Morning journal and courier., 1883-03-07
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Wednesday, DIarch 2. 1883.
The General Assembly.


 Beginning of Another Weeks WOrk-Sev- 1 ernl Committees in Active WOrk-PrO- uosed Repeal of Portions of the License Law-New Haven Parties Heard-Other l Matters of General Interest.
 HARTFORD, March 6, 1883. Special correspondence of the JOURNAL COURIER. Both branches of the Legislature convened promptly at 12:30 p. m. to-day and commend ed their labors for the week. There were l only fourteen Senators in their seats when | the Senate was called to order, and there were vacant seats in the House. Business, however, proceeded rapidly up to the hour of adjournment.
 | There was an unusually large number of third house members present, but whether they had been retained" on certain meas ures before the Assembly, or were Micawber like waiting for something to turn up was hard to find out. Some of them however, showed their hands this afternoon before | committees on different bills that were under | consideration.
 I Alderman Richmond W. Armstrong, w.. l K. Townsend, A. H. Hurlburt, all of New Ha- ven, were before the Finance committee in favor of bill exempting marine property from taxation.
 Before the Committee on Interpretations appeared Representative Bradley, of Orange and Mr. Kimberly, of West Haven and ex- Senator Mills, of New Haven, to advocate the incorporation of the La Cinta, or West Ha- ven Land Improvement company.
 The Committee on Fisheries listened to H. c. Rowe and others interested in the oyster industry. MT. Rowe gave brief history of this growing industry in Fair Haven, and re- ferring to the number of acres that each per- son should be permitted to own, MT. Rowe said the tl ue policy was to allow every grow | ar to have as much land as he could use. He also improved of the work of the shell fish commissioners.
 Attorney Baldwin, of Naugatuck, and others were before the Judiciary committee in be- half of bill to change the voting law.
 There was large attendance before the Temperance committee,9 the bill under cons sideration being House bill No. 23. This bill provides for amending the present law by repeating that portion requiring licenses to be signed by five taxpayers, and also pro- vides for striking out the provision that no 1 license shall be granted for the sale of liquor in building used as a dwelling house un less all access is closed between the barroom and the part so used.
 MT. Paige, assistant clerk of the House, was the first speaker. He said as he under stood the bill under consideration it was to change materially but justly the present law. He thought the law in regard to five tax payers being required to sign recommenda- ton was wrong in principle. If it decreased the number of licenses in some of the larger towns, yet in the smaller towns there was nc such effect produced. The law, he thought | should be made reasonable in all it's parts That there was no unnecessary expense at tending the procuring of a license there wal no doubt, and the section really amounted to nothing except to annoy and cause expense to tAe applicant for license In regard to shutting off the residence from the barroom he did not believe this section brought any practical moral good. Most of the saloons were necessarily connected with the residences Again he did not believe that it prevented Sunday traffic in liquors 1T the least, and laws that do no good should bt | eliminated from the act, which is as strong ai it can be without an absolutely prohibitory ! perance or the rum element, but had spokeI from his own observation during the pas year and because he thought the provision mentioned had done no good.
 Representative Troup said that he hal drawn bill similar to the one under consid eration. He paid his respects to what h termed the exorbitant charges of Tow Clerk Shuster, of New Haven. He stated tn fact that MT. Shuster formerly charged tn applicant for license $1O, getting the publi cation in the newspaper that suited him tn best and afterward he changed the fee t $75O. Mr. Troup said that ip Waterbur. the town clerk only charged $2.5O for tn same work and it was quite as satisfactory t. the county commissioners. He thought thi charge was hardship to the liquor dealer in New Haven and they should pay no nor than the same class have to pay in Water bury. He thought also that the applican should be allowed to advertise in any pape he pleased without reference to the tow clerk.
 Louis Feldman, John Ruff and others, o New Haven appeared in favor of the pro 1 posed bill while William K. Townsend, o lNew Haven, looked after the interests 0 Town Clerk Shuster and addressed the com mittee at considerable length on the subjec of fees andD advertising as charged by MT Shuster.
 John Coates, of Windsor Locks, appeare' before the Committee on Education in tn matter of the proposed State commission fo the examination of teachers. In his opinion there was much need of improving Connecti cut common schools, as many believed tha they were not so efficient as forty or lift. years ago. He was compelled to say som unpleasant things about present systems O Reaching here in this State. The new State of the West were much in advance of th East in practical and successful methods O teaching Education was just as scientific branch as any other business, There was right way and wrong way of teaching; thu teacher made the school.
 MT. Owens, of Bolton, and Representative Nickerson, of Cornwall, opposed the bill Senator Plunkett, of New Haven, who hac I appeared before the committee to the neg | lect of important business engagements, wal not permitted to be heard owing to the lacl | of time. MT. Elliott, of Clinton, was pres ent, but was not heard. The opponents o1 the bill will be further heard next Tuesday
 Following is the business transacted 1T Senate and House to-day.
 The Senate.
 The Senate was called to order at 12:30 D. m. by Lieutenant Governor Sumner. Prayer was offered by Chaplain Parker.
 After few matters from the House were acted upon the calendar was taken up and bills were acted upon as follows That prop erty given to the Waterbury Industrial school and held for the use of the institution be ex- empt from taxation. Amending the charter of the (Suffeld) Connecticut Literary Institu- tion, exempting from taxation property val ued at $15O, 900. Providing penalty of $7 fine and imprisonment for not more than thirty days for drawing net or spearine fish in Nudge pond, Sharon. All reported on favorably and passed.
 Bill empowering the city of Hartford by concurrent vote of the court of common council to expend annually sum not exceed ing one-fifth of one mill upon the grand list for the purpose of supporting and maintain ing 8 free library and art gallery passed.
 Act establishing ''The Stamford borough eourt.' The court shall have jurisdiction of all crimes punishable by fine of not more than $25O, or imprisonment for six months, or both The judge and deputy judge to be appointed by the Legislature, at salary of ' NTO0 Explainad bv MT Sn0field who said