Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-24
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,nd company of the Governors Foet Guard passed.
 Bill exempting Yale, Trinity and Wesleyan colleges from taxes upon all real estate held by each of them, the income of which is un- Ter 5000 per annum tabled on motion of Senator Hoyt.
 Bill changing the date of opening of Sep tember term of the Superior Court in New Haven county from the second to the fourth Tuesday in September, and the opening of the September term of the Court of Common Pleas from the first to the third Monday in 1 the same month passed.
 Bill regulating fishing in the Naugatuek l river passed
 Bill de estates of deceased persons passed. |
 Bill exempting from taxation property of l soldiers, sailors and marines to the amount 1 of $1 ,O00; passed with an amendment mak ing only thine months men'' exempt from taxation.
 Bill providing that where railroad bonds have not been turned into stock the road shall pay one per cent. tax on the market value of the stock.
 Senator Hoyt stated that there were $2O,- 900, 900 of the bonds of the New York and New England road worth about $12, ,OOO, ,OOO, which are not taxed
 The bill was passed.
 Bill providing that all insurance companies situated outside the State shall have resi- dent attorney upon which process in civil actions may be served passed.
 The bill relating to the taxation of Yale college was called up by Senator Hoyt and passed.
 Bill exempting from taxation to the amount of $3, 900 the property of all pensloned sol diers, sailors and marines who while in ser vice lost a leg or an arm, or suffered disa- billtles entitling them to the same rate of pension as that given for the loss of such member passed.
 At 12 o'clock the Senate went into execu- tive session, after which the body adjourned until Friday at 10:3O a. m.
 The House was called to order at 10 Q. m., Speaker Hall in the chair Prayer was of fered by Chaplain Sage"
 State Prison-Recommendi passage of resolution for repairing the State prison. The resolution authorizes the directors of the prison to ascertain what improvements are necessary, both regards drainage and re- pairs, and also if additional buildings are 1 needed. They are required to obtain esti- mates as reliable as possible of the cost of such Improvements and report to the next General Assembly. The expenditures neces sary will be paid from the State treasury, the comptroller being authorized to draw all or l ders on the treasurer for the payment. Judiciary-Substitute bill for the proven l tion of irregular medical practice The bill | repeals section of chapter 1O7 of the stat utes of 1881, which provides that the act de | medical practice shall not apply to commis- i stoned surgeons in the army or navy of the l United States to any gratuitous service in | cases of emergency, nor to any physicians or ! surgeons coming into this State from another ! State to consult in any particular case. 1 New Counties aud County Seats-Recom-
 mending that the petitioners for new county with Waterbury as county seat be given leave l to withdraw, so ordered.
 ! gricultural-Substitute bill for establish l ment of experiment stations at New Haven, 1 and appropriating $25,00O therefor; calen l der.
 MT. Coogan, of Windsor Locks, introduced
 petition signed by Michael Donnelly, James l Connolly, John Roper ct al., members of the l Irish societies of Hartford, asking for the l passage of resolutions requesting the United States government to intercede in behalf of ! Irish American citizens in British prisons. | The petition was referred to the Committee l on Federal Relations.
 At 1O:3O Mir. Griggs of Waterbury, chair l man of the Committee on Temperance, called
 for the order of the day, being on the bill for l regulating and restraining the sale of spiritu- 1 ous and intoxicating liquors. In presenting l the bill Mir. Griggs stated that the committee
 to a very great extent adopted the recon l mendations of the commission appointed by 1 the last General Assembly to examine and
 revise the laws of this State relating to the
 sale of intoxicating liquors He then re- l viewed the origin and work of that comnis- 1 sion, which consisted of Hon. Nathan1el l Wheeler of Bridgeport, Hon. John A. Tibbits 1 of New London and Hon. Francis Wayland ! of New Haven. After a thorough inquiry into the existing laws relating to thls matter,
 and after public hearings in most of the large | cities of the State, the commission prepared
 
 l act to regulate and restrain the sale of spirit | uous and intoxicating iquors," which is l printed in their report, and the passage | of which they unanimously recommended. ] The bill under consideration meets the ap- l proval of the commission, and it's passage is l earnestly desired by them. The committee l decided to take the bill recommended by the
 commission and make such changes and ad- 1 ditions as might seem best after having con- 1 sidered all the papers referred to them and 1 the views expressed at their public hearings. l The result was the adoption and l believe unanimous approval of the bill before you, l and may say that the commissioners unite with your committee in recommending it's l passage. When I say, sir, that the members | of the commission and of your committee all unite in indorsing the bill as reported, I do l not wish to be understood as saying that 1 every provision Of 1t is exactly as each indi- | vidual member would have it to be, but that it | is approved, whole, as being in their
 average judgment as nearly right as they eau | make it. It is the result of concessions and compromises of opinions, and 1t is believed | by those who have worked over, and given it
 such careful study and attention, worthy ot l acceptance as whole And it is my convic ton that it will be safe and wise for this Gen. eral Assembly to adopt this bill substantially
 as submitted and give it fair trial. And ! that having had a fair trial if found necessary zH.-. | could be more wisely amended by the next General Assembly than by this. MT. Griggs
 briefly called attention to the principal ma 1 terial differences between the bill and the | laws as they now stand, and concluded by l presenting the bill to the House with the hope that it would pass.
 On motion of Mir. Ripley, of Norwich, the
 House voted to act on the bill section by sec tion.
 An amendment by Mr. ScofeId making 1 no license vote become operative the Monday following the town meeting where it is adopt
 ed was passed.
 Mr. Robertson, of New Haven, introduced
 an amendment providing that county com
 missioners shall license on the recommends | tion of the selectmen, continuing the present
 enactment in force.
 Mir. Ripley opposed this Course, claimine l that if there any feature Of the bill com | mending itself more than another it was the
 one which would not give selectmen the con-
 trol of recommendations for license. He
 thought if liquor dealers cannot secure prop-
 CT recommendations from their fellow citi
 zens they ought to go out of the bu usiness
 On vote the amendment Was reflected 55 tc
 10o, the Democrats voting as body against l it.
 MT. Scoheld offered amendments regarding | licenses and licensees, providing that recon
 mendations shall be endorsed by electors in
 stead of Illegal voters," providing fee of fifty
 cents to town clerks for posting applications
 and that county commissioners shall give
 such notice as they may deem advisable, ,wher
 objections to granting licenses are overruled,
 were adopted.
 Mir. Robertson, of New Haven, offered an
 amendment striking out the provision re-
 quiring every application to specify the dis
 tance of the liquor saloon from school or
 church, in case it is within POO feet of such
 edifice.
 Mir. Griggs said this provision was not in
 tended as prohibitory. It was simply to cal
 the attention of the commission to the prox-
 imity of the saloon to the church or school
 building.