The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-01
The GENERAL ASSEMBLY
BILL FOR DIVISION OFNEW H1VEN
INTO FIFTEEN TOXINS.

Presented In the House Yesterday
Caucus of Republican Senators Thi
Afternoon-Eifteen Minute Session o
senntc-BilIs, Resolutions, and Pc
titions Presented.
The house was called to order at 1873
p. m. yesterday and Immediately there
after Mr.. Bree introduced, by request
a bill providing for amending that por
ton of the city charter of New Haver
relating to the salary and fees of the
clerk of the city court. 1t was referred
to the committee on cities and Dor
oughs. The bill is published in full be-
low. Mr.. Bree also presented the bill
drawn up by William S. Pardee and
providing for a division of New Haven
into fifteen towns.
Mr.. Durant of Waterbury introduced
a substitute for the resolution which he
presented last week endorsing the for
eign policy of President Mckinley. The
substitute simply afflrms that there is
no division in the Connecticut legisla-
ture on party lines in regard to the con-
duct of the war. The substitute was
passed without opposition.
A bill was introduced by member
from North Stonington providing that
voters who are inmates of town poor
houses and desire to vote on election
day must vote in the voting district in
which they had residence before going
to the almshouse
A bill was introduced by Mr.. Light
of Norwalk for an amendment to the
divorce laws whereby permanent m
compatibility of temperament should
be made sufficient ground for granting
divorces.
Appropriations for chapters of the D.
A. r. were asked for as follows: For
Elizabeth Porter Putnam chapter. $500
to assist in meeting the expense of pur-
chasing and improving the Wolf Den
property in Pomfret and for Anna
Warner Bailey chapter, $500 to main
tain state property connected with the
Groton monument.
The bill relating to the compilation OF
laws for assessment and collection OF
taxes, drawn by Mayor Farnsworth,
was presented by Mr.. Bree.
Petitions were presented as follows:
For a bill providing that no railroad
in the state shall handle or transport
explosives except under regulations to
be laid down by the railroad commits
sioners; from I. A. Kelsey ct al. for the
incorporation of an electric railroad
company to operate a line between East
Windsor and South Windsor.
The judiciary committee made IA
vorable report on the bill to exempt
students in academies and colleges, fire
men of cities and towns and militia Of
ficers from the military tax. The Dill
was tabled for the calendar.
The house adjourned until 1880 a. m.
to-day.
The senate session lasted but about
fifteen minutes yesterday. Senator
Lounsbury presented a bill for an act
providing that every person who shall
deposit, discharge or suffer to be dis
charged upon any highway or in any
running stream of water any filth, wa
ter garbage or other filthy or obnoxious
matter, or who shall permit the drain
age from any sink or cesspool located
on the premises occupied by him to dis
charge into any highway or cutters
connected herewith, or into any rum
ming stream, whether such stream be
upon his own land or on that of an
other, shall be deemed guilty of NUS
ance and upon conviction shall be fined
not more than 81 or be imprisoned more
than thirty days, or both; referred to
the committee on public health.
Resolutions for appointments were
presented as follows and referred:
Frank Day, to be trustee of Storrs ag-
college, to committee on sem
ate appointments; Edward M. Lock-
wood, to be associate judge of the town
court Of Norwalk, tabled for calendar;
Ernest l.. Staples, to be judge of the
town court of Huntingdon, introduced
by Mr.. Light of Norwalk; F. W. Cur
tbs. to be judge of the town court of
introduced by Mr.. Perry
of Huntingdon, to judiciary committee.
On motion of Senator Hall OF wellington
the rules We're suspended and Stephen
0. Bowen of Eastford was reappointed
trustee of Storrs
An act to establish harbor lines for
the city of New Haven, as recommend |
ed by the harbor commission of this !
city, was referred to the judiciary COM
mittee.
A petition was presented asking that |
4 pension be granted to Charlotte 3. !
Cloves of Hartford for the death of .
her son, Charles C. Cloyes, who was a .
member of Company F, First regiment, |