The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-06-08
THE GENERA ASSEMBLY,,
Business Transacted by House and Sem
ate Yestcriay

| The house held another afternoon SEES
sion yesterday and had a quorum pres
ent, something unusual since the after.
noon sessions began. The committee on
appropriations reported favorably tive
resolutions for appropriations, one for
Sl25 for the expenses of the building
and loan commissioner and $3.50 for ex-
| penses of the commissioner on domestic
animals The other resolution provided
for the following appropriations for ed
| ucational purposes: For the support of
| the common schools of the several
towns of the state, $SS,650; state board
| of education normal schools, $4,000;
! special agents to enforce the laws ralat-
ing to the employment of children and
! laws relating to attendance at school,
| SIS 900, school libraries and apparatus,
| $4,000; public libraries, $4,000; expenses
of library commissioner, $1,000; teach
ers meetings, $4,000; salary Of secretary,
| ST. 900; salary of clerk, $4,000 salary of
agent $1,000; office expenses, $4,000; eX-
penses of secretary, $1,200 expenses of
agent $780, expenses of the board
$500; tuition for children in high school
$4,000; evening schools, $1,000. The res
A substitute for house Joint resolution
297, making an appropriation of $1,000
to pay the expenses incurred by sick
volunteers In the panishAmerican
war, was reported favorably and tabled
for the calendar and printing. The sub
stitute provides that the money is to be
expended by the quartermaster general
to pay expenses incurred by volunteer
soldiers of this state during the last war
for medical attendance, medicine. nurs-
ing food and necessary travel incident
to the sickness
A substitute bill was reported favora :.
bly, which provides for the appointment
of clerks of superior courts and reSu-
lates their salaries. The substitute pro-
vides that at their annual meeting in
June the judges of the superior court
shall appoint a clerk and one or more
assistant clerks for the superior court
of each county for the year ensuing and
that the judges may remove clerks at
any meeting, and that any judge may
appoint temporary clerk, whose du-
ties shall be the same as clerks of the
court, and who shall hold office for such
time as is deemed necessary. 1t pro-
lowed for the salaries of the clerks and
clerical assistance in New Haven coun-
ty 1900, Hartford county $1,000, Fair
field county $4,000, New London county
"a 1000, Windham county $4,000, Litch-
field county $1,000, Middleeex county
81, 800 and Holland county $l,S00. 1t Is
further provided that the judges of the
superior court shall fix the salaries of
the clerks and assistant clerks appoint
ed by them, apportioning the sums spec
flied for that purpose, and that all ees
required by law to be paid to clerks of
the supreme court of errors and superior
court shall belong to the state and be
paid over by the clerks to the state
treasurer, and that each clerk and as
sstant clerk shall file bond for $4,000.
The original bill was one of the smell
ing committees bills and provided fix
ed salaries for the clerks and assistant
clerks for the superior court of each
county, the salary of the clerk of the
superior court in New Haven county
being fixed at $4,000 and those of the
assistant clerks at $1,000. The substi-
tute differs from the original bill chief
ly in providing that the salaries shall
be fixed by the judges. The bill was ia
bled for the calendar.
Favorable report was made on the bill
providing that courts of common coun-
Gil of cities may by ordinance, prohibit
the lettering of children under fifteen
years of age on the streets, alleys or
public places within the corporate linn
its of cities.