Litchfield enquirer., 1878-03-21

l On Thursday, bills, &c., passed remittine | taxes of Stafford for three years; establishing
 state board of health; allowing increase of Etna Life Insurance Stock remi tting taxes on Conn. Western Railroad O.. allowing con- testants for seats in the legislature but $10O :: validating doings of annual town meeting ap- propriating $3 000te State Reform School; re- l stricting divorces. Bills, &c., were reflected l allowing tax-paying women to vote at town
 meetings; releasing Charles J. Allen from State Prison
 On Friday, bills, &c., passed fixing pay of the surgeon general at $500; allowing ad- 1 journed term of Superior Court to North Ca
 naan; allowing certain towns in Litchfield colln- ty to contribute towards building jails; mak-
 ing all county jails warehouses: requiring
 judges of probate and clerks of courts to re-
 port annually the amount they receive for fees; for protection of railroad bridges excepting
 salaries of Hartford and Fairfield Common
 Pleas judges from the ten per cent. reduction;
 exempting salaries of certain state officers from
 the ten per cent. reduction regarding pau
 pers; granting Mrs. Shipman (widow of the
 murdered state prison keeper) a pension sof
 $96 year, and $88 to his child during minor ity appropriating $30OO to State Agricultu- ral Society remItting taxes on Charter Oak Co.-A bill passed by the House allowing two thirds of jury to bring in verdict on second trial of civil action was rejected. The re- port of Conference committee in favor of the Dill allowing employment of stenographers in crlmnal cases was accepted and the bill pass ed.-By vote of to the Senate rejected the bill providing for druggists licenses
 On Saturday bills, dsc, passed regarding railroad connections regulating the practice of medicine; appropriating $3, 900 to pay ex- penses of contests over New Haven county commissionerships; allowing Etna Life In- surance Co.,, to increase its stock; fixing gov erner's salary at $2 GOO; paying 10 per cent of license fees to the Walnut Hill Asylum The two temperance bills which had passed the House were rejected.
 HOuse.-On Tuesday of last week, bills passed establishing the schedule of railroad re- turns adopted by the commissioners of last year allowing employment of more keepers at the State Prison; submitting question of Housatonic railroad taxes to the judges; pro- viding that property hereafter falling to mar ried women shall be to their sole and separate use.-The temperance bill was amended and and passed.-The speaker announced the spe- cial house committee on the investigation of railroads as follows: :-Messrs Marcy of Yer non, Nickerson of Plainville, Gardner of Der by, Jones of Branford, Clark of Enfield, Wheeler of Huntingdon, Baldwin of Stoning- ton, and Ford of Washington.
 On Wednesday the Stafford aid bill was again discussed and rejected, 99 to 87.-The bill recognizing the Charter Oak as a mutual company passed with some amendments - Several bills were then rejected in concur rence.-Bills, &c, passed releasing Henry Lewis from State Prison exempting blind pedlars from license.-A House rule passed providing that members should draw for seats in the new capitol room.
 On Thursday, bills, &c., passed appointing Prof. F. A. Walker, of New Haven, on the State Board of Education; regulating leases of railroads; changing term of town officers ap- pointing state house keepers; appropriating $3OO0 for repair of State Reform school build lngs /; paying expenses of commissioner on State expenditures ; reducing fish commission CT to one member taxing savings banks of one per cent; making all county jails work houses; authorizing towns to contribute to- wards building of juils allowing adjournment of Superior Court terms to North Canaan; re- stricting grounds of divorce; increasing annu- al appropriations to Hartford and New Haven hospitals $500 each; repeating exemption of Canal railroad property from taxation the temperance bill raising license fee and pay ing it into State treasury fixing salaries of state officers. The bill giving tax paying wo- men the right to vote at town elections passed, "A to 67.-Among the bills rejected were those forbidding ''stop off" charges on the Housa- tonic railroad; protecting game appropria ting one tenth of the license fees to the SUD- port of the Walnut Hill Asylum
 On Friday bills, &c., passed enforcing law against Sunday liquor selling paying l. N. Bartram $15O for drawing plans for State Prison Improvements abating Conn Western taxes; fixing statetax at F mills; compilingex- isting laws regarding paupers appropriating $1OOO for the artificial propagation of fish pensloning Shipman's widow and child; giv- ing widow of deceased members their full sal aries; appropriating $216 for expenses of state prison committee; extending term in Indus trial school eb 21 years; taxing dogs $3. 15 and requiring them to be registered appropriating $1, 200 for discharged state prison convicts authorizing purchase of Flaggs portrait of Sir Edmund Andross regulating school district annual meetings; removing restrictions on bass fishing i'll Housatonic and other rivers creat ing state board of health appropriating $3OOO to State agricultural society; prohibit ing railroad trains obstructing highways au- thorizing the special house committee to report after recess; remitting Stafford state tax for three years.-A resolution for constitutional amendment restoring life tenure of judges and extending their term till 76th year of their age, passed.
 On Saturday, bills, &c., passed repeating law regarding railroad strikes regarding terms of town offices; relating to paupers increas- ing stock of Etna Insurance Go.
 The Senate medical bill was rejected. Ad- journed to meet at the new Capitol on Tues day of next week.