The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1826-05-11

keys TO the Synagogue, but had not been
able TO obtaiq the same and therefore could
not make the repairs. r
On motion Of mr.. Hazard, messrs. Haz-
ard, Brdgham, Waterman, Dixon and
Bicknell were appointed Committee 70 re-
port a plan of reform in the Judiciary sys-
TEN ofthe State.
In introducing this resolution, mr.. IIaz-
ard said he did not know thot any thing
could be done, but he knew there was an
absolute necessity for il. In the founty oi
Newport, there were several trials ofchscs
at the last terrn of the Supreme Court, and
every one had been on the docket at least
six years. II amounted TO total denial Of
Justice throughout the State. The reso-
luton passed without a dissenting voice.
The report Of the General Treasurer
was read, from which it appears that the
balance in the Treasury at the last report,
was SSS2S 81
last six months 2e58fe
SIlGss 90
Expenditures q. 65Ji 60
Balance carried 10 new account S45f7 IA
Seven petitions ofconycts were received
and granted---two were received and not
granted, and one not received. - y
! Mr.. Bickneli said he hoped some mode
would be devised before long ofgetting rid
Of this dispensation Of justice. II was now a
punishment on the State rather than the
criminals. ...
The House adjourned. .'i..
Friday afternoon. Waterman, cal
led for the order Of the day; the bill from
the Senate increasing -the Ban3r' tax. "A
highly animated and interesting debate en-
sued and continued until the hour of ad-
jou rnment. The result was, the increase
fthe present tax from cents to 25 on
every hundred dollars Of the capital stock
paid in, as passed by the Senate, was a..
'inended so as to read l2 l.2 cents on eve.
ry hundred dollars, and sent to the Senate
who concurredin the amendment. 49,
Saturday mornings; Potter called
up the subject Of Lotteries, and after a
good deal Of discussion, the following Act
amended in part BY the Senate, passed to
law. /.
. The first section requires that the mana.
gers Of all Lotteries granted by this Legis-
lature since January lst, 1920, shall report
to the General Assembly at its next session,
the sums they were respectively entitled
to raise by said grants, the amount that
has been raised by each Lottery, specify
ing the sum raised by each and every class
---the manner in which the classes have
been sold and disposed ofand to whom the
statement to be sworn to by all or ma
jority of the managers before ajudge, JUS
tice .ofthe Peace OF Notary Public.
'The.2d section provides, that ifthc man
ayers ofany Lottery shall fail to make the
report as above required, the grant or au-
tbority. to such managers to raise money by,
Lottopyslmh thereby become null and void.
The third section provides that neither
the Managers'of any Lotteries, or their a.
gents, shall make or issue any classes or
schemes of ofLotteries, from the passage Of
this act, until the rising of the General As,
sembly at the neyt session, under the pen
lalty, in case such schemes are issued, Of
inrteising all grants to such managers to
raise money by Lotteries.
Tire Secretary was directed to cause
this act TO be published immediately for
three weeks siccessively.
The committee appointed at a former
session on the subject Oft States Prison
were discharged, and Messrs. Potter,
Bridgham, Trevett, Waterman and Bick-
nell, were appointed committee to report
what tho old Jail in Providence could be
sold for, the expense of a suitable site for
States Prison, and plan for uniting the
County Jail with it. Alsoto collect .inior-
nation upon the subject of State Prisons,
and.to draw on the Treasury for the ex-
pcnses OF carrying this resolution into eff
feet. ....
Mr.. Brayton, moved for the repeal Of the
compensation law, agreeahly to the Sctu-
ate resolutions, which he requested to have
read. Instructions from Warwick and
Cranston to the same effect, wcrc handed
in, and on motion ofmr. Bicknell, the whole
was ordered to lie on the table.
The Bank returns were read. An act
passed. for holding a special term Of the
Colpmon Pleas in Providence, the last
Tuesday in May, 10 transact business con-
,nectcd with the Blackstone Canal.
! "A resolution TO raise committee TO re-
yisc the Insoycnt laws Of the State, (atter
Q remark from mr. Potter, thpt he intcn-'
dcd to have given notice he should at the
next Session move for a repeal Of. the law
establishing Courts of Commissioners,
(which was one of the greatest curses that
had ever befallen the State was laid on
the table. t
T.. An act to prevent hogs running at large,
in East Greenwich, was postponed, and the
adjournment having been Read, directing
the. Secretary, on motion ofmr. Randall, in
addition TO the usual form, to cause suit
able indexto be published with the laws,
which was concurred in by the Senate;
both Houses adjourned 10 meet again at
Newport, on the Sd Monday in June.