Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-10
The Legislature.

A ResOIution Looking to Am Early Ad- JOurnment - Hurrytng Up Commit tees-NeW Modes for fhe Repair Of Hishyvays - More Discussion Over Water Gas-Hamden and the North. amptOn RaiIrOad-Other Matters Especial Correspondence o. theJoURNAI CoURIERl
 HARTFORD, March g.
 Both branches of the Legislature opened to-day promptly at 12 o'clock noon, and the est. In the Senate Lieutenant Governor Gal lup was in the chair and prayer was offered by Chaplain Sage. The first matters considered were reports of committees, which took the usual course of being tabled for calendar.
 Among the House matters considered by the Senate was a resolution providing that no new business will be received except eommu- nications from the Governor and reports from the Committee on Engrossed Bills. This reso- lution led to an inquiry from Senator Brews- ter as to whether there were any committees who would be unable to finish the work be- fore them this week.
 Senator Colt inquired If it was usual to pass resolution preventing committee reports Senator Brewster replied that such resolu- | tions were not uncommon, the object being to hurry up the different committees. Senator Buck said the Committee on Incor- porations had matter before it which would, he thought, take some days to dispose of, possibly until Friday. fThe Municipal Gas | Company bill was referred to. ! Senator Upson said the House committee closed the last matter before it this afternoon, but the Temperance Committee still had some ' Lsj av,1 whether they would finish this week or not. He thought perhaps 1t would be well to table ! the resolution for the present. Senator Brewster thought this would defeat I the object of the resolution and Senator Up ton withdrew his objection and the resolution passed.
 Among the reports tabled for calendar was one in favor of appropriating $500, and also the $1, POO in the hands of the Paris commis sioners, to be used by State commissioners for | a display of our manufactures at the Mel bourne (Australia) worlds fair. Another ir \ favor of county commissioners charging fol more than one hundred days services in cer. tain cases.
 Two resolutions incorporating the Holmes Booth & Hayden Company and the Plume 6 Atwood Company, both of Waterbury, were amended by Senator Coe so that the directors shall t'convene in accordance with the by. lavs'' of their charters, and as amended ! passed.
 The following bill regarding repairs of high ways was read by the clerk:
 | They may at each annual meeting authorize the Selectmen to appoint and supervise sur veyors of highways whose duty it shall be tc repair the highways in their respective dis tricts for the ensuing year.
 They may st each annual meeting elect surveyors of highways, whose duty it shall be to repair the highways in their respective dis tricts for the ensuing year.
 They may at an annual town meeting ap- point commissioners, not less than three nol ! more than five in number, whose duty it shal be to contract in writing for the repair of the highways for periods of not less than three nor more than five years, and whose terms ot office shall be co-equal with the period fol which they let out the highways.
 They may repair the highways in any sin. gle district or section within 8 town by either one of the above models, as the town may df rect.
 All contracts heretofore made by the towns for repairing highways are hereby ratified and declared as valid as if entered into after this act may take effect.
 All acts and parts of acts inconsistent here with are hereby repealed.
 Senator Upson moved to amend by adding section and making sections 4, 5 and read as sections 5, 6 and 2, the new section to read ''They may at each annual town meeting eIect a commissioner, whose duty 1t shall be to re- pair the highways for the ensuing year." Ac- cepted, and Senator Lines moved to amend se that the bill shall not affect any suit now pend ing. Accepted, and the bill as amended passed.
 The H0nSe.