The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-03-19
HOUSE REJECTS THE BILL,
MR. COWELL DEFENDs THE AGE OF
 CONSENT BILL.

nations Confirmed.
 The senate was called to order at Il o'clock yesterday. Prayer was offered by Chaplain Thompson. Senator Plimp- ton presented long petition from res idents in Hartford favoring the bill re- garding the manufacture of food prod ucts from meat and flower products The petition was referred to the com mittee on public health
 The bill providing that savings banks shall not accept as collateral any pol 1cies of nonresident fire insurance companies come from the house recom- mitted. The bill was indefinitely post poned.
 Senator Lewis was appointed on the committee of conference on the dis agreeing action of the house on the trout bill, the house having indefinitely postponed and the senate having pass ed the bill.
 The senate concurred in rejecting the bill giving the board of equalization more time to examine railroad and other returns. Senator Marigold said the board did not ask for more time.
 The judiciary committee reported ad- versely on the following bills: Chang ing the method of service on corpora tions; for release of invalid convicts; rights of purchasers of railroads under foreclosure; regulating practice of vet erinary, medicine and surgery.
 The committee on banks reported favorably on substitute, incorporating the Bridgeport Real Estate company.
 Senate joint resolution incorporating the Citizens Trust company was pass ed. Among the incorporators of the company are Edward F. Bradley, Joel A. Sperry, Samuel H. Chittenden, Charles s. Leete, Herbert Mason, George T. Bradley and William H. Douglass. The company is located in New Haven. The capital stock is placed at s1O0O,00o, and the number of shares named in the incorporating act is 1000, the company having the power to increase the num- Der of shares to 10000
 The resolution amending the charter of the Rockville and Ellington Street Railway company was passed, also res olution restoring the forfeited rights of Clarence Case. The subject of the res o1ution had been convicted of theft a number of years ago. The trial was before justice of the peace and Case was fined S1 and costs. Case has al- ways enjoyed the right of franchise since his conviction without question until last election, when his right was challenged. Chairman Vinal reported that the committee was unanimous in the opinion that Cases rights should be restored to him.
 The bill amending section III chap ter CCCIX, of the public acts of 1895, con corning the sale of intoxicating liquors, reported favorably by the committee on temperance, was passed. The amend ment inserts the words "in towns of less that 40OO inhabitants" in lieu of places of less than $500 inhabitants, as they may be determined in each particular case.
 The amended section reads as follows: Exceptions to the above specified fees may be made by the county commis- sioners in granting licenses to keepers of well established and reputable hotels in towns of less than 400O inhabitants, but no fee shall be less than $50; and they also may grant special licenses to reputable grocers to sell spirtuous and
 
 the premises but the fee for such license shall not be less than $250, to be determined by said county commission CTS in each particular case"
 Section of the charter of the Con- necticut Savings bank of New Haven was amended so as to read as follows: 'No officer of said corporation shall be the hirer or borrower or surety for any hirer or borrower of any portion of the funds of said corporation"
 An act concerning the use of nets in Milford harbor was passed It is as follows:
 Section 1-No person shall draw, set, or use any net, seine, pound net fyke net, or set net in the water known as Milford harbor, north of 8 line drawn from Welch's lane on the east shore to Charles Island, and thence along the bar connecting said island with the main land from August first to No vember first Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the catching of menhaden in nets having mesh of not less than three one-quarter inches, or the taking of cells, crabs, or bait fish in nets.
 Section 2-Every person who shall violate any provision of the preceding section shall be fined not more than seven dollars.
 An act concerning the use of barbed wire for fence purposes, which had been reported favorably by the committee on agriculture, was passed. It is as follows:
 Section No barbed wire shall be used in the construction of fences or retained upon existing fences connected with or enclosing the grounds of any public school, or other public building, public park, or cemetery in this state.
 Section 2-Any person who shall vio- late the provisions of this act shall be fined not more than one hundred dol lars.
 The judiciary committee reported un- favorably on the bill entitled An act for the improvement of New Haven harbor."
 Senator Warner explained that the title of the bill was misleading, that it was a bill transferring the title of the state in the mud flats in New Haven harbor to the city and town of New Haven. The town counsel and the cor poration counsel of New Haven had ap-