Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-18
Sournai ann Courier,
Norning. Jan. IS, E8s2.
The General Assembly.

Several Matters Relati1sg to New Haven the Session COmmencfng--Impo mt Bills Referred to Committees.
 HARTFORD, Jan. IT. Special Correspondence of JOURNAL AND COURIER. There quite full attendance of the members of the Legislature to-day, considering that it the first day in the week for the session. There few vacant seats in the Senate and number in the House. Business, however, proceeded in regular order The business in both houses consisted prin- cipaly in receiving and reefrring bills and petitions of which there were large number, notably in the House. Mr. Fox, of New Haven, introduced a bill to curtai the unjust competition between vict and honest labor, and another bill to facilitate the organization of foreclosed railroads also bill to require the registration of divorces in different towns by the registrars Of births, marriages and deaths also bill providing ''That in the distrbu- ing Of cities into wards hereafter ward in the several cities Of this State shall obtain more than one hundred v1tes inexcess of any otherward MT. Robertson, of New Haven presented regolu- tion providing for constitutional amendment that from and after the first Wednesday, after the first Monday of January, 1885, the House of Representa- tives shall consist of member from each towne and towns which shall contain population of five thousand Inhabitants, and for every ad ditional ten thousand inhabitants over and aDOVe the live thousand one additional member, the number of inhabitants be determined by the census.
 Other bills and petitions will be found in the fol- lowing summary.
 Senate.
 The Senate called to order at 12 o'clock, Lieu tenant Governor Bulkeley in the chair. Pray CT was offered by Chaplain Sage
 The annual reports of the directors of the State prison and the Comptroller and the registry of the grand list for the year ending October, 1SS0 ferred in concurrence with the House.
 Two bills relating to taxation of property of Yale College which had been referred in the House to the Committee on Finance, referred to the Judiciary committee
 The petition of Charles NJ. scofed for leave to build wall in Greenwich referred to the Ju dietary committed In the House it had been referred to the Fisheries committee
 petition of residents of Waterford and East Lyme for reduction of toll Rope" ferry bridge ferred to the Judiciary committee. The House had referred it to tue Committee Roads and Bridges number of bills, resolutions and petitions from ] the House were referred in concurrence. The following matters were introduced: By Senator Mills-Petition of the trustees of the Sheffield Scientific school for act of incorporation ' referred to Committee on Interpretations By Senator Hills-Petition of United States Trus company of Hartford for change of to 'Unitet tion with accompanying bill granting control of Parl river to the city of Hartford, to Committee CItie and Boroughs petition of Etna Life Insurance com pany for change of date for holding annual meeting from first Monday in July to second Monday in Feb ! ruary, to Committee Interpretations
 At 12:40 the Senate adjourned to meet at 10 oolocl I on Wednesday.