Litchfield enquirer., 1880-01-22
LEGISLATIVE.

I .
 Senate.-A motion has been presented for | the appointment of an assistant clerk.-Vari-
 ous bills, etc. were referred in concurrence. -
 A resolution passed authorizing a recount of
 the Danbury vote for Justices of the Peace. Various department reports were received.- | The State House Commissioners, and the
 committee on revision of joint stock laws, re- | ported. Senators Lines of the Sixth district,
 Lewis of the Thirteenth and Pagan of the Eighteenth were chosen a committee on con-
 tested elections. House resolution directing
 the judiciary committee to report bill to inn prove the present method of drawing jurors passed in concurrence.-On Thursday Repre- sentative Wadhams's bill regulating the fees
 of attorneys, explained in Wednesdays House | report, was read in full by Clerk Warner, and | it's reference by the House to the committee. on forfeited rights was received by the sena- | tors with considerable merriment.- journed l till Tuesday
 | House-A large number of bills, petitions, etc., have been referred, to appropriate com
 mittees among them the following: Providing for settlement of foreigners in town; author izing annual or special school district meetings to prescribe textbooks to be approved by the acting visitor reducing the number of Superi- or and Supreme court judges, and increasing | their salaries regarding civil procedure re- | garding licenses to druggists forbidding law | yers to charge term fees, and requiring them | to adopt and publish tables of fees to be the | maximum allowed for services except on spec ial contract providing that towns having less than half a millions worth of taxable proper ! ty shall have but one assessor; increasing the | penalty for horse stealing to term of from | to 10 years in State prison; for the enactment | of a prohibitory law; appropriating $1OO to l the Waterbury Partners and. Mechanics AssO- citation as a county agricultural socety.-A sharp debate arose over the passage of pro- posed resolution repeating the law which al- lows minority representation on the city boards of Middletown. Republicans pressed and Democrats opposed the measure, and it | failed of the two thirds majority necessary to suspend the rules The tune for the iptroduc- tion of new business was limited to Feb. A. The matter of gratuities to reporters was re- ferred to committee on contingent expenses. - MT. Titus, of Washington was excused from serving on the Banking Committee. Adjourn ed till Tuesday noon.
 The following is the list of joinG standing and joint select committees so far as the have been announced: STANDING COMMITTEES.
 On Judiciary. Brewster and Messrs. Stanton of Hartford, Gardner of Der by, Morris of New Haven, Crump of New London, Morris of Bridgeport, Matthewson of Pomfret, Hollister of Litchfield, Whittlesey of Old Saybrook.
 On Interpretations Senator Buck, and Messrs Mitchell of New Britain, Ensign of Naugatuck, Schoonover of Groton Harding of Stamford, Bowen of Eastford, York of Win chester, House of Haddam, Merrow of Mans field.
 On Railroads. Senator Stllman, and Messrs. Porter of Pennington, Robertson of New Haven, Frink of Stonington, Hurlbut of Westport, Tourtelotte of Putnam, Alvord of rorrington, Tibbals of Durham, Hyde of Ellington. -
 On Insurance. Senator Colt, and Messrs. Battell of Norfolk, Lord of Enfield, Merriman of Meriden, Gillett of Colchester, Raymond of New Canaan, Bartlett of Kilingly, Strong of Chatham, Edgerton of Holland. On State Prson.-Senator !Tomlnson and Messrs. Parker of East Haddam, Barnes of Windsor, Nichols of Wolcott, Baily of Frank lin Bailey of Danbury, Burnham of Hamp- ton, Morris of Bridgewater Sheldon of Son. CTS. On Humane Institutions-Messrs. Wilson of Meriden, Mclean of Simsbury, Bentley ot North Stonngton, Hoag of Sherman, Clark of Windham, Goodwin of Sharon, Barrows of Middletown, Pember of Vernon
 On Claims Senator Pagan, and Messrs. Pomeroy of Sut1ield, Beach, of North Haven. Abell of Lebanon. Jennings of Fairfield, Waldo of Canterbury, Judd of Bethlehem, Thayer of Haddam. Edgerton of Willington.
 On Education.-SeDator Collins and Messrs. Coyer of Darien, Norton of Pennington, Northrop of Seymour, Cook of Ledyard, Peck of Canterbury, Hayes of Harwinton, Denison of Saybrook, Keeney of Bolton.
 On New Towns and Probate Districts.- Senator Smith, and Messrs. Matthews of Waterbury, Grant of South Windsor, Strong | of Colchester, Sturgess of Weston, Loring of l Plainfeld, Allyn of Goshen, Olcott of Clinton, l Bissell of Hebron.
 On Banks. Senator Upson, and Tinker | of New London, Davls of Hartford, Pope of | Oxford, Street of Norwalk, Lincoln of Chap
 lin, Titus of Washington, Gross of East Had dam, Marcy of Union.
 On Military Affairs. Senator Hayward, and Messrs Batcheller of Winchester, Atwood of Newngton, Baldwin of Beacon Falls, Will l Hams of Stonington, Bartran of Bedding, Matthewson of Killingly Rutty of Killing | worth, Nichols of Wilmington. On Finance-Senator Blackstone, and Messrs Nichols of Danbury, White of Man chester, Matthews of Waterbury, Gray of Groton, Chandler of Woodstock, Crowell of Salisbury, Wilcox of Middletown, Gilbert of | Hebron.
 On Agriculture-S Senator Brown, and Messrs Barston of Norwich, Frisbie of South ington, Hall of Wallingford, Lee of Ridge field, Stetson of Brooklyn, Gaylord of Nor l fork, Nettleton of Killingworth, Storrs of Mansfield,
 | On Manufactures-Senator Lewis, and
 Messrs Wilcox of Middletown, Twchell of Southington, Fowler of Gulford, Bromley of
 Lisbon, Sexton of Bridgeport, Hatch of Win
 ham, Wells of New Milford, Wood of Coven- | try.
 On Fisheries-Senator 'Coe, and Messrs.
 Belden of Wilton, Buck of Wethersfield, Shel- ton of Southbury. Morley of Old Lyme, Jacobs
 of Thompson, Briuton of Canaan, Stannard of
 Westbrook, Perkins of Stafford On Retrenchment, Reforms and Abuses Senator Lewis, and Messrs. French of Plaip-
 field, Loomis of Granby, Todd. of Bethany, | Sisson of Lyme, Gilbert of Bethel Smith of | New Hartford, Beebe of Portland, Rose of 1 Coventry. .
 On School Fund-Senator Peet and Messrs Johnson of Easton, Owen of Suff1eld, Wood ruff of Orange, Way of East Lyme, Payne of
 Woodstock, Thomas of Roxbury, Lord of Saybrook, Little of Columbia. l On Cities and Boroughs-Senater Lines,
 and Messrs. Carpenter of Norwich. Minor of
 New Britain, Bartholomew of Derby, Weed
 of Stamford, Chandler of Thompson, Clemens
 of Lltchfeld, Gillum of Cromwell, Newton of
 Stafford.
 On Roads and Bridges Senator Patton, and
 Messrs. Gum of Milford, Avery of Avon,
 Beckwith of Lyme, Judson of Stratford, Gib- son of Sterling, Moore of Colebrook, Elliot of
 Durham Bartlett of Union.
 On Sale of Lands-Senator Bristol, and
 Messrs. Preston of Holland, Manross of Bris-
 tol, Scranton of Madison, Coggshall of Mont
 vile, Lyman Mead of Greenwich, Jenks of l Voluntown, Wells of Cornwall, Watrous of Chatham.
 On Engrossed Bills-Senator Colt, and | Messrs. Gardner of Derby Mitchell of New
 Britain, Cornelius Mead of Greenwich, DeFor.
 est of Middlebury, Burdick of Preston, Chand-
 Ter of Thompson, Cook of Harwinton, Clark of Chester.
 | SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
 On Constitutional Amendments Senator
 Duck, and Messrs. Merriman of Meriden,