The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-13
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
COMMITTEE REPORTS TUMBLED IN
 LIYELY.

Mems Meeting To-day-New Haven Char
 ter Hearing Goes Over for Two Weeks
 Police Pension Fund.
 Hartford, March 12--The house took
 hold of business this afternoon in
 manner indicating that considerable
 committee work had been done. Only
 few measures were starred for action,
 but reports tumbled in from committees
 in a manner surprising everybody. It
 was the biggest day the house has had
 disposing of measures. Over forty re- ports were made by the judiciary com
 mttee, most of them having been eX-
 plained by Representative Cowell of Waterbury, in the absence of the house chairman, Judge Elmer, who was acting speaker, in the absence of Speaker Fes- senden. Favorable reports were as follows:
 Concerning fees in commitments to boys school at Meriden, North Haven to appropriate monies for the Bradley library Windham county to issue bonds, officers fees in civil process, concern ing costs in foreclosure proceedings qualification of electors, admission of electors in town of Ansonia, board of pardons, concerning the renting of rooms for immoral purposes.
 The bill concerning the board of su- pervisors for liquor licenses was taken from the judiciary committee and re- ferred to the temperance committee. Unfavorable report on bill concerning duties of assessors and boards of relief and bill rejected.
 ISLANDER SUITS IN NEW HAVEN.
 The committee on judiciary reported unfavorably on the bill concerning homestead exemptions to the amount of $5,000 and savings bank deposits to $2,000 in attachments levied in islander suits. The house would have rejected the bill but for Representative Newton of New Haven. This is MT. Newton 5 bill, and he said he had not had op- portunity to go before the committee He said:
 This bill isi in the interest of the people of the state who own little homes There are a good many islander suits down around where live in New Haven. The present laws are very good for the young lawyers who take up these islander suits, and two-thirds of the people of the state are free to slam der their neighbor as they please as they have no property to attach"
 Cant you attach bodies in New Ha- ven?'' inquired Representative Colwell. |
 ''Yes; but they don't in islander suits | n1.a i5c in ko are trying to make themselves a little | home and the state is doing a great | wrong in the present laws. The pres ent laws discourage the holding of | property"
 recommitted.
 The other homestead exemption bill | increasing the exemption from $1O0O to | $5,O00, was rejected.
 OTHER MATTERS IN THE HOUSE.
 The judiciary committee reported un- favorably on the bill providing that sheriffs and their deputies shall wear uniforms purchased at the expense of | the taxpayers of each county. Senator Warner said it would be only short time before the people would want the judges to wear wigs and gowns, if that sort of thing was begun. There was not reason why the public should be taxed for such purposes. The bill was re- jected.
 The bill for the relief of the Consoli- dated road from double taxation in the matter of it's Old Colony property was favorably reported on by the judiciary 
 The bill for the election of county commissioners by the people was re- jected
 The bill to increase witness fees from 60 cents to $2 was unfavorably report ed. To pass such a law would increase court expenses in Connecticut at least $100,00O according to Judge Cowell of the judiciary committee.
 The bill to appropriate annually $1, 800 to the New Haven County law library was reported favorably by the judiciary 
 The bill making an increase in sher- ifs fees was unfavorably reported and 
 The bill making it possible for per- sons to recover replevined goods by fl- ing bond was rejected
 The judiciary committee reported un- favorably bill increasing the juris- diction of justices of the peace to cases involving $200, The bill was tabled as MT. Clark, who presented it, was not present.
 A bill introduced by Representative John Middleton of Enfield, which pro- vides that witnesses who come from a distance to courts shall be paid $2 a ! day. instead of the present rate, was f reported by the judiciary and after some discussion was rejected. |
 A bill providing that the formula of t all patent medicines shall be printed S on the label of the bottles was unfa- l yorably reported and rejected f The bill which provides penalty for I III justices of the peace and clerks of ,ourts who shah fail to report to the commissioners all convictions Or violation of the liquor law in order hat the commissioners may comply c with the law and reject the licenses t md sue on the bonds of such persons Il vas unfavorably reported The reason S given was that an investigation had D 'evealed that there had been no viola n