Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-12
The Legislature.

AppEOREM0NADk $10VsUOU HUT tAO hAAhe4- dIetOvn Asylum--MOre Discussion About Gas-.Other Matters.
 ecialoorrespondence os theJoURNAL AND COURIER
 HARTFORD, March II.
 This WAS the thirty fifth day of the session of the General Assembly. The Senate met al 10 o'clock, Lieutenant Governor Gallup in the chair. After concurring with the House 1T the rejection Of several petitions, Senator Buck moved that the constitutional amend ment on the appointment of judges be made the order of the day for Tuesday next at 12:3C and it was so ordered. A number of reports of committees were then tabled for calendar and the consideration of bills already on the calendar was commenced.
 Senator Buck called from the table his res. olution concerning Fishers Island, introduced before the passage of the resolution ratifyine the action of the Connecticut and New York commission settling the boundary lines be. tween the two States. He moved to fill the blank in the third section with the name oi ''Governor." Adopted, and the clerk read the resolution. The resolution provided for the appointment of Origsn s. Seymour, Lafayette s. Foster and William T. Minor as commissioners on the part of this State, with power to negotiate with the State of New York or any commissioners who may be ap- pointed by said State and make an agreement between both States under which the boun. diary line lately agreed upon by the commis sioners of the State of New York and this State may be so changed that Fishers Island may be set to and become part of the State of Connecticut
 Senator Buck made strong speech in favor of the resolution. He said that many people of the State, while recognizing the difficulty of sustaining any title to Fishers Island, were of the opinion that the island should belong to the State of Connecticut, and that every reasonable effort should be made to secure 1t. The feeling was that the boundary line should be ratified, and he was gratifed at the unani- nous vote of the Senate ratifying the action of the commissioners. The New York com rnissioners, it is said, felt that the title in Fishers Island wRs go vested in New York that they had no power to take it into consid- eration in settling the boundary question. They expressed themselves as feeling that the island, lying so near our shore, should be un der our jurisdiction.
 The island will bring us no revenue, nor will it cost us anything after we have secured it, but the present arrangement is quite undesir- able for jurisdiction purposes. Under the present arrangement the State line comes only about mile from our shore and for quaran. tine.
 Senator Brewster concurred in the desira- bility of securing the island, but thought the resolution should be deferred until the next General Assem- ply, or until the Legislature of New York had ratified the boundary line agreed upon, and the same had also been rati- fled by Congress.
 Senators Patton and Hoyt also favored the postponement, while Senator Upson thought it should be acted upon at once.
 Senator Brewster's amendment to postpone until the next General Assembly was lost by 8 vote of yeas to 12 nays, and Q vote on the passage of the resolution resulted in 13 yeas to nays.
 Bill preventing the posting of offensive and abusive matter for the purpose of defamation. Senator Brewster said there was no law to reach this class of abuse, and he thought it 6 good bill. Passed.
 Resolution appropriAtinR $500 to purchase aportrait of the Iate Governor Buckingham in place of the one now in the State library; Passed.
 Bill exenpting from taxation the estate oi pensioned soldiers and sailors to the amount of $1, 900. Passed.
 Substitute bill requiring Selectmen to have cut at least once year all bushes and branch es of trees growing within twelve feet of the middle of highway, provided any town So instructs the Selectmen. Passed.
 On motion of Senator Coe the Senate ad journed until Friday at 10 a. m.
 The House.
 The House convened at 10 a. m., prayer by Chaplain Ford. After receiving large num- Der of committee reports and tabling them for calendar, the House considered Senate business, and concurred with that body in re- jectiDg several bills, including bills concern ing liabilities of married women for supplies furnished for the use of their families con- narT1InO farmE of n0urtG. f0r nr0taPtIOn 0f natural clam grounds.
 The House also concurred in the Senate amendment of the bill relating to unlicensed dogs, making it lawful for policemen as well as constables to kill such dogs; also, amend ing bill increasing the capital stock of the New Haven Water Company, giving the stockholders rather than the directors the pow CT to regulate such issue.
 MT. Morris, of New Haven, introduced a bill providing that the Secretary of State shall, not later than one week after the close of every session of the General Assembly, adver- tise in two newspapers published in the city Of Hartford md two in the city of New Haven for two weeks, for sealed proposals to print 50, 900 copies of the public general laws passed at such session, together with that part of the Comptroiler's report which exhibits the receipts and expenditures of money ap- propriated for the current expenses of the government, the constitution of the State, also summary statement of the perma nent funds of the State and of their investment, and 8 statement of the indebtedness of the State, and not later than the end of the third week after the close of the session he shall contract with the lowest responsible bidder for printing of said 50, GOO copies. The bill was passed under a suspen- sion of the rules.
 At II o'clock the House took up the order of the day, being the resolution providing for additional buildings at the Middletown insane asylum, not to cost over $13O, ,OOO.
 MT. Carpenter, of Norwich, led of in the debate, first offering resolution providing for committee of three to consider all mat ters in connection with the subject, the con- mittee to report plans and specifications for one or more buildings to the next Legislature.
 MT. Wilcox of Meriden, MT. Newton of Stafford and MT. Psmber of New London op- posed delay.
 Mr. Rowan of Norwslk advocated the bill as it came from the committee, and was fol lowed by strong speeches on the same side by MT. Battel of Norfolk, MT. Bailey of Danbury and MT. Hollister of Litchfsld.
 MT. Carpenters amendment was rejected as was also one by MT. Colyer of Darien, re- ducing the appropriation from $780, 900 to At 12:5o the House took recess until 2 o'clock. At the opening of the afternoon session Mir. Morris, of New Haven, made an able speech in favor of the resolution.
 MT. Stanton offered an amendment that $5, 900 of the appropriation shall be devoted to separate building for the accommodati of insane convicts and the amendment was adopted.
 The resolution as amended was then passed by an almost unanimous vote, there being only fifteen votes in the negative.
 A number of other unimportant matters re- maining on the calendar were then disposed of and the House adjourned until Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
 THE WATER GAS HEARING.
 The hearing on the petition of the Munici- pal Gas Company, of New Haven, for charter was continued before the Committee on Incor- porations this afternoon, when the testimony of the remonstrants was resumed.
 Truman O. Sherman was recalled on the cross examination and stated that the price of gas in London was about four English shillings.
 To Governor Ingersoll-The price of coal in London is about $1.75 per ton.
 Governor English was called and said. am 8 consumer of gas in the old New Haven Gas Company and have been ever since it started. am not stockholder In the company and never have been. have never known any complaint on the part of the public respecting the service of the company. have heard nothing of late as to the necessity of 6 new Ttbinb xunu1d bn in