Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-24
a(rw s@aren S]nly aNoning gunn1al aud Courier,

MT. Coogan supported his amendment l showing that the record should be kept ln the l Town Clerks office. The towns desre to ! know for themselves what records are made. |
 Mr. Paige, of Sherman, wished to substl- l stute an amendment for Mir. Coogan's re- quiring the record to be kept at the Town Clerks office as we'll as the office of the Su- perior Court clerk.
 Mir. Coogan said this would involve double fee.
 Mr. Gillespie, of Stamford, said the cer- tificate of license would be prima facle eVl dence for the towns, and he could not see the need of a record being kept at the Town Clerks office.
 Mr. Scofeld opposed the amendment. On vote it was adopted 94 to 82. Mir. Sill raised question as to the purport of the phrase ''pool room" keeper of when under the law shall not be licensed. lie salo he asked for information. He did not know what was meant.
 Mir. Owen amusingly turned the tables on him by remarking that he was surprised It | there was any matter of vice with which the 1 gentleman from Hartford had not become fa- miliar during the past ten years
 Mir. Sill thought the joke might have been l Q good one, but he was unable to hear It. | The members of the committee dlsclalmed
 knowledge of what ''pool room" js. l Mr. Root of West Hartford, said that Ill | view of the general ignorance on the suDJect
 an amendment should be adopted striking out the phrase. Subsequently he offered an
 amendment covering the ground, which was | adopted.
 An amendment by MT. Cowles of Farming ton, allowing women to be licensed, was fa- | vored by Mir Wilson of Meriden and MT. l Avery of Groton but on vote was rejected 90
 to 50. Amendments by MT. Ripley making maxi
 mum and minimum penalties, instead of ar
 RF10f
 The penalty for selling by sample or other
 wise without license is made not less than
 $50 nor more than $1OO, or Imprisonment
 for six months, or both. The penalty for
 conducting place where liquor is reputed to
 be sold, such place not being licensed, lf
 made $50. The penalty in case of the viola
 ton of the statute by druggists iR made not l less than $50 nor more than $100. The sec
 tion of the bill providing that every person
 selling liquors shall be held responsible fol
 damages done by the drinker was amended
 by Mr Congdon. of Norwich, striking out the clause providing:
 And if the person who shall have solc such spirituous and intoxicating liquor is {
 licensed person, the recovery of judgment ) for such damages shall be conclusive evl dence of breach of his bond
 MT. Owen offered an amendment making the provision operative in case the liquor If sold to be drank on the premises; passed,
 Mir. Fox, of New Haven, offered an amend ) ment providing a penalty where druggists sell liquors to be drank on the premises: Ht said that there is large amount of liquor
 imbibed in the back rooms of druggists' es tablishments, and he wanted severe penalty Z enforced for such offenses.
 Mir. Scof1eld showed that the druggists license does not admit of the selling of liquor 7 by the glass, and that if he does so he Il 3 amenable to the law for selling withou
 license.
 On vote the amendment was rejected. , Mir Northrop, of Middletown, introduced an amendment inserting the word knowing ly'' in the section which provides penalt, for selling by the licensed dealer himself, hl servant or agent, to any minor Mir Ripley said he hoped the amendmen } would be adopted in the interest of falrnes and justice; carried.
 f On motion of Mir. Owen the penalty for jailer's furnishing liquor to prisoner wa made to apply to all officers.
 An amendment by MT Scofeld that n = justice of the peace shall inf1ict penalty il l excess of a fine of $lOO or Imprisonment fo r sixty days or both, was adopted : Pending action on an amendment by Mir 3 Cowles providing that prosecuting agent 8 shall be approved by judge of the superio = court.
 7 The House at 2:1O p. m was adjourned ol account of the absence of quorum until Il 8 a. m Friday.