Morning journal and courier., 1883-03-10
SuurnxI arIS Goirrisr.
Saturday, March 10. 1888.
The GeneraI Assembly.

The General Assembly.
 A Short SessiOn-The Reform School V1s-
 1ted-Hartford and Harlem ARa1n-The Session to be Extended into April
 Other Matters of Interest.
 HARTFORD, March 9. Especial correspondence of JOURNAL AND COURIER
 The sessions of the Senate and House to- day were short, as is usually the case on the last day of the week. When the House was called to order there was not quorum, but as no member raised doubt in relation thereto business proceeded until it became apparent from the continued dropping out of members that business could not proceed. Then it was that Speaker Pine instructed the chamber without his permission. This being the day set apart for those who had not al ready done so to visit the Reform school at Merfden there were numerous requests as the pointers of the clock over the Speakers chair reached the vicinity of 12 m. to retire, which was granted, and an adjournment until next week at last became necessity. Of course no work of any account could be transacted by committees to day, as they had departed for Meriden or for home, in most cases the latter.
 The Senate to-day concurred with the House in making the salary of future Cover nors $4, 900 per year instead of $2,O0o as now.
 Before the railroad commissioners to day there was another hearing in regard to the Hartford and Harlem railroad, at which Henry c. Robinson moved that the appica- Y ton of the Hartford and Harlem road be dis ! missed because it was illegal and improper. \ The grounds of his motion were that the layout of the road in sections should be good grounds for a dismissal. Mir. Robinson ! claimed that the company had no right to proceed in this way. He thought the con- ! missioners should be very cautious in their action.
 S. E. Baldwin, the attorney for the Hart ford and Harlem, claimed that the proposi- ! ton was not new one and that the same had been done on the Valley railroad when { that was laid out.
 Governor Hubbard thought 1t the duty of the commissioners to break up bad prece- dents as well as to establish new ones. He thought if the layout was accepted by sec tions the balance would necessarily follow and the commissioners would ma CnemSelVeS bound hand and foot.
 Next week will probably be lively one in the Legislature of 1883. The minor matters before committees are nearly disposed of and the more important ones will be under con sideration. These bills will be constantly drifting into the House, from which they originated ,and lengthy debates will follow on many of them. That the session will extend | into April there is now no doubt. \ F3 Following is the business transacted in the | Senate and House to day: The Senate. The Senate was called to order at 1O:3O o'clock by Lieutenant Governor Sumner. Prayer was offered by Chaplain Parker. M Committee reports were received as fol- | lows:
 Judiciary Substitute bill that ecclesiasti-
 cal socisties may appoint their committees tc hold office for three years calendar. Favor. \ able on resolution authorizing administration
 on the estate of Mary Masterson calendar.
 Fisheries-Substituteb bill that persons who
 willfully deposit star fish, periwinkle or other ' creature injurious to oyster or clam beds
 shall be fined not less than $1OO nor more
 than $500 or imprisoned not less than three | months nor more than one year, or both calendar.
 Business on the calendar was disposed ot { as follows:
 Bill to prevent the placing of veirs in the
 
 ty, fine of not less than $3 nor more thar
 $50, or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days
 or both passed.
 ! MT. Scofield called from the table the act
 ratifying the election of justices of the peace
 The Senator said that it was important that \ speedy action be taken as there were severa
 towns in the State without justices. The | gentlemen elected at the fall election would I not qualify, because of defects in the warn \ ings of the electors meeting. The bill waE \ simply healing act.
 | Mir. Plunkett said he requested the action
 laying the bill on the table, but had not ye
 found time to inform bimself upon the mat
 ter. He would do so between now and Tues
 day.
 MT. Scofield thought it better to take ac
 ton to-day. There was general feeling ir
 both houses that the bill ought to be dis
 posed of as early as possible. The justices \ elected would not act until this healing act
 had been passed.
 On rising vote the bill was taken from ' the table and passed, to 5.
 The following bills were rejected on un- | favorable reports from committees House bill No.135 defining lands out to the com mons. House bill No. 168 in relation to the liability of municipal corporations for injury by reason of defective highways and side \ walks. House bill Mo- 2O4 relating to barb ware fences. House bill No 2O4 to amend section l, part l, chapter 3, of the general statutes concerning fences. House bill No. SIS to prevent encroachment on public high ways. Senate bill No 31 and B relating to civil actions. Senate bill No. 36 relating to costs in the civil actions. On motion of Mir. Corr the Senate adjourn I cd to Tuesday at 12:30. The House.