Litchfield enquirer., 1880-03-04
LEGISLATIVE.

Senate.-On Tuesday, of last week. the
 the Senate concurred with the House in re- jecting petitions of Harvey Chamberlain, Wm Il. Green, Charles D. Lampman, and
 others. for release from State prison. The vote rejecting the term fee bill was adhered to. = Bills, etc., passed giving soldier of the 24th Regiment $26 back pay; and providing that
 no complaint praying for .a divorce shall be heard or any decree granted thereon until after the expiration of ninety days from the day to which such complaint is made returna- ble.
 ca Wednesday, bills, etc., passed releasing John H. Shields, of New Haven, from State prison. were reported favorably increas- ing price of prisoners board to $2. 50 and re- ducing prisoners pay to 50 cts., day for work.-Bills, etc., passed releasing E. O'Hara from jail and Antona Bently and John Byrne from State prison; exempting the produce of a farm while owned and held by the producer,
 actually grown, growing or produced, includ- ing colts, calves and lambs, during the season next breeding the time of listing; giving se- iectmen power to appoint special constables at
 the request of agricultural societies, cemetery associations etc., authorizing board of agri- culture to kill diseased animals the State pay ing half their value. The bill providing stenographers for the Superior Court was re- jected. ~' '.t" -'f.' '.S" ~ On Thursday, the Senate concurred with the House in the indefinite postponement of the bill giving the Comptroller power to choose | messengers and door-keepers Bills passed providing that no person sball employ any child under IA years of age, without certif- cate signed by teacher, school visitor, super intendent or district committee, showing that 1 the child has attended school as required by
 law; authorizing the Governor to appoint fhrQn 1t,,sc fo klz tax laws of the state; providing that the fees of receivers shall be per cent. of the amount of dividends paid todepositors, provided if the amount is less than $25O, 900 the court may al. low further equitable sums and tax all other l expenses repeating law requiring two judges to sit in trial of capital cases reducing inter- est on unpaid taxes to per cent; appropriat | ing $2,OOO for state library; releasing Joseph I Kinney and George Beebe from State Prison 1;
 authorizing granting letters of administration on estate of Ephraim Wedge, of Litchfield re- qulrlng schools enumerating no or more scholars to keep thlrty-six weeks in every year; requiring all children to attend school
 at least sixty days in every year; requiring bond on issuing of temporary injunction. large number of bills were rejected Tn concur. renee, among others, bills protecting the milk
 traffic, and giving deserted wives support out | of their husbands property till Tuesday.
 House.-On Tuesday of last week, bills.
 etc., were past regarding pauper settlements ]; appropriating $2, 900 to State library; fixing millers' tolls as follows: for grinding each
 bushel of Indian corn, quarts; for breaking | and grinding corn in the ear, 4 quarts; grind. ing each bushel of provender of two kinds of grain, quarts; each bushel of rye, quarts and pint; bolting bushel of rye pint grind ing other grain, 3 quarts ]; malt 3 quarts: | boting each bushel of meal pint; releasing
 J. H. Shields and Geo. Beebe from State Prison. Bills were rejected rewarding Ira E. ! Forbes; requiring double rent of tenant hold 1 ing over; concerning ''fair trials'' in justice
 courts The boundary line report was made
 the special order for Wednesday of this week. A resolution passed extending time for | phonetic commission to report on desirable 1 ness of changing our mode ofspelling.
 On Wednesday, there was a long discussion on restoring the forfeited rights of Geo Terry | of Windsor, and the resolution was defeated. Bills passed allowing merging of the two corporations 'sThe Connecticut Home Mission ary Society" and the Trustees of the Mis-.
 sionary Society of Connecticut, under the name of the former.-There was 8 long debate over the bill allowing the comptroller to ap-