Connecticut western news., 1885-04-15

outside life or fire insurance to be li- censed. The bill that railroad passes shall be issued only to officers and employees of the road was rejected.
 At 5 P. NJ. the house adjourned.
 SENATE The senate met at l2:30.
 Bills relating to divorce, waiving the 90 days notice, and authorizing trial at once when the parties appear in per son; providing that the insurance com missioner hereafter give a S5000 bond; authorizing the governor to appoint commission to revise the statutes amend iEg the charter of the Bridgeport Pro testant widows society, authorizing the holding of property to the amount of s25O, ,OOO-all passed.
 WEDNESDAY,, APRIL &. HOUSE.
 The house met at 10:30.
 The following bill was passed:
 Be n eEdcte,i-EveIy person who shall sell any oleaginous substance or any compound other than that produced from unadulteated milk or cream from the same, designed to take the place of butter and cheese produced from pure, unadulterated mllk or cream from the same, without distinctly stating in each case what the article sold is, shall be punished by fine of not more than $50 or by Imprisonment of not more than three months or both.
 MT Miles of Milford offered as sub stitute the following constitutional amendment:
 "The General Assembly may provide for the transportation of its members, during its session, between their houses and the capitol, at the public expense"
 A long debate followed, in which Speaker Simonds made some pointed re- marks favoring the bill. The amend ment was adopted by vote of l4s to 22.
 Adjourned.
 A resolution was passed accepting Sl50,O00 in full for taxes due the state from the New York and New England railroad. The amount of taxes actually due is S1S3, 900, but the above amount was accepted as a compromise.
 Adjourned.
 THURSDAY. APRI, 9. HousR.
 The house met at the usual hour.
 The house took up the bill repeating the SaO00 appropriation to Yale for stan- dar0 time; passed in the house and re- iected by the senate. After conflicting motions, Messrs Frisbie of Pennington and Troup of New Haven were appoint ed as conference committed.
 Bill for the organization of cavalry company in Ltchfeld county, to be a part of the State National Guard, was rejected.
 Bill for 10-hour law for women and also for children (debated last week. was taken up, debated and relected, yeas IT, nays 11S.
 A bill incorporating the Kent Fire association was passed.
 Adjourned.
 House bill II. to prevent the killing of game on the ground of another with out permission from the owner, the pen alty being fixed at fine of not more than S20 nor less than S7; rejected.
 Mir Richardson called up the bill to regulate the sale and transportation oi dynamite and other explosive com. pounds, and offered an amendment that section 4, requiring license to use ex. plosiyes, shall not apply to manufactur. ing and mining companies, which was adopted and the bill passed.
 Adjourned.
 FRIDAY, APRIL 10. HOUSE. The house met at 10:30.
 The bill to provide for the better en. forcement of the license law was ex. plained at length by MT Newton. He showed how prosecuting agents, under the present law, can bring unnecessary cases and pile up fees. He believed that the proposed amendment would put S75, 900 into the town treasuries. After some debate the bill was indefinitely postponed.
 The appropriations committee report ed bills making appropriations for hu- mane and reformatory institutions, and for sundry civil expenses, for the year beginning July l, 1885, which will amount to S372, $50, and for civil ex- penses S115,47s
 Substitute bill authorizing the select men of a town to empower collectors to depute sheriffs or deputy sheriffs to serve warrantS for the collection of poll and military communication tax, was passed.
 Adjourned.
 Nothing which will interest occurred and the senate adjourned.