Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-31
The H0uGo.

The House was called to order at 1o:30 o'clock by Speaker Tibbitts Prayer was offered by Chaplain
 The House concurred in passing Senate resolution authorizing highway across Bush harbor in Green wich.
 House insisted and appointed. Messrs; .Hoyt and Hamersley conference committee on bill regard ing inadmissible evidence in civil actions.
 Messrs. Hoyt and Hovey were appointed con- ference committee on bill regarding printing acts of the General Assembly relating to courts.
 Messrs. Harrison, of Hartford. and Pigott, of New Haven, were appointed conference committee on prene pre- @ Court % of ~ Errors. -'''N--' 'i '''' '0-
 a6a anG 6Hf nos a SoE to m oeesed r9 that the should come from the ,ApproPriations committee. Haddam, Vance of New Britain and Lucas of Gosh- The latter opposed the bill in careful cost of each man in the militia last year was $6O81. Forty-two of the forty-seven organza- tions are in four of the counties-on five in the % adyocated the maintenance of WeIi-discipIined military establishment. It is true expenses have on m 6e fGr & crease has been nTeeessary He was willing to take essential discipline and proper maintenance of hs s a1eda a 6f ssRsbur9 h smsS R qS that tax On the grand list instead of by westpor1 described T the bad eondition dit of of Stamford, spoke generally in favor of the appro- priation. Mir Pigott moved to refer the whole Clark said the original idea was to build seven arm or1es from fixed sum but the building of four had sprag1e, held that this no good reason for eav- ing the other three towns without armories Mr. New New Britain said his city needed better military " accommodations. NIT. Roode, of Griswold, thought Te9 pe1se S'a ana e' Re not upportnE an expensive militia system. MT. Hoyt, of Greenwich, argued that the military expenses are not exorbitant, and when the expenses of the Ad- tant-General's and other offices and the Cover the cost is much less than has been stated It is the duty of the General Assembly to grant to the He closed with glowing tribute to the national guard of the State, and to the national guard of 1881 After further debate the House, by sa t. 5s, referred the whole matter to the Appropriations
 Bill for secret ballot by using envelopes, white and of uniform size and unmarked, only one ticket in his experience he had never been influenced or bqlldozed by an employer, excepting once. But wich the bill was then tabled.
 sions be held at o'clock Wednesday and Thurs day evenings. As this would rescind the standing order the Speaker ruled that resolution must be presented.
 Bill changing the law regarding care of State paupers was explained by MT Roede, of Griswold,
 Blil that all insurance licenses expire April 1st
 Resolution authorizing the commissioner of labor to employ assistants at an expense not to exceed Iee of Meren and passed was
 Bill fining telephone telegraph companies whose employees destroy trees in the highways. MT. Hubbard, of Middletown. moved an amendment permit and fixing the fines adopted. He held that trees should be under public protection and not put adjoining owners to the cost and trouble of prose- cutting. He offered further amendment making the bill apply to electric light companies agreed to and bill passed.
 At 12:30 the House took recess to 2p. m.
 AFTERNOON SESSION.
 The House re-convened at 9 o'clock and at once took up the order of the day which the resolu- tion providing for additions and improvements at the State prisons and making an appropriation of S2OO,0O0 to pay for the Same.-
 MT. Clark, of Haddam, presented substitute bill providing for changes and alterations en- tirely different plan from those reported by the committee the cost of which he stated would not exceed S150, ,000 MT. Clark advocated his bill and after considerable discussion it was on motion of Mir. Searls, of Thompson, tabled for printing The whole matter was then tabled
 Bill concerning insurance warranties was passed. The bill provides that when applications are made for insurance the conditions shall be plainly print ed and the substance of the application shall be attached to the policy.
 Bill concerning insurance policies was passed, The bill provides that the conditions insurance policies shall be printed in type not smaller than brevier.
 Bill concerning agents of insurance companies passed. The bill is intended to define the relations between the insured and the insurer or the person who represents himself agent of the company iu which the insurance is effected,
 Bill concerning the compensation of the Secreta- ry of State, passed The act repeals the law which provides that the Secretary may receive seyentv- lie acts The fees amounted to from $500 to S1 900 year, according to the number of bills passed
 At 3:10 the House adjourned until Wednesday morning ct 10 o'clock.