Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-11-06
NEWPORT,
Thursday, Nov. g, 1884.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Ile tOllOWlnp Suuiiiaiy VI u'S P'oN'S"'5~
of the General Assembly, at its recent ses-
sion in Providence, in addition to those pub
lished in our last, we copy from the Provl-
dence Journal:
Ueinesday, Oct. Goth, 1884.
Nine o'clock, a. m. the House met accord
ing to adjournment.
Received the Financial Report of the Cen
eral Treasurer.
Mr. Tillnghast presented an act, requiring
that Hay Scales should be scaled once a
year, by a sworn sealer of weights and meas
ures. Referred to select committee.
A petition was presented from the Provi-
dence and Norwich Turnpike Corporation,
and committed.
MrT. w. Dorr, was appointed a Commit
tee to report on the subject OF a day OF Thanks
giving.
A petition was received from Simeon c.
Tucker and others, for an amendment OF the
License Laws,-also, from w. III. Case, for
permission to take his engagement as Mill
tary officer. Adjourned to 3 o'clock p m.
Three o'clock, m. Met according to ad-
ijournment
! A resolution passed, appropriating sum
not to exceed $500, to make repairs on the
roof of the State House, in Providence. .
A memorial was presented by freemen oi
North Providence, praying to be exempted
from the expense of supporting and keeping
in repair, Pawtucket Bridge and that the
State would make an appropriation tor that
purpose. Referred to q select cOmmitte OF
five. !
A number of petitions for the sale OF real
estate, by guardians and administrators, were
returned by the committee, and granted.
The committee OH Corporations returned
to the House several petitions and acts OF IN.
lcorporations for banks. The first one called
up, was that of William Field and others, for
the North Providence Bank, at Pawtucket-l
The passage Of the act was ut first opposed
by Hon. B. Hazard, but he was induced, after
some explanation, to Withdraw his opposition,
and the bill passed without debate. The
capital stock of this Bank is to be S50,OOO,
with liberty to augment 1t to S2OO,OO0.
The second was the petition of Sylvesteri
Robinson and others, for Wakefield Bank IN,
South Kingstown, with capital stock OF sou
600, with liberty to increase It to Sl3O,OOO
Considerable discussion ensued, and motion
was made to postpone; but was lost, and
the act passed.
The third was the petition of Oliver Spnk
and others, for Bank at Wicktord--Capltai
$4,000, to increase to 100000. A good
deal of cross firing and sharp shooting took
place in the discussion Of this subject, and
finally, on a division Of the House, It was post
poned to January next.
In the debate on the subject of the propos-
ed Bank at Wexford, number ofgentlemen
engaged. Messrs f. r. Potter and c. Allen,
advocated the passage Of the bill, on the prln-
l. Al kaJ, of
equal privileges with others in this respect,
provided they be equally respectable, and
equally sound in point ofwealth. Therefore,
that as other companies had been incorporat-
ed for banking purposes, this company, and
all others equally respectable and wealthy,
who might apply for Bank Charters, were en-
titled to receive them, and could not be de-
MED, without manifest injustice.
Mr. Cranston advocated the bill on differ
ent ground. He was satisfied that the num-
Der of Banks in the State, was more than sui.
Scent for the public accommodation, and had
been, more than ten years ago. He believed,
Notwithstanding, that the public was safe, that
it could not suffer from their operations.-
Still, he had no doubt they were an evil, and
thought the best way was to grant all that
was asked for, and let the evil cure itself.
In the negative, Mr. B. Hazard contended
that there was already too many Banks in
the State. That, in applications for more,
the Legislature was bound to consult the
public wants, the public interest, and the
public safety; without respect to individual
claims. That, the little village of Wexford,
having already two Banks, could need no
more. That the community were already
indebted to the Banks Of the State, in the a
mount fmore than $S,000,O00, and more than
one fourth Of the entire rateable property of
the State. That charters were wanted, not
for the public good, but for mere private spec
ulation, and that the public safety was mate
rally endangered by the increase Of such in
stitutions.
He was sustained in his views of the SUBJ
Iject, by Messrs ]. l.. Tillinghast, Waterman,
Dorr, and Cross.
Thursday morning, Oct. 30.
The petitions of George d. Cross, for sale
of real estate of William White, for new
trial of Thomas Rose, for liberation from
Jail of John Greene, of Burrilvillc, for a
road, were severally received and referred.
The petitions of William w. Moore, Mary
w. Sheldon, ID. s. Holloway, Oliver Wickes,
and Ann p. Townsend, for the sale ofrcal es-
tate, were sevcrally granted.
Mr. Spencer, oil warwick, introduced Dill
entitled can act concerning Masonic Socie-
ties" which was read first time and laid on
the table. This bill requires Masonic So
cietes, whether Incorporated or not, to make
an annual return to the General Assembly in
May, of the names Of their members, and
those who are initiated into the Society in the
course of the subsequent year, with a copy of
the oath, obligation or promise by them taken
on their becoming members of the Society,"
The petition Of Timothy Rolph, for liberia
ton from his confinement in prison for debt,
on his giving bond to prefer petition for the
insolvent act, was granted.
An act was passed incorporating the ain