The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-05-13
NEARING ADJOURNMENT
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S WORK
 DRAWING TO 4 CLOSE.

iNh iot or GTau6 CrOBS- ings-Duties ofBOards of Relief Personal
 Notes and Gossip.
 Hartford, May 12.-There are indica- tions pointing to a final adjournment
 of the general assembly ere many days.
 The committee work is nearly complet-
 ed and joint committee has. been ap-
 pointed to inquire into the condition of
 business and to fix the time for final
 ad1ournment It is believed that the
 business is/ sufficiently forwarded to
 wind up the legislative affairs of the
 state about June 1.
 One of the important measures pend
 ing is the bill to reimburse cities and towns for the expenses of eliminating grade crossings. It is predicted that
 this expenditure will amount to nearly $5OO,OOO
 An important bill amending the stat-
 utes regarding the duties Of boards of
 relief has passed the senate and will
 be acted upon by the house this week. 'The bill is as follows:
 Section 1-Section 3S52 of the general statutes is hereby amended to read as l follows: At such meeting any person claiming to be aggrieved by the doings
 of the assessors of such town may ap- peal therefrom to such board of relief, \ which shall determine all such appeals l and equalize and adjust the valuations
 and assessment lists of said town, and
 in so doing may increase the items of taxable property in the list of any per son, or the number, quantity or amount \ of any such item, or add to any such I list any taxable prioperty or interest /. therein, omitted by the assessors, and I which should be added thereto; and may ] add to the assessment list the name of any person omitted by the assessors and ' owning taxable property in such town, I and make a list for him with the valua ton of such property and if any such | person be a resident of such town said . board may fill out list for him, put ting therdn all property which 1t has reason to believe Is owned by him liable H to taxation, at the actual valuation I thereof, from the best information that
 it can obtain, and add thereto ten per
 cent. of such valuation; but before pro- ceeding to increase the list of any per . son, or to add to the assessment list the | IlJIu6 Ol eIIy pGTSOH SO OIIIIl6ut IL SIld1l l leave with him, or at bis usual place of abode, wrftten notice at least two l days before making such increase or ad- ] ditton, to appear before said board and show cause why the same should not
 be made and if such person shall be a nonresident of said town such notice
 addressed to him at the town in which he resides and sent by mail postage -ff4H Hao oS4 in crease or addition shall be made, shall be sufficient notice
 Section 2-Chapter xIIvI, and chapter CCXxXITr of the public acts of 1889, and chapter CIV of the public acts of 1893, are hereby repealed. The members of the senate are just one big legislative family and the asso- citations of the present session have been 1 lvery pleasant. The members have been l photographed in g group, are now ex- changing photographs with each other
 and are preparing to say adieu so far as kthe senate of '95 is concerned. There l EFwas never a senate where the members | were on better terms with each other =than the present body. Not even the 1 differences over the old Hartford bridge | ahave estranged any of the members and 1 { there was the same cordiality and good | Fellowship right after the heated debate l of last week.
 One of the most popular and genial | asenators is Hon. John IT. Hall of Hart |ford. He leads the democratic branch of Ithe senate and represents the First dis Rtrict Senator Hall is a manufacturer land, although a very busy man. he has Hound time to become a member of the 1higher body of the general assembly, land performs his duties to the state with Ithe same fidelity that has marked his success as a business man. He is .meunber of the committee on contested Elections of the senate the committee on engrossed bills, chairman of the com
 nittee on public health, an important scomnaittee and one that has acted on
 many measures of the greatest interest ato inc state, and is also chairman of She committee on public library. Early 4 n the session Senator Hall had in his possession piece of the original char Her oak and upon his order it was carv- < ed into a gave1 which he presented to * lieutenant Governor Cooke. The, pre- Ir ssentation was one of the conspicuously h pleasant features of the session. I Another popular senator is Hon.
 Henry Bernd of DanIbury. Senator1 *3ernd is one of the oldest members in 8he senate, but has a young heart, a merry twinkle in his eye, likes a good tory and can tell one. This is his Hltst legislative experience, but the Alectors of the Fifteenth district could anot do better than return him in Mo- , H1ember 1896. Senator Bernd is chair li 5 nan of the committee on humane insti- sutions and has performed very accept f Hole service on that committee. Rep | |, 4esentative Newton of New Haven is E he house chairman. There has been l :,
 nly one of Senator Bernd's recommen- ! Nations that the senate went back on. '
 When he invited the members to visit l :
 he Connecticut School for Boys at 7
 Ieriden, the invitation was accepted; .
 ut when he introduced a resolution :,
 roviding for the transportation of ;
 aenbers to Meriden and return, the
 enate refused. The same wave of U
 conomy had swept over the house and
 hat body also refused to have the state
 Transport them. But there was a large
 Representation of senate and house on N
 le visit to the school and much of |
 be success of that visit was due to 1 U