Morning journal and courier., 1881-04-06
HARrroRn. April 5. 1aa1

GQOugu DuSAu0SS pEOc60u0a pEOupIly, WaS quite evident that there were too many bills
 remaining to insure an adjournment during the present week, and those well informed are of the opinion that an adjournment can not be reached before Thursday of next
 week unless both houses sit mornings, after moons and evenings
 The Committee on Insurance have agreed to report 8 bill on taxing the Hartford Life and Annuity company. Five of the commit
 tee are opposed to the proposed taxation, while minority of three favor the amend
 ment of the Annuity company's charter to make them come under the same law as regular life companies. The minority are composed of Senator Bradstreet and Repre- sentatives Chase and Coe, who claim that their action is not in any way aimed at so- ciety cooperative associations that do no
 business outside of their own organizations. They think, however, that the Annuity com pany doing mercantile business should be brought under the insurance laws of the State in every particular. The indications are that the majority report will prevail and that the report of the minority will receive but meagre support from either the Senate or House.
 The friends and opponents of ''Annexa- tion" were present in considerable force to- day in the lobbies and considerable loud talk was indulged in on both sides. The friends of the measure propose that the amended bill shall provide that the same if passed, shall be submitted for approval to the voters of the old town of East Haven by ballot in special town meeting on the first Monday in May, and that those living in the proposed ''annex" shall also vote on the same question at different polling place, and the electors 1 of New Haven shall vote in their respective | districts at the same time, and all shall agree | before the act shall take effect. This plan | the friends of the bill claim is perfectly fair, and they are willing to abide the ! decision on this plan. On the con- trary, the opponents of the measure object to any plan that shall submit the bill to a vote of the people, on the ground that ! they do not really know what they want. ! The bill further provides that the justices of
 the peace elected in the town of East Haven
 at the election held in October, 1880, and iv- l ing in the territory hereby annexed to New Haven, shall, after this act becomes opera tive, continue to act as justices of the peace | of the town of New Haven, until the expira- l tion of the terms for which they were elect | ed. The probate district of East Haven, as It existed January l, 1881, is hereby contin- ! ued until the Wednesday after the first Mon l day of January, 1883. From and after said | last named date, said probate district of East
 Haven is incorporated with, annexed to and | do O of kbo io% If Haven. There will no doubt be strong l fight made in the House in favor of the bill, and the indications are that it will pass the
 body In the Senate the result may be
 different, yet the supporters of annexation appear to believe that the Senate is all right or will be under the proposed plan, although the objectors think differently. The final result, however, will be reached in a few days.
 | As will be seen by our summary, the dredge
 bill was passed in the Senate to-day, and steam dredging on natural oyster grounds within the waters of this State is now thing | of the past. The advocates of sail dredging
 are happy and the owners of steam dredgers
 are correspondingly depressed. They affirm that the price of oysters will be largely in creased by this action.
 The charter of New Haven city, as amend 1 ed by R. s. Pickett and others, was submit l ted to Senator Colt, chairman of the Com
 mittee on Cities and Boroughs, to-day, and will probably be reported to the Legislature tomorrow. There are no changes other
 than indicated in previous correspondence. l Following is 8 summary of the business transacted in Senate and House to-day. Senate.
 l The Senate assembled at Il o'clock Lieutenant Governor Bulkeley in the chair. Prayer was offered by Chaplain Thompson communication was received from the l citizens of East Haven declaring that the 1 town of East Haven had declared in favor of | annexation to the city of New Haven by a | vote of 296 to 1 tabled.
 The Senate concurred with the House in l continuing to the next General Assembly the 1 resolution concerning No Mans land in New l Haven harbor.
 1 The bill to regulate medical practice, which l provides that any itinerant person not an in 1 habitant of Connecticut who shall practice | medieine in the State shall be fined $25 for l each day that he shall exercise his profession 1 without license, licenses to be procured l from selectmen of towns at cost of $2O, was passed.
 l Resolution appropriating SIP 1000 in favor I of the State Reform school at Meriden !; l passed.
 The Committee on Insurance reported ma | jority and minority reports on the resolution ! asking for an investigation of the mode of business pursued by the Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance company.
 At 12 o'clock Senator Coe called for the | special order of the day, being the bill for an ! act regulating dredging for shell fish and shells lsteam dredging bill. The bill pro- hI,o EoI nf nfh cball I fish on public grounds by any boat or con l trivance in which steam is used. The pen alty for violation of the law Is fixed at fine not to exceed $1O0 or imprisonment not more than months, or both. The majority of the Committee on Fisheries reported against the bill and minority in favor of it. As Senator Coe was suffering from se- were cold his address against the bill was read | by the clerk. His argument was head as fol lows The chief champions of the bill are the | men who can afford to own boat and tongs l The only argument against the use of steam l is the old one-that it will hurt the business l If steam is allowed to be introduced there is no doubt but that in five years there will be | five times the number of men engaged in the oyster business that there is to-day. As far as the statement that steam dredging injures | the oyster beds is concerned, the figures do | not bear this out. Statistics show that the f Bridgeport bed and many other beds have ! been improved by the steamers.
 l Senator Hoyt opposed the bill the l ground that there were many things which could be better done without steam than with it. claim that steam dredging will in | the end remove all the oysters from the beds | and thus kill the goose that lays the golden l eggs. At this period the speaker read at l length from the testimony of witnesses who had appeared before the Committee on Fish cries. The drift of the testimony was that 1 the effect of steam dredging was to deplete | the beds of oysters.
 Senator Colt said It does not appear to i me that the Assembly should 1egislate for the l alleged protection of few shore towns, but | the interests of the entire State are involved. | By the steam dredging the supply of oysters l have been increased and the cost cheapened, and therefore they have been for the public l good. As there is disagreement as to the weight of the testimony on both sides and l in order that full time may be given to the matter, move that the bill be continued to | the next session.
 Senator Brewster held that the burden of proof was right the other way, and that as it
 is alleged that the oysters on the beds will be