Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-01
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Oo"1"cO.-oA AuCSuAE Ol laSL week, va ! rlous bills &c. were referfed.-A resolu-
 tion passed appointing Alfred Colt judge of the Ne. London common pleas court. MT. Bishop referred to the charge in New London paper that he had pulled | wool over the eyes" of the Republican majority in the Senate in securing the passage of resol luton favoring the com
 promise counting bill lie asked that | the bill be sent for anu reconsidered in l the Senate, so that their action might not be deemed inconsiderate. This Was done and the resolution tabled for future action.
 On Wednesday resolution passed ap- pointing Frederick B. Hall Judge of the Common Pleas Court. rt.-Ehe Compromise resolution "as then taken np and pissed
 with slight amendment, 19 to 1. The bill creating the office of Sergeant at Arms l was tabled.
 l.. On Thursday bill was passed requ;-
 ring that repeating acts shall recite the laws repealed.-A bill passed punishilg
 bribery of witnesses with tine of $5O0 aud Imprisonment not exceeding one year On Friday resolutions were referred ! authorizing letters of administration on estate of Martha Baldwin of Cornwall; and changing lines of school district mum.
 
 on constitutional amendments reported
 favorably the proposed amendments for biennial B. ssions of legislatures, reducing representation. and forbidding town aid to railroads. The Compromising reso
 hn Sana,H aayRS R9gtsd t5 n 1bf Hq4ss cOmD was elect, to the Woman Suffrage Committee. Adjourned till Tuesday. House. On Tuesday of last >eek bills
 &c. were referred requiring proceeds of liquor licenses to be paid into the state treasury. providing for. appeals from board+ of relief; appropriating ,$300O for l the artificial propagation of fish; author izing the Connecticut Western R. R. Co.,. to issne preferred stock to it's bond- holders; reducing the rate of lnterest-- Resolution, passed app .inting David J. Peck judge of New Haven city court, and F. B. Hall judge of Fairfield Go. con- mon pleas court-A bill passed provi- ! ding that no acknowledgement or promise shall be sufficient to take a claim against 1 the estate of a deceased person out of the 1 operation of the statute of limitation un- l less a note or memorandum thereof shall | be made in writing and signed by the 1 party whose estate Is to be charged there 1 with.
 On Wednesday bills &c were referred giving County Committee power to ap- 1 poind special counstables for service of process i'll lIquor cases Prohibiting rail- roads from passing members of legisla 1 ture at lower rates them other people; re lucing rate of interest.-A resolution
 passed allowing tine Comptroller to go before the judiciary committee and Hx- 1 plain the reason of his discilarglng a sub 1 --a;ns9te 9 aich he claims was misrepre- fhk1f A allowing discharge of 8 man ID prison on 1 bastardy process was rejected. The Con- 1 promise resolutions came up and af' CT a 1 spirited debate, were referred to the com
 mittee on federal relations, 116 to III. On Thursday bills were referred ex-
 empting land planted with trees from tax
 atiOn tor ten years; releasing husband
 from liability for wife's ante nupial 1 debts; and regulating punishment of h. , quOr selling. The railroad committee re-
 ported adversely to the bill allowing New | York & New England R R. Go. to take
 lands of Boston < Erie, but offering sub. stitute; also against bill providing for 8
 single railroad commissioner R solution
 passed unanimously app ,inting H Lynd-
 Harrison judge of New Haven county
 common pleas conrt.-Tnere was report
 adverse to the bill forbidLing payment by l the state of the expenses Of unsuccessful 1 cont testants for seats III the Legislature;
 tabled on motion of Mir. Ba dwln. of New 1 Milford. The bill providing for minority representation on town bo .rtls was report
 ed against aud rejected.-Mr. Colyrr from the committee on f, de, al relations moved
 substitute for the resolution favoring
 the Comp. omlse adopted in the Senate
 which, after much discussion and some l fllhus' ering. passed, 119 to 78.
 1 On Friday bills etc. were referred ex-
 empting land mortgaged to savings banks from town taxa. ion to amount of mort gage; giving 10 per cent of the mou-y 1 arising from liquor licenses to county treasurie~; and appropriating 5000 to
 the state agricultural societv.-The com
 mittee on fisher,es reported against a pe- 1 rition of Isaac Bristol, and others, of New Milford. about ishways There was an
 extended debate on report against bill allowing a etoni gton savings bank to continue loans ou western real estate; bull tabled for printing. A bill tax'ng dngs $2 each was rejected.-The bill passed
 authorizing joint stock c"mpanles t. re-
 dnce their capital. al.-Adjourned tl.l Tues 1 day. a .-5