Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-02
The House,

The House.
 The House was called to order at Il g. m, Speaker Hall in the chair.
 Prayer was offered by the chaplain, Rev. ! George L. Thompson.
 Petitions were received and referred as fol- ] lows: Of citizens of Canaan for constitu- | tional amendment prohibiting the manufac- l ture of intoxicating liquors; of Frank Shep- ard ct al., of Greenwich for the incorpora- | tion of the Greenwich Cemetery association :; | in favor of establishing New Milford as county seat in Litchfield county in favor of an appropriation for experiment. station of Pequot Indians for sale of land remon- strance of B. Bartlett ct al, of Ansonia against communication of sentence of James Smith; against proclamation of Sabbath on railroads; of New York and New England company for time to complete their road; of Winchester Repeating Arms company and other manufacturing institutions of New Ha- ven aggregating 5000 legal voters, in SUD- port of the bill introduced by Mir. Robertson de foreign attachments on motion of Mir. Robertson transmitted to the Senate re- monstrance of the town of MontvilIe against the bridging of the Thames river on motion of MT. Parish, of Montville, the remonstrance was read; of William N. Cleveland of Ando- yer, for restoration of forfeited rights of J. E. Smith ct al, of Stonington, for regulation of eel fishing in waters of Long Island Sound; of citizens of Watertown for adop- tion of constitutional amendment prohibiting the manufacture of intoxicating liquors.
 Mr. Robertson, of New Haven, introduced the following bill relating to exemption of wages from foreign attachments
 Section 1. In place of all other exemption of wages from foreign attachment or execu- ton, so much of any debt as accrued by req son of the personal services of the debtor for services rendered within the forty working days next previous to the service of the process shall be exempted and not liable to be taken by foreign attachment or execution, provided that exemption shall be allowed in any suits brought upon debts accruing for personal board furnished the debtor Or his family; and provided further that any debt to which such exemption has once attached shall thereafter remain exempt. Sec. ?. All benefits by any association of persons in this State towards the support of any of it's members incapacitated by sickness or infirmity from attending to his usual bus mess shall be exempted and not liable to be taken by foreign attachment or execution. ! Sec. 3. Section thirteen of chapter sixteen of title nineteen of the general statutes of ! this State is hereby repealed
 Bills and resolutions were presented as fol l lows:
 By Mr. Sill, of Hartford-Bill requiring l town clerks to forward to the Secretary of State's office lists of town officers within ten l days after the town election; Judiciary. ! By. Mir. Bell, of Norwalk-Bill providing I for the extermination of star-ish upon pri- vate oyster grounds. The bill provides that ] the oyster commission of each town, or. the ! Selectmen in towns where there is no oyster 1 commission, may cause investigation of oys- I ter grounds to ascertain if star-fsh exist on such grounds, the investigation to be at the 1 expense of the owner of such grounds pro- | viding star fish are found, if not at the ex- pense of the complainant.
 1 By MT. Paige, of Sherman-Bill providing | that the Selectmen of each town shall select I the names of the number provided by law ! for jurors; also that the clerk of the court | shall in the presence of the sheriff or one of | his deputies in each county draw from sait- l able number of the jury boxes eighteen jurors, \ unless a larger number shall be ordered by 1 the court.
 By Mir. Wright, of Branford-Bill author \ izing records of births, deaths and marriages
 to be kept in vaults provided for land rec
 ords in towns where registrars have no safes provided for them; Judiciary. By Mir. Wheeler, of Easton-Bill relating | to division fences, providing that zigza g fences shall not be lawful between adjoining owners.
 By Mir. Griggs, of Waterbury-Bill pro- 1 vidins that city elections in Waterbury shall
 occur on same day with the town elections i;
 Judiciary.
 \ by NIT. w W1lllalnS, OI IoDauOu-OlilS COu- l corning studies in public schools, providing
 for text books relating to alcoholic liquors.
 By MT. Wright, of Branford-Bill annex l ing portion of the New Haven school dis.
 trict to the North school district of East \ Haven.
 By Mir. Mahan, of New London-Bill ! amending the charter of New London, abol- ishing minority representation in city gov
 ernment; Cities and Boroughs. By MT. Allyn, of Salem-Bill providing
 that boards for the admission of voters shall l not continue in session later than p. m.
 also that in towns containing not more than 400 legal voters they may decide to close bal ! lot boxes at annual town meeting at p. m. By MT. Palmer, of Stonington-Bill regu- lating the catching of cells in the waters oi
 Long Island Sound.
 ] By Mir. Cowles, of Farmington-BilI fol the prevention of milk adulteration, provid ing penalty of not less than 1925 nor more
 than $1OO for violation of the law. Incorporations-Favo on amending the charter of the Wolcottville Water com 1 pany favorable on incorporating the Laurf Andrews Free Library and Benevolent asso citation of Thomaston favorable on incor
 porating the Automatic Safety Boiler ant
 Engine company of New Haven; tabled fol l calendar.
 Cities and Boroughs-Adverse on bill reg
 ulating number of voters in wards in cities O
 the State rejected.
 The annual report of the Connection ,, School for Lunatics was submitted by MT H. Hurlburt, of Salisbury, and referred tt
 the Committee on Humane Institutions. Th' , number of pupils in the school is eighty five and the number of State bepefciaries forty eight. The total amount received from th State for beneficiaries during the year wa $6,4SO. 5a; from civil list fund for board ant
 care of homeless lunatics, $442. The entire
 receipts for the year were $15, 643O8.
 Business from the Senate was disposed O
 in concurrence. On the resolution commut ing the sentence of James Smith, of New Ha ven, the two houses disagreed. Representa- tives Fox of New Haven and Johnson o
 Enfield were appointed on committee of con ference relating to the matter.
 The calendar numbers were resumed, tn
 first matter for consideration being the reso lution relating to the appointment of Edwart Harland, of Norwich, committee to audi = the accounts of the clerk of the Superio 1. Court of New London county. The measur A was explained by MT. Johnson of Enfield an' MT. Ripley of Norwich.
 Mr. Northrop, of Middletown was oppose
 to the State paying the deficiency in tn T clerks accounts, holding that the amour i should be made up from the estate of the de
 ceased clerk, MT. Park. MT. Fox moved tha z l the resolution be made the special order fo l the second Tuesday of March at 12 m. Mr ! AsSDSAeSSAA
 New Haven, and Mir. Ripley were opposed tt 3 the long postponement, but it was favore' by Mir. Cowles, of Pennington. MT. Ripley moved an amendment to Mir , Fox's motion, making the resolution tn l. special order for Wednesday, February 8, a :: 12 m.
 T The chair ruling that under the rules tn motion providing for the longest time mus 0 be put first, MT. Fox's motion was rejected 0 63 to 112. MT Ripley's amendment was thel | carried.
 MT. Bingham called from the table the bil I relating to the taxation of national bank stoc
 held by residents of the State He cite f from the United States statutes showing tha the proposed law was in opposition to the na -- tional banking law.
 q Mir. Sill, of Hartford wanted the bil @ tabled, so that he might have opportunity fo r it's examination; so ordered. : A resolution was introduced by Mir. Rob a '. ertson, of New Haven. referring that portion y i of the Governors message relating to tn , care and management of destitute children t.
 l the Committee on Humane Institutions witt aa power to report by bill or otherwise; car . | ried
 The special order of the day, being on th' |. resolution authorizing the Governor to ap U | oo,op,iocioY, for raviSiOcy tha crinoina