Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22

thalr own names; allowing garnishee mak- 1 iAstatement not Q appear as witness; l aAd disqualifylng county Commissioner
 from beconaing interested ih sale of liq-
 nor. "A biK .authorizlng the establish l meat of Wstate b@ard of health was re- jected. .-The Chines6 visitors were in-
 troduced, welcomed by the. speaker, and
 reply was made by Yonng Wing. On Thursday tramp bill was referred
 Bills &c. passed for appointment of
 committee. on contingent expenses; allow
 ing disintermenss only by permission of
 registrars; and making interest on school
 fund loans six per cent. A bill was re- lsperted fayorabls prohi bitingi insurance companies from limiting time for adjust
 ment of losses to less than a year-The
 bill allowing ~members @of f.aext legislature, kto draw for seats was reiected.-The pro- I posed constitutional amendment allowing
 Increase of senatorial districts and new
 apportionment was rejected; yeas, 57;
 nays. 145.-The following committees
 were announced: Contingent expenses of the house; c .evpland, of Brooklyn; Bar 1 thoiomew, of North Branford; Kendrick. iof Waterbury.
 State papers: Ramsdell, of Mansfield:
 Robbins, of Newington;A. Luce, of North
 Haven; E. LucA. of East Lyme; Sanford,
 of Bedding; Kendrick, of Waterbury;
 Dains, of Harwinton; Parker, of East Haddam.
 Mileages: Crosby, of Danbury; Warner,
 of Bristol; Johnson. of Naugatuck; Hill
 Hard. of North Stonington; Murdock, of
 Thompson; Clark, of Cornwall; Stevens,
 of Saybrook; Potter, of Wilmington. I On Friday the finance committee report ed bill for semi annual collection of ! taxes favorably. was motion to
 reconsider the vote accepting report of the railroad commissioners; lost GA to 67. Lieut. Gov. SilPs salary was discussed l and bill rejected. following subst1-
 tute bill passed moved by MT, Gay of 1 Winsted:
 ':Every savings bank shall. semi-annu- ally, from it's net income earned during l the siy months last preceding, carry to ! its surplus or contingent fund an amount equal to one fourth of one per cent of the ings bank shall make any dividend from its surplus, or contingent fund when such
 dividend will reduce the amount of said
 surplus or contingent fund below the
 amount of three per cent of the whole
 amount of the deposIts.-T bill provid. ing for court stenographers was rejected. The bill validating deeds from wife to husband was returned with veto message by the governor. Adjourned till Tues day.
 Senate.-On Tuesday of last week, bill was referred reducing number of fish commissioners. The proposed constitu- tional amendment reducing the number of representatives to one from each town
 was rejected.-A bill passed inficting fine from BIO to $25 for fishing in private
 waters.--A resolution passed giving the Stonington Bank till 1880 to call in it's
 loans out of the state.-The bill redu-
 cing the rate of interest was recommit-
 ted.
 On Wednesday a remonstranee of T. $. Gould and 130 others against the release
 of Wm H. Green was presented. Young
 Wing and the Chinese officials were then presented and resolution of welcome
 passed. Bills passed, giving the N. Y. & N. B. R. R. Co.,, years in which to
 complete their road; and restoring forfeit ed rights to Edward Waters, of Norris
 The nomination of George M. Woodruff | as railroad commissioner, and the nomi- nations of Alfred Day of Brooklyn. and John T. Rockwell of Winchester, as mem- bers of the state board of education, were l confirmed Sherwood and Ben-
 jamin Nich@ls were appointed commits sioners of Zoar bridge.
 On Thursday resolution confirming the action of Bethlehem town meeting
 was passed.--A bill passed regarding | marriages void for consanguinity.- 1 bill giviug Lieut.. Gov. Sill the balance of
 his years salary was discussed and pass- | ed.
 l. On Friday reports of committees were presented favoring bills &c. concerning sherff's fees; registration of marriages, &c. fixing compensation of doorkeepers, l at $30O; authorizing redemption of state
 bonds; and accepting report of railroad
 commissioners The bill making married l women chargeable with taxes on their sep
 arate property was rejected. &c. | passed, requiring towns. counties, cities
 and boroughs to certify annually to the
 comptroller the amount of their indebted
 ness; giving the clerk of Litchfield Go
 District Court 21 per cent on monies col
 lected or paid; requiring officer serving
 garnishee process to enquire into amount
 owed the defendant by garnishee; and
 restricting powers of Winsted Water Com-
 missioners.-The homemade grape wine
 bill was rejected. bill giving su-
 preme court judges power to pardon out
 of state prison was reported against by
 the judiciary committee. .-Adjourned till
 Tuesday. |