The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-30
TWENTY-0NE AMENDMENTS
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 The motion to reconsider was lost by vote of 54 to 75,
 The committee on military affairs re- ported unfavorably on the resolution appropriating $500 and $9 a week to Sarah L. Babcock on account of the death of her husband, member of the c. N. G., from typhoid fever al- | legged to have been contracted while in camp.
 The report of the committee was ac- certed and the resolution making the appropriation rejected. The petition from the town of Gull | ford for reimbursement for money eX- pended in the care and burial of Ed ward L. Page of Guilford, who was member of the c. N. G., and who died rom typhoid fever contracted while in camp, was rejected and the petitioner given leave to withdraw. The following substitute bill concern ing particular enclosures was discuss ed:
 | Every person throwing his enclosure open to the commons shall first give three months notice to each adjoining proprietor, and shall if required by any such proprietor, erect and maintain be- tween said enclosure and the enclosure of each adjoining proprietor one-half of such sufficient divisional fence, as de- | fined by law"
 1 MT. Frisbie of Pennington offered the following amendment: Add, And every proprietor of any land heretofore thrown open to the commons shall erect and maintain one-half of the divisional fence between said land and the land of each adjoining proprietor, if required by any such proprietor"
 The amendment of Mir. Frisbie was carried by vote of 79 to "A.
 The bill, as amended by the amend ment of MT. Frisbie was passed by a practically unanimous vote
 The following nominations for judge ships were on the calendar. They were referred to the committee on judicial nominations, and under suspension of the rules were transmitted to the sen ate: Herbert o. Bowers, judge, and Fred w. Mills, deputy judge, of Man chester; John A. Stoughton, judge, and George K. Wilcox, deputy judge, of East Hartford Jabez P Davis, judge of Enfield.
 The house then took a recess until 1 | p. m.
 The house reconvened at 1:SO D. m., and Mr. Hall of Waterbury, house chairman of the committee on roads, rivers and bridges, called up the report of the committee on the highway com mission bill. He offered three amend ments and moved that the bill be re- committed with the amendments.
 This was a signal for a general rush to get amendments to the clerks desk, and the messengers were kept busy
 There was no discussion and MT. Halls motion prevailed | Many of the amendments are not vital to the bill, while one of them repeals the present laws.
 The house made the subject the or der of the day for next Wednesday at 12 o'clock
 The following amendments were of- fered:
 Schedule A, by MT. Hall of Water bury, in section 8, line 2 insert between words expended" and 'in" the words fin any town"
 AC oiASi illoi NH ISctUS. 1NO Sulll tA" ceeding in the aggregate three thou sand dollars shall be expended in any one year under the provisions of this act.
 Schedule B. by MT. Hall of Water bury. In section [, line 19, between words ''completed'' and "at' insert in lieu thereof before the close of the season in which they were commenced | the highway commissioner may order the same to be continued and com pleted'
 The words stricken out are: 'If the improvements upon any highway shall not be completed at the beginning of the following season, under the same provisions and conditions as were exist ing at the close of the preceding season, and when said Improvements are com pleted as ordered, said highway com mission may make such certificates thereto as are required by the act in other cases, and the cost of making said improvements shall be charged, reckoned and paid for as though they were completed in the year in which they were commenced
 Schedule G, by MT Barnes of Nor wich. In section 2, line g, strike out the words "one thousand" and insert fifteen hundred" This amendment increases the office expenses of each commissioner.
 Schedule H, by MT. Fish of Newing- ton. In section 2, line z, strike out the words while officially employed" add as follows: mot to exceed three hun dred dollars each in any one year" This section refers to travelling ex- penses of the commissioners.
 Schedule I, by MT. Fish of Newing- ton. In section 6, line ?, strike out words "one-half'' and insert two thirds" The amendment throws two thirds of the cost of the work on the state.
 Schedule J, by MT. Fish of Newing- ton. Section 6, line 5, after the word hundred add "and fifty;'' strike out "one-half'' and insert "one-third."
 The amendment reduces the total an- nual expenditure from one hundred to fifty thousand dollars, and reduces the towns share to one-third.
 Schedule K, by MT. Griffing. In sec tion 1, line 2, strike out all after the word follows and insert in lieu there of:
 Section 1. There shall be appointed