Litchfield enquirer., 1829-05-21
CONNECTICUT LEGISLATURE.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Tuesday, Morning MGy,ls.


 Tuesday Morning MGy,ls.
 The committee on military returns report ed in part. Report accepted.
 The same committee reported in favor of commissioning Aaron Gibbs-accepted.
 The Speaker announced the following committees.
 On silk and hemp-Messrs. Pitkin, Hem mingwav. Coats, Fairchild, Williams, Will son, Robinson and MoultOn.
 O., the i,.diciary-Messrs. Church, $. Ii. Minor, and Kimberly.
 On Banks &c.-Messrs. Hale, Hitchcock, -, Reynolds,' Backus, Perry, Jackson and Hutchinson.
 BilI. for an alteration of the act for forming and conducting the military force; read sec Ond time.
 MT, Kibbe, who introduced the bill, stated its object to exempt from duty staff and com missi0ned officers who have been honOurably discharged. As the law now is, persons must hold the same commission, or place in the staff. five wears, or different ones eight years, before they can be exempt. MT. K. thought it rather degrading, after an officer hao been honorably discharged, that he should he asa'n enrolled as private in the militia.
 MT. Booth hoped the bill would not pass It was he thought introduced to meet Part'c- ular cases. Persons were not often comPe'- led to do duty after discharge from com, mission or from the staff. Ten are excused from duty where they ought not to be- "nere one is compelled to perform duty, where they ought to be exempt. Should such O''' pass officers would be pressing the house for aus charge, almost as soon as they were aPPO'nt- ed. The present law was salutary' an" "e hoped the bill would be rejected:
 Bill introduced yesterday for the repea' ol the 9th sec. of the Sabbath laws read the sec ond time.
 BiIi, introduced yesterday by MT. Darling providing that every town shall be frooate District read second time.
 MT. Darling spoke in favor of the bl':. For merly the several counties were probate dls- tricts but it had been the disposition ot the people to reduce them of late years' ana aP- plicaton to make district of single towns have been granted by the 'le gislature. The forma. t;Un of small probate districts has been oppo. sed by those only who reside in the centre o the large districts. The expense of travelling to the probate office the fact that the Judg' is often absent, and that persons are obliged sometimes to go from their homes to the of flee several times before they can find him the Judges ignorance, frequently, of person in his district; and the fact that business which belongs exclusively to the Judge ha been performed by the clerk during thu Judges absence; were reasons given by MT D. for introducing the present bill.
 Comptroller's annual report received ant laid upon the table.
 Wednesday, Morning, Mag IS. l. Prayer by the Rev. MT. Benedict.
 A large number of petitions were present ed. and referred to committees.
 1 E1uTJ. Iue com mittee recommend that the State be divided into twenty-one senatorial districts, and that each district be allowed one senator-that the counties of Hartford, New-H Haven, New London, Fairfield and Litchfeld, have each three senators; and that Windham. Middle sex. and Holland counties, have two each.
 Afternoon-Shool Commissioners, Audit OTIS, Canvasser's, Comptroller's, and Treas urer's Reports laid on the table.
 Bill introduced by Mir. Burrall, for the re- peal of the 5th section of the Sabbath law which section prohibits the serving of any process from the setting of the sun on Satur. day night to 12 o'clock on Sunday night, read second time. " The bill was advocated by the mover on the ground of the inconsistency of the law as uV" '"' PtOCCoS CdHtiot UC S6TNeU1 0G thought that no contract made during the same hours ought to be valid. The law should either he repealed or extended further.
 Bill by MT. Darling, concerning courts ol probate, read the third time.
 MT. Marks was aware that objections would be raised against this bill-that it would be said that every town does not possess compe- tent men to discharge the duties of Judge of probate. He was aware that there were men to oppose the bill. Every man who is judge or clerk, or who expects to be a judge or clerk, would be apt to oppose it, But he knew of no reason why one town should not be favored with probate office as we'll as another. There was an evil in having the districts too large; for the judge sometimes gets above his business, and trusts it to clerks. He was glad this bill was before the house i; for if it should not pass now, it would pave the way, and future legislature would take up the subject successfully.
 Mir. P. Miner said that if the bill would be advantageous he, knew of no reason why he should oppose it. The office of judge of probate is the most important one in the state, that of judge of the superior court ex- cepted. Nice questions are often to be deci- dcd, and the judge should he well vcrsed in the laws relative to the settlement of estates. It is important for the widow and the orphan that the judge should be competent man. The expense of travelling, compared with the advice of an able judge was trifiing. MT. M.