On Thursday bills &c. passed fixing pay of members at $500 with 9 cts, mileage each way; and allowing the Conn. Vest ern R. R. Go. to issue preferred stock The report of the conference committee on the election law then came up, the i'm portant question being the check system, voted in the House and rejected in the Senate. It was strenuouslY opposed, by Messrs. Huntington. Bishop and others. Mir. Coe said he had agreed against his individual judgment to advise the Senate to recede from it's objection, but on fur ther reflection he had determined to vote against that provision. The amendment applying the check system to cities of 18.000 inhabitants was then rejected, Il to 8. and the bill passed. Bills &c. passed, releasing Roxbury from the jurisdiction of the District Court; and limiting the amount expended on new State Honse to $2, 2,000.-The nomination of Mir. Stedman as insurance commissioner was confirmed. John l.. Houston of Enfield and James l.. English, of New Haven, were hppoint- ed trustees of the State Reform School.
 On Friday the attempt to agree with the House on appointment of new rail- road commissioners was abandoned. The bill abolishing capital punishment was -e- jected.-Bills &c. passed authorizing pur- chase of portrait of Sir Edmund Andross; appointing a commission to examine into treatment of paupers and report to next legislature allowing the wife to testify to purchase of necessities in suits against the husband; providing for collection of expenses of Litchfield Go. District Court; appropriating$1,8 800 to fish commissioners; protecting quail &c.; providing for meet ings of county representatives; and regu- lating proceedings of county commission dRs u sssse Fsie Fsieoad sSd qpR299seHaRdsgpg p29eaRdg 8 publishing synopsis of the laws instead of the laws themselves, s,-Adjourned till Tuesday.
 House On Tuesday of last week, bills &c passed giving tythingmen power to make arrests; appointing commission to prepare schedule for railroad returns; restraining agents of corporations to spe- cifc appropriations; making the legal rate of interest six per cent unless otherwise provided by written contract; and pro- tecting game.-The bill appropriating B, ,000 to the State Agricultural Society was rejected. U vel
 On Wednesday the amendment of the election bill requiring the check system in cities of over 18,000 inhabitants was adopted. Bills passed amending the li- cense law; allowing the Conn. Western R. R. O. to issue preferred stock; allowing publication of a synopsis of the session statutes instead of the full text: requiring prosecution of the officers of the Hart ford Workingmens Savings Bank; pro viding for meetings of county representa- tives; requiring the towns where the Litchfeld Go: District court Is held to furnish court rooms; and allowing wife to testify against husband in suits for neces- sares furnished her.
 On Thursday. bills &c. passed releasing Roxbury from the jurisdiction of the District Court; restricting expenditures on the new capital to the two millions heretofore appropriated; providing for the sending of imbecile children to the Lakeville School; appropriating $1,8OO of married women; passing the 'elec1ioni law with the Senate amendment; declar- ing the offices of county commissioner held by the New Haven County Commissioners Lake and Birdsey vacant. for maladmin- istration; reducing the amount of State aid to town and state insane paupers to $1 50 week for town paupers, and $4. a week for State paupers; creating board of trustees over the state insane pauper hospital at Mansfield; reducing price of girls board in the Industrial School to $2.50 week; and appointing special committee to investigate the fairs of the New Havep county commissioners. Bills were rejected changing the. law regarding impeachment of witnesses; and abolishr ing capital punishment.-A motion to re- consider the interest bill was tabled.
 On Friday bill passed in concurrence with the Senate for the appointment of two bank commissioners Bills &c. pas. sed authorizing the conveyance of the right of the State in the Antietam bury ing ground to the national government; increasing punishment for violating the license law and providing for final trial by justice juries; appropriating $4,O96, to pay claim of Edward Ingham, ex.super intendent eff the State Reform school; ap- propriating S, 900 for the establishment of an agricultural experiment station; providing for special elections to fill va cancies in senatorial districts; and requir- ing notice of bills for foreclosure to be filed with town clerks The interest bill was made the special order for Wednes- of th1s week.-Adjourned till Wednesday afternoon. .,.. ~