The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-01

| claims committee.
The senate concurred with the mouse
in sending to the railroad committee a
petition for extension of the Time LOT
building the East Haven and Morris
Cove railroad.
Another petition referred to the COM
mittee on interpretations asked for the
incorporation of an electric plant COM
pany in Simsbury.
Senator WEIGH introduced an act pro-
viding that a sufficient number or rec
ords and briefs of all cases determined
| in the supreme court of errors shall be
procured by the supreme court reporter
and bound in convenient size, with an
4 index of the cases, and copy sent 10
each county law library, and that the
expense for the same shall be palu by
the state; referred to the judiciary COM
mittee.
An act was introduced by the senator
from the Seventeenth district providing
that at any and all points where a
steam railroad and street railroad cross
each other at grade the expense incurred
in providing and maintaining suitable
protection of such crossings shall be ap-
portioned by the board of railway COM
IllSSlO1lGI5 DGlWGGll IliC slCetiNi 1900
and the street railroad; and that the
driver of a street car shall stop not less
than twenty feet nor more than seventy
five feet from the crossing and examine
to see if the crossing is safe before at
tempting to cross.
An act was introduced amending sec
ton 1894 of the general statutes so that
superior courts. courts of common pleas
or judges thereof, when the court is not
actually in session, may issue Wrlts OF
mandamus and require the party to
whom a writ may be directed to make
a return to such court or judge at any
time or place it or he may designate,
and that such court or judge may pro-
coed therein and render judgment ac-
cording to the common law, and If the
party fails to make return the court
may issue peremptory mandamus; re-
ferred to judiciary.
The senate adjourned until 1870 a. m.
to-day.
A joint caucus of the republican men,
bers of the house and senate will be held
this afternoon in the representatives
chamber for the purpose of nominating
a school fund commissioner. The pres
ent incumbent of the position is Carnot
Spencer of Hartford who was appointed
to the vacancy caused by the death of
Herbert e. Benton Of New Haven.
A caucus of the republican senators
will be held Immediately after the close
Of the joint caucus to consider the ac-
ton to be taken on the report of the
committee on contested elections on the
Averill- Callahan contest.
20 c1xrprtb vnGtapHau aftor-
noon appeared before the committee on
education and opposed the bill for an
act providing that where town and city
school districts are consolidated the Sc
lectmen shall be ex-officio members of
the boards of education.
The bill concerning the salary of the
clerk of the city court of New Haven,
presented by Mr.. Bree, by request, yes
terday, is as follows:
1. That section 172 of the charter of
the city of New Haven be amended by
striking out of the seventh line of said
section the words "all fees received by
him." and by striking out line s, and
by striking out the words together
with" on line and inserting in the
tenth line after the word eases the
following: "Shall be paid into the treas
ury of said city for the use of said
city, so that said section when amend
ed shall read as follows:
The clerk shall keep the civil files and
records Of said court, and in general
shall have and exercise all the powers
and discharge all the duties pertaining
to civil matters pending in said court
which belong to or are discharged by
the clerks of the superior court in like
cases pending therein, so far as the
same are applicable to said court. He
shall collect the same fees in civil mat !
tiers as are hereinafter provided, and
all fees, costs, fines and othe rsums
coming into his hands in criminal cases
shall be paid into the treasury of said
city for the use of said city, except that /
he may pay from the funds in his hands
the costs and fees in criminal cases to |
the persons entitled to receive the !
same and any necessary expenses of |
said court which shall have been ap- |
proved by said judge, taking receipts |
for such payments, and shall report to |
the court monthly all fees due and I'M
paid He shall account to the controller
of said CITY, monthly, for all moneys /
by him received under the provisions
Of this act, and his disbursements
thereof, and pay all balances in his
hands at said times Of accounting into .
the treasury of said city, except such
sums as may be necessary for him to
retain to pay said costs, fees and eX-
oenses to the persons respectively en-
titled thereto; provided, that no fees in
cases shall be paid to or re-
,eived by any paid member of the po-
ice force of said city for any service
whatever, as witness or otherwise;
and provided further, that no person
shall be entitled to receive any costs or
ees unless demand shall be made there
or within ninety days after the same
shall have been taxed. Said clerk may
lraw orders on the city treasurer for
such sums as may be necessary to pay
I'll the fees, costs and expenses Of said
court which have accrued and are pay
lble by him, and it shall be the duty
If said city treasurer to pay such or
lers on the treasury when countersign-
ID by the judge, and said clerk shall
eturn to the controller each month
detailed statement, under OATH of his
,fficial receipts for the month preced-
ng, under the following heads, to wit:
from fines, from jail, from the superior
curt and from other sources; also a
letailed statement, under oath, of his
ficial disbursements, and of the