Litchfield enquirer., 1877-03-29
LEGISLATIVE
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Senate. On Tuesday of last week bills
 passed increasing pay of reeimental
 bands 20 cts. a day; appropriating S15.-
 GOO for repairs of State PrfsDn; appropri-
 ating ST, ,635 to Lakeville School for i'm
 beetles; fixing pay of auditors of public
 accounts at S10, day; allowing commi-
 ment of girls to the Industrial School till
 IS; allowing towns to abandon the con- salidated sseheol system; increasing pow
 CTS of insurance commissioners; making
 price of board at the Middletown Hospi-
 tai, 4,5O a week; appropriating $4,OOO
 for purchase of the Soldiers' Home at
 Mansfield for use of insane poor:
 On Wednesday bills &c. passed paying r pEdwartl@ Ingham, late supeFiHteHderstaag aagf.
 Reform School. $4, 196; requiring rotice
 of petition fer foreclosure to Ee filled
 with town clerk: abolishing the New Ha.
 ven board of county commissioners; pro-
 hbiting auction sales without license; al-
 lowing state treasurer to issue registered
 bonds; changing the law of registration;
 and paying messengers, door-keepers, &c
 $500 apiecs.-Bills were rejected, chang
 Ing the license law so as to allow select
 men So grant licenses, and providing for
 payment of license money intoA the state treasury; providing for final trial of liquor.
 cases before justice jury; and repeating.
 the statute forbiddlng pigeon and hen
 shoots.
 On Thursday bills passed reducing ap-
 propriation to NormaLSchool from $l2,- 900 to $1O.O00; fixing price of soldiers
 board at the state hospitals at $5 week; appointing John l.. Houston, of Enfield trustee of the Reform School; authorizing appointment of two bank commissioners making a general reduction of 10 per cent; on all salaries pad by the state except 10 judges of supreme and superior courts, law reporter and state librarian; laying 8 state tax of one and one half mills; re- leasing Conn. Valley and Conn. Western railroads from payment of part of their state tax; fixing savings bank tax at of one per cent; reducing rate of interest to six per cent; appointing John I. Hutchin- son sheriff of Middlesex county; making ''new deap' of wards in New Haven; fixing pay of members of future legislatures at $300 and one mileage of 25 cents each way.-The governors veto of the mileage grab was sustained, 15 to 2.-The Houses were unable to agree on any change of communication tax The bill al- lowing the Superior court for this county to be held in other towns than Litchield was rejected.
 On Friday the Episcopal parish bill passed without amendment.-Bills &c. passed appointing Origen s. Seymour. David P. Nichols, and H. M. Cleveland a commission to investigate life insurance companies; appointing new board of commissioners for New Haven county; appointing commissioner to consider the subject of retrenchment of state ex- fnre fon %ho h~~ the governor. of civil engineer and a practical business man on the railroad commission.-Th proposed changes in the license law were defeated bydisagree- ment of the Houses Tine House voted to reduce pay of members to $27O (ten per cent) but the Senate refused.-The Senate passed the usual votes of thanks and had a good deal of fun with Mr. Goodwin as member from the .22d District. t.-They then went into joint Convention with the House for final adjournment.
 House. Monday of last week bills passed regarding assignments of future earnings;providing for registering of state bonds; and providing for construction of rife targets. F
 On Tuesday bills passed providing for a committee on pauper legislation; estab- fishing an1agricn1tural experiment. station;' and reducing state tax on savings banks. The govern0r's veto of the election bill came up and the bill passed over the vote, 1O2 to 65--The mileage bill vote was sus- tained. The bill changing wards in New Haven also passed. TOn Wednesday a mo- tion was made to reconsider the vote of the House sustaining the mileage veto.- Bills &c. passed appointing l.. Houston State Reform school trustee: appropria ting money for Lakeville school; allowing. members mileage lover governors veto); salaries of judges, &c; reducing Normal school appropriation from $12, 900 to BIO, 900; protecting farmers from pat ent right swindlers. The House recon sidered the interest bill, adopted an confning interest to six per cent in all cases (besides taxes and insur- ance) and passed the bill. .r- 4sA
 On Thursday bill &e. passed increasing powers of insurance commissioner; ap- pointing O. $. Seymour, D. P. Nichols and H. M. Cleveland commission to in. vestigate life insurance companies;regard- ing valuations of life insurance compan- ies; proposing a constitutional amend ment providing for filling vacancies in certain jndgeships: paying $500 to the widow of the late member from Canaan; raising pay of band matters; s;appropriating pay of messengers, &c.,; appointing new board of New Haven county commissions CTS; fixing board at Insane Hospital at $l.5O a week; reducing salaries ten per cent The bill allowing holding of the Superior Courtin other places than Litch- field in Litchfeld county was rejected.
 On F iday bills sc. passed providing 1 for commission to investigate the whole | system of state expenditure, and report where retrenchment can be made; altering l license disappointing the insurance com. usual complimentary votes and presentations were then made. 1 The two Houses then went into joint session and after an address from the governor the legislature was adjourned without day. |