The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-12

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 fessional dyer.
 have died during the past year. Captain Henry A. Barnes of New Haven and William J. CraW of Rowayton. He al luded to them as valuable and faithful
 members, who had the high respect and esteem of all of the members of the as- l sociation
 | The secretary, D. c. Sanford of New l Haven, reported the collections Of dues and assessments, and stated the mem
 bership from each town, showing that
 New Haven has a larger number of
 members-proportion to those engag- | ed in the business-than any other town.
 The treasurer, Henry F. Stagg of | Stratford, rendered his report, showing a balance on hand of $21292. l After full discussion the following
 amendments to the constitution and by
 laws were made: First, the change or | the date of the annual meeting from the | second Tuesday in January to the sec ond Tuesday in October; second, the annual dues of each member were l changed from one dollar to three dol- | lars.
 A proposition to change the time in | the day of the annual meeting from 2 | p. m. to 10 a. m. was rejected. l The committee on legislation, through l its chairman, Henry c. Rowe, rendered
 It's report, which was in part as fol- lows:
 1 Your committee report that the most
 important matter which they had to care for during the past year was the defeat of the so-called board of health bill, which has already been sufficiently reported upon. ter
 l There were also several other mat | ters of minor importance, which were
 before the committee on fisheries in the l general assembly, to which your com l mittee gave due attention. Lone was a bill increasing the re- | muneration of the engineer of the shell | fish commission from s25O to $500. This was advocated by Commissioner Swartz and Clerk of Shell Fisheries MatheWson. | Your committee did not think 1t neces- 1 sary to take any action for or against | this bill, and 1t was passed. l 2-Another matter which was consid- | cred by the committee on fisheries was an alteration of section 24o2 of the gen eral statutes, proposed by President Lewis of the Oystermen's Protective as- I soeiation. As drawn their bill affected also the owners of private oyster l grounds as we'll as those working on the natural beds. Your committee stated | that 1t would be opposed to this bill unless 1t was so amended as not to ap- | ply to the owners of private beds. This was assented to by President Lewis, and a substitute bill was prepared by | me, covering the views of both associa- tions. This was reported favorably by the committee on fisheries and passed, constituting chapter 36 of the public acts, session of 1897.
 3-Another bill which was considered
 was the reference to the Housatonie | river. This was advocated by MT. Por- | ter, MT. Beebe, MT. Bell and MT Blake | man. Your committee were of the opin- | In that the interests of our members l were not affected by this bill, therefore | we took no part in the discussion, and believe the bill was nor passed. A bill to change the charge for ii- censes to work on the public beds from l $2 and upwards to 8 uniform rate of | $10 also received our attention. This was discussed by Messrs. Lewis, Mo
 Neil, Palmer, Read Soper, Bell. and General Frost. Your committee did not
 think it necessary to interfere on, either side of this discussion, and I believe l this bill was not passed. 5--Another bill was one against the use of dredging machines in the Housa- 1 tonic river, between the 1st of June and | the 1st of August. This was opposed by | some of your committee; the fisheries | committee reported unfavorably, and the bill was rejected. 6-Ahother matter which received our attention was chapter g of the public acts of 1897. This was proposed by the shell fish commissioners and assented to by your committee It was reported favorably and became law. 7--Chapted 122 of the public acts of 1897 was an act concerning the seizure of vessels illegally used in taking shell fish. It was amended, by the addition of the words Oyster police" with "sher- ifs. deputy sheriffs and constables, ;" thus enabling the oyster police to have the same authority with reference to seizure as the other state officers. The committee was successful in all the legislative matters in which 1t rep resented the association. The ballots for officers for the ensuing year resulted is follows, all the present officers being reelected by unanimous votes:
 President-Henry c. Rowe of New Haven.
 Vice president-Albert J. Hoyt of South Norwalk
 Secretary David C. Sanford of New Haven.
 Treasurer-Henry P. Stagg of strat- ford. The standing committees were ap- pointed as follows:
 Committee on egslation-Henry c. Rowe of New Haven, chairman; Alden Solmans of South Norwalk, Stiles Jud- son, ST., of Stratford, Henry J. Lewis of Bridgeport, E. Frank Lockwood of