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Rules. The Speaker, Catching*, Outhwuite, Ueed, 

 and Burrows. 



Territories. Wheeler of Alabama, Kilgore, Brunch, 

 I>oiio\im, Kril>l>.s, Ann. hi, Hunter, Simpson, llm-n, 

 Perkins, Scraiiton, Le Fever, Avery, Smith of Ari- 

 /omi, and Joseph. 



Ventilation, and Acoustics. Shell. Durborow, Ham- 

 mond, (iraliiiin. Walker. Ileiner, and I.inton. 



\\'<ir ( 'lui ma. Belt/.hoover, Stone of Kentucky, En- 

 loe, Mel.aiirin, Cooper of Texas, Goldzier, McNagny, 

 Kitehie, llouk of Tennessee, Hermann, Manon, Avery, 

 and Wilson of Ohio. 



WUIJH and Means. Wilson of West Virginia, Mc- 

 M'dlin. Turner, Montgomery, Whiting, Cocknm, Ste- 

 ven.-,. Hryan, Breckinridge of Arkansas, Bynum, Tars- 

 ney, Keocl, Burrows, Payne, Dalzell, Hopkins of Illi- 

 nois, and Gear. 



JOINT COMMITTEES. Library. Fellows, O'Ferrall, 

 and O'Neill of Pennsylvania. 



Printing. Richardson of Tennessee, McKaig, and 

 Broderick. 



Enrolled Rills. Pearson, Russell of Georgia, Lati- 

 mer, Hines, Hagcr, Adams, and Gillett of Massachu- 

 setts. 



To inquire into the Status of Laws organizing the 

 Executive Departments. Dockery, Richardson of 

 Tennessee, and Dingley. 



Disposition of Useless Papers in Executive Depart- 

 ments. Henderson of North Carolina, and Caldwell. 



CONNECTICUT, a New England State, one 

 of the original thirteen ; ratified the national 

 Constitution Jan. 9, 1788; area, 4,990 square 

 miles. The population, according to each de- 

 cennial census, was 237,946 in 1790: 251,002 in 

 1800; 261.942 in 1810; 275,148 in 1820: 297,675 

 in 1830 ; 309,978 in 1840 ; 370,792 in 1850 ; 400,- 

 147 in 1860; 537.454 in 1870; 622,700 in 1880; 

 and 746,258 in 1890. Capital, Hartford. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, Luzon B. 

 Morris, Democrat ; Lieutenant-Governor, Ern- 

 est Cady ; Secretary of State, John J. Phelan; 

 Treasurer, Marvin H. Sanger ; Comptroller, 

 Nicholas Staub; Secretary of State Board of 

 Education, Charles D. Hine; Insurance Commis- 

 sioner, Orsamus R. Fyler, succeeded by John S. 

 Seymour, appointed March 6. who resigned and 

 was in turn succeeded by Burton Mansfield, 

 appointed April 11 ; Railroad Commissioners, 

 William 0. Seymour, George M. Woodruff, Wil- 

 liam H. Haywood, succeeded by Alexander C. 

 Robertson ; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 

 of Errors, Charles B. Andrews; Associate Jus- 

 tices, David Torrance, Elisha Carpenter, Au- 

 gustus H. Fenn, appointed Feb. 1. and Simeon 

 E. Baldwin, appointed Feb. 2. As Justice Carpen- 

 ter will be disqualified from further service on 

 account of age after Jan. 14, 1894, the General 

 Assembly, anticipating the vacancy, appointed 

 William Hammersley, on May 31, as his successor. 



Finances. The latest report of the State 

 Treasurer, which covers the period from July 1, 



1891, to Oct. 1, 1892, presents the following fig- 

 ures : Balance on July 1, 1891, $984,076.10 ; total 

 receipts for the period, $2,159.289.25 ; total dis- 

 bursements, $2,218,947.91; balance on Oct. 1, 



1892, $924,417.44. The receipts were derived 

 from the following sources: lax on mutual in- 

 surance companies, $252,663.18; tax on stock 

 of nonresidents, $91,143.53; savings-bank tax. 

 $420,838.82 ; tax on railroads, $790,309.62 ; mili- 

 tary commutation tax. $126,531; tax on invest- 

 ments, $108,433.95; collateral inheritance tax, 

 $177,662.97; tax on telegraph companies, $10,- 



004.51 ; received from Commissioner of Innur- 

 ance, $57,427.80; interest on cash hulaii< 

 treasury, $54,973.78; miscellaneous receipts, $18,- 

 500.09. No ad valorem tax on property has been 

 levied for several years, the income from the 

 sources above mentioned being amply sufficient 

 to meet the expenses of the State. 



The State debt on Sept. 30, 1892, was $3,240,- 

 200, none of which is payable until 1!03. The 

 last portion of the debt which the State had the 

 option of paying before maturity was wiped out 

 in July, 1892, by the call of the Treasurer for the 

 redemption of $200,000 of the bonds of 1887. 



Legislative Sessions. On Jan. 3 both Houses 

 of the General Assembly of 1891 met for their 

 final session, the Senate by adjournment from 

 Dec. 19 previous, the Lower House by adjourn- 

 ment from Nov. 15. No business was transacted, 

 and, after holdi ng sessions extending over a period 

 of two years, the legislators laid down their office 

 without having succeeded in enacting a single 

 law. The General Assembly elected in the preced- 

 ing November began its work on Jan. 4, and con- 

 tinued in session through June 30. In consequence 

 of the nonaction of its predecessor, there was 

 nearly twice the usual amount of business await- 

 ing its consideration. One of its earliest duties 

 was the election of a successor to United States 

 Senator Joseph R. Hawley. At a Republican 

 caucus dn Jan. 10 Senator Hawley was renomi- 

 nated on the sixth ballot, receiving 67 votes, ex- 

 Gov. Morgan G. Bulkeley receiving 35, Samuel 

 Fessenden 22. William E. Simonds 8, and Wil- 

 liam C. Case 6. The Democratic nominee was 

 Carlos French. On the first joint ballot in the 

 General Assembly, on Jan. 18, Senator Hawley 

 was re-elected by a vote of 138 to 114 for Mr. 

 French. One of the most striking results of the 

 session was the adoption of a proposed constitu- 

 tional amendment providing for the election of 

 State officers by a plurality vote. Connecticut 

 being one of the few remaining States where a 

 majority of all the votes cast is necessary for an 

 election. Another proposed amendment con- 

 templates an increase in the number of State 

 Senators not to exceed 37. The county limita- 

 tions are to be removed, allowing the senatorial 

 districts to include towns in different counties. 

 Towns may also be divided in order to equalize 

 the districts. By another amendment the com- 

 pensation of members of the General Assembly 

 is to be limited to $500, and the State is to pro- 

 vide transportation for each member to and 

 from the sessions over the most convenient line 

 of travel. The question of making radical 

 changes in the Constitution, through the agency 

 of a constitutional convention, was discussed at 

 length, but the bill providing for a convention 

 failed of adoption. Several plans were consid- 

 ered to obviate future trouble in the event of 

 another contested State election, but no legisla- 

 tion resulted. 



The Storrs Agricultural School was raised to 

 the dignity of a college, and the moneys annual- 

 ly received from the ITnited States in'aid of ag- 

 ricultural colleges, which hitherto have been en- 

 joyed by the Sheffield Scientific School of New 

 Haven, were bestowed upon the new institution. 

 Two normal schools were established in addition 

 to the two already supported by the State, one 

 at New Haven and the other at Bridgeport. The 



