Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-12
House.

Speaker Case called the House to order at 10 a. m. Prayer was offered by Chaplain Thompson.
 Reports from committees were submitted as follows Fisheries-Majority and minor ity reports on the bill for repeating the stat ute authorizing steam dredging on the public oyster Egrounds. Judiciary-Adverse on the bill relating to elections and electors, tabled on motion of MT. Futile. of East Haven; ad- verse on bill allowing dying declarations to be admitted evidence in civil trials, reject ed adverse on bill prescribing manner in which ballot boxes shall be sealed and placed in custody, rejected substitute bill de town electors at North Branford substitute bill relating to civil actions substitute bill relat- ing to service of process of foreign attach ment. The bill provides that when the gar nishees in writ of foreign attachment are members of copartnership and as such members are made garnishees in said writ, the service of copy of said writ upon some one of the active members of said copartner- ship, by leaving a copy thereof at the place o1 business of the copartnership, shall be a suf, ficient and legal service of said writ upon such garnishees. The bill is a substitute fo1 the Sargent proposition, and was tabled fo1 calendar. The Sargent petitions and acts were reported adversely and rejected. The Judiciary committee reported adversely or the Futile bribery bill. and on motion of MT Futile it was tabled for printing.
 Senate business was disposed of in concur renee. Calendar business was resumed. The bill providing that every person who shal Intentionally place upon any public highway any Canada or other variety of thistle, wild carrots, daisies, burdock or other variety o1 docks shall forfeit the sum of $7 therefor was taken up, and after some amendments had been adopted the whole matter was ta- bled. The resolution incorporating the first mortgage bondholders of the Connecticut Western railroad was called from the table by MT. Bryant.
 NThe bill regulating the term of sentences in the State prison, providing that they shall be for the period of one year as a minimum and that in cases where a less term has here tofore been inflicted, the offender may be imprisoned in the common jail, was called from the table by MT. Welch, of Torrington, who opposed the Senate amendment, ex- empting violators of the tramp act from its provisions. On vote the amendment was re- jected. MT. Welch submitted an amendment, making the minimum term nine months in- stead of one year adopted. On motion of Mir. Harrison the bill was tabled Subsequently the measure was called from the table and on motion for reconsidering the action of the House in rejecting the Sen ate amendment Mir. Harrison stated that the amendment had been passed wisely and with foresight by the Senate. Unless it was concurred in by the House he believed the power and force of the tramp act would be destroyed. And the last thing that the Leg islature should do should be the lessening in any way of the execution of the tramp law The House reconsidered and concurred in the Senate amendment. On motion of MT. Northrop the House reconsidered the adop- tion of MT. Welch's amendment. It was then rejected. The bill was then tabled on the motion of MT. Seymour, of Litchfeld
 At 12:15 o'clock the House adjourned until 12:3O p. m. Tuesday.