Litchfield enquirer., 1832-05-17
LEGTsLATURE oF coNNEcTIcUT.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,,
IRwraduy May Sd, fGf1eTnOOn.l

Nha Hon. Samuel A. Foot transmitting re- norts of the Committee of the Senate of the United States on the appOrtiOnment bill, with . reuuest that he would lay them before the House; laid upon the table for the use of the members.
 On motion Of Mr. Cowles, Resolved, That a committee ba appointed to improve the hearing in the Representatives, Hall. Messrs. Cowles. Mix, of New-Haven, and Cleave- land were appointed,
 Mr. s. Mix presented the petition of Ann Q. Shernan. praying for divorce referred Friday, Mug 4.
 Petition of Lucretia GriswOd, and other conyicts in the State Prison, praying to De discharged therefrOm referred.
 MT. Co,yle from the.committce appointed toinquire if any improvement could pc made in regard tn the difficulty of hearing in the House. reported that in the opinion of the committee, the difficulty would be partially removed by the suspension of curtains in the area. The resolution was adopted.
 The Speaker announced the following stan- ding Committees.
 On the Judiciary.-Messrs. TrnmbnlI, Bas- sett, c. Brown. Fairchild, Cleaveland, T. Smith, Tngham, and Broadway.
 On fhc School FWnd.-Messrs. Brace, W. Grifiog, Comstock, St. John. J. Law, E. Har- fison, D, Williams, and Waldo.
 On Roads and Bridges.-Messrs. Clark, Wire, Tucker, Plumb, Nichols, Miner, Strong and Baker.
 On Banks.-Messrs. Phkin, Mix of N. H. Matthewssn, Butler, Gaston, w. Booth, Greene and Merrick.
 On tke State Prison. -Messrs. Kimberly, Gillet, Huntington, Raymond cf New Canaan, 6paEord. c. c. Kellogg, Jackson and King of Vernon.
 On ne,o To,oas and Probate Districts.- Messrs. Adams of Canton, J. Futile, Spicer, Starr. Camp, Adams of Brooklyn, ShaIIor and Collins. A
 On Manufacturing Interpretations. .-Messrs. Prudden. Yale, Cone, B. F. White, Swift, Tanner, L'Hommedieu and Atwood.
 On Divorces.-Messrs. Whitman. Rose, Whittlesey of Salem. Sturges, Ripley, Bat tel, J. Griffing, and J. White.
 On the GoUernor's Message TelGtingto Schools. Messrs. Bying:On. Darlington. Daboll. Louns- bury, Chaffee, Wells of HaTwintOD, Mark ham and Bingham.
 Afternoon.
 Resolution to amend the Constitution of the State of Connecticnf, continued from the last session. On motion of MT. Whitman, 800 copies were ordered to be printed.
 Mr. Kimberly moved thatlhe clerks be au- thorised to procure one copy for each mem her of the House of Greens Connecticut Re- gister, which, after some debate. was lost.
 MT. ShailOr moved then that two copies be procured for each county.
 Mir. Starr moved an amendment by adding four copies to each county, which was adopt 1 ed. The motion then prevailed.
 On motion of MT. s. Mix, the petition of the Farmington Canal Company was taken up, read, and referred to the committee on manufacturing interpretations.
 Saturday, Mays.
 Petition by MT. Harrison; of John M. Hel- ly and others, for rail road incorporation; referred.
 The Speaker announeedthe following com mittees.
 On Agriculture and Manut utactures.-Messrs. Griswold, Por1eroy, Aver, Sherwood, w. Williams, Swatilei, and Manning.
 On the Mihtid.-Messrs. Cowles, Gates. l Hull of North Stonington, Bell, Green, and Arnold.
 On altering the ldp relaiirt to the retailing 1 Cpifituous Liquors. Messrs. Hill, Wright, l Baldwin, Spicer, L' L'Hommedicu, and Strong. I
 On shGt part ef the Message cf lis Ercellen- ey she Governor. relative to the Mulberry Tree. .-Messrs. Holt, Welles, of Glastonbury. Mix I of Prospect, Rogers, Knowlton and DibbIe.
 On Interndl Improvements. .-M Messfs. Wright, Cook, North, Hall, Whittlesey of Washing ton. Vinegar and Bronson.
 BiIl constituting the town of Washingtonra l Probate District; read the third time, and on l motion of Mir. Perry referred to select com mittee of three.
 Bills passed appointing John P. Trott for the District of New London, John Hyde for the District'o Norwich, Dcnison Wattle for the District of Lebanon, Asa Fish for the Distsict of Stonington, Benjamin Trumbull for the District of East Haddam, Judges of Probate for the year ensuing. MT. Smith of Berlin introduced bill pro- ,viding for the punishment of trespass, which received its first and second reading, and re- ierred 10 the committee on that subject.
 Petition of the General Hospital Society of Connecticut praying for grant of money from the State.
 Monday morning. May T. ! Petition of Robert Cantine for commuta- tiOn of punishment under sentence of death for murder of his wife. stating that Ut the time of the murder he was insane. in conse- quence of his wife's inidelify.. The petition. with the recommendation of the Jury and of the 6heriffs of LitchReld County. were on motion of T. Smith, read and referred to a joint committee, consisting of nine, on the paft of the House. . OfIsaae Deming to be discharged from con- sAxYenoenk. ref. 10 cOsumittee s,1 Rfafe pr;sop.