Litchfield enquirer., 1880-02-26

furnish assessors with names: of persons own ing stocks held by them as collateral security. "A bill passed authorizing tho Comptroller to appoint two Senate and two House loOrkeep- CTS. at salaries of $200 each and three Senate and five House messengers, at $100 each. A bill passed increasing the maximum penalty for horse stealing to ten years Bills passed validating the election of New Milford sf.,l;ul visitors fixing school visitors compensation at ss; authorizing town support of public libra ries; appointing A. P. Bradstreet of Thomas ton, deputy judge of the Waterbury city court in place of Fields, deceased.
 On Tuesday a resolution passed in in con. currence reappointing George Pierpont con- missioner of Litchtield county ; and bill pass ed protecting minors wages from attachment Bills were rejected requiring the cutting of wild carrots; and providing for survey ol the State. A bill passed punisling sale of diseas- d milk report of the boundary con- nissioners was taken up and unanimously ap- proved. same commission was appointed to negotiate for the transfer of Fishers Island to Connecticut. Adjourned till Tuesday.
 House. On Tuesday the following bills, &c, were passed reducing the interest on unpaid taxes to g per cent releasing Antona Brantley of East Hartford from State Prison, and E,l- ward 'Hara, of Plainville, from jail-Prof. Collier lectured on sorghum culture at Repre- sentatives Hall Tn the eyeuing.
 On Wednesday bills, &c.. passed autheriz- ing the Board of agriculture to kill diseased animals, reappoipting George Pierpont of Plymouth. Litchfeld county commissioner: authorizing the Connecticut Theological Insti- tute to hold property to the amount of $1, ,O00, GOO; requiring bank cashiers to give assessors lists of nonresident stockholders i; and requir- ing parents to give children at least 60 days  riculture has reported against the bill to pro- tect the milk traffic.-Committees reported in favor of appropriating $3000 to the State libra ry; and $2,5OO to the State Agricultural Socie- ty: and in favor of releasing John H. Shields from State Prison.
 On Thursday, the State Prison committee reported in favor of releasing George Beebe from State Prison against releasing Henry Paine, Charles Walton, W. H. Green, Charles D. Lampman, John Warren and Henry Free man.-Bills, &c., were rejected exemkting homesteads to the amount of $500; reducing taxes on foreign loans regulating horse rail- road fares; prohibiting use of milk cans by other than the owner; giving persons establish their support, from towns. Bills passed pun- lshing the killing of registered dogs; allowing attorney trying criminal case in lower court $5 for services in Superior Court.
 On Friday Committees reported favorably on bills ara, ging terms of Superior Court in Litchfield county and requiring cashiers of trust companies to give $10,0 ,000 bonds. Ad- verse reports were made on a variety of sub- jects. State Prison committee reported against releasing Harvey Chamberlain ir-The resolution regarding the contract system failed though disagreeing vote of the two Houses. - The House insisted on it's vote regarding cut ting wild carrots Projected in the Senate).- The bill punishing sale of diseased milk pass ed in concurrence. term fee bill then came up and the following debate is reported in the Courant
 Mir. Wadhams of Goshen, moved that the vote appointing Mir. Porter of Farmlngton, on the committee of reference relating to the term fees bill be rescinded. (Laughter).
 MT. Porter said the house would bear hlm witness that he served with reluctance, and he did not care to be slaughtered now without some explanation.
 Mir Parker of Fast Haddam, raised the point of order that the house colud not recon sider an appointment.
 The chair (Mr Robertson) ruled that the point was we'll taken
 MT. Wadhams theu moved that the gentle man (Porter) be excused.
 Mr. Stanton doubted if one of the committee could be excused.
 The chair thought it was competent for the house to excuse a single member
 MT. Wadhams gave his reasons for making the motion. It was to relieve the gentleman from Pennington who was not in the major vote as the rules require. When the commit tee met he (Wadhams) found that he had to hold his associate in the house committee with one hand while he wrestled with the senate man. (Great laughter)
 MT. Bailey of Danbury, moved that the gen. tleman from Goshen be excused.
 Mir. Wadhams-1 second the motion (Laughter.) now move that the house ad- here. Of course this will kill the bill but we want the corpse kept in this house so as to give it decent burial, and we hope some day it will have glorious resurrection. CLaugh- ter. A motion to adhere to the original vote passing the bill was carried ''
 The House then adjourned till Tuesday.