The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-26
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
THE LAW MAKERS OF THE HOUSE
 MANY NEW BILLS.

Bonds, Etc.
 Hartford. Jan. 25.-Many members staid away from the house of repre- sentatives to-day. They said on Thurs day that it would be waste of time to sit to-day and they were right. There were five members less than a quorum present and it was not con sidered advisable to try and pass any judicial nominations, as the lack of a quorum would be pointed out
 Speaker Fessenden was present as promptly as usual and the session was opened at Il o'clock, but it required less than three-quarters of an hour to transact the business offering,
 The house then adjourned to next Tuesday at 12:SO. There is a tendency among members to have short session if possible. Many of the members of the legislature are busy men, whose time is valuable and they will try to rush the business so that an adjourn ment at a reasonably early period may be assured, if business does not pile up III lGctlGI IllGdS ulG Illelll llOW DCOlilo likely. To this end resolution was in troduced this morning to limit the time for receiving new business to February 15 but MT. Clark of Haddam put the measure on the table, as he thought it should be acted on when more mem bers were present. It is believed the resolution will be called up and adopted next Tuesday. This looks like expedit- ing the session, for sometimes new business is received as late as March 15
 BILL DE DISORDERLY HOUSES.
 Representative Newton of New Ha- ven had his innings again to-day. He introduced three bills. The first is a proposed amendment to the statutes relating to disorderly houses. The statute, as amended, will read as fol- lows:
 Every owner, mortgagee in posses sion, lessee or person in charge as agent or otherwise of any room or tene- ment who shall neglect to use all proper means to eject therefrom any person using or permitting the same to be used for the purpose of prostitution or lewdness, or for gaming, as soon as he lawfully can; after notice of such use from any officer of the community in which such room or tenement is situated, or who shall knowingly let any room or tenement to another for such purpose, or who shall knowingly permit the same or any part thereof while under his control, to be used for such purpose, shall be fined not more than $500 or Imprisonment no more than six months.
 The amendment brings the mortga- gee or lessee of the premises into ac- count and makes them liable.
 The bill was referred to the judiciary committed.
 RECORD OF CONVICTIONS.
 The second bill introduced by MT. Newton is concerning spirituous and in- toxicating liquors, and is as follows:
 Whenever any person licensed to sell spirituous and intoxicating liquors shall be convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of sections 3,0S7 and 3,101 inclusive of the general statutes, and no appeal is pending, 1t shall be the duty of the clerk of the court before which, or the justice of the peace be- fore whom such conviction is had, to file with the treasurer of the county copy of the record of such conviction and the expense thereof shall be taxed as a part of the costs.
 Referred to the committee on temper ance
 INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE.
 Still another of Mr. Newton's bills was offered at the instance of Hon. James l.. Cowles of Pennington. It is as follows:
 Section 1. That the best interests of this country and this state demand that the United States should join the International Parcels Post Associa tion, lately formed at Vienna, and that with in the United States the cent-a-pound rate now granted by the post office to book publishers and news agents for the transportation of paper covered books in parcels from pound to a car load should be extended to all mer- chandise included in the third and fourth clauses of portable matter in parcels up to sixty pounds in weight and up to the dimensions of bundle. Section 2. Our senators and repre- | sentatives in congress are hereby re- quested to use their utmost efforts to | secure the early enactment of legisla- | tion necessary to attain these ends.
 Referred to the committee on federal elections.
 NEW HAVEN STREET RAILWAY. | MT. Newton then brought up the bill | amending the charter of the New Haven | Street Railway company recalling it from the committee on cities and [ boroughs The house then referred it to the committee on railroads.
 FOR PURE WATER-OTHER MAT
 TIERS.
 A bill was introduced and referred amending chapter XL of the public acts as follows:
 Every person who shall wantonly and indecently expose his person in sight of any dwelling house or public highway, or who shall bathe in any reservoir from which the inhabitants of any town, city or borough are supplied with water, or who shall cast any filthy or impure sub stance in said reservoir, or commit any nuisance in or about it, or any of it's tributaries, shall be fined not more than $t00 or imprisoned not more than six