Litchfield enquirer., 1878-02-14
THE LEGISLATURE,

Senate-On Tuesday of last week the fol- 1 lowing bills, &c., were referred to committees :: punishing placing Instructions on railroad tracks concerning game birds; regarding li- cense and to facilitate the discharge of mort gages-A petition was referred from Abbey and Julia Smith regarding their unjust tax : | tion.-A resolution passed sraising joint con- 1 mittee on woman suffrage. A bill passed for | bidding life insurance companies from declar- l ing excessive dividends
 On Wednesday (the last day for receiving new business) the following bills, &c.. were | referred: forbidding payment by State to any l companies outside the national guard regulat- | ing New Haven county commissionerships :; appropriating 5000 to the reform school re- lating to courts in Litchield county; making | owners responsible for damage by dogs; abol- | ishing the present insurance commission and providing for another to be appointed by the governor. passed providing for record of doings of county representatives, and au- authorizing employment of counsel to help prosecute the late officers of the Charter Oak Insurance Go.
 On Thursday resolutions passed instructing the insurance committee to inquire whether the insurance commission should not be abol- ished; to inquire when the present commis- sioner first learned of the insolvency of the Charter Oak and Continental companies, &c.- A resolution reappointing MT. Miles commis- sioner of the school fund.- was offered and ta- bled.-A resolution calling on the various rail- road companies to produce books and papers was also tabled.-A resolution refusing to re- ceive petitions was rejected till Tuesday.
 House-On Tuesday of last week, bills &c. were referred in favor of woman suffrage; paying G. H. Baldwin certain sheriff's fees inStructing the railroad committee to report the method of examining bridges practised by rail- road commissioners that hearing in dama- ges after a default may be had to jury; re- quiring fee of $10 for copies on motions in error repeating the law allowing minority rep resentation on town boards fning grand ju- TOTS refusing to prosecute for crimes, $10; making it felony for a married man to court any woman while keeping her in ignorance of his marriage; reducing the fee for 8 common writ to 75 cts.; allowing officers only 25 cts. mile travel for taking prisoner to jail on two indictments
 On Wednesday resolutions, &c., were offer ed ratifying the vote of Litchf1eld concerning new jail allowing women taxi payers to vote at town meetings; giving the Superior court of this county concurrent jurisdiction with the District court providing for the examination of persons said to be wrongfully shut up as in- sane giving auditors and committees full pow CT over witnesses restricting, fishing in Lake Waramaug repeating law allowing criminals the last argument on their trial; relating to termination of membership of ecclesiastical so- cieties.-A resolvtion was offered for consti- tutional amendment giving the appointment of judges to the governor.-The judiciary committee reported favorably bills for taxing separate estate of married women punishing false swearing of officers of corporations.- Bills passed authorizing towns to issue new bonds in place of old; and suspending for two years the act regarding savings bank surplus. "A bill was reported against by the commit tee giving depositors election of trustees of savings banks. Mir. Gallagher and others were in favor of the principle of the bill Ordered tabled and printed, 81 to 79.
 On Thursday petitions were refused for pro- lection against defective railroad bridges; against change of school books oftener than once in five years without unanimous consent of school visitors. Bills &c,, passed suspend- ing law regarding savings bank surplus refus- ing petitions after last week repeating act in- cooperating the Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance; and forbidding use of invest ments of Wesleyan University for current ex- penses
 On Friday bills were rejected giving certain new towns Conn: Reports prohibiting ringing of bells &c., on Fourth of July restoring the old usury law.-A message was received from the governor regarding bogus corporations Adjourned till Tuesday.