Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-07
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The House was called to order at 10 a. m by Speaker Pine. Prayer was offered by Chaplain Stone.
 Committee reports were received as fol- lows: Female Suffrage-Adverse on bill exempt. ing property of women from taxation when owners are not allowed to vote; adverse on bill giving women the right to vote in local elections; rejected.
 Judiciary-Adverse on ordering revision of the general statutes substitute bill pro- viding for the appointment of game werdens by selectmen of towns, who shall assist in de- tecting and prosecuting offences against the game laws; substitute bill incorporating bor- ough of Branford.
 Contingent Expenses appro- priating the sum of $20O in favor of Lucius Humphrey. of Pennington, in payment of his services while sitting as member of the House; resolution paying John N. Clark of East Windsor, $10S, and Clinton T. Inslee, of same town, $7O for expenses in contesting election; passed.
 Constitutional Amendments-Providin for constitutional amendment ordering bien niaI sessions of the Legislature. State Prison-Favorable on bill providing for establishment of 8 board of pardons, the members of which shall consist of the Gov ernor, one judge of the Supreme court to be selected by his associates on the bench and four members to be elected by the Legisla-
  vorable on appropriating $50, 900 as nucle- us of fund for building new prison.
 Manufactures-Adverse on the bill provid- ing that women and children shall be em- ployed only ten hours per day.
 Business on the calendar was disposed of as follows;
 Resolution incorporating the Swiss society of New Haven was passed.
 Bill authorizing the city of New Haven to issue sewerage bonds was explained and supported by Mir. Bradley, of Orange, also by MT. Law passed
 Bill requiring fire escapes in tenement houses, workshops and hotels was passed.
 Bill giving the New Haven and Centerville horse railroad company power to extend it's track was explained by Mir. Bradley and passed.
 Bill requiring returns of divorces to be made to the secretary of the State Board of Health was passed.
 Bill fixing the salary of the town clerk of New Haven at g., 900 per year in place of fe and emoluments was explained by MT. Pease, of Enfield. MT. Robbins said the law should be made general. and not special as applying to the town clerk of New Haven MT. Iroup discussed the bill, favering it's adoption. Opposed by Messrs. Lockwood of Bridgeport, Perry of Hartford and Simonds of Canton; rejected.
 Bill concerning the burial of soldiers was passed.
 Resolution appropriating $1,5O0 in favor of S. Rutledge McNary and Frederick S. Brown for services in connection with grad ing of Capitol grounds advocated by MT. Cleveland, who said he was authorized in be- half of Governor Hubbard and Rev. Francis Goodwin to recommend the appropriation The sum was a small one, considering the amount of services rendered passed.
 Bill authorizing all life insurance compa- nies chartered by the State to do an annuity business was passed.
 Bill amending the act for the designation of shell fish grounds WAS adopted.
 Bill requiring reports of deaths of children at the State Reform school and the Girls In- dustrial school to be made to the registrars of towns where the deceased belonged was passed.
 Bill repeating section seven of chapter fifty of the public acts of 1882 (page 145) relat- ing to new trials in civil actions was passed.
 After discussion by Messrs. Robbins of Wethersfeld, Law of New Haven, Cleveland of Hartford, Simonds of Canton and Troup of New Haven, the petition of the New Haven Civil Reform association for enactment of law providing that fitness for office istead of party service shall prevail in executive ap- pointments was rejected.
 Pending the vote on the bill establishing a commission to investigate the pollution of streams and other waters the absence of 8 quorum was disclosed, and the House at 1855 adJourned until 12:3o p. m. on Tuesday.