Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-25
House..


 The House convened at 10 o'clock, Speak CT Hall in the chair. Prayer was offered by Chaplain Sage.
 The House having adjourned yesterday on account of the absence of a quorum, the business at adjournment being on the bill for the revision of the temperance laws, that measure came up under the Speakers ruling the first thing at the opening of the session
 The amendment offered by Mr. Cowles, of Pennington, providing that prosecuting agents shall be appointed with approval of the judges of the Superior Court, was reject ed.
 Mir. Wright, of Branford moved that the bill be tabled for reprinting with the amend ments, so that the members can understand it in all it's provisions
 Mir. Johnson was in favor of this course He thought the bill should be acted on with full consideration. If the gentleman from Branford would amend his motion, making the bill special order, he would support it.
 Mir. Wright accepted the suggestion, and moved that the bill be made special order for Tuesday, March 2Sth, at 12 m
 The delay of action on the bill was op- posed by Messrs, Scofeld of Stamford and Robertson of New Haven.
 Messrs. Taylor of Danbury, Fox of New Haven and Cowles of Manchester were in fa- vor of postponing final actiCn.
 After further debate by Messrs Northrop of Middletown, Ripley of Norwich and Thur Der of Putnam, the motion by Mir. Wright making the measure special order for Tues day, was lost, 60 to Fl.
 MT. Scofeld, after consultation with the chairman of the Temperance committee, Mir Griggs, moved that the bill be tabled and made special order for Tuesday, March 28, at 12 m, and the motion prevailed. Committee reports were made as follows Incorporations-Fav on amending the charter of the Yale Lock company of Stamford. On motion of Mir. Gillespie, of Stamford, the rules were suspended and the l resolution put on it's passage; after discus sion by Messrs. Northrop Sill and Scofield temporarily tabled.
 Cities and oughs-Substitute bill amend ing charter of New London calendar fav- l orable on annexing New Haven and East Haven school districts, calendar favora ble on amending charter of borough of Winsted giving control of the Mad river for water supply and authorizing the issue of bonds calendar.
 Judciary-Recommend that the bil concerning the ownership of seaweed be con l tinued to the next General Assembly so or dered.
 Speaker Hall appointed Messrs. Owen ot | Manchester and Wren of Bridgeport members l of the committee for Investigating the course of the State Board of Education in recon mending booksellers
 Business from the Senate was disposed o1 in concurrence. The bill exempting the property of soldiers, sailors and marines who | served in the army or navy during the rebel lion, indefinitely postponed in the House came from the Senate with an amendment making the bill apply to all soldiers sailors l and marines who had served not less thai I nine months On motion of Mr. Owen tht l bill was tabled for consultation. l Resolution incorporating the Plant Invest | ment company of New Haven was explained l by MT. Cleveland; tabled on motion of MT Robbins, of Wethersfeld.
 1 House bill No. 75, concerning joint stock corporations, was explained by MT. CIeve | land and passed.
 | The bill provides that the stock of ever, 1 joint stock corporation shall be transferred only on it's books in such form as the by-law shall prescribe, and the corporators shal 1 have lien upon all the stock owned by any l person or estate therein for all individual l joint and partnership debts due it from hin or such estate, and for any contingent liabil | ity to 1t as lndorser, accepter, guarantor O. l surety upon any negotiable or commercial l paper, and any corporation desiring tt enforce such lien may give notice tt such stockholder, his executor or admins trator, and if there be none, his heir-at law | that, unless he shall pay his indebtedness tt | sell said stock; and such corporation ma, prescribe by it's by laws the manner of givin, notice required by this section, but the notict of sale shall in no case be given until the lia bility has become fixed. The bill repeal section five sf chapter sixty-two of the public acts of 1881 (page 53).
 The bill providing that invalid soldiers sailors and marines may be provided witt care and accommodations at the Fitch Home at Darien was supported by Mir. Wilson, o1 Meriden, and Mir. Ripley, of Norwich, but opposed by MT. Pease, of Enfield The bil simply extends the application of the act o1 1878 with reference to the Hartford and New Haven hospitals to Fitchs Home; passed. Mir. Northrop called from the table reso lution concerning the removal of the remains and monuments from the old cemetery at Thomaston. The bill was explained by Mir Robertson, of New Haven, who said the measure was desired by a large majority of the electors of the town.
 This measure was the cause of greal deal of discussion, and in the end it was passed by a large majority.
 At 1:O5 the House adjourned until Tuesday, March 29, at Il g. m.