Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-01-22
General Assembly.
Continuation Of Mc proceedings ojh' Is-
scmbiy.--Januo'y Session IN PrDr,-
dencc.
lrfum M Providence journal.
WEnNrsnAY MnnNiNn. Jan. Nm.


WEDNESDAY, MoRNiNu, Jan. lith. \
On motion OF Mr.. Titus, the bill authorz-
ing the Commissioners of the Burryille
Bank To make Il rule Of court of all matters
in dispute between the Bank and Francis y.
Garlic, was taken up, and after some debate
aud agreeing upon John Pitman, Job Durilc,
and Stephen Branch, Esquites, for the refer
ees, the bill was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary for examination and amend
ment.
An act to authorise certain military officers
to take their engagements on lhcir commls-
sions, who had neglected so to do, came up l
from the Senate for the concurrence of the |
/ House, and was read and concurrcd in.
An act providing for The sealing Of hay
scales, and platform balances, by sworn
surveyor in Providence, once at least IN eve
ry six months, and IN all other towns once at
least in every year, under n penalty OF $40
/ forfeiture, was read second time and passed.
Mr. Dorr introduced bull, in amendment
/ of the act appointing Supreme judicial
Court, which was read and land on the table.
[TLis bill provides, that at the appointment
OF the Judges of this Court, in May next, the
Chief Justice shall be appointed for six years,
the Associate Justices, one for four and the
other for two years and at the expiration OF
/
after shall be for six ycars-subjcct to reno
/ val by the concurrent vote OF tlIrce-iliths OF
the members Of the House Of Representa-
tivcs, and majority Of the Senate. The
salary of the Chief Justice, $llOO, and each
of the Associates, $500 per annum; and that
their salaries be provided for, by increasing
the fees for entries of actions in the Courts,
one dollar each, and on petitions in the Su-
prcmc Judicial Court, other than lnsoIvcht
! ones, one dollar each.
| The two Houses then joined, and proceed
ed in hearing the petitions on the docket OF
| private petitions.
| The petition Of the Third Baptist Society,
| in this city, for the amendment OF their char
| ter, so AS to authorize the Society to tax the
| pcws for the support OF The minister, and to
pay taxes and for the insurance against fire,
underwent some discussion, after the petition
had been read and the object stated.
Il The petition of Asa Newell, vs. Jacob
\ Gushing, for the removal of an action be-
tween the parties, now pending in the Court
II of Common Pleas for the county of Bristol, to
, some other county for trial was granted with
out opposition, by the defendant.
\ The Houses then separated, and the House
adjourned to 3 o'clock, p. NJ.
Il .l1,rnoon.- petitions ofDaucl Greene
Religious Society; Abigail Stewart, for sale
Of real estate; of inhabitants of Coventry, for 4
Bank and of Phillip Case, for Lottery, were
scverally received and referred.
= The petition of George w. Sholes, for lib
Z Grafton from Jail, was granted.
Il The petitions of fifteen convlcts, confined
, in prison under their several sentences, pray
= inc to be liberated, were received and refer
red.
The two Houses then Joined, and the dock
ct OF private petitions was wholly disposed OF
some being continued, some withdrawn, an'
some tried.
H The petition of Stephen Martin and Others
~ for an alteration IN the city charter so tha
n each ward might elect It's own Alderman, IN
: stead of all Of them being elected by gene
h raj ticket, was heard by the counsel for tn
petitioners Mcssrs. filnchast and Dor
spoke briefly against the petition, under IN
struclions from the City Council. The pet
J. ton was rejected.
d The petition OF Remington Arnold an
others, concerning the fisheries in PawtuNc
River, was heard and granted.
The two Houses then separated, and tn
House of Representatives adjourned to o
clock, Thursday morning.
TmrRspAy MORNING, jan 18th.
House Of fRcprCScniaiires.-A memorial iroi
=, the inhabitants of North kingstown, on tn
, license laws, was received and referred
the committee on that subject
>. Petitions from Samuel Randall for sale {
A. real estate; Dexter Ballou and others rela
9 inc To the pawtuckct Turnpike George Flu
Ter to be relieved from a penalty; ELL Busl
- ard, Patrick Hays, aud Elisha Ball for lIbcr'
,ion, were scvcrally received and referred.
al H.. ts,n on, nl
pious Corporations, reported an amende
bill on that subject.
At the request of Mr.. Hazard, the report
the committee, heretofore made, was read.
During the reading, Mr. Dunon, of Il
" Senate, came into the House with mcssas
from His Excclency, the Governor and =
nate, and Informed the House that the =
nate would Join the House tomorrow, (Fi
, day( afternoon, ut 3 o'clock, for the purpo
. of clcctlng n Senator To the Congress OF u
United States, for the term of six years fro
- the i,h Of March next
NJ Amer short sklrmishing debate, bctwe'
several members, one party urging the "
mediate consideration Of the bill, and u
~ other delay until tomorrow. On motion
g. Mr.. Cross, 100 copies Of the bill were ordc
ed ed to be printed, and it was made the spcc'
order of the day for tomorrow morning.
J, Mr.. Hazard introduced the following b
which was read n first time =
50 BE il enacted by the General AsscmbI
and by the authority thereof u is cnacic
Tha, hereafter every Bank IN Tins state, sh
bc prepared to make aud shnll transmi, 10 I
- Governor whenever requested y return yin
lar ,o its annual return, and shcwinr the CO
duion Of the Bank M II existed at . u'clo'
II. ,T tho last Sotur,ov tu rn,sb prp q
by dinp month and the Governor IL hereby n
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