The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-07-02

road should not cross any steam road
 at grade. and the bill passed in con-
 currence.
 SHELL FISH COMMISSION FIGHT.
 This afternoon in the senate there was
 a resumption of the fight over the
 shell fish commission bill, which passed
 both houses, giving the commission
 power to appoint it's clerks and also
 act as successors of oyster land dam
 ages and benefits The house had
 voted to recall the bill with the purpose
 of defeating it, and appointed commit
 tee to recall it from the secretary's
 senate acted to-day, and refused, on a rising vote on which the majority was
 large, to concur with the house The resolution was afterward consid-
 cred in the house
 Representative Newton of New Haven said he hoped the members would not indefinitely postpone. He referred to
 MT. Botsford, who had not been renom-
 mated by the governor for clerk, and believed that when the senate bill was passed in the house not over half doz- en members knew what 1t was all about It was bad legislation, and the
 bill should be recalled.
 MT. Lounsbury moved that the bill be tabled, and the house so ordered. Later in the day in the senate Senator Chaplain introduced bill, which wass passed, providing that any oysterman not satisfied with the assessment of lands made by the oyster commission could be appealed to the superior court The bill was immediately transferred to the house.
 HOMES FOR TNCURABLES. 1 A motion was made to recall the bill preventing the establishment of 1 any institution of incura bles under cer- ! tain conditions. Last week the bill l was rejected.
 { Referring to the bill to-day Judge { Cowell said it had been called "an act 1 to limit the operation of Christianity { by the Connecticut legislature" 1 The motion was opposed by MT. Cow l ell of Waterbury, who said such a meas 1 ure would be unconstitutional. ! The bill to reconsider passed the sen ! ate. MT. Williams wanted substitute ' bill providing that no such home should ] be established in any town unless con- ! sent is obtained of the selectmen, nor 1 within 800 feet of a residence. The bill ! originated because of the establishment ] of such an institution to which objec- 1 tion had been made in the town of 1 Wethersfeld. The house concurred in ! recalling the bill, but 1t was afterward 1 tabled
 1 THE VOTING MACHINES. ! In the senate the bill concerning the 1 use of voting machines was considered. { It is favorable report from the judi ] ciary committee providing that towns may use the McTammany machine. ] Senator Warner explained that since ! the bill was passed allowing the use of ! the Myers machine the committee had ! been urged to adopt other machines. 1 They accordingly recommended per | mission also to use the McTammany l machine. and it was so voted. 1 ARE NOW COMMISSIONERS l Hon. Herbert F. Benton, the newly l appointed commissioner of the school 1 fund, assumed the du-1es of his office ] this morning, the appointment having 1 been approved by Governor Coffin. MT. l Benton presented his bond and took 1 the oath of off1ce
 | Frederick A. Betts, the newly ap- | pointed insurance commissioner, ar l rived on the 2:05 train this afternoon I and qualified.