The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-01
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
AS TO THE LIMITATION OF NEW
 BUSENESS.

A Number of Knotty Questions Considered
 in the HOuse-Others Not So KnOtty-
 WoodmOnt ImproVement-AB Bill Regard
 ing the School Fund Talking of Having
 Higher License Fee-Contested Election 5Case Decided.
 Hartford, Jan. 31,-The resolution linn iting the introduction of new business to Friday, February 15, struck a snag in the senate this afternoon. The reso- lution was introduced in the house last Friday by Representative Warner of Putnam and was tabled on account of the small number present. It was talk en up this morning and was adopted, although Representative Cowell of Wa l terbury said there was likely to be some new business from his town that would not be ready at that time, notably a measure authorizing sewer bonds to an amount of about $5000 He was told that in that case an exception would be made.
 In the senate Senator Warner said there was no use in hastening action on the measure. For himself he thought that Friday was bad day to sit and earlier in the week would be better. He moved to substitute Tuesday, February 19, and the senate so voted.
 In the house yesterday a bill provid- | ing punishment for persons who in sum- mer bathe at the Westbrook beach without proper garments was referred to the committee on fisheries, although it was thought to be a very singular reference. In the senate this morning | Senator Chapman arose to a personal explanation as soon as prayer was of l fered by Chaplain Thompson. He then read an item in the Middletown Herald which stated that Senator Chapman l had the bill referred to the committee on fisheries, of which he was chairman. The senator had suffered considerable annoyance at his home in Saybrook by these indecent bathers. The senator denied the statement and stated that it was a reflection upon many reputable people in Middletown who owned cot tages at the beach. He requested that l the paper making the mistake should make proper correction.
 The proposed amendment to the char ter of the Woodmont Improvement as sociation provides that the people of | that place may vote on the question of licenses for the sale of liquors, the same as people of towns. The amendment also provides for enforcing the collec- tion of assessments and for power to light the streets. The matter will come up for hearing before the committee on interpretations.
 THEY WE'RE IN THE DARK.
 When the amendment to the reso- lution Incorporating the society for the increase of the ministry" came up in the senate this afternoon and was read by title, not one of the senators knew the purposes of the measure and all wondered to what it might refer. It came from the house referred to the committee on interpretations and the senate concurred in that reference.
 The resolution incorporating the so- ciety for the increase of the ministry was adopted in 1859. The amendment to be embodied Is as follows;
 "'The object of this corporation shall be to furnish means for the education of candidates for holy orders in the Protestant Episcopal church of the United States and for that purpose said corporation may receive real and personal estate by subscription, gift, grant, devise of bequest to an amount not exceeding $150,OO0 and may trans fer and sell the same and the same shall be free from taxation"
 MIR. MENTIONS BIG JOB.
 In the house this morning Represen- tative Newton of New Haven, who probably has introduced more petitions, bills and resolutions in the house thus far than any other member introduced a resolution proposing a compilation of the constitution of this state and its amendments. It was referred to the committee on constitutional amend ments. MT Newton has prepared his bill at the expense of considerable time The paper he has submitted incorpor- ates into the constitution the amend ments which have been adopted from time to time since 1918, and makes the documents more ineligible. The legis- lature of eight years ago attempted a similar project, but it failed.
 TO THE RESCUE OF THE SCHOOL
 FUND.
 A bill of much importance was in troduced in the house this morning by Representative Clark of Haddam. It refers to the school fund and is as follows:
 Section l. The office of the school fund commissioner is hereby abolished, and section 349 is hereby repealed
 Section 2, All the duties and powers now conferred by law upon the school fund commissioner shall hereafter. so far as necessary in the care of the school fund, devolve upon and be ex ercised by the treasurer of the state of Connecticut, who shall keep separate financial account of the fund known as the school fund.
 Section 3. The treasurer shall con vert all the property of every kind now belonging to the school fund into money as soon as the same can be done without detriment to the fund and the treasurer and comptroller shall ascertain the amount of the principal of said fund on July, 1895, and shall there- upon issue a debenture, or debentures of the state of Connecticut, signed by | the treasurer and countersigned by the | reciting in substance that l the state of Connecticut holds the | amount of said fund, giving the amount |