Litchfield enquirer., 1829-06-04


 dence. Ha,was not convinced that there was too much bank capital in the city of Hart fprd-the citizens of the place do not com plain that there sand until there was evidence adduced he should not believe such to be the fact. But if there be too much, the proposition of the gentleman from Stamford would be a very dangerous one if carried into effect. MT. Woodruff said there were many appli- cations before the house for banks, and the petitioners of each application thought their claims stronger than those of others. He thought the state was somewhat interested in this question. there being funds of the state to the amount of S35O, 900, in the several banks of the state, besides School funds to the a. mount of $lOO,OO By increasing the bank capital, the dividends deceease, and of course the public funds suffer.
 MT. M'Curdy did not consider banks so dangerous as some gentlemen supposed.- Gentlemen seemed to have wrong idea of banking operations. He thought there was no great evil in ten men, each having $1O,OOO to loan, putting sheir funds together and pla- cling them in the hands of one of their num- her to manage. He did not believe there were more failures in banking business than in any other; or that the public suffered more from these institutions than from those of different nature. Bill lost. Yeas 18- 1 Nays 1l2.
 Committee on the judiciary reported unfa- v0rably on the petition to remove the courts in Norwich. Report accepted. Committee on the petition of Hartford County Agricultural Society, reported bill for the improvement of agriculture in this state.
 Bill, providing that if person nominated to seti. snirtuOus liquors, does not pay his li- cense tn 20 days, he shall be repored to the States Attorney, indefinitely postponed. Bill regarding pedlars & hawkers, taken up. Mr. Booth spoke against the bill. It twould strike at the root of many enterprisng manu- lecturers, who did business on small scale. He mentioned several articles--such as ivory combs, japan lamps, buttons. &c. which have been first brought before the public by the persons described in the bill, and had driven foreign articles from the state. He did not like the principles of the bil-was in favor of free trade and sailors rights. People are to be sure frequently teased by hawkers, but not more than by regular merchants; and there is as great deception in the sales of the latter as ofthe former. He moved to amend the first section of the bill (which prohibits the sale of all foreign goods, indigo, feathers, articles made ofgold or of which gold is principal component part, Or silver spoons, or spoons of which silver is principal compo- nent part,) by erasing foreign goods. After some remarks from Messrs. Woodruff, Jud. son, Huntington, Boardman. Steele, and Brothwel against the amendment, it was lost.
 Mir. Woodruff moved to amend the bill by inserting drugs and medicines. Amendment carried. .,.. ..
 MT. Brothwell moved to amend by adding silver -thiMbles, but before the question was taken the house adjourned. -r-a--..--- TT Wednesday Morning, May 27.
 Prayer by Rev. Mir, Benedict.
 V The agents of Eagle Bank made report, which was referred to joint committee of one from a county.
 Committee to inquire into the expediency of encouraging the manufacture of hemp and silk, reported bill, which was once read.- [The bill provides that all lands on which hemp is raised shall be exempted from taxa tion for three years.
 Resolution passed for committee to en- quire into the expediency of re-printing pOr- tiOns of the reports of the Superintendents of New-Gate and States Prison for a few years past.
 MT. Boardman moved that 600 copies of the report of the committee to inquire into the expediency of encouraging the manufac- ture of hemp, Gc. be printed, ,-carried. Committee to whom was referred the pet- ton of the president, Sc. of Pennington Ca nal, for power to make by laws, reported bill which was once read. ..... Committee on new towns, &c. reported a. gainst the petition OfIra Hooker and others to constitute Bristol probate district. A motion was made by MT. Ives to reverse the report of the committee, which after a debate in which Messrs. Ives, Griswold, Boardman, Judson, Pitkin. Kibbe, Marks, and Gurley took part, was lost.
 Attermoon.-The resolution authorizing an appropriation to finish the state house in New Haven, taken up, and the question be- ing on filling the blank. and motion to fill the same with $40O0 being under cOnsidera- ton.
 MT. Woodruff moved to insert 5000. Af- ter some remarks from Messrs. Woodruff, Hawley, Pitkin, GEiiiin. and Cleaveland, in favor of the motion. and from MT. Judson a. gainst it, tho motion was carried and the res- 0lutiOn passeds v -s''' 9-
 Bill to district the state for the choice of Senators, read third time. Laid on the table, to be made the order of the day, for o'clock to morrow morning.
 Committee on petition ofthe Salisbury and Canaan turnpike road, reported favorably. Re- port accepted.
 1Rarsday Morning, May ss. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Robbins.
 Committee on the petition of Washington aud Warren turnpike company, reported a resolution favorable to the petition, which