The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-01-26
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
BILLS, RESOLUTIONS And PETIT
IONS PRESENTED YESTERDAY.

An Act Concerning Trustces-Nomina-
lions for City Court Judges of New
characterization for Endorsement
of President Mckinley's Policy Re-
ferred in the Scnate--The Electric
Road to Derby-Other Matters.
In the absence Lieut.. Gov. Mills,
speaker pro tenn Keeler presided over
the senate yesterday. Shortly after the
calling to order Senator Pendleton Of
fered a bill for an act amending chap
ter 24S of the public acts Of 1897 The
proposed act provided that all deeds to
conveyances of any real estate hereto
fore made by a married woman directly
to her husband or by married man di-
rectly to his wife shall be validated and
confirmed. Referred to judiciary COM
mittec.
Senator Pendleton also introduced
bill for an act to provide that no judge
periOr court, the court of common pleas,
or of the district court or city court
shall act in any case in which his faith
er. son, or brother is interested as
party or attorney. Referred to judiciary.
Senator Barnes of Norwich introduce
ed an act providing that when any de-
post shall be made in a savings bank
by any person as trustee for another and
Of
term of a legal and valid trust shall
have been given to the banks at the
time of such deposit, the same or any
part thereof together with the interest
or dividends shall be payable to the
trustee or upon his death, refusal to act
as trustee, or legal proof Of his inca
pacity to the cestui que trust named at
the time the deposit was made and in
case of such payments to such cestul
que trust, the receipt or acceptance OF
such cestui que trust shall be a valid
and sufficient release to the banks for
such deposits, the bill to take effect on
it's passage.
Among the business which came from
the house was a petition for the 1ncor-
poration of a street railway company to
operate between New Haven and Derby,
the incorporators named being Israel A.
Kelsey, T. M Waller. S. Harrison Wag-
ner, j. d. Dewell and w. B. Ferguson.
This petition was referred in the house
to the committee on interpretations and
when it came up a motion was made
for concurrence in referring to the
same committee, Senator Kendall,
ci7airam of the railroad COMMITTEE OBJ
jected, however, and on motion the mat
ter was referred to the railroad COM
mittec.
When the resolution endorsing Presi-
dent McKinley's war policy came up,
Senator Callahan of New Haven moved
that the rules be suspended and the
resolution placed upon it's passage. Mr. |
Kendall of Suffield protested against
this, however, saying: This is an i'm /
portant matter and ought not to be
treated with a spirit of merriment. The |
citizens of Connecticut have always |
been found in the line of duty. I move |
that the resolution be referred to the |
committee on federal relationsI Tt was so
referred.
The executive secretary, Mr.. Day, APP
peared with a communication from
Governor Lounsbury, nominating Fred
erick NJ Salman of Westport to be di-
rector of the state prison for the I'M
The senate went into executive session
and confirmed the appointment. The
senate concurred with the house in the
passage of a resolution authorizing the
central school district of Wallingford |
to issue bonds to the amount Of S35,000
1-2 per cent. for 20 years
The following resolution for appoint
ments were introduced: Allen A. Baker
Erastus S. Day, Fred T. Avery Joseph
Smith,. Asa r. Bigelow, Henry G. Nor
gan and Samuel P. Welland to be trus-
tees of Bacon academy in Colchester,
each for the term of four years from
July l., 1877; Lucien #. Burpee to be
Judge of the city court of Waterbury,
to judicial nominations; Fred S. Sey-
mour of Hadlylne to be commissioner Of
Hadlyme and Chester jury.
Petitions for Incorporation were pre-
scented as follows To William H. Childs
ct al for Incorporation of the Manches-
ter Trust and Safe Deposit company,
referred to committee on banks; for the
of the South NorWalk
Trust company, to banks. s
The senate adjourned until 1880 to-
day.
The house was called to order at 1920. ]
MI. Tucker of Ansonia introduced a bill
that no member of the gen. !
eral assembly shall be eligible for the
office of county commissioner and that {
there shall be three commissioners to I
hold office for four years, and that no t
member Of the general assembly shall f
be eligible, nor shall any county COM
missioner hold office as deputy sheriff. c
Mr.. Wadsworth of Torrington pre- 0
sented a resolution by which it is sought. c
% be required that the public acts be g
printed in The Stella D. Italia, published t
1y Paul Russo In New Haven, to cost f
800. Referred to the judiciary commit
.ee. e
The appointment of Messrs. Gallaher q
If Essex, Bowers of Manchester, Vim /,
on of Mansfield and Hall of Stafford, a
o be house tellers was announced by &
speaker Brandegee. :
Other bills introduced were as fol- f
ows: To provide that where school dis e
riots have been consolidated and pu- =
ills number eight or less the school O
nay be closed and the children trans
,orted to other districts at town ex- h
Nnse. A bill providing that any alien,