Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-27
,aourusI auh Gourier.
Saturday, Jan. 27. 1883.
The General Assem- ply.

A short session-A Few Bills Disposed of and an Adjournment Taken Until Tues day Next.
 HARTFORD, Jan. 26, 1885. Special correspondence of the JOURNAL AND COURIER. There was small attendance at the Capi- tol to-day and but little business was done. There was bare majority in the House and | the little business presented was promptly | disposed of by reference to committees. NO committees were in session this afternoon and there was noticeable absence of lobby ists. In the House, MT. Perry, of Hartford l introduced bill to repeal Section 6, Chapter 1 CXL, which is an act concerning rallroao companies, and reads as follows: Section b. Every railroad company, after it's line or railroad shall have been located, approved and established, may take land for additional tracks, turnouts and freight and passenger stations and depots in the manner provided by law for the taking of lands by railroad companies also for the purpose of supply inp water for the use of it's engines and sta tions.
 MT. Perry moved that the rules be sus- pended and the bill be put on it's passage He urged that there was great need of haste, as the New York and New England roao were | ahout to take land in Hartford to large | o1ooDnt and the property owners were help less unless this bill, which crept into the !ast l Teoislature is repealed. After further d1s- cussion the bill, on motion of Mir. S1monos' ! of Canton was sent to the Railroad commH- l tee. L., T The following resolution was offered by MT. Gilman, of East Hartford; which IS the z work of Mr. Goodwin, of East Hartford. Resolued By the House of Representatlvesi that the railroad commissioners be, ana they are hereby, directed to transmit to tnls houss copy of all correspondence held slnce tn' 1st of December last with Henry IL. 5ooo win and with the officers of the New HorK New Haven and Hartford Railroad company in relation to alleged inaccuracies ana onlls ! sions in the last annual returns or salo conl pany made to them, the comm1ssloners Hn' that they inform this house why they nav moi had said returns corrected in the matte of the real estate, property, construction an eouipment accounts, the surplus as show bv the profit and loss account in the balanc sheet and also the receipts of said compan derived from the increase ot pllls ana a' counts payable
 The bill was tabled, and when it comes bt fore the committee there will be lively al . cussion. The irrepressible Goodwin WI not down"
 MT. Perry, of Hartford, introduced 8 bl for the repeal of the bill clerk law after Ma next. and on motion of MT. Bradley 1t WI tabled. Afterward the bill was taken fro the table and MT. Perry asked that 1t be r ferred to the Committee on Finance.
 After considerable discussion the bill w reflected by vote of S3 to 43.
 Among other bills introduced were the te lowing: By MT. Ryder, of Danbury, an 6 providing that towns, cities, boroughs al school districts electing annually two or mo officers of the same grade may enact py I'd that such officers shall be so elected th olt al f cer being elected for one year, one TOT t' years and the other for three years.
 Mr. Hoyt, of Danbury-Ihat slaught houses shall be removed forty rods from highway or dwelling house.
 Mr Gardiner, of Waterford-An act
 somnel the closing of all saloons at 10 o'clo at night instead of 12 o'clock as at present
 MT. Andrews, of New Britain-A bill perpetuate the judgments rendered by J tices of the peace =,
 Mir. Rodgers, of Fairfeld-A bill provldl that in all civil actions wherein the defends enters a demurrer or suffers a default, an hearing in damages after default or demur overruled is had, either party, on mott made to the court within ten days after S default is suffered, or demurrer oyerrul shall have the right to have the damages sessed by jury, in the same manner 2 . time as if a default had not been suffered demurrer overruled.
 Committee reports were as follows
 Judiciary reported adversely to the Dl!l F
 viding $500 reward for the conviction
 horse thieves.
 Clairns-Adverse to the petition of town of Clinton for reimbursement for
 support of 8 State pauper.
 Judiciary-Adverse on the bill provld that corporations having capital stock
 vided into shares of less than $lOO may
 crease the shares to that sum.
 THE SENATE
 In the Senate this morning resolut was adopted appointing Nathan H. Aver,
 Preston, county commissioner for New L
 don county in place of Paul B. Green. Senator Clark offered bill providing ! 111a foffar f0