Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-12
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The House was called to order at 10 o'clock by Speaker Pine. Prayer was offered by \ Chaplain Stone.
 \ Resolution appropriating $20O in favor of Lucius 0. Humphrey of Pennington for N services while holding seat in the House. II. Committee reports were received as fol Flows:
 Railroads-Substitute bill authorizing rail road commissioners to regulate the speed of
 trains when approaching public crossings at grade; substitute bill requiring railroad companies to erect fences along the entire \ lines, except where not deemed necessary by the railroad commissioners substitute bill incorporating the Providence, ,DanielsonviIle & Wilimantic railroad company, the incorpo- rators including Daniel B. Hatch Edward L. \ Cundall, Henry AT Cleveland, Edward IT. Jacobs, John O. A. Stone and Charles A. Russell.
 The Railroad committee reported in regard
 to the layout of the Hartford and Harlem railroad company the following: | Whereas, 1t is represented to this assembly that a railroad company named the Hartford and Harlem company is duly formed and or ganized under the general railroad laws of x this State; that this line of railroad will
 when built pass through the town of New
 Britain, and that it is desired to change the location of said proposed line of railroad
 within said town, now resolved by this as- sembly:
 That if it shall prove that said alleged Hartford and Harlem Railroad company is duly formed and organized, then it's proposed line of railroad when built shall, subject to it's approval of it's new layout by the railroad commissioners, pass through the corporate limits of the city of New Britain. In regard to the special charter asked for by the road. the committee reported that the hearing was interrupted by the joint resolution of the Senate and House forbidding committee bus mess after April 6, 1883.
 On motion of MT. Simonds the report was made the order of the day for Wednesday at II a. m., April IS.
 An excited debate occurred on the resoIu- tlon proposing an amendment to the consti- tuition, providing that all judges of the courts of common pleas, whose terms of of ice will commence after the first day of February, 1884, shall be nominated by the Governor and approved by the Legislature When the vote was reached the resolution was defeated S1 to S5.
 Bill providing that taxes for fire depart ment at Rockville shall be assessed on real estate within the limits of the borough, was passed.
 Bill authorizing the voters of East Wind sor to decide at their next town meeting whether there shall be two voting districts opposed by Mir. Bancroft, of East Windsor, put favored by Messrs. Perry, of Hartford, and Middleton, of Enfield; passed
 The House by vote of 50 96 refused to re- celve memorial from Henry l.. Goodwin Of East Hartford, relating to the railroad commissioners report. The committee re- port on receiving the commissioners annual statement with order for publication of 300 copies was then transmitted to the Senate.
 Bill for Securing safe approaches for car riages to railroad passenger stations was passed.
 Resolution releasing Elijah W. Smith from State prison was passed.
 Resolution changing the name of State Reform school at Meriden to stThe Connec- ticut Industrial School for Boys" was advo- cated by Messrs. Cleveland of Hartford and Troup of New Haven, but opposed by Messrs. Perry, Carter, Bowman of South Windsor and Morse of Meriden. On vote re jected.
 At 12:55 the House took recess until ? o'clock
 AFTERNOON SESSION.
 The House was called to order at o'clock Speaker Pine.
 The business of most importance before the House this afternoon was the act in re. gard to the charges for transportation of rail- roads. CThe bill is elsewhere reported in full Mir. Lockwood of Bridgeport made minority report which was an extensive ar gument in favor of the rates charged at the present time for 'tshert freights'' so called The majority report was signed by five and the minority report by four members of the committee.
 Mr. Simonds spoke in favor of the major ity report. He said that such 8 law as pro posed had been on the statute books of Mas sachusetts for many years and had been of great benefit to the people of that State in regulating local freights and keeping them within bounds He said no such disasters as mentioned in the minority report had ever fol- lowed the passage of such law.
 MT. Lockwood offered an amendment to the bill ran0rfka6 . he majority 0f fha ' committee, which wns similar to bill pass ed in Massachusetts and which provides that | there shall be no unreasonable discrimina- tion given by railroads between points in the I State in regard to freights. Mir. Lockwood l spoke at length in favor of the minority re- port and in favor of his amendment. He | thought the bill was aimed particularly at !