Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1820-03-14
LEGISLATURE OF NEw-JERsEY
From the True American.
A sketch Of the proceedings Of the House
Of Assembly.
w EDNEsDAy, March ].

WEDNESDAY, March ].
A message from council Informed tina
they had passed the bill to raise $4,000
dollars for the year 1920, aud the bill SUP
Elementary to the act Tor the publication
Of law reports, without amendments ; ant
that council had passed the bill supple
mentary to the militia act, with amend
ments, which were 10 part agreed to By
the house.
MIR. Lanning reported bill to defray
incidental charges-ordered I'd reading
A message from council informed thai
council had passed the bill to prevent ob
structions to the navigation Of the Della
ware without amendment; and the bill
supplementary to the act for the relief o.
persons imprisoned for debt, with amend
Inents, to which the house agreed, and or.
dered the bill to be re-engrossed.
The bill TO defray incidental charges
was read I'd time and ordered to be en-
crossed.
The re-engrossed canal bill as ameuded /;
the bill supplementary to the act to con-
firm the chartered rights of the borough
Of Elizabeth; the bill to divorce Abigail
Cougar from her husband, Peter b. Con-
gar; aud the bill to authorize the building
Of additional cells at the state prison were
taken up and passed.
A message from council informed that
they had receded from their amendment
to the bill supplementary to the act estab-
fishing militia system, whereupon said
bill was ordered to be re-engrossed.
The compiled bin relative to the incor-
poration of townships, &c. was taken up
and passed to Sd reading, as was also
the Elizabeth Town Insurance bill.
Adjourned till tomorrow.
THURSDAY, March 2.
A message from council informed that
they had agreed to the amendment to the
bill respecting clerks of common pleas and
general quarter sessions Of peace.
MIR. Kinney made report on the confer
cnce Of the committees Of the two houses
concerning their disagreement respecting
the bill relative to the settlement and re-
lief of the poor--that the committees were
unable to come TO any agreement thereon.
IBoth houses resolved to adhere to the
ground they had taken, and the bill was
postponed to the next sitting.
The bill supplementary TO the act for
the relief Of persons imprisoned for debt;
the bill supplementary to the militia act ;
the bill authorizing repairs TO the state
house; aud the bill to defray incidental
charges, passed the house.
Mr.. Coke proposed resolution author
izing the treasurer to let the government
house and lot at auction-laid on the table.
Adjourned to o'clock.
8 o'clock the house met. Mr. Kinney
laid before the house the report of the
brigade board Of the county of Essex.
Mr.. Elmer presented petition from
New-Bruns wick for suspension or repeal
Of the supplement to the jurisdiction act i;
which being read, he asked leave to pre-
sent bill for that purpose. which the
house refused to grant, % to II.
A message from council informed that
they had agreed TO the report Of the joint
committee of both houses, appointed to en-
quire into the manner 10 which the com.
missioDers appointed in the act to facilitate
the intercourse between the states of New
York, Pennsylvania and this state have
executed their trust. BY this report il ap-
pears that the commissioners Daniel Stew
art, Charles Kinsey and John Liun, es-
qaiFes, authorized Col. Aaron Ogden, Of
Elizabeth Town, to dispose of the lottery
which they were allowed to make-that il
was sold to Isaac G. Ogden Of New York
for $4,000 dollars, part of which sum the
Commissioners had expended on the OBJ
jects contemplated by the law-that a note
for 10000 dollars due from the said Isaac
G. Ogden, now lies in the hands of Col.
A. Ogden, the agent of the commissioners,
which the said /. G. Ogden refuses pay.
ment, aud which the said Aaron Ogden
declines giving up; whereupon resolve
is recommended, that the Attorny- Gene
raj be requested to demand the same, and
in case Of refusal to sue therefor; which
report was agreed to by the house, and thu
committee authorized further to investi
gate the subject.
Adjourned till o'clock tomorrow,
FRIDAY, March 3.
A message from council informed tina
they had agreed to the amendments to tn
bill concerning wrecks; that they bad pass
ed the bill to authorize the building of cell
al the state prison, and the bill to confirm
the chartered rights Of the borough of Eli
zabeth, without amendments; and the in
cidental expense bill with amendments, {.
which the house agreed, and passed tn
same.
Ordered--That the revised bills whicl
come forward during the recess,be printed
The speaker adjourned the house TO th'
Sd Wednesday in May next.