Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-24
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Saturday, Feb. 24, 1883.
The General Assembly.


 Not . Large Attendance of Members- Plenty of Business for Next Week-The shepnug RaIIrO ad-The Supreme Court Generalization Assigned for Next Week Other Matters.
 HARTFoRD, Feb. 23. Especial correspondence of JOURNAL AND CoURIER.l
 The attendance of the State legislators was not unusually large today owing to the fact that it was the last legislative day of the week, and many of those living in distant parts of the State desiring to get home to- night had to leave on early trains. This is also day on which but few afternoon com mittee meetings are held, and as an early ad- journment is the general rule the Capitol building is soon deserted by everybody but the employees. It is plainly evident that the committees next week will bend their en- ergies toward disposing of the mass of work before them. Small matters will be disposed of rapidly, while those of more consequence will be given more consideration and more extended hearings for and against. It is plainly apparent that both houses will hold longer sessions next week, and it would not be surprising if both morning and afternoon | sessions would be the rule after next week. | ment before the first of April may be conf 1 dently looked for.
 1 In the House to day there was long de- bate over resolution abating the taxes of the Shepaug railroad company. Mir. Carter, of Waterbury, opposed the bill because it was a dangerous precedent. After the com nittee had explained that the company had paid it's taxes up to this time and hoped to do SO in the future, Mir. Carter withdrew his objections and the bill passed.
 The bill providing for centralizing the terms of the Supreme Court of Errors in Hartford was made the special order of the day for Wednesday next at 10:3O o'clock.
 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.
 Business proceeded as follows:
 Mir. Clark-A batch of petitions from Southington, Bristol, Bolton, Saybrook, Chatham, Ledyard, Naugatuck, Glastonbury, Cornwall, Northfield and Westville, signed by some 1,5O0 names. in favor of submitting to the voters the pending amendment to the constitution prohibiting the manufacture and sale of liquor to Committee on Constitu- 1 tionaI Amendments.
 l Several matters from the House were re- jected in concurrence. l The Senate concurred with the ! House in ordering on file the annual re- ports of the Bureau of Vital Sta istfcs, the State Board of Health the New Haven and l Centerville horse railroad company, the State street horse railroad company, the Westport and Saugatuck horse railroad company.
 Committee reports were tabled for calen- dar and printing ss follows:
 Interpretations, Chairman Coit-Favorable on resolutions changing the name of the Yale Look Manufacturing company to the Yale and Towne Manufacturing company, and amending the charter of the Crystal Water company of Danielsonville calendar.
 Bills on the calendar were acted upon as follows:
 Resolution incorporating the Southington Cutlery company, validating the division of the Youngs street school district in Chatham, appropriating $35 toward defrayipg the flu | neral expenses of Lewis Hale, Connecticut soldier, authorizing administration of the estate of Julia Ranney, anpulling the cor porate existence of the Operatives Savings bank of New Haven,-all passed.
 Reported on adversely and rejected House bill No 8, relating to limitation oi civil actions House bill 142, con ncerning horse stealing, making the penalty $500.
 House bill 16, repeating certain acts relat ing to the support of town paupers, was re committed to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Senate, on motion of Mir. Scofeld adjourned to Tuesday next at 12:30 p. m.