Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-03
SOurual artA Guurisr.
Saturday, Feb. 8. 1883.
The General Assembly,.

Saturday, Feb. 8. 1883.
 The General Assembly, A Small Attenda nee fin Both Hous es-
 Considerable General Business DispOs-
 ed of An Adjournment Until Next
 Week.
 HARTFORD, Feb. 2. Especial correspondence of JOURNAL AND CoURIER]
 Friday is always dull day at the Capitol There are few members of the Legislature present, and the lobby is almost deserted. The occasion of this is that there are but few meetings of committees and consequent ly but little business for 'third house" mem- bers. Many of the members of the House returned to their homes last evening after adjournment, confident that there would be
 but little business transacted to day. Everyone expresses the hope to day that
 on the assembling of the lawmakers next week business will be pushed forward
 rapidly, and that no new business will be re-
 ceived after next Friday. the time agreed
 upon. If this resolution is adhered to it
 would appear that the business might be
 rapidly disposed of and an early adjourn I
 Following is the business transacted in
 Senate and House to day:
 The Senate. 1 The Senate commenced at 12 o'clock, thir- I teen Senators being in their places. Prayer was offered by Chaplain Parker. 1 The following new business was presented: 1 MT. Standardization of Jane Mckenzie ! and other heirs of Alexander Mckenzie, late | of Stamford, praying for liberty to sell cer- I tain land in Stamford and invest the proceeds Y in good paying securities ; to the Committee on the Sale of Lands.
 MT. Colt-Bill for public act amending \ the statutes concerning ecclesiastical lsocie-
 ties, providing that at any annual meeting such societies may appoint their committees to | consist of three of their members to hold | office three years; Judiciary. | Mir. Hills-Resolutfon in favor Of the \ Cambridge Guard (colored) of Hartford, di- l recting the Quartermester General to pay the
 company $1OO, as compensation for the sr- mory rent; Military.
 Mir Plunkett-Resolution amending the act incorporating the trustees of the old aims. house farm of New Haven, providing for the appointment in case of vacancy in the board of corporators by the judge of probate of the district of New Haven" in place of the ''town of New Haven'' as there is no such office as the last mentioned In I corporations.
 MT. Coit-Resolution requesting the State Board of Education to ascertain and report { what appropriation will be necessary for fur niture fixtures and other improvements to put the new Normal school building and grounds in condition for use upon the com pIetion of the building Education. I Reports of committees were received as | follows:
 Judiciary, Mr. Scofeld chairman-Substi- tute for Senate bill 8, to amend an act relat- ing to estates of deceased and insolvent per \ sons calendar.
 School Fund, Mir Yale chairman-In favor
 of ordering on file annual report of the com
 missioner of the school fund so ordered.
 At 12:3O the Senate, on motion of Mir. \ Spencer, adjourned to Tuesday next at 12:30 p. m.
 \ The House convened at 11:3O o'clock with N Speaker Pine in the chair. Prayer was offer \ cd by Chaplain Stone.
 Petitions were referred as follows Of John Warren for release from State prison l; of Christian Keller, George Kibbe and George A. Chatfield of New Britain, for res toration of forfeited rights of Willis Bailey for release from State prison; of John Hous- ton ct. al, of Enfield, de constitutional amendment; resolution de charter of the Judd Iron company, repeating the right to lay railroad tracks, resolution incorporating g \ the Stamford club, and resolution appropri- \ ating $5, 900 establishing State fish hatch
  were referred.
 Bills introduced were as follows: By MT. Cundall, of Brooklyn, providing that the Su- preme Court of Errors shall sit at such times and places as are now provided by law by MT. Cundall to divide Brooklyn into voting districts by MT. Davis, of Haddam, com polling moderators at elections for me mbers of the Legislature, where first count dis Z closes majority of less than five to order \ immediately second count; by Mir. Lock
 wood, of Bridgeport, de County Commission
 CTS for Fairfield county by MT. Smith, of Windham, providing that all hack, cab and stage drivers shall cause conspicuously to be placed within their vehicles their rates of | fare by MT. Walsh of Middletown. de time for holding town meetings by MT. Sevin, of Norwich, providing that all ballots used in \ State elections shall be plain white paper and that the names shall be printed in small capitals at right angles with the length of z the ticket, and no vote bearing lines, con taining lines, borders, embellishments or oth- CT distinguishing marks shall be counted by I Mir. Eaton, of East Hartford, providing for
 the amendment of the acts of 1878, chapter 4 65, striking out the word account in the fftieth line of section 1, so that the line will read ''construetion, equipment or property" giving each separately; by MT. Miller, of Bedding, providing 8 reward of $500 for the \ detection of a horse thief.
 When the calendar was reached the substi II CuGe IOr OenaG6 DlL NO D. pCoVlulnB 1or tne ' organization of private corporations, giving | them corporate powers, was passed also an act in relation to and in addition to act re- ' lating to jurors, and the resolution author [ izing the sale of lands belonging to the estate ! of Sarah Babbitt, of Meriden; the act lating to imprisonment on civil process was \ tabled.
 Reports were received as follows Incor- porations, adverse to bill de incorporation of Connecticut Travellers Mutual Benefit asso- citation, but submitting 8 substitute; Judi
 ciary, favorable to act de jurors; Judiciary, fa- vorable to administration on estate of William E. Brown Judiciary, anverse to administra- \ ton on the estate of Hannah Platt of New \ town Judiciary, favorable to administra- \ ton on the estate of Andrew Richards; Judiciary, adverse to the bill de conduct of electors at electors meeting, which was in- { troduced by Mir. Miner of Madison and re- quired voters to remove their hats; Judicia- ry, adverse to bill de minority representation in Boards of Selectmen and Assessors, bill
 rejected and report accepted; Judiciary, adverse to act amending an act de jurors, bill rejected Judiciary, adverse to act de ' trespass on State camping ground, tabled Agriculture, adverse to act to protect fraud in Connecticut seed leaf tobacco, bill rejected and report accepted.
 MT. Pease, of Enfield, moved that the reso lution of MT. Goodwin concerning the Con- solidated road returns to the railroad commis sioners be taken from the table. MT. Brown, of Norwich, did not want consideration un- less there was good reason for it, and MT. Cleveland, of Hartford, thought that when only 127 members were present it was an improper time for the reconsideration. MT. Lockwood, of Bridgeport said that there had been some little doubt as to whether this House owns itself or is owned by an outsider.
 He was surprised that any member should introduce any such resolution in the known absence of the chairman of the Railroad com mittee. MT. Pease said that he had intro idHced the motion by courtesy Cat the request of Mir. Goodwin) and that his feelings would not be hurt should it be rejected. He had voted yesterday with the majority and had not changed his mind. Mir. Brown moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the tablso, and it was so ordered.
 The House adjourned until next Tuesday at 12:Sgo p. m.
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