The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-13
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
BUSINESS TRANS1 CITED BY SENATE
 AND HOUSE YESTERDAY.

Two Resolutions 10 Appropriate Money
 to Storrs Agricultural College-Bill
 Relating to Mechanics Liens-VariOus
 Bills, Petitions and Resolutions Re-
 ferred-Adjourned Until Tuesday.
 The senate was called to order at Hartford yesterday by Lieutenant Gov ernor Mills and after prayer by the chaplain, concurrent action was taken with the house in regard to matters acted upon by the latter body We'd nesday. A resolution appointing Lucius Brown judge of the city court of Nor Wich was referred to the committee on judicial nominations. Senator Muzzy presented q petition of the Bristol and Plainville Tramway company for amendment of charter, allowing the company to sell electric heat, also to build overhead crossing of steam roads in Plainville Referred to committee on railroads. The senate then took a re- cess Ol lllleGIl minutes anu until Tuesday next at 11:30 a. m,
 After the opening of the house at 10:45 MT. Gilmore of Norwich moved that the rules be suspended and a resolution passed authorizing the quartermaster general to give cannon marked with the initials of Governor Buckingham now in the state arsenal to Sedgwick post, G. A. R.. of Norwich, to be placed on the grounds surrounding the Buck ingham home in Norwich. The motion prevailed.
 MT. Freeman of Hartford introduced bill relating to mechanics liens which provides that no person other than the original contractor for the building, or, sub-contractor, shall be entitled to claim any lien unless he shall within sixty days from the time he shall have begun to furnish materials or render services give written notice to the owner of the building that he has so begun to furnish materials or render services. and intends to claim a lien therefor on the building, and that no lien shall attach to any building or it's appurtenances, or to the land on which the same may stand, in favor of any person, to a greater amount in the
 
 agreed to pay for such building and it's appurtenances. The bill was referred ' 10 the judiciary committee
 Two resolutions relating to Storrs Agricultural college were introduced by Mir. King of Windham and were re- ferred to the committee on agriculture. One provided for an appropriation of $20O00 to Storrs Agricultural college for nf md museum, the erection of a dairy build ing and for an infirmary, and another resolution appropriatng $15C00 to Storrs college to defray current eX- penses
 On motion of MT. Kenealy of Stam- ford resolution was unanimously passed fixing February 10 as the last day for the introduction of new busi- ness.
 A constitutional amendment was of fered by MT. Durant of Waterbury pro- viding that in the election of state off, cers, when two or more persons shall be found to have an equal and the greatest number of votes the general assembly, on the second day of the ses- sion, shall proceed. without debate, to chose said officer from list of names of the persons found to have an equal and greatest number of votes for said office. Another constitutional amend ment was introduced by MT. Durant, 1 providing that in towns or towns in- cluding cities having a greater popula- tion than 10000 shall be entitled to one additional representative in the house | for each additional 10000. Both were ! referred to the proper committees
 Mr. Pike of Middlstown introduced | the following bill: "Section 3,009 is i hereby amended by inserting after the i word premiums in the first line there of the words of insurance taxes and | assessments and after the word for in the second line thereof the word pro tectng,' and in the second line thereof | emitting the words 'insuring' and against loss by fire so that the said section when amended shall read as follows: Premiums of insurance, taxes and assessments paid by the mortgagea of any property for protecting his in- terest therein, shall be deemed to be part of the mortgage debt and shall be refunded to him before he can be re- quired to release his tite, which was referred to the committee on banks.
 The following petitions were ref =rred: By MT. Grannis of East Haven, petition from Frederick E. Street for an amend ment to the charter of the New Haven Street Railway company, of MT. Ken ealy of Stamford, petition from John Todd and others for the adoption of child.
 Mir Grannis of East Haven intro- dCced resolution to repeal the act by which pupils in towns where there are no high schools could attend high schools in other towns, the tuition to be paid for by the towns; referred to com mittee on education.
 MT. Kenealy of Stamford moved that when the house adjourn it adjourn to Tuesday next at 12:30. When the speaker was about to put the motion ! MT Tucker of Ansonia called attention to the fact that the United States stat utes required the legislature to elect a senator at noon on Tuesday. Speaker Brandegee ruled that Mir Fuckers point was well taken and MT. Kenealy the hour to 10:30.
 The committee on the assignment of seats reported favorably on the peti- l tion of the democratic members to be seated together. The report was ac- cepted. They will occupy all the seats ! in Section l and II seats in Section 2. (