Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1830-01-30

y,uwomeuts Messrs Huuoss Dj<9rs
Sim,nuns. Pratt and nHiIe opppesd
tho resoIuiipu. The resolutions was
inde6ultely pssspos>t ~ 7su oyer'j
whelmins majority, oaly saehs y"(
their IavOf. Il
! Thsrsday forenoon. Petition ~. =
Daniel Waits wss referred inel
Commiftec on Finance reported oI
bill favorable 10 The petition u S.ln'
son X Davenport Of Bost"n' wh'cn
passed. , ~ .se
Mr. Potter said that wa had three
of the mos, Important subjects to dis
pose of, tha, had ever come before us
at oas- tiwe--ths License, L"iiery
md Bankrupt billie. They are the
most diGicuIt sutjects to manage that
VIC ever had. ~ u
Mr. Arnold observed that 40 licen
ses would be granted ill after the
town meetings in June. IL We pass
this law now, il would have no effect
op those already GU, aud - no
new pmes wpula be taken out till 81
ter the next session. be say mo- good
that would arise frow psssisg II nov.
He therefore meycd tAat Il sboul'l
be postponed to tho next session ol
al,e Asiembly. w1ey
Mr. Howe said this would anounI
10 the same thing a. If We passed il
now. Though in Pr0,idence licenses
would not be, granted till Jane--ir
other towns they are tsken sut st
other periods. lie thought that the
.gentlemsn's exception might 10 ob
Waited by an amendment that the
bill should not be constrGsd to 'adc. {
Ihe rights Of those who had taken
cut licenses already. ea
Mr. Hazard wished to hear some
reason assigned for The postp"uc-
.ment. We had set over the ~oek To-
get through with tlis business. l4
Mr Simmons ssid that il the bill
MAs passed at this scssiow, ths rev.
enue would be unequAiIy cnlsrtrd.
Mr. Dixon couII not seo uie differ
.snce. IL passed nov. II could hs no
hardship on tilose who now had Ii
Censes out.
Mr. Allen remarked that the Com.
tIittse had been at considerable la
bor about this bill. He should hs
.opposed to the Posiponemeu,.--l,
.~ss wot postponed.
The question bsiag now On tue pas
cage Of the bill. li-
The Lottery Bill came DIV n econ.
'curred from the SsnS.s, ~ith amend
nsn,s which were agreed 10 by III.
House.
The Committee on FinaHce ropor,
favorably to the granting efa lotter,
to the Second Bsptist Society in Gov
entry.
Mr. Halle moved that tho repor,
be laid sM the table till the pe.itio,
Of Mr. Stevens should have been nc,
~ upon, which, ~as # mors conse.
auencs 10 the Stale: Tie moiiuR
did not pass. t4.4'N z 9Ttgf
The question being nov on ths
granting Of the petition. ~
Mr. Simmons hoped that we should
wait while before we granted any
more lotteries. Ne thought tia,
there were enou Z. h already to last til
next session. There was no sort o
object or making these private
grants: +: he was against granting any
more. ft
Mr. Halle said, that it was With
lotteries ~ with other kinds Of mer-
chandize. If you crowd the mat ket
you lessen the profits. He thought
M more would be necessary between
this and the next session VI the Gen
era! Assembly.
Mr. Howe expressed himself. in
favor If the petition. 1t only asked
for the continuance Of . grant Il
raise $500.
A 6,Il, reported by the same Con
mittee WAS read, granting q lottery
to the Rhode Island Historical So
ciety, 10 raise $4,000 for the objects
OF the Socieiy. s.te
After, considerable debate, in
which Messrs. Hazard and Simmons
advocated tbs amendment, land
Messrs Pratt and Howe epp,ned IL,
1t was rejected. ~
/, Mr. Simmons was desirous Of strik
Ing out that clause which provided
that Mr. Stevens should be refunded
$1,000 Tor his maps, from the State
Treasury.