Litchfield enquirer., 1880-02-12
LEGISLATIVE.

SenGte.-A large number of bills, etc., have been referred in concurrence, among others. for commutation of the sentence of Henry Hamlin; forbidding the erection of barbed wire fence along highways; punishing the offence of exposing poison in public places :: giving registrars $2 to $4 day tor services, and boards of relief $3; repeating the act granting minority representation on town 1 boards. Bills, etc. have passed appropriating $3, ,OOO to the Groton Centennial; authorizing the signing of bills in presence of the engross. ing committee; authorizing reprint of public and private acts; instructing the committee on humane institutions to obtain from the se- lectmen of the different towns information whether land can be furnished for an institu. tion either reasonably or gratutously in. structlng the insurance commissioner to exam. inc into the condition of Atlas Insurance Co.,. ot Hartford. Bills were rejected providing for sealed ballots and repeating minority rep- resentation in cities.-The Senate then ad journed till Tuesday, and went off on an ex cursion to Middletown.
 House. The following bills etc., have been l referred: for reduction of dog tax; giving Ira E. Forbes gold medal for saving the flag of tue 18th Regiment at Newborn; for gen. eral liquor law; reducing pay of prisoners working out fine and costs at 50 cts & day ::
 
 requiring county commissioners toeher con- plaints on charges of violation of license; of Michael Bion for release from State Prison :: giving counsel for State in criminal cases the opening and closing arguments allowing tax ation of fees to attorneys for State in the Hay den case incorporating the Bantam Hall As sociation; exempting homesteads from at tachments to amount of $500; fixing costs of amendment in civil cases at $1O; incorporat- ing the New Milford Agricultural Society 1; requiring public schools to be held at least nine months in all districts numbering no pupils or more; tining women who loiter in the streets after 1Op m.; prohibiting net fishing in Waramaug lake; allowing the impounding of turkeys; providing that person thrice convicted within year for drunkenness, theft, prostitution or wife beating shall be prosecut- ed as incorrigible, and on conviction shall be turned over to the county sheriff, who shall be his conservator, with power to imprison, lease his services, etc; allowing clerks of courts Ss1 for preparing judgment file; empowering towns to appoint special constables to prevent illegal fishing; giving tax paying women the right to vote at municipal elections giving women the right to vote in school meetings authorizing administration on the estate of Ephraim Wedge, of Litchiield requiring H- cense to sell commercial fertilizers; fixing limit of town indebtedness; allowing replevin Of property taken on execution fOrbiddinp officers of corporations to hold proxics restor- ing the omnibus clause ot~the divorce law extending liability of married women reuur- ing corporations to keep lists of stockholders :: allowing women to vote on license. MT. Walker, Republican, has bern seated from Andover.-A resolution passed inquirng if a gift of land for an insane asylum might not be offered the State The matter was finally sent fn
 resolution passed for Investigating the affairs of the Atlas Insurance Co.-The following bill passed regulating attorneys fees, with only one or two opposing votes
 Section l. No attorney in any case now or hereafter pending in any of the courts of this state shall receive any term fee in such case (not charged before the passage of this act), or any fee whatsoever not founded on actual services rendered.
 Sec. 9 The attorneys of the several counties in this state, on or before the first day of Jan. uary, A. D. 17S1, prepare full tables of fees for services that may be rendered by attorneys Tn cases before the various courts in those counties; and, on their approvalby the courts in the several counties such tables of fees shall be entered upon the records of such su- perior courts, shall be posted in the various court rooms of such counties and shall be transmitted to the clerks of the various towns in such counties for entry upon their several town records; and all changes of such tables of fees made thereafter shall be approved, post ed, and recorded in like manner.
 On and after the first day of January, A. D. 1881, no attorney shall recieve, or recover in any action, any greater fees for services rendered thereafter in any action thereafter pending in any of the courts of this State than are specified in such tables of fees, unless upon agreement in writing signed by the per- son to be charged herewith
 Sec. 3. If any attorney shall receive any fees in violation of this statute, the amount of such fees may be recovered back by any per- son paying the same, by action upon this stat ute
 Sec. 4. This act shall take effect from and after it's passage.
 The Haddam contested election case was made the special order for Wednesday of this week.-The question of paying ''semi- i-official" reporters $250 each was discussed and finally tabled. bill was offered releasing attorneys from the trouble of looking after their cases in court so long as they are refused term fees, and referred to committee on forfeited rights. The judiciary committee have reported a bill requiring divorce cases to stand upon the court dockets three months before action.- By concurrent resolution, David B. Nichols and R. W. Farmer were appointed auditors of the public accounts. The Groton appropri- ation resolution was laid over r-Adjourned till Tuesday noon