Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-23
The Connecticut Legislature.

HARTFORD, Jan. Z2.
 SENATE.
 The Senate met at the regular hour Lieut.Gov. Gall lup presiding.
 chaplains of the General Assembly.
 The newly elected Senator from the Fourteenth Dis trict, R. M. Bullock, who elected to i'll the pred term of G. W. Phillips. resigned, occupied his seat for the first time, the committee reporting him to be duly elected. The oath of office administered by Clerk Warner.
 SENATE BILLS REFERRED,
 By MT. Peet--That all deeds and mortgages of land, or any interest therein heretofore made and duly corded purporting to convey all the land interest therein the grantor named such deed situated in any town the State, shall sufficient description of such land interest to convey the referred to Judiciary Committee.
 By MT. Peet-That any town at any town meeting duly named and held for that purpose accept any legacy upon the termsand conditions expressed by the in his last will and testament intened pro- vision for the enlargement improvement or repar of in the State referred to Judiciary.
 By Mr. Peet-That the interest in real estate owned by in right of his wife that was given to her by him during their marriage may, after her deceake, be taken by attachment and execution for any claim against him founded upon any contract made by him after her dsath referrei to the Ju- dietary.
 CONNECTICUT WESTERN RAILROAD TAXES. MT. Buck introduced resolution asking for the postponing of the payment of taxes against the Con- necticut Western Railroad Company due in 1880, to March l, 1882. It was referred to the Committee on Finance.
 thorizing New London Northern Railroad issue bonds not to exceed payable not more than 04ooA SASSSN cent. interest, to purchase from the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad Company between Miller's Falls ands Bratteboro, Vermont, when purchased to become portion of. the New London Northern Mir s1lIiman, chairman of the Joint Standing Com mittee Railroads explained that there would be MT. Colt moved to amend by striking out the word "twenty making it read thirty" years and it was so amended.
 Passed.
 At !14o o'clock the Senate adjourned, to meet again at o'clock on Tuesday. HOUSE. The House was called to order at 1O:3O o'clock, Speaker Marcy presiding: Prayer offered by the Chaplain, Rev. 0. B. Ford PETITIONS RECEIVED.
 The following petitions received For proven tion of indian lands belonging PequoI tribe of Isaac Cole for divorce from Mary Cole, tabled de elections of Roswell S. for release from State prison; of George Terry John and William Gar ry for restoration of forfeited rights of John Gov CT for pecuniary aid Claims. LEGAL RATE OF INTEREST. bill by MT. Roberts on, of New Haven, providing referred to the Finance Committee. MT. Robertson subsequently moved it's reference to the Judiciary, but the motion was not carried. ACT DE STUDENTS. bill forbiddng students to play cards in saloons and places of public resort was referred to the Com mittee on Temperance. DOGS.
 bill providing for tax on dogs was referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
  Senator Bucks bill relating to the assessment and collection of referred to the Judiciary Com mittee. The bill provides that all real estate shall be set in the list of the and possessor and where or corporation by the owner it may be listed and assessed by description. Third section amends section 18 chapter title 12 of the General Statutes to read: fThe real estate of all corporations not quired for the transaction of their appropriate bus and the whole of the property of every corpo- ration in this State except those whose property is exempt by law, which required to pay taxes to this State, whose shares of stock tax abe shall be set in the list and be liable to taxation the same a the property of individuals J made by the Board of Relief of any town from the any debtor which shall affect such debtors sessment for any trading, mercantile manufacturing mechanical business carried on in such town, amount of the indebtedness shall be added to and cluded the of creditor money at inter- est.
 FEMALE SUFFRAGE. The Senate declining to appoint chairman on the Joint Special Committee on Female Suffrage and pro- posing to refer all matters relative to the subject to the Judiciary Committee, MT. Stanton, of Hartford said the Judiciary Committee had all that it could do, and burdened wi work. The hearing female suf- frsge was long did not properly before the Judiciary. He wished the House would insist the appointment of joint special committee.
 motion to insist the former action was carried. Mir. Gardner, of Derby, moved that committee of conference be appointed to confer with the Senate. Messrs. Stanton of Hartford and Gardner of Derby, were choeen.
 GENERAL ASSEMBLY. The Committee Finance, MT. Nichols of Dan bury chairman, reported adversely the bill author zng the employment of pages for the General Assem- ply; tabled for calendar. ADJOURNMENT, At 11:10 the House adjourned till 930 a. m Friday.