Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-30
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The House was called to order at 10 R. m., Speaker Hall in the chair. Prayer was of- fered by the chaplain Rev. Dr. A. J. Sage. Committee reports were received as fol- lows:
 Fisheries-Unfavorabl on bill relating to evidence as regards rights to oyster grounds, l rejected; unfavorable on bill relating to nat 1 ura1 oyster and clam beds in Norwalk harbor, rejected.
 l Railroads-Substitute bill relating to rail roads and railroad companies, providing that roads may take lands for two years after ar tlcles of association are signed and ten per | cent of stock paid in, and also authorizing | navigable waters to be bridged. The bill amends the general railroad law. On motion of Mr. Cooley the bill was re- committed.
 Business from the Senate was disposed of 1 in concurrence.
 The bill relating to shell fisheries grants | within the exclusive jurisdiction of the State was recommitted.
 Mir Cowles, of Pennington, called from
 the table the bill for protection of orchards 1 and gardens from trespass, which had been | rejected by the Senate. The bill was re- | jected
 The House voted to insist on it's action re- | lating to the divorce measures and ask for a
 conference committee. Messrs. King, of i Stafford, and Sanford, of Redding ap- 1 pointed.
 Mr. Robertson called from the table the | bill relating to the representation of towns in 1 the Legislature, and moved that 1t be printed l for the calendar, so ordered. The bill pro- yides that every town shall have one repre- | sentative, towns of 5000 population shall be entitled to two representatives, and that for every 10, 900 population over 5000 each town | shall be entitled to one additional represent atiVe.
 l The resolution extending courtesies to the astronomical commission of the German
 empire was passed. The resolution is as 1 follows: That under such provisions as
 shall be approved by the Governor, permis-
 sion is hereby granted to the imperial com | mission of the German empire for the obser ! vation of the transit of Venus, to erect the | buildings n cessary for their work upon the
 southern part of the Capitol grounds. | At half past 10 o'clock the special order
 was called for by Mir. Gillette, of Waterbury, l being on the resolution incorporating the i New York; Connecticut and Boston railr oad 1 company On motion of MT. Cooley, of Hartford the minority report in favor of the | incorporation was substituted for the maiori- | ty adverse report. Both of the reports We're | read by the clerk. The floor was secured by l MT. Gillette the action being on the minori- 1 ty report.
 Mr. Cooley, of Hartford, raised the point of order that as he had charge of the minor
  | the majority he entitled to the floor. The chair ruled that there no parlia
 mentary rule governing the case. Mir. Scofeld asked if it was not by courte- sy that the affirmative should have the right of opening and closing the debate. Mir. Sco- field said he should most respectfully appeal from the decision of the House. The chair stated that with the withdrawal
 of the appeal he would submit the point of
 order to the decision of the House. The appeal was withdraw and the question
 submitted.
 After debate in which MT. Cowles of Pennington, Mir. Johnson, Mir. Scofield Mr
 Cooley, Mr. Northrop and MT. Owen of Man
 chester took part, the vote on the question unanimously sustained the ruling of the Speaker.
 Mir. Gillette in commencing his speech read
 the petition for the incorporation of the pro-
 posed Parallel road He said the committee
 had given one months consideration to the
 measure and had reached divided conclu-
 sion as to the necessity of the proposed road
 He described at length the route which it was
 intended to follow, and held that between
 New Haven and Greenwich it would not
 touch the centers of business activity, but
 pass around them The route from New
 Haven northeast across the State did not
 pass through business centers. He did not
 believe that business and enterprise in the ioChL0 WOulu UO plOLlioVOIA Dy Ih0 pACpOSSu read The reciprocal duties between the State and the railroads were discussed. He held that the New York, New Haven and Hartford road had discharged it's responsibil- ities faithfully and well. Its freight tariff, passenger rates, and the safety of travellers along the lines, were more in the interest of the public than those on any other road in the State The hearing on the petition had showed that not over $4O,OOO has been sub scribed for building the road across the State. There was absolutely no guaranty that the road would be built if the charter should be granted. Special features of the act incor- porating the company were criticised by Mr. Gillette.
 MT. Johnson, of Enfield, in the chair.
 The argument against the incorporation of the company was continued by MT. Gillette. | He said if there was bona fde purpose to 1 build the road asked for it could be | done under the general railroad law, which l