Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-02-08
IL. L. Legislature.
GContinued from our last.


to a second reading.
The senate not having formed quorum
the House took up the License Act.
After some discussion thereon, the bill was
laid on the table.
The Senate having joined the House, the
docket of private petitions was then taken up.
The debate on the petition relative to the
Washington Bridge was resumed, and con-
tinued until the adjournment.
.4GernoOn.--The debate OH the several
amendments to the License Law, was re-
sumed.
After debating on several Of the sections,
OH motion of MIR. Randolph, the bill was laid
on the table.
The two Houses then joined, and again
took up the petition relative to the WASH
ington Bridge.
A. G. Greene, Esq. the Attorney General,
addressed the Assembly in opposition to the
adjourned to Thursday morning.
Thursday morning, Feb. IAN Act re-
quiring Rail Road companies to erect sign
boards at crossings and intersections OF their
roads, and cause bells to be placed on their
locomotive engines, to be ruDg, &c. was read
and passed.
The debate on The petition relative to the
Washington Bridge Company, was resumed,
and continued to nearly p. M. when the
House adjourned to 3 o'clock.
.1tternoon.-Th Washington Bridge pc,i-
ton was again taken up.
After some further debate, Mr.. Crapston
said, that it had been stated to him, that if
the business could be postponed short time,
an arrangement could be made.
The petition was then laid on the table for
that purpose.
The report Of the Commissioners Of Bur-
rillville Bank was received.
The suggestion Of Mr.. J. Il. Clark to ap-
point committee to chancerise the accounts
o! the Washington Bridge Company again
came up, and was discussed, and finally, Mr..
Curtis, The Speaker suggested that the pc.
titions Of Richmond Bullock ct al, and Sarah
B. Herrishoff et al, 60 to q select committee,
to report to the House, what course it is prop
or to pursue, relative to them.
The suggestion was adopted, and Mossrs.
Clarke of Providence, Potter of Coventry,
Simmons and James, were appointed COM
mttee.
Mr.. Spencer moved the reconsideration OF
the vote rejecting the petition Of Elder Ray
Potter, for liberation-the vote to reconsider,
was lost, by a vote Of 81 to "a.
The House then adjourned to Friday
morning.
Friday morning, Feb. 2.-On the petition
of Edward s. Williams ct al, for Steamboat
charter, Mr.. Turner, counsel for the petitions
ers advocated motion that the petition be
recommitted to the Committee OIL Corpora.
tions, with instructions to report by bill or
otherwise. The committee did not report
upon the petition, because a profile of the
contemplated route did not accompany the
petition according to law.
Messrs. Pratt and A. c. Greene appeared
for the adverse party.
The petitioners propose to construct a
Railroad from Carrington's North Wharf, TO
the Depot of the Boston and Providence
Railroad Company.
After some remarks from Messrs. Cra nston,
Hazard, and Diman, the petition was ie COM
mitted by vote of % to IL.
|. Ray Potter presented another petition
praying that he may be released by the first
of March next, his term of Imprisonment cx-
piring in April. Not granted.
LICENSE LAW.
Tho house then resumed the consideration
of the license law, which occupied the re-
mainder of the forenoon.
afternoon. --Sundry accounts were re-
ceivcd and referred.
A bill from the Senate authorising the
Secretary to destroy the prsxes in bis Office
was read and concurred.
NATIONAL BANK.
Mr.. Holden, of Warwick, prese Med a petit
ton from John Holden ct al, praying that
means may be taken to bring before the pub.
lie plan of National Bank.
Mr. Holden stated that there were about
eighty signers to the petition, that seven
eiehths of them were frceholdcrs, and were
from all parties.
On motion Of Mr.. Randolph, the petition
was referred to select committee, consisting
mons, Randolph and James.
Several concurrences from the Senate.
LICENSE LAW.
The House resumed the consideration of
the License law, and went through the whole
bill, making sundry amendments to it as
originally presented. The question on its
final pacsage was decided-ayes az, nays I6
AS we shall soon publish it among the laws
Of the State, synopsis Of its provisions is
therefore omitted.
ExPUNGING RESOLUTIONS.
The Resolutions submitted by Mr.. Sim
mons, came from the Senate non. concurred,
and on motion of Mr.. Simmons, they are to
be signed by the Speaker, and transmitted
by him to our Senators in Congress.
The Senate also non-concurred in the
amendment of the charter of the Rhode Is
land Cloth Hall Corporation.
A Resolution from the Senate 10 relation
to the publication Of bank returns, was rc-
ferred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr.. Simmons moved that the two bills in
amendment of the election law be referred
to Select Committee.
Messrs. Simmons, Cranston and Hazard
were named Mr. iiazard declined, but he