Litchfield enquirer., 1878-01-31
Legislative Items.

The annual attempt to find somethi ng about the watered stock of our railroad corporations began last week with a resolution directing the railroad committee to investigate the matter. Mighty little investigation may we expect from that committee unless it IS differently constituted from any railroad oommittee the State has seen of late years.
 The legislature is plainly disposed to allow the Charter Oak Insurance Company to reor- ganize on the mutual plan. If it's policy hold CTS desire itthat long suffering and rather inn portant interest ought to be allowed to make the experiment..
 The fierce debate over the Silver resolution, in our legislature on Wednesday of last week, showed an overwhelming majority against tampering with the currency. Mir. Gallaghers war record was brought into the debate, most unnecessarily. He has present sins enough to answer for without going back fifteen years, for irrelevant iniquities.
 A bill was offered by a representative from
 
 over rivers which form town lines. Now, each town builds half, but this bill proposes that the expense should be apportioned between towns in accordance with their grand lists, SO that. in case of the bridges over the Nauga- tuck river between this town and Harwinton, two thirds or three quarters the expense would be thrown on Litchaeld. The actual dividing line between Hsrwinton and Litehfeid russ down the center of the Naugatuck river. Up to that line each town must furnish road. Hence the proposed bill would compel Litch- field to build portion of the Harwinton half of each of these bridges, which is plainly wrong.
 A long needed bill gives the seller of prop erty right to attach that property on a suit to recover for it's purchase price, even though 1t would be otherwise exempt from execution. Severalimportant constitutional amendments were offered, last week. One increases the number Of Senators and another provides for biennial elections and sessions of legislature. | others are offered that do not strike us favora, ply; one of these reduces the number of rep resentatives to one from each town-aa if th9 present plan were not unjust enough already without depriving the large towns of the small increase of representation now allowed them; the other extends the sheriff's official term to four yeass. It is too long already. There is no reason whatever for giving sheriffs longer term than other state otilesfs
 The bill regulating savings bank taxes intro duced by MT, sperry of Hartford, last week, seems to us founded ontrue principles. It ex. smpts non-taxable bonds, and money loaned on real estate on which full taxes are paid by the borrower. The Famafnder is taxed ons qaartsT Of eHe per cent M
 Mir Barnum, of Bridgeport. hes introduced bill prepared, as we understand, by the Hon. Truman Smith, for regulating the issue of Ii quor licenses. It proposes that the Superior Court judges shall appoint boards of supervi sors for the several counties which shall have power to issue licenses (not exceeding one fo, overy 800 hundred inhabitants, and to appoint prosecuting agents. Would that be any inn prsvsmeHt on the present mode of issuing Ii censes? Fhe saapse Fastricting licenses to on. for every 300 people is good aRe but W. doubt whether that average is often exceeded now.