Morning journal and courier., 1883-03-31
5uuruaI xItS GOurisr.
Saturday, March 31s 1883
The General Assembly.


 Small Attendance in Both ROuses-No Committee Msettngs-LOoking Toward am Early ournment-Summ@ry of Business i'm the Senate and House. | HARTFORD, March 30, 1883. Special correspondence of the JOURNAL AND COURIER The attendance in the Senate and House was not large when these bodies were called together to-day, there being barely quorum | in the House. One reason for this was the | fact that there were to be no committee meetings to-day, and with the knowledge of 1 this fact many of the members returned to their homes yesterday, knowing that an ad- journment would be taken at noon until next | Tuesday.
 In the House large number of bills for 1 amendments to the license law were adverse 1 ly reported upon and rejected. | The Humane Institutions committee re- ported that they had investigated the cause l of the death of the Nichols boy last Decem- ! Der in the State Reform school and found | that the officers had no responsibility 1n the matter. They reported bill requiring the | State institutions to report deaths of inmates l to the registrar of births, deaths and mar riaees in the town from which the inmate \ was COHHlGIeu AAO NAAA "6So S~~A0- -O- - ! ture consideration.
 Next week there will be lively work in both houses, owing to the rapidity with which committee reports are being received. Dur 1 ing the week there will probably be after noon sessions, which will bring the prospect of an adjournment within the near future. Following is summary of 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 Committee reports were recelVeo as 1ol- | lows:
 | rporations-Favorable on resolution incornorating the Smyth Manufacturing com | many of Hartford. The company is engaged \ in the manufacture of the Smyth book l stitching machines. The act of incorpora- ton empowers the company to do business in foreign countries favorable on resolution | chan ging name of the American Electric con- pany of New Britain to Thonson-Houston ! Electric company.
 Judiciary-Unfevorable on bill relating to registration of divorces.
 Cities and Boroughs-Favorable on reso- lution amending charter of the borough of 1 Willimantic.
 | Business on the calendar was disposed of
 Bill requiring railroad trains to carry hos 1 pital stretchers; passed.
 Resolutions were passed restoring forfeit ed rights by the necessary two-t thirds vote as | follows: To George H. Ramsey of Hart ford, Edward May of Putnam, Robert B. Crocker of New London, Christian Keller of New Britain, George Ripple of New Britain and John Goddard of North Stonington.
 The following bill relating to the payment of prisoners board was passed: The States ;r cIq oil
 bills of costs arising from the board of
 prisoners in the jails of such county | after conviction, and certify to the11
 correctness and judge of the Superior | court shall tax the same, and the clerk o1 | such court shall draw his orders upon the
 State treasurer for the amount of such bills
 of cost, and pay. the same to the county | treasurer.
 | Bill authorizing savings banks to purchase
 legally authorized promissory notes of towns
 cities boroughs, and school districts of thlI
 State in addition to investments now allowed | by law passed.
 Bill requiring grand jurors and constablet
 to take the oath of office within thirty dayt after election; passed.
 The following matters, unfavorably re . ported by the committees, were rejected. Bill in relation to the practice of medicine report of the Committee on the Judiciay; bll annulling an act concerning taxation, repor 2 of Committee on Finance; bill relating to tel ] egraph companies, report of Committee ol 2 the Judiciary; bill amending an act concern \ ing savings banks, report of Committee ol . Banks.
 At 11:3o o'clock the Senate went into ez 2 ecutive session and confirmed the followin l. appointments of the Governor: State priso y directors for term of three years from Apri I l next, Nathan M. Belden, of Wilton, an ! Cyrus B. Newton, of Stafford
 Adjourned at 11:50 until Tuesday next g | 12:30 p. n.
 The House was called to order at 10 o'cloc ! by Speaker Pine. Prayer was offer ed b | Chaplain Stone.
 Resolution appropriating $1,G24.5O il ' favor of William Caruthers of Norwich, for
 merly of the Eighteenth Connecticut reg ! ment, was explained by MT. Griswold 0 I Guilford, being the difference between tn , ! pay of first sergeant and second lieutenant : from June 12, 1863, to January 10, 1865 ! during which period Caruthers co mmande | Company H of the Eighteenth reg iment, act ! ing as second lieutenant, by order of Colone 1 Ely commanding the regiment, though no ! mustered into the service of the Unite' States owing to the loss by capture of the re | turns nominating him for the second heuten
 ancy.
 The passage of the resolution was advocat | ed by MT. Bentley, of New London, an ! Brown, of Norwich. Mir. Brown introducet | the following amendment:
 Section II. Before receiving the order pro 1 vided for in section 1 of this act, Lieutenan | Caruthers shall assign to the State of Con
 necticut all his claims. against the Unite States for military service. It was shown in the debate that Lieutenan
 Caruthers paid out of his own pocket nor
 money, necessitated by his being in the ser ! vice, than he had received from the govern ! ment. The bill was passed.
 Committee reports were received as fol lows:
 Ternperance-Adverseo on several bills reg
 ulating the sale of intoxicating liquors. chang ing the present law; adverse on petition 0 ! Methodist convention for appointment 0 commission or sale of intoxicating liquors
 adverse on bill relating to druggists.
 Agriculture-Substitute bill for preventin
 the spread of glanders in horses. The bi l provides that any person who shall Knowing ly sell or offer for sale, or cause to be sold c offered for sale, or who shall use or expose c
 allow to be used or exposed any horse or ott
 CT animal having the glanders or farcy sha
 be fined not more than $50 or imprisone
 not more than thirty days or both. Humane Institutions-Comm bill pro I viding that whenever any boy committed { 1 the State Reform school, or any girl commi ! ted to the Industrial school for girls, sha
 die, tho superintendent shall notify the rei l istrar of births, marriages and deaths of tf , l town where such child belonged of it's deatl
 
 bill establishing salaries for members of th \ State board of charities.
 Finance-FaVorable on exempting prope
 ty of the Norwich Free academy from tax 0, ! tion.
 Judiciary-Favorab!e on continuing to u ,, next session bill relating to the appointmel ht of stenographers for courts, so ordered; f to vorable on repeating statute known as COT
 pulsory vaccination act passed last year f
 vorable on bill repeating section of chapt !, 50 of the public acts of 1882 (page 145) rela J, I ting to new trials in civil actions.
 The Agricultural committee reported ct substitute bill for the appointment of a COT
 missioner on the pollution of streams al other waters in the State, Professor Willia H. Brewer, of New Haven, being appointe
 the compensation being $10 per day for 8
 tuaI service and expenses paid.
 On motion of MT. Glover, of Fairfield, t 7y House decided 90, to 38, to reconsider it's {
 tion rejecting the bill amending the Sund
 Io--o Mr Wrioht Of RranfOrd offered f