Litchfield enquirer., 1877-01-25
LEGISLATIVE.

Prison were feferred.-A resolution pass ed to prohibit the consideration of new business after Feb. lst:-Much business was referred to committees. ,no ssag
 On Wednesday bills etc. were referred. making compensation of doorkeepers | $500; amending charter of Winsted Water Works: providing for the appointment of single railroad commissioner: and vali. dating deeds of married women.-A reso. lution passed enqairing by what authority state house keepers, -ianitors, etc., have been appointed. The governors renomi- nation of Geo. M Woodruff, of Litchfeld. as railroad commissioner, was received and tabled. l On Thursday bills etc were referred validating election of town officers in Sharon; appropriating $--for Willow brook rife range; giving Thomaston twen- ty-four jurors; making the tax on savings banks one-ha,f per cent. in all cases; pro- viding for minority representation on town boards; allowinga a wife alimony in certain cases, pending divorce. resolu- tion passed allowing the removal of cer- tain portraits of governors, for photo. graphing for Hollister's History of Con- necticut On report of the bank commit tee the bank commissioners report was filed and accepted. ta al
 On Friday bills etc. were referred, ap- propriating g. 900 for engravings on Hol- ilster History Of Connecticut;;< concern- ing county and judicial expenses; con- corning abolition of common pleas courts: allowing druggists to sell liquor for med icinal purposes for $20 license; appropri- ating $-- to agricultural societies.-A resolution offered by Mir. Bishop com. mending the patriotism of the committees who proposed the compromise commis. sion for count of the electoral vote, was passed unanimously The resolution ap- pointing Sergeant at Arms was made the order of the day for Wednesday of this week. The following chairmen of committees were chosen: On canvass of votes for Judge of Probate-Hon. MT. Huntington, 16th district; on Forfeited Rights-Hon. Mir. Bray, 9th district; on Economy in Expenses of General Assem- bly-Hon. Mir. Converse, 2Oth district: on Canvass of Votes for members of Con- gress-Hon. MT. Bowers, 4th district; on Judicial and County Expenses-Hon. Mir. Coe, 10th district; on New Haven County Commissioners--Hon. Mr. Dickinson. .21 st district; on Abolition of Capital Punish ment-Hon. MT. Palmer, 7th district - Adjourned till Tuesday. 77t t,....
 HOstse-0n Tuesday of last week vari- ous bills' wereareferred in concurrence: among them bill providing for payment of money from liquor licenses into the state treasury.-1he bill making state and county officers liable to factorizing pro. cess was rejected. tu.a..als B : = p On Wednesday various bills were re- ferred. and there was lively debate over the bill creating the office of sergeant at arms which finally passed, 12O to 1O1. ]
 On Thursday hills etc. were referred altering the last years law requiring buri- al permits; and giving police judges pow CT to appoint prosecuting attorneys. "A resolution providing for an allotment of seats in the House by drawing for them vas indefinitely postponed.--A bill re- quiring bills for repeal or change of stat utes. to reoiter the law to be so changed. was passed. The bill allowing reduction of stock of corporations was debated and recommitted. ssr -1a-f | s.5t E
 On Friday bills were referred allowing Q wife to testify to having received neces saries while separated from her husband; regulating the fees of county commission CTS The old question of false railroad returns came up on resolution which was referred to the railroad committee. - Speaker Harrison explained the blunder which cost the state, it is said, SSO,OOO tax on railroads. The mistake happened through MT. Fl. s absence at Cincinnati. it seems, and he said the state would lose nothing by it.-The resolutions approving the compromise commission for counting the electoral vote came from the Senate passed. Messrs. Wiley. Graves, Stevens, Stoddard and Bronson expressed their approval of the measure, but she vote on 1t was finally postponed till Wednesday of this week. Adjourned till Tuesday.
 The following committees have been announced: is-, r- fs 4.t
 Canvass of votes for members of Con. gress-Messrs. L"e, of Ridgefeld, Morri- son of Enfield. Johnson of Oxford, Chap. man of Preston, Bates of Sterling, Titus of Washington, Kirtland of Westbrook,
 Matter of New Haven County commis- sioners-Mesars. Stoddard of Woodstock, Newhall of Middletown, Perkins of Wood bridge, Bartholomew of North Branford, Johnson of Naugatuck. y ~@& ht. n Abolition of capital punishment -Messrs West of Hartford, Bartlett of Guilford, Leonard of Griswold, Dibble of Danbury, Grant of Ashford, Ford of Washington, Terrin of Middlefeld. Snow of Ellington.