Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-03
So urmal znO Gonrisr.
Tbursxay. May 3, 1888.
The 0 eneraI Assembly.

the Ksn, s-The Adjournment Fix
 ed for Friday S'ure-1mportnnt Matters
 Disposed of-Bof h Houses in Good Hu-
 mor-Summary eH Business.
 HARTFORD, May 2. special correspondence Of the JOURNAL AND COURIER
 The sixty fourth day of the session com menced this morning, in the House at 10 o'clock and in the Senate at 1O:30 o'clock. Every body in both houses looked languid and tired and ready to depart Speaker Pine was in his place in the House and dis posed of business rapidly as possible un- der the circumstances. The members in both houses seemed to be good natured, how ever, and except on certain points which they considered of great importance were
 not disposed to continue debates. The time
 for final adjournment is set down for to-
 morrow afternoon at o'cloc k, but whether
 this desirable end shall be reached at that
 time is still question of considerable doubt
 That the bills on the calendar will generally
 be disposed of tomorrow there is no doubt l; but as the Governor desires to carefully look over all bills before afixing his signature and before the adjournment, it is thought that the final announcement of the Secretary of State will not be made before Friday at | 12 m.
 Following is a summary of the business transacted in the Senate and House to-day. | The Senate. The Senate was called to order at 1O:3O a. m, Lieutenant Governor Sumner 1n the \ chair Prayer was offered by Chaplain Par | On report of Mir. Gilbert the Senate voted | to adhere on the bill in action for dama- \ pes for injury to shell fish, no person may | plead that the offence was committed on | natural oyster bed, unless so declared by the ! fisheries commission. The Senate passed and the House rejected It. \ MT. Scofield was appointed on the bill in | creasing the joint standing committee from | one Senator and eight Representatives to two I Senators and eleven Representatives. The | bill passed the Senate and the House rejected | it.
 MT. Yale reported in favor of the Senate receding from it's vote rejecting the bill pay | ing the widow of C. M: Smith, deceased
 member Of the House, the salary $500 of ] her husband, and on his motion the Senate concurred with the House in passing the res- olution.
 On the factory bill, making the hours of
 labor for women and children ten hours, the Senate voted to adhere in rejecting it. ! MT. Colt from the committee to nominate four persons to serve on the Board of Par dons bill reported resolution appointing Alfred B. Burr, of Hartford, and Dr. Francis l Bacon, of New Haven, for one year, and | Morris w. Seymour, of Bridgeport, and Ed | ward Harland, of Norwich, for two years, from the first of June next. All passed and | transmitted to the House. Mir. Plunkett moved to reconsider the bill 1 rejected yesterday reducing the State tax on railroads from per cent. to { of per cent. The chair said that he had pronounced views upon this bill and that the motion was clearly out of order. There should be logi-
 cal conclusion to everything. This bill has twice been rejected and the chair is of the opinion that the Senate has exhausted it's power over 1t. But without any desire to appear dictatorial or force his own views up- on the Senate, he should defer entirely to | the will and desire of the Senators. He was simply the servant of and was to be guided | by the Senate
 MT. DeForest said the matter had been twice killed and could not again be taken up. Mr. Colt said there was no such restriction. There was no Senate rule preventing the re consideration of bills many times as the Senate desired House rule prevented a 1 reconsideration after a bill had been twice reconsidsred, but the Sena'e had no such
 rule, and could clearly reconsider the bill. MT. Hills was of the opinion that the bill had been detained in the Senate against | the suspension of rules requiring the imme- l diate transmission of all matters to the House MT. Plunkett informed the Senate that the clerk had retained the bill at his request in I order that he might, in view of the fact that | teptlon, offer an amendment, and give his l reasons to the Senate for moving reconsid- | eration.
 MT. Gilbert said that when the vote was l taken yesterday there was full Senate, but | he called attention to the fact that MT. Gum was not in his seat.
 Mr. Baker said he would pair with the ab-
 sentee.
 | After short debate as to the motion to be voted upon, yea and nay vote was ordered
 upon the motion of MT. Plunkett to recon | sider. The result was:
 Yea-Messrs. Strickland, Elton, Yale, Plunkett, Colt, Barnes, Sturtevant, BarroWs, Boss, Richardson, King-11. Nay-Messrs. Hills, Clarke, Welch, sco-
 field, De Forest, Northrop. Cooke, Spencer. I Alsop, Gilbert Dennis-11. Palred-Messrs. Baker Gin favor) and Gum (against)-2.
 The chair voted in the negative and de- clared the motion lost
 Bill that terms of the Supreme court for
 the first judicial district shall be held in Hart | ford on the first Tuesdays of October, Janua- ry, March and May. House amendment that l all processes TOW returnable or hereafter and before the first of June, 1883, made returna- DIe Lo the term III Jdnuary, 1oofi 6nalI not | abate but shall be considered as returnable to
 the October term, 1883. Agreed to and | passed.
 Minor matters were passed as follows :: | Validating the will of Christian F. Stover; passed. Validating the election of justices i in West Hartford at the November election;
 rejected. Concurred with the House in pass,
 ing amendments to the resolution authoriz-
 ing the construction of the Winsted water | works.
 The resolution appropriating $1,0OO to George Keller, architect of the addition to l the Middletown Insane Asylum, came from | the House passed. The resolution was dis
 cussed at length by Senator Gum, taking
 strong ground against the resolution. It was | rejected.
 At 1:15 the Senate took recess until 23O
 p. m.
 AFTERNOON SESSION.