Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-20
The House.

The House was called to order at 1875
a. m. by Speaker Simonds. Prayer was of
ford by Chaplain Pardington.
Petitions were referred as follows:
Of residents of Warren and South Norwalb
for reduction of passenger and freight rates
Of Henry Lane ct al, of Stamford, favoring
bill exempting all wages from foreign attach
ment. Of Fl. B. Jones for Ninth ward in
Hartford and remonstrance of citizens of the
Second ward against favoring said ward.
Mr.. Jackson, of Derby, moved that when
the House adjourn to-day it be to Tuesday
next at - N. Mr.. Corbin, of New Britain,
named 1870 a. m. The usual scattering de-
bate ensued, and finally the House voted to
adjourn to Tuesday at 1880.
Mr.. Comstock, of Montville, offered re-
solution reimbursing Orrin 81. Whiting, of
Montville, for horse destroyed by the order
of the State authorities. Mr.. Comstock ex-
planned the resolution, and it was received
by the House and referred to the Claims
committee.
The State Prison committee reported re-
solution releasing Ira B. Ingram from the
Bridgeport Jail. Mr.. Gilmour, of Norwich,
explained the case, and the resolution was
passed.
An adverse report was made on the petit
ton of Joseph Greenleaf, of Southbury, from
the New Haven Jail, and the petitioner was
given leave to withdraw.
Reports of committees received and tabled
for calendar were as follows:
Military Affairs-Adverse on resolution
relating to the sanitary condition of the
Mantle camp ground; rejected. Favorable
on delivering the flag of the st. Marys
Cannoneers, a Confederate company, to
veterans of the Thirteenth Connecticut vol
unteers.
orpoTations-Adverse on petition OF
Anthony Carroll for removal of trustees of
the St. Francis Orphan asylum of New Haven.
Finance-Favorable on substitute resolu-
ton transferring sinking fund account to the
rate of taxation of mutual insurance com
panies; rejected. Favorable on issue of
state bonds to take up old bonds
Observation-Disclosures on the bill repeating
act regarding educational statistics. Favors-
BILE on bill regarding the Normal school, and
providing that the number of pupils, instead
of being limited to 220, may be determined
on petition of Norman f. Stoughton for
change of lines of school districts in South
Windsor.
Humane Observation-Disclosures on bill fix
ing the rate of board at the State Reform
school at 80 per week.
ud1clary-Favorabls on substitute bill re-
garding administration on French spoliation
claims. Favorable on substitute bill reg
ulating discharges from the insane hospital.
Resolution instructing the Railroad COM
mittee to report whether the railroad COM
had not acted wrongfully in insti-
eating the New York and New England rail-
road company to close the Cotton road in
East Hartford was debated at considerable
length, as to whether the committee could be
trusted to act, and was finally tabled
The following matters on the calendar were
acted upon,
Changing Albert Maynard to Sixth school
district of Lyme. Authorizing the Derby
road to issue $500, 900 of bonds to take up old
bonds. Validating action regarding North
school district of Columbia Validating
Probate court sales since April, 1882, where