Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-06
THE SENATE.

The Senate was called to order at 10S0 by Lieuten- ant Cove rnor Sumner. Prayer was offered by Chap lain Taylor.
 senator Dennis introduced a resolution appointing conn ittes of one senator and two representatives House bill A concerning fisheries recently by both houees. It was passed and transmitted to the mittee. The bill concerns fishing in Danbury The Governor refuses to sign because 1t provides ment to an informsr.
 Committee reports were received as follows:
 Humane Insti, utions, Mir Pember-Substitute bill society of Now Haven, the RArtferd and Bridgeport hospitals to be expended under the direction of towns as they may from time to time make applica tion; calendar.
 Finance. Mr. Glover-Unfavorab ble on bill that in making out tax list statement of mortgages held by the maker be made; calendar.
 Judiciary, Mr. scoheld-Unfavorable on the bill that all sessions of the Supreme Court of Errors be hereafter held at Hartford; substitute bill amending the act establishing the borough court of Stamford
 Agriculture, MT. Crandall-substitute bill to en- courage the raising of sheen
 Unfavorable report of the Committee Banks on Senator AlSops bill providing for graded dividends by savings banks. When the bill was reached the calendar, the Senator offered substitute bill provid ing three classes of dividends in place of four The first comprises all deposits not exceeding S3OO0; the second, all deposits of 3000 and under $s 00O and the third all deposits 900. No dividends shall be declared the exceEs of any deposit over SSO0J Whenever any deposit shall reach the amount designated in either class three the depcRtor shA be notified in writing On motion of MT. Alsop the substitute tabled for printing and calendar
 Business on the calendar was disposed of fol- Jews:
 and Norwak railroad so that they may run 8 steam boat line in correction with the railroad, between furnish four i7O. 73 79 s0l unfinished rooms in the capitol; incorporating the Waterbury Horse railroad the Art Metal company. the Young Mems Temper. ance, Benevolent and Literary society WallinQford and the Hartford Canoe club and resolutions cbsnS Stonington amending the charters of the New Hayen Orphan Asylum and the Danbury Home for Destitute
 Act amendii the charter of the city of Waterbury giving the Court of Common Council power to estab- Hth board of sewer commissioners, who may trf- eDnaly appoint city engineer to take the place of the street surveyor, and the council shall the tending streets Section fixes the salary of the istant city attorney at $1 5Oe and makes him ocio assistant clerk of the Police court to act in the Bill dividing Norwalk into voting districts. Mir Barrows explained that the bill created the sane voting districts for the annual meeting ss now existed fer the eectors' meeting The bill passed. authorizing the Hartford and Harlem Railroad com pany to change its layout in the town of Hamden. The senator explained that there three parties ntereeted in the delicate questions arising by the change of an embankment They were the New Ha- ven Water company, town of Hamden and the rail- road company This Is the desired by the Water company, and makes the railroad assume all liability for damage by the change, and are to pay all Mr. Allen said the Railroad committee had gen. eral law vering all such cases and he moved this resolution be referred to that committee.
 MT. DeForest replied that this an unique case
  MT. Maltbis thought the better course would be to table, and he so moved but the motion defeated on rising vote, 12 to z.
 Mir. Scofeld wanted to know why this resolution should go to the railroad committee He for did the two hou' had shown ifs preference of reference in sending 1t to the Committee on Roads and Bridges. Will the Senate now turn 1t over to another committee? He thought not. Such action would only be 6iscourteous, but outrage The parties interested had been heard by the roads and bridges committee, they had reported omit, and it the duty of the Senate to either reject it.
 Mir. Allen explained further. Two similar bills referred to the Railroad committee and this to Roads and Bridgef. The railroad committee, of which he was chairman, hAd held partial hearing and then had conferred with the chairman DeForest