Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-14
The General Assembly.

Thursday, February IA. 1884.
 The General Assembly. Favorable Progress of LegIsIRti veWOrk The Oyster Question Again - Judge Blrdsan Before the Finance Committee What Ihe State Medical Society | Want.
 | HARTFORD, Feb. 13. | Special Correspondence of the JOURNAL AND COURIER The work before the General Assembly has
 progressed in very favorable manner to-day
 and everybody is pleased. The oyster far
 mers were on hand in considerable number
 and those in the eastern part of the State ! entertained the Committee on Fisheries this
 afternoon in arguing bill that will prevent 1 the taking of more than two bushels of | oysters by one person in any one day from the natural oyster beds of Clinton. To- ! morrow the general oyster law, introduced | by the oyster growers, looking for the | farther protection of their interests in the
 deep waters of Long Island Sound will be
 heard There is no industrial interest in the
 State that has taken more time in the legis l lature during the past few years than that of oyster growing. It is true that it has become one of the largest industries in the State and thousands of dollars in capital are invested AS the business increases, of course, addl-
 tional legislation becomes necessary.
 The Committee on Railroads were engaged this afternoon in hearing bill to amend an
 act passed in 1881 which provides that rail-
 road companies constructed since the first Wednesday of May, 1850, shall construct and maintain fences on the sides of such rail
 roads. What the petitioners ask for is that
 all railroads in the State, whether constructed
 prior to or after 1850, shall erect and main tain fences; in other words, that there shall
 be no distinction between old and new roads.
 Judge BirdsalI was before the Finance committee this afternoon to advocate his pet bill requiring interpretations to pay State tax on their gross earnings. This bill or one similar to it was before the Legislature last year and was sat down upon by that body. There are some elements of fairness in the bill, but there will be strong opposition by the railroad companies, the banks and insur- ance companies.
 There was hearing before the Judiciary committee this afternoon in regard to bill
 which provides that no proprietary or patent medicines shall be manufactured and sold in
 the State unless the formula is printed on the
 labels of the bottles containing such msdi- cines. pr. St. John of Hartford, secretary of the State Medical association, appeared and advocated the bill at consider able length. His claim was that many of these medicines contained opium. morphine. mercury and other drugs that were of an injurious character and which would not be taken if the parties pur- chasing knew what they were buying. He claimed that hundreds of lives were sacrificed every year by these so-called medicines.
 Hon. Augustus Rrandagee, of New London, who represented the Perry Davis Pain Killer company, made strong speech in opposition to the bill. He claimed that the doctors de- sired the bill passed because the sale of patent medicines injured their practice. He
 contended that before they urged the passage of such law they should write their own l formulas and prescriptions in plain English,
 so that the people may know what they are I taking when they employ them, and they should not be permitted to use the language
 of the dark ages in writing their recipes. ! Following is the business tranSac in the l Senate and House to-day.
 THE SENATE.
 The Senate YVES called to order st 1o:3o by Lieutsn- ! ant Governor Sumner. Prayer wAs offered by Chap lain Taylor.
 That the joint standing committee railroads be
 and it s hereby authorized and directed to l road cornpanieS and if any which of them. have
 invested the funds of their companies in the stocke
 manner unauthorized by their charters or the laws
 of ths State and if h5y have, what stocks bonds or
 securities they hnve invested n to what extent, of | whom purchased, and whether any of the sellers thereof officers directors in the company or
 purchases Also the price paid for such securities, 1 and whether the price pal was in excess of the That said committee report whether any leg
 islafiou and if any, what is necessary to prevent
 such practices on the part of officers of railroad co-
 ResoIution from the House instructing the clerks ! of the two houses collect all of the registers,
 manual roll distributed yesterday for the pur-
 pose of making corrections and crder new edition ! Mr stanton moved to amend by instructjng the ! Comptroller to make corrections in place of the I clerks
 l Mr scofeld thought that it would be a very difi-
 cult taEk to collect all the books. They were scat \ tered far and wide by this time.
 Mir. Cooke said the corrections were not of iupor- tInce enough to take 80 much trouble, and the | Mr. Ktng-some of these books Were sent away by | mail yesterday, number going to Washington. MT. Clarke, of the Second-Lay the resolution on l the table: and on his motion 1t was so ordered. House bill lining any person who drained a sewer
 into pond from which ice is procured, rejected in conference.
 Mr. Maltbis was appointed a conference committee
 on the bill allowing insurance companies to substi-
 tute mortgages for bonds with the treasurer of the
 State The Senate sent it to the Insurance commit tee and the House to Finance
 Annual report of the State Reform school called
 from the table by Asop and referred to the Com l mittee on Humane Institutions, in concurrence. Mr. Allen called from the table the resolution to appoint Daniel J. Donahue assistant judge of the Midd!etown City court, and on his motion it was passed.
 Committee reports were made follows
 Sale of Lands, MT. Plunkett-In favor of the reso-
 utien to sell certain land to the city of Waterbury
 to the estate of the late Harriet E. Nichols calendar.
 Railroads, MT. A1len-substitute bill fer House
 bills Az and 49, amending the act empowering the
 railroad commissioners to require railroad to change the location of 8 highway; calendar. Interpretations - Mr. Maltbie-Substitnte resolu- ton incorporating the Young Mems Christian asso- citation of Bridgeport: calendar.
 Business on the calendar disposed of as fol l. lows:
 Resolution incorporating the E, Inersbam con-
 pany, authorizing the distribution of the estate of
 Thomas Flanagan, releasing Christopher Glynn from
 tne New London county jail printing 2OOO copies of
 the bank report in place of 3,0OJ 300 left
 yeaTI' a amending the charter of the Connecticut
 company to increase its capital amending the char
 company [annual meeting fourth Tuesday of January
 instead of the third Tuesday of SsptemoerI incor- | porating the German Menner Chor of Union City,
 and the Mystic Hook and Ladder company-all passed | on favorable reports from committees.
 Resolution appropr1at1Dg S3OO for the prosecution of pension claims. MT Stanton explained that the
 adutant found that heneeded about $500 for \ the prosecution of claims in Washington, and the resolution passed.
 Bill limiting the annual appropriation to the State NormI school to $17000. Mr. Cooke said the
 amount now allowed Sl2,0O0, and the additional amount was made necessary by the increase of sx- psnditure in taking care of the building just finished; passed. Mr. Cooke also explained Senate
 bill No. IS, and it passed. It allows the Board of Education to fix the salary of its clerk at S1 S0O
 the same received by the head clerk of the other State departments
 Bill authorizing the insurance commissioner to desingnate some person in his office upon whom in his Absence service of proceSs may be made Mr. Cooley explained that the insurance cournis- | Hioner not resident of Hartford, and when at
 his home iH Stoniug gon 1t trouble to reach him.
 The servtce, if the bill passed, would have the
 force as though made by the commissioner personal | ly. It passed
 | lieutenant Governor Sumner said that the next
 three resolutions the calendar related forfeited
 rights. It required two thirds vote to pass them
 He dsred to havethe Senators settle the question what two-thirds vote consisted He had 10 feeling cision rule that two thirds should insist of
 that number voting. and not to the whole number(2D
 of Senator's He So decided last he believed ! that was the practice of the House.
 | MT. Scoheld thought the number ahould Ina two
 thirds of all the Senators. Supposing just quorum ! of thirteen members were present. seven could rA-
 stors forfeited rights He appealed from the decision
 ot the chair, aDd the Senate sustained the anrasI
 the chair then ruled that hereafter it wo1ld r
 qure 16 votes [twothirds of 24, full Senate1 to re | store forfeited rights.