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read and referred TO the selec, committee on the New
Jersey case remonstfance and resolutions of citizens
of district Co umbia, relative to Legislation of Congress
in their district from Maine and New York on the
north eastern boundary-from Kentucky, and other
the table.
Bills referred. BY MI. Swift, in addition to the
militia act, and by Mr.. Carpenter, relating to North
field artillery company, to com. on military affairs by
Mr.. Thompson, relative to bills of divorce, to judiciary
com.
Rcsolution--By Mr.. Warner of N. Haven, instruct.
ing judiciary to inquire into the expedicncy of abolish
ing capital punishment; adopted.
Mr. Pope, of Lincoln, asked leave Of absence after
tomorrow morning; granted.
AFTERNOON.
SENATE.-Mr. Wooster offered a resolution in
structlng the judiciary committee to inquire into the
expediency of a law requiring the superintendent of
VI. State Prison to make his annual report by the LIST
day of October, which was passed.
The mmi on roads and canals reported in IA
vor of the passage of a bill from the House in addition
to the act establishing Goshen turnpike com. and the
same was read and passed.
A bill was sent from the House rcviving an act lay
ing a tax on CRANKY, read twice and referred to land
tax committee.
Mr.. Miner called up a joint resolution from the
House fixing on Wednesday 10 o'clock A. NJ. to choose
a Secretary of State, which after being amended by
substituting Saturday next 10 o'clock A.. M. for that
election, was adopted.
HousE. Petitions referred.-Of Mcssrs. J. N.
Smith, and other to mmit on manufactures; OF
oliver Gleason, to general committee.
Reports Of Commihces.-By committee Of roads
and canals, against the petition Of Phineas White and
others Qor want of legal notice. and the House con-
Cured, BY judiciary committee, asking TO be dis
charged from the resolution relative to the system OF
taxaton--granted On bill repeating act abolishing
imprisonment for debt, and it was dismissed that no
legislation IS required as to the disposition of mon
ey received for licenses for exhibitions: bill to alter
Judicial circuits Of this State and it was ordered TO a
Sd reading.
The House considered the order of the day, being
the reports from the committee of elections on the
Waterbury case, when Mr.. Kinsman offered a resolu-
ton declaring that the certificate required to be made
revised Statutes ought to specify that the person whose
election is contested, had been duly notified of the
time and place of taking testimony at least SIX days
before the time set for taking the same and a cerlif.
cate by the Justice, that the person was duly notified
is not a compliance with the requirement of the law.
This resolution was supported by Messrs. Kinsman
Villas, and ~Buckmaster, principally on the ground thai
1t was strictly in accordance with the law, and would
operate as instructions to the committee of elections
to reject the dispositions in the case before the House.
lAll OF the dispositions, of both parties, and in both
cases, set forth merely that the person whose sea,
was cGon'e, ted had been ,.duly notified Messrs
Chandler of W. Fullam Hebard, opposed the resolu.
ton, maintaining that the evidence in the case was lie.
gally taken and that if any slight %informality was re.
CURED by the House, the only proper course was to
recommit the case to the committee, that the caption
W s'c uCpoSitlOuS UNCUT UC tncUucu ne resolution
was dismissed, l5S to 81.
Mr.. George introduced a resolution for the readine
OF the testimony in the Waterbury casc-dismissed
l5S % 81.
The report Of the minority was read at the call O.
Mr.. Bayles, and after some statements of facts by tn
CHI alrman OF the committee, the report Of the majority
was read at the call of Mr.. Hodges, and the question
Tesumed on the question IN of the passage of the resolu
place of Eliakim Allen. Mr.. Buckmar opposed tn,
resolution, and it was adopted-ayes l53, nays S..
Mr.. Wells appeared, and was qualified.
THURSDAY, Der. Is.
SEyArE.-Rc'olutions.-B Mr.. Wooster. to the
exredlency Of putting wood and timber lands for tax
alton by Mr.. Norton, as to The expcdiency of extend
the jurisdiction of Justices of the peace in certain ca
sos both adopted.
ments was supported by Mcasrs Short, Miner ant
Wooster, opposed by Mr.. Clark, and laid on the table
Repors-By Mr. Morse, for select committee, thu
bill to prevent damage by lumber on Connecticu
river; by Mr.. Crawford, for select comm, the bill es
t~ablishing the boundary line between Windham ane
Bennington counties both ordered to be engrossed
BY MIR. Short, for Judiciary com, against making
town grand Jurors informing officers for counties BY
ton OF Phineas White for an academy, as a genera
law provided for this case. BY Mr. Miner, for .Jndici
larry CON-. against the bill extending the jurisdiction
OF constables, and laid on the table.
HorsE.-Praycr by Rev. Mr. Clark.
Resolutions BY Mr. Washburn, as to constitution.
atty of the lrws for the assessment and collection OF
military fnes-passed. From the Senate, resolution
for election of Secretary of State, amended by fixing
Saturday 10 A. NJ. for this purpose-concurred in
ny MIR. wells, allowing dcbcntures TO Eliakim Allen
the returned member from Waterbury-adopted by
MIR. Graves, for adjournment of both Houses on the
I2d-laid on the table. BY Mr.. Carpenter of Orange
for a JOINT assembly Saturday next 10 A. NJ. to cleo,
agent to settle concerns Of VT. State Banks laid on
the table.
Petitions Referred.-Of Joseph Mott and others
to Com. on Roads and Canals.
D,1 ID, o..
titon of Elisha Fish, I'd. BY com. on Education, a
a bl! establishing philip academy, ordered to a Sd
reading. BY committee of ways and means, that il
IS inexpedient to appropriate the income of the schools
iInd Tor the instruction of teachers of common school
also, that 1t is lnexpedlent to abolish the salary of the
treasurer, as commissioner of the school fund.
Engrossed BtNs.-To rescind act incorporating
Windsor Co. Fire Insurance Company; altering boun-
aary lIne between Salisbury and L~eicester-passed
to discontinue north mountain road in Chittenden-
lald on the table. Granting to David H. Sumner the
right to a toll bridge, passed.
The bill providing compensation for returning votes
for Senators, &c. was ordered to a Sd reading.
The Senate came in and the joint assembly made
The following appointments:
Joseph Berry, Esq. of Newbury, Auditor in the
Treasury department.
Hon. Robert Pierpoint, Bank Commissioner and
Bank Committee.
Erastus S. Camp, Sergeant A
The election of fourth Assistant Justice of the Sill
preme Court was postponed to Tuesday next 10 o clock
"a u
The bills altering judicial circuits of this State, and
to annex Acton to Townsend, were ordered to a third
reading.
Mr.. Bayles called up the report of the committee
Of elections in the Marshfeld case, the question being
upon The adoption of the resolution, declaring Mr. Hol-
lis ter, the sitting members, entitled to a seat: Mr. Full.
lam addressed The House, urging that two votes were
enormously admitted for Mr. HOLSTER, lone of these
was said to be case of olonizing-alias a temporary
residence, IN erely for the purpose of voting, and
which, if rejected, would destroy the e~lection-con.
GLIDING with a motion to amend, declaring that Hor-
ace HOLSTER was not legally elected, and is not emit
tied to a seat in this House. This motion wss sup
ported by Mr.. Billings, and opposed by Messrs. Buck.
master and Rice Of Somerset, when the resolution
wns laid on the table and made the order of the day
for this afternoon.
The several documents from other states, yester-
day presented, were referred to a select committee OF
three.
The remonstrance of the citizens of the District of
Columbia on the legislation of Congress particularly
concerning the banks) for that district, was read in
part and laid on the table.
AFTERNOON.
SENATE.-The following bills having passed the
House and been sent TO the Senate for concurrence,
were taken up and disposed of as follows, viz n bill
altering the boundary line between LEICESTER and Sal
lsbury, read twice and referred to n select committee
of tWo consistInUO f Mpssrs Nnostor and Rott,,,n A