The Litchfield County post., 1827-05-24

port and accompanying bill were laid on the table.
 A resolution was passed appointing com mittee to enauiire what alterations if any are necessary in the laws regarding foreign at tachments.
 A bill was passed appointing Jeremy HOadly and Solomon Porter directors of the Phoenix Bank on the part Ofthe state.
 The bill for public act relating to the.set clement of estates testate, Intestate, ana In- solvent, which was discussed last week, was taken up, and on motion of MT. Benedict re- ferred to a select committee Ofthree. A bill for a public act providing that in the ] sale of all articles by Avordupos weight 100 lbs. should constitute a cwt. and 20O0 ton, and the aIiauot parts of tie same shall be ! reckoned accordingly. was taken up, and on melton of MT. T. Pitkin, who thought the bill would render some alteration in the general law on weights and measures necessary it was laid on the table.
 The Report of the Agents of the Eagle Bank was taken up, and on motion Ot MT. Kimberly it was referred to a joint committee l of one from county on the part of the | House.
 The Report of the commissioners appoint ed to build the State Prison was read, and ] with accompanying documents referred to l the committee on the State Prison. 1 A resolution appointing committee to take into consideration the expediency of in- creasing the compensation allowed to the publishers of the laws, was introduced by MT. ! Ingersoll and ncgatlved.
 The committee on the petition of Ezra 1 Hunt for release from confinement in New gate prison reported in favor of the same, and bill for this purpose was passed. Wednesday, May 16. Prayer by the Rev. Mir. Sears. Reports ofcommittees on sundry petitions 1 of a private nature were taken up and acted upon. { The report of the committee on the memo rial of the 10th Company Light Artillery in Stonigton stating that they had been or ] selves and done duty accordingly-that fines Company by the Capt. of the Infantry Com pany in that place, that they had appealed to the Capt. General, but that no decision had been had praying to be exonerated from said fines. On this report a discussion occu- pying more than an hour took place-the re- port was finally accepted, and the accompa- nying bill passed.
 The committee on the petition of Truman Starr and others, for an alteration in the char ter of Goshen Academy, reported m favor of the same; report accepted, and accompany ing bill passed. A bill for public act authorizing the Capt.
 General to aher'the limits of Regiments, and transfer companies from one regiment to an
 other, was taken up and passed.
 Several bills for puplic acts received their
 first and second readings.
 .t Afternoon. A resolution was read appointing com mittee to take into consideration the propriety
 of increasing the compensation allowed tc } the publishers of the laws.
 l Mir. Ingersol remarked that the resolution , was of similar purpOrt to one introduced bJ
 himself fyesterday ,and negatived by the House
 he was confident the House misapprehendet z the object of tie resolution at that time-i did not propose to establish any specific rule but merely to appoint committee of inquiry - he was informed that the compensation a . present allowed was only about one 1-12tf the amount charged for. ordinary advertise ments-amounting in the whole to about thre. dolars-if such were the fact, he could see nc
 objection to appointing committee-shoule
 the committee report a bill that might bt
 thought objectionable, the House could re ject it.
 Mir. Shepherd thought that the honor o
 the State required that they should at least ap point committee he understood the mat f ter was now regulated by the Comptroller |, the bills were handed to him blank to be fill r ed up according to his discretion, the sum Il - sually paid was very small; if it was prope that the laws should be printed, it is certainl, proper that a suitable compensation should b.
 allowed for it-he could see no possible objec ton to appointing committee. 4 A message was received from the Govern or transmitting certain resolutions of the
 State of Georgia, which was referred to ti1t committee on the resolutions from Maine.
 A message was received from the Govern
 or,transmitting certain resolutions ofthe State of Delaware, Connecticut, Illinois, and Ohio
 on the subject of Slavery and disappearing O
 a resolution ofNew-Jersey, on the subject
 Olonization-Also message from the Gov
 ernor, transmitting certain resolutions ofVer,
 mont. disappearing of the amendments of tht
 constitution proposed by the Legislature O
 Tennessee !; the message and accompanying
 documents were transmitted to the Senate. | The committee on the Subject of the State
 House in New-Hayen, reported a resolution appropriating S26,OOO towards the erection O a new building, this sum being two-thirds o the estimate expenses of the same.-After 6
 few remarks from Messrs. Boardman and T. n 4 Al. A L-Sl