Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-26

The senate
 The Senate was called & to order at 10 g. Fqr m: 6y by Chaplain Parker.
 tee on Agriculture recommending that the report of the Storrs school commission be ordered on file He said that the commission entitled to much credit and would have received a resolution of thanks if precedent could have been found for t Tor S of the commttee would not be in accor dance with that of the commission. The report submitted was ordered on file in the office of the Secretary of State
 The Senator then sent up the report of the Com mittee on Agriculture with resolution authorizing the State to accept perfected deed of theStorrs school from Augustus Storrs; calendar and print
 .cn Senator Robertson's motion the building and repair of bridges between towns in accordance with their grand lists was indefinitely postponed and Senator Walsh was refused reconsideration for the purpose of tabling, but such action was after ward taken motion of Senator Staub.
 Senator Robertson called up the resolution au- thorizing temporary loan of $s00,oOO and t was interest
 Senator Cleveland sent up bill requiring the State Board of Education to provide a uniform text book for hygiene instruction under the recent ly passed law and to furnish copies to school dis reference to the Judiciary committee. The presi. dent said it was new business but he would make no objection if raised by the Senate On Senator Chapmans motion the bill was tabled
 At 1os5 on Senator Alsop's motion recess was taken to 10:45
 After recess House business came in and was act
 Senator Tatem moved that when the Senate ad- journed Friday it be to Tuesday next at o'clock. Senator Robertson thought the Senate should meet tomorrow, and Senator Cleveland moved to amend making the hour 10 o'clock on Friday, Senator Staub moved to make the hour 10:45 on Friday and this accepted by Senator Cleveland. This mo-
 At ii o'clock the chair laid before the Senate the order of the day the question of the county seat of Fairfield county. Mr Bradley; chairman of the Committee on New Counties and County Seats, ex- pained the action of the committee in reporting in favor of the majority report retaining the seat in
 The Senator offered an amendment extending the time for the completion of court house author to the 1st of December. 1887, and it was adopted
 Senator Smith then moved to substitute the mi y place of the majority Teport, and addressed the Senate in favor of the motion giving series of fig ulatiop of the towns in the county were nearer to and clustered about Norwalk rather than Bridge port and also proceeded to show that the excess of railroad traffic and the court business largely in favor of Norwalk and it's immediately surround
 Senator Morgan followed in favor of Bridgeport and read the doings of the county bar, which orig a n 5ne no Uf schee of the csy of port, but came from the lawyers Of the county The Senator then said that the for placing the county seat in Bridgeport in 1854 existed to- day. Bridgeport was and is the business and com creasing in wealth and pop !laton. The showing strong for Bridgeport that 1t did not seem as if the attempt to remove tho seat to Norwalk would succeed.
 MT. staub favored Bridgeport, as all the reasons could be denied he should vote to retain the seat in that prosperous city.
 Senator Bradley then spoke for Bridgeport and in support of his committees report. Senator Walsh followed in strong and earnest appeal in favor of Norwalk.
 At the close of the debate he-Senate voted 14 to 10, not to substitute the minority report making Norwalk the county seat of Fairfield county, and the yeas and nays were as follows
 Ysa-Messrs. Chapman, Mclean Golden, Walsh, Smith. Tatem Batcheller Curtiss, Marvin, Chaf- fee-l0
 Nay-Messrs. Cleveland, Dunbar, Futile, Bradley, Robertson, Stanton, Brewster, Cook, Morgan, Cole, GroSvenOr, Staub, AlSop, Way-4.
 On a viva voce vote the majority report in favor of Bridgeport was accepted and the bill passed.
 Committee on Labor reported favorab1y on week ly wages payment, both in weekly and piece work, and by railroad as well other companies under $50 penalty, and preventing discounts; calendar and printing The sane committee reported ad- vsrsely on bill exsmpting wages from attachment.
 The Committee on Cities and Boroughs reported favorably bill authorizing New Haven to bond itself in $1Oo,OOO to establish library; calendar and printing.
 The resolution concerning hygiene text books to be prescribed by the State Board of Education was taken up and referred to the Committee Judici- ary.
 At 235 the Senate adjourned until Friday at 1O:45 am