Morning journal and courier., 1886-02-06
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

One of the Short Friday Sessiens-The Members in a Hurry to Reach Their EIomes-Next Week to be a Busy One An Insurance COmpany,s Letter Creates Little Breeze. HARTFORD, Feb. 5, 1886. Special to the JOURNAL COURIER: The Friday sessions are always short ones and that of to-day proved no exception to the general rule. Three days of continuous work in one week, including the committee meetings, is about all the average legislator will stand and when the fourth day is en- croached upon it must be only for the pur- pose of clearing up the calendar, so that busi ness will be in shape for the following week. The country members who live at the points most remote from the Capitol are always anxious to get away early poss ible on Friday, so that they may reach their homes before midnight, some of them hay ing to ride many miles over the hills in open wagons after reaching their nearest point by rail- No one will envy them their rides 1 this bitter cold day.
 l Next week will be still more busy l than this has been. The committees hava l their assignments made so that all the time of the afternoons will be occupied, and their reports on bills considered will be coming in | all the time, giving both houses all the work | they can attend to during session hours. | Some of the committee hearings for next week are as tollOWS:
 Appropriations-Wedn bill regard | ing standard time; bill regarding class legls- ] lation.
 Banks-Wednesday bill amending law 1e- | garding unclaimed deposits in savings banks; bill regarding payment of checks, etc., after death of drawer; bill identification of savings | bank depositors.
 Humane stitutions-Thursday, bill sales of morphine; petition regarding contract l system in caring for paupers; bills care of | dependent children; joint resolution 143 care | of boys after discharge from the Reform school.
 Interpretations - Wednesday, petition l amendment of charter of New Haven &l West Haven horse railroad company; resolution incorporating New Haven Investment pany; resolution amending charter of Water bury.
 1 Railroads-Tuesday, accidents to freight ! brakemen. Wednesday, reduction of rail road fares.
 Temperance-Wed Wednesday, bill regarding | bonds of liquor dealers; bill extending prin- | ciple of the local option law to school dis tricts.
 Following is Q summary of the business l transacted in the Senate and House to-day: The Senate. l The Senate called to order at 10:45 by Lieu tenant Governor Cooke Prayer wGs offered by Senator Chapman was appointed to recall Senate bill No. g. reflected on Tuesday, requiring the as- O
 Senator Alsop, from the Committee on Agricul- ing to wild carrots and Canada thistes giving city and police courts jurisdiction ofenses of lations of the existing law In their jurisdiction; calendar.
 Senator Mclean introduced resolution amend
 ing rule 8 that all bills and resolutions remain the calendar one day before being starred for
 on Ihe senator safa f t sns was tos the give them the information of what bills to be acted upon the day before they come up in the Matters
 should not be starred for action the day following
 their reception by the clerk of the Senate The res l Concurred with the House. under suspension of
 the rules in passing resolution appropratng s1oe the war in the Capitol wheel presented to the The only matters ready for actioa the calendar
 senate 5 s s ali Cattle De a at their beef value; Senate bill 72 that
 mgd from the highway in front of tbsr premises House bill 15, to exempt Balls pond hibiting fishing ipq ponds between the 18th of No venber and April ...o ..f.e Hsuse. Hotise was called to order at .O:30 by Speaker Tibbitts Prayer offered by Rev. Mir. Dew | hurst member from Voluntown. Reports from committees were received as fol
 Agriculture bill regulating the sale of char
 Manufactures; so ordered .,o.; .,. l interpretations Favorable on rs ,neoporatng the post, G. A. R.; the New Britain Tran way Co; the l Stamford horse railroad company, aud the Moore 1 Investment company of Hartford: | Judiciary-Adversely on the Dill elating to as- | sessors. which was amended by the Senate The | bill provided that assessors when tey increase a
 persons list shall notify him. The Judiciary com
 rnittee reported that there was no liw requiring
 man to take oath to the value of his lroperty, but
 simply the number of articles the bil was of no 1 benefit. | Adversely on the bill that pers nengaged in
 tax collecting shall be elected an assessr and the report accepted
 | Forfeited rights-Favorable on the petition of George w. Bence of New Haven and of James B. | Mix of Thomaston for restoration ot forfeited rights; passed.
 nettinn of 800 citizens of Bridgelort in favor
 of the Psndng resolution incorporating the Citizens | The calendar business was next tskea up and ! apsong the matters passed were these Conferring additional power upon the city of Hartford in mat ters of drainage; incorporating the Simsbury l Game club; amending the act creating the board
 of pardons in regard to the term of of6ce ice of the