Litchfield enquirer., 1879-02-13
LEGISLATIVE.

iSenate.-On Tuesday of last week, the fol- lowing bills, &c., were introduced: confirm ing doings of assessors, &c.: requiring tax col lectors going out of office to deliver over ,,. @ collected bills to their snePfavf,1atfng S3, OOO tt uIIt Hsn commissioners. s.-Resolutiens passed appointing A. B. Beers, city judge of Bridge port, and ordering 3,000copies of report of the board of education, and 1 1000 copies of report on insane poor, printed.
 On Wednesday, the following bills, &c., were referred punshing auctioneering with out license; providing for hearing upon tenn porary injunctions prohibiting narrow guage carriages and appropriating $7, 900 for home for inebriates in Stamford. Various unfnish- ed business of the last legislature was referred to appropriate committees. were passed repeating the law requiring the Superior Court to appoint auditors of county accounts ; regarding taxation of bank stock allowing judges to finish trials after expiration of court terms; regulating records of certificates of foreclosure.
 On Thursday, the following bills, &c., were referred punishing perjury; punishing bga- my: and requiring selectmen to submit all bills after approval but before payment te town auditors. s.-Resolutions passed raising a special committee on railroad fares, and a standing committee on retrenchment.
 On Friday, the following bills, &c., were referred appropriating a commissioner on tax revision; incorporating Coe Brass Co.,. for uniform registration of births. deaths, and marriages and establishing the office of ser- geant at arms with salary of $1 300 year. -Resolutions passed instructing the Judiciary committee to report whether new Superior Court judges are needed and ordering investi- gation of accounts of officers of the national guard.-Mr. Pagan was appointed upon the onacia1 oannOnitfaa railroaH farce -'Ihn dietary committee reported favorably on allow ing two thirds of a jury to bring in verdict on a second trial.-The bill granting minority representation unan corporate boards was re- co1mm1tred. committee on finance report ed adversely upon the bill exempting property of married women from taxation. till Tuesday morning.
 House.-On Tuesday of last week, bills, &c., were referred, providing two terms of Su perior court at Waterbury; requiring states at torneys to defend against divorce suits : abol- ishing capital punishment requiring corpora tions to keep lists of stockholders; muzzling dogs; and allowing women to vote on oues- tions regarding sale of intoxicating liquors = Resolution passed instructing finance commit tee to inquire if cost of publishing laws could not be lessened, and instructing inquiry into amounts paid states attorneys to defend against petitions for release from state prison during past ten years
 On Wednesday, the following bills, &c, were referred: appropriating $3, 900 for pur- chase of books for state library; protecting fish in Tyler Pond, Goshen; giving appoint ment of assistant jailers to county commisslon- CTS repeating law exempting property of blind persons from taxation; repeating ''local op- tien" law; giving bank receivers only one per cent. of the dividends declared as fees lntro- ducing the ''bell punch" into the liquor law; fixing fees of sheriffs attending court pr6hib- iting the employment of relatives as school teachers by school committees creating the office of attorney general with salary of $5, ,000 A petition of Julia Smith was referred, ask ing the privilege of voting upon the taxes she IS obliged to pay.-A resolution passed ap- pointing John 0. Kellogg judge of Norwich city court-A bill allowing of 12 jurymen to bring in verdict in liquor cases was opposed by Mir. Robinson andrejected. following committee was announced on woman suffrage: Messrs. Johnson of East Haddam, Walker of Andover, Frisbie of Pennington, Korper of Wilmington, Taylor of New Milford, Graves of Lltch1eld, Beecher of Bethany, Lusk of Avon
 On Thursday, the following bills, &c, were referred: for release of Charles Allen, of New Milford from state prison; providing for mi nority representation on boards of county con- missioners; appropriating $500 to board of az rlculture to suppress the cattle disease; relat- ing to insolvent estates providing for cont1ne- ment of juries on murder trials paying acting school visitors $1. 50 day; to protect fishing in Bantam Lake, regulating liquor traffic. Bills, &c., passed allowing the state as many challenges as prisoners on criminal trials rais- ing committees on railroad fares, and retrench- ment; and instructing judiciary committee to report whether any more superior court judges are needed.-A resolution passed appointing Amos I. Treat Of Bridgeport, John P. c. Math- CT of New London, Abijah Catlin of Harwin- ton, John R. Hills of Hartford, and John H. Leeds of New Haven, committee to revise the laws relating to the assessment and collect ion of taxes and report to the next session.
 On Friday, bills &c., were referred contin- uing the capitol commissioners instructing iu- dietary committee to report whether court clerks and states attorneys should be paid by salaries or fees; appropriating $15,OOO for