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CONNECTICUT. 



The "short haul" bill, to prevent discrimination 

 in freight rates. 



That agents of non-resident insurance companies 

 must be licensed. 



Placing non-resident assessment companies under 

 control of the State Insurance Department. 



Exempting from tax $1 ? 000 of estate of pensioned 

 widows or mothers of soldiers or sailors. 



Authorizing the issue of $1,740,000 of State bonds 

 to take up 6 per cent, bonds maturing this year. 



Providing compulsory education for children be- 

 tween eight and sixteen in the public schools, unless 

 otherwise instructed children over fourteen may 

 labor at home or elsewhere. 



That every town may establish evening schools and 

 receive allowance from the school fund at $1.50 per 

 scholar. 



That in factories where workmen forfeit wages for 

 leaving without notice, they may recover a like 

 amount if discharged without like notice, except for in- 

 capacity, misconduct, or " general suspension of labor." 



Creating a Bureau of Labor Statistics, with commis- 

 sioner and clerk. 



That cities and boroughs may regulate plumbing 

 and house-drainage. 



That all kerosene shall be tested and the packages 

 stamped. 



Kegulating the sale and use of dynamite and like 

 compounds. 



Punishing the sale or giving away of obscene and 

 immoral picture-papers, " blood-and-thunder novels," 

 etc. 



That agricultural societies shall forfeit the State aid 

 if liquor- selling, "wheels," pools, etc., are allowed on 

 the grounds. 



That when animals are infected or supposed to be, 

 and are quarantined, owners shall be compensated for 

 actual loss. 



Changing the tree-planting law of 1881 so as to give 

 ten cents a year bounty for each tree planted and 

 cultivated on the highway for three years. 



Authorizing the Fish Commissioners to determine 

 the water boundaries between Connecticut and Rhode 

 Island. 



That the State fiscal year shall end June 30, and all 

 State reports shall be printed before November 1. 



The following are the chief appropriations : 



Insane Hospital, Middletown ... . . $50.000 



Supplying deficiency in school fund 14,000 



ilitary. 

 Judicial 239.000 



Military .. 100,000 



Humane and reform 187,000 



Education 264,000 



Legislative 96,755 



Agriculture 20,900 



Executive 28,700 



Sundry civil 181,178 



Contingencies 10,000 



Political. On November 3 one half of the 

 Senate and the entire House of Representatives 

 were chosen. The Legislature of 1886 will 

 consist of 13 Republicans and 11 Democrats 

 in the Senate, and in the House 130 Republic- 

 ans, 117" Democrats, and 2 Independents. 



Orville II. Platt, Republican, was re-elected 

 United States Senator. 



Finance. On Oct. 1, bonds of the State 

 amounting to $1,741,100, bearing interest at 

 6 per cent., became payable. To provide for 

 their payment the Treasurer issued, and sold 

 at a premium of about four fifths of 1 per 

 cent., new bonds amounting to $1,740,000, pay- 

 able in twenty-five years, hearing interest at 

 the rate of 3 per cent. The interest on the 

 funded debt was thereby reduced to the extent 

 of $52,200 per annum. On Dec. 1 the funded 



debt (exclusive of $8,100 of matured bonds not 

 presented) amounted to $4,271,000. The bal- 

 ance of cash in the treasury belonging to the 

 civil list was $777,529.07. The total resources 

 of the treasury, during the year ending Nov. 

 30, amounted to $4,155,765.36. 



Education. The census of January, 1885, 

 showed the number of children between four 

 and sixteen years old to be 151,069, 92 per 

 cent, of whom attended school during the year 

 ending Aug. 31, 1885, namely, 125,718 in pub- 

 lic schools and 14,480 in private schools. The 

 whole expense of the public schools (exclusive 

 of the Normal School) during the same year 

 was $1,852,221.45. On Nov. 30 the capital of 

 the school fund was $2,028,123.74. For the 

 year ending on that day its income was $119,- 

 680.05, and its disbursements $130,580.18. 

 The number of pupils in the Normal School, 

 Nov. 30, was 170. The expenses of the insti- 

 tution for the year were $19,845. 



.National Guard. The National Guard, num- 

 bering 2,313 officers and men, maintains a high 

 standard of discipline. During the year its 

 condition was improved by the disbanding of 

 two inefficient companies, and the organiza- 

 tion, in Stamford, of a remarkably good one. 

 The armories at Bridgeport and New London 

 have been finished. The ordinary expenses of 

 maintaining the force during the year ending 

 Nov. 30 were $82,022.25, being $24,396.62 

 less than for 1884. The military commutation- 

 tax will exceed $101,000 for the year. 



State Institutions. In May the center building 

 and north wing of the addition to the Hospital 

 for the Insane were finished. A south wing 

 of the same building will soon be completed. 

 During the year a house was built for the su- 

 perintendent. On Nov. 30 the number of pa- 

 tients in the hospital was 1,071, an increase 

 of 148 in a year. 



The number of boys in the State Reform 

 School, on Nov. 30, was 428, and the number 

 discharged during the year was 198. 



The Industrial School for girls had under its 

 charge, Dec. 1, 230 girls. 



Banks. The number of savings-hanks in the 

 State is 84. The amount of their deposits on 

 Oct. 1 was $92,481,525.43, an increase of $1,- 

 866,802.54 during the year; the number of de- 

 positors, 256,097, an increase of 3,852. 



Insurance. The number of stock fire-insur- 

 ance companies organized under the State laws 

 is 10, with paid-up capital amounting to $10,- 

 801,500; gross assets, $24,040,193; and sur- 

 plus above all liabilities, $5,967,556. Number of 

 mutual fire-insurance companies, 17. Amount 

 of their assets, $1,195,297; surplus above all 

 liabilities, $893,966. Number of life-insurance 

 companies, nine. Amount of gross receipts, 

 $110,839,326: liabilities, $99,321,018. 



Railroads. There are in the State 22 rail- 

 roads. The number of men employed exceeds 

 11,000. The amount of capital stock is $58,- 

 578,477, of which amount stockholders living 

 in Connecticut hold $17,719,377. The number 



