Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-07-03

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ltctOr Of taxes in any town that the per-
son mentioned in il has paid his last pre-
viOus tax as aforesaid, shall eniitle said
person to vote as aforesaid, on its be-
ing presented to the moderator Of the
town w,eting in the town in which the
person claiming to vote, resides.
The second section lin the original, a
part Of the first provides that the sew
eral towns in the State should be repre-
sented in the Convention in the same
manner that they now are in the House
Of Representatives, the qualification Of
voters being the same as at present.
A long debate arose upon the motion,
in which the amendment was advocated
by Messrs. Dorr, Weeden and Halle
and opposed by Messrs. B. Hazard, aad
l.. II. Potter.
Mr. D'Wolf moved, as an amend
iuent to tho amendment offered by MIR.
Dorr, that the several towns Of the State
DO called over, and that the House de-
eide upon the number Of Representa-
tives in the Convention which each
should be entitled to.
The Speaker decided that the amend
ment was not in order.
a motion was made by Mr.. Tilling-
hast to adjourn, which was decided in,
the negativo-28 in favor, and 80 a.,
gainst it.
The question was :hen put On the a
mendment offered by Mr.. DOR, and de-
cided in tho negative by ayes and noes,
as follows
AYEs-NIessrs. Dorr, Halle, Mason,
and Weeden-4.
NAys-M essrs. Arnold, C.. Allen, j.
Allen, Browning, Brown, Babcock-'
Brnyton, Cranston, J. Chase, A. Chase,
Cross, Carpenter, Church, Durlee, Ed
dy, Field, ID. Greene, p. II. Greene, j.
X. Greene, Gray, Ii. B.IIazard, Hammett,
Ioppin, Harris, Hall, II. II. Hazard,
Il. J. Hazard, James, G. &. King, Kin,
yon, Lawton, Low, Lapham, Manton,
Norris, +. r. Potter, A. F. Potter,--I
Peckham, Ruggles, Rogers, Randall,
Ross, Stevens, Slocum, Sheffield, Spear,
Smith, Shaw, II. NJ. Sisson, J. G. Sis
son, Sprague, Tillinghast, Taylor, Titus,
Thurston, Whitaker, Waterman, and
Wimarth-58.
MIR. ii. nj. Sisson stated, before ho
voted, that he did not consider tho reso-
luton or amendment agreeable to the
views Of his constituents, and requested
to be excused from voting. Objection
being made, he was not excused.
The House adjourned to 3 o'clock,
Friday morning.
Friday morning, June 27.--An act
passed on the petition Of Rufus Hopkins. I.
Mr.. Cranston presented the petition Of
Robert Rogers and others, which was
received, aud referred to the Committee F!
on sale Of real estate.
Mr.. G. Allen presented the petition Of
Charles Allen and others, for the incor-
poration Of the Narragansett School So
ciety, which was received, and referred
to the Committee OH Education.
Mr.. K. Il. Potter called up the sub
iect under consideration last evening, it 4
being the bill introduced by MIR. Is. Ha-
zard, providing for the call ofa Conven-
ton to amend the constitutional charter
of this State.
Mr.. Dorr offered an amendment re-
Quiring, in substance, that the votes to
be given by tho ireemen upon the a
mendments, or Constitution to be sub
mitted to them for adoption, shall be gi-
ven for or against the whole, instead Of
allowing each article to be separately
adopted or rejected, as proposed by the
bill.
This amendment was supported by
Messrs. Tillinghast, Dorr, +. Il. Potter
and Halle, and opposed by B. Hazard.
The amendment was adopted by the
House, 81 rising in the affirmative, and
- in the negative.
The bill having received various ad-
ditions and amendments, passed the
House, and was concurrcd in by the
Senate.
The Convention is to meet in Provi-,
dence on the first Monday in September
next, the members to be elected at the
semi-annual tOwn-meetings in August,
or at any other time previous to the
meeting Of the Convention, and are to
serve without pay.
Mr.. Il. Hazard, from the Commitie ee
TO whom was referred the memorial OF
the city Council Of Providence on the
subject Of equalizing the representation
of this State, and the petition Of Charles
Randall and others on the subject Of an
extension Of suffrage, Sc. moved that
the committee be discharged from the
further consideration thereof, and that
the subjects be indefin ely postponed.-I
Motion carried. \
The petition and resolutions Of the
Convention held in Providence, on the
o0I J.y oc Eehruarv last on tho suhiccf