Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-14

A Brief Daily SessIon-Wfn Friday Of
 Next Week Be The Last Day s-The
 Moriden Flower Garden-SummarV o1
 Business Transacted.
 Hartford, April 13. Especial correspondence of JOURNAL AND CoUR1ER.l
 This was the last day of this week for leg islative business and everyone is hoping that the next Friday will be the last day of the session. It will not be, however, if so much time is given to minor matters as has been the case for the week that has passed. If the five minute rule'' should be adopted next week, thereby reducing the speeches from ten minutes, it would shorten up mat ters considerably. There is no trouble in the Senate in this regard, as matters in that body are discussed briefly and to the point.
 There was considerable discussion in the House to-day over the change of name of the State Reform school to ''The Industrial School for Boys" Mir. Perry, of Hartford, thought it should be called ''The Flower Garden for Boys,' or some name of similar character.
 There was another discussion on the time of meeting next week, MT. Savage, of Crom- we'll proposing that the House meet at 12 | 30 on Monday instead of Tuesday. This wat ! opposed by the members who were present 1 at the last proposed Monday session, when | there was not quorum present. The mo. ! tion of MT. Savage did not prevail. 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. Prayer was offered by Chaplain ! Parker.
 Mir. Gum called from the table the reso- I lution paying Horace Heath $50 for extra \ engrossing services. It was read third ' time and passed. Calendar business was disposed of as fol- | lows:
 Resolution releasing Elijah W. Smith from State prison. MT. Strickland explained that Smith was feeble minded youth, convicted ! in New Haven on the Sth of July, 1879, for ten years for attempted poison, but there was a question as to his guilt. His friends in New Jersey had promised to care for him. and as he had feeble mind and was not 8 proper person to be in State prison the com mittee reported in favor of the release. The resolution passed.
 Bill that railroad companies maintain a safe approach for carriage to all it's passen- ger stations from a continuous highway. The railroad commissioners are empowered to make regulations to carry out the law and the penalty is fixed at $1OO day where or ders are violated. Explained by MT. Elton and passed.
 Substitute bill validating informalities and irregularities of the official acts of assessors, constables, granda jurors, justices of the peace, notaries public or commissioners of the Supreme court in cases where these off, cers had not complied with the law and also validating deeds and conveyances heretofore executed and acknowledged but attested by only one witness, and makes valid all wills that have not complied with the provisions of chapter eighty. eight of the public acts of 1882 (page 167). Passed.
 Mir. Scofield explained the bill changing the terms of the Superior court. The first sec- tion, the Senator said, repealed the law re- quiring the court in the different counties to remain in session for any designated number of weeks, and left it with the judges to deter mine.
 Section, two provides that terms now hol- den at Haddam on the second Tuesday of September shall hereafter be held on the fourth Tuesday of September.
 Section three, that the term now holden at Bridgeport on the fourth Tuesday of August shall hereafter be held on the second Tues day of September.
 Section four, that the criminal term now holden at Hartford on the fourth Tuesday of August shall hereafter be held on the second Tuesday of September; and the term now holden at Hartford on the second Tuesday of September shall hereafter be held on the second Tuesday of October.
 Section five that in addition to the terms now held in Windham county, there shall be held a term at Brooklyn on the first Tuesday of October, fyr the transaction of criminal business only.
 Section six, that all processes heretofore is- sued and returnable to the Superior court under the provisions of existing laws shall be returned to and entered upon the docket of Ia hoV1 of such cause, as provided in this act, in the same manner as if originally made returnable ! thereto. The bill passed.
 Act validating bylaws and ordinances passed by the Court of Common Council of
 the city of New Haven. Mr. Scofield said a revision of the laws and ordinances in De- cember, 1882, was not advertised as provided I by law. The bill passed.
 Bill relating to taking lands by railroads Mr. Eaton explained that the bill gave rail road companies power to take land for addi- tional tracks, turnouts, freight and passenger stations and depots, and for the purpose of supplying water for the use of it's engines and stations in the manner provided by law for the taking of lands by railroad companies; provid- ed, that no land shall be taken for the pur- poses mentioned in this section except upon the certificate of the railroad commissioners, that such land is taken for the public neces- sity and convenience. Section two repeals sectlon SIX or cnaptef one hundred ana Torty
 of the public acts of 1882, (page 217,) relat- ing to the taking of land by railroad compa- nies.
 MT. Colt said that there was no necessity
 for the last part of section one, commencing
 with the words provided that no land. , etc., as it was added by the railroad commit tee and reported when the ''public necessity bill, relating to taking land by railroads, was pending. The two houses had since reject- ed that measure and on the Senator's mo- tion that part of section one commencing with the word provided" was stricken out, and the bill passed.
 On motion of MT. Colt the Senate adjourn ed to Tuesday next at 12:30 p. m.