The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-12
MAY TWENTY-FIVE THE DAY
THE SENATE PASSES ADJOURNMENT
 RESOLUTION,

and Loan Commissioner Bill-Insane
 from Judiciary Committee-Abandone
 Highways.
 The senate was called to order at 1 o'clock p. m. yesterday by Lieutenant Governor Dewell. Prayer was offered by Chaplain Thompson.
 The committee on public health re- ported favorably on a bill relating to glanders. It gives the humane society the power to call a veterinary surgeon and also provides for quarantining the infected animals and for their destruc- tion and burial at the expense of the owner.
 The "factorizing' bill, rejected in the house last week. came back to the sen- ate yesterday morning, and Senator Brown moved that the senate adhere to its former action. This motion called forth a protest from Senator Warner, who hoped it would not prevail. "It was courteous to the house to grant
  been asked,,' he said He hoped the senator from the Tenth district would withdraw his motion to adhere.
 The motion being withdraw, Senator Vinal was appointed, on motion of Sen- ator Futile, as a member of the cons mittee of conference
 The bill passed by the senate relating to street car conductors registering fares, and which was rejected by the house, was reIegated to innocuous desuetude by Senator Kendall's motion to adhere.
 The judiciary committee reported fa- vorably on a substitute bill regulating suits against railway and municipal corporations for damages for injuries not resulting in death, or for injury to property; they must be brought within one year. In cases of injuries resulting in death, suit must be brought in one year from date of death. The bill re- peals Chapter 45 Acts of 1885,
 The committee on military affairs re- ported the following substitute bill re- lalting ito memorial tablets:
 "That whenever amy regiments on battery associations of Connecticut vol- ulDleGIS lIDclI SGlvtu III 'CIit w dI' Ol IIl6 Rebellion shall vote to erect a nronu- ment in accordance with the provisions of said special laws and shall vote to unite together in erecting a monument with a slldtable inscription to two or more of such associations, the quarter master general shall cause the same td be erected"
 Senator Warmer reported from tIsa committee of conference appointed to consider the bill concerning "abandoned highways that the act had been amended so as to comply with the re- quirements of those who were originally opposed to it.
 The bill was tl1en passed. It provides thlaTt on and after the passage of this act any public highway crossing over d railroad the use of which crossing has been abandoned for a period of ait least fifteen years, shall be deemed discontin- ued.
 Whenever farm or private crossing has been removed by any railroad conn., pany without the consent of the owner or owners the railroad company from whose tracks said crossing has been re- moved shall restore the same in good order upon written request of the own- CT or owners.
 The house resolution that the senate and house contingent expense comrnit- tee shall be a joint expense committees on all joint contingent expenses was ta- bled by Senator Manigold, but latter was taken up and passed on the senator's motion.
 The senate receded and concurred in indefinitely postponing the bill relalting to the prohibi of music in places where liquor is sold
 Senator Tuttle explained in relation to the matter that the fact had devel- oped in the house that local authorities were competent to control the subject by ordinances
 The resolution for extending the time for organization and amending the charter of the Peoples Tramway Go. of Brooklyn; resolution increasing the pension of Mary E. Shipman of Weth- ersfield from $S to $12 per month, and one changing the school district lines in Hartford were passed. Senator Plympton, from the commits tee on conference relating to an act making it unlawful for fire insurance companies to combine on rates, report ed that the committee had failed to agree and moved that the senate ad- here to it's action in rejecting the bill
 On motion of Senator Marigold the senate went into executive session and organized the senate club of 1897 with the following officers: President, Lieut.. Governor Dewell secretary, Samuel A. Eddy, clerk of the senate; chaplain, MT. Thompson. of the senate.
 The president was authorized to ap- point an executive committee.
 In open session Senator Marigold off, fered a resolution that the general as- sembly shall finally adjourn on Tues- day, May 25.
 Passed and transmitted to the house.
 Senator Warner offered bill that "any vacancy that shall occur in an office originally filled by the general assembly, or either branch thereof, or by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, may, in the ab- sence of other provision, be filled by the governor until the first Wednesday, of February, 1S99." Passed and trans mitted.
 Senator Marigold called up the bill providing for special taxes on corpora a5 od