Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-02-08
General Assembly.
January SeSSiOn-Ar PRoyyDENcR.
(Coniinsed from last p"gs.)
From the ro,idrnca Journal.

Prom the Pro, o,idrnce Journal.
Friday, FEB. 2.
SssArE.-The act providing for the
relief, support, employment, and removal
Of the poor was taken up.
MIR. BalIou moved to erase twenty"
from the eighth section, nnd insen eff
|iy" which motion prevailed. The
amendment provides for lha penalty 10 he
incurred by any ovsrscer of the poor who
shall refuse Ia receive paupers legally
sent from other towns. The bill was
passed.
The net TO prevent fraud in frewood
and charcoal exposed f"r sale, was taken
mp aud rrc"InmIttpd, with Instructions to
report n section providing penalty !"r
any fiand m the sale of wood ~ an,
quantity. Mr.. Lawion was added 10 the
committee.
The petition of Brnjam,n Ahorn ard
others, Tor act of Incorporation oi M ns}-
,un Tor The insane, was then taken up /;
and, after some conversation, the Senut-
adjourned
9iernoon The act to incorporate M
Insane AsyIu Was laid upon the table
Tor the present.
An act Ia pay certain persons Their
fees as Witnesses, and for summonin2
Witnesses TO attend in the matter al
the Gloucester board of cnnvassers, be-
tore the committee Of the House Of Rep
IrrsrniaIives, was read and passed.
Petition Of Mary C.. Dunham, for
leave to file petition of divorce, read and
passed.
The act suming, on the part nf the
State, the de fence Of the SUIT, Martin
Luther va Luther NJ. Boiden el al.
The question being called for, aner
some debate,
On motion Of Mr.. Eaton, the bill was
laid on the table for the present.
The bill to incorporate ihr Pawiuxri
Library Association was taken up aud
passed
Mr. Eaton, from tae committee on
the wood hill, reported some ancndmc nt-
TO the bill.
The bill passed as amended.
The act to incorporate an Insane
Aylum WAS taken up
Mr.. Potter, of South Kingslown, was
Disappointed in the charter ; he ihough'
1t should be State institution he dld
not see that there was any guaranty that
the insane poor OF the towns would be
supported IN ihIs institution.
Mr.. Greene suppos-d that each town
would support rs Own Insane poor IN
,hIS 'nsIlluii"n he supposed that this
was HE course in other States. The
persons incorporated would gain nothing
by this bill but the privilege OF dong
good md they ought not to be burlhen-
I'd with conditions.
Nr. Lawion said TINT citizens OF
Rhode Island would doubtless have the
preference IN this institution the towns
"ueh h, Ia suprnrt their own insane ponr.
and il would diminish the expense oi
supporting The other poor, to remove the
INSANE I" such an institution.
Mr.. BaiI"u inquired il the executors
of Mr. Brown preferred ih,s hill.
Mr. La",on SAID, that they would
fee nj lhrtly TO pny over the beqnesI To
" t''sfs wv h'' NV 'lf "
Mr.. Bnllou said, II The executors pre-.
irrred To have the insiitu,i"n under the
control Of individuals, that would alter
'he cpse but he could not understand
how they could feel 40. IIe thnughi
that patty politics would have no inf"
cnce over u S'nte institution but he
feared their iunnrnce over a private
corporation.
Mr. Eaton. No doubt il was the in
ien,"n oi the donor, that the INSANE ni
Ih,s State should have the preference.
aud he thought th,s should be provided
I"r. The viii, IN b,s opiuiun, did not
require n private corporation. lie
thought the State should have some con
tiol oi the matter.
Mr. Greene wished To know if We
could hesitate I" grant n charter io ~.
dlviduals who offer with their own funds
10 bulld and keep mp an as, lnm and
that is ihis bill. The brauest IL doubt.
aud they are Ia decide where to appro-
pirate the same.
Mr.. Iawi"n was surprised that my
one could oppose this charter. The
answer Ia ih" question OF 'hr Senator
from Providence, seemed 10 hin To set.
tie the matter After some drbn,c, the
bill was laid on the ,abl. for the present
The Senate nd lnurned.
la the House, various nets were pas
sed, some with and some without amend
mvnt.
a special committee Of ten was ap.
pointed TO report plan Cor the erection
%! new county Jail in Providence, &c.
The net in relation To theatrical ex-
hlhIiions, SC, was taken up.
A debate ensupd in reference to H.
rensing billiard tables and bowling al
lrys, and the House 40: being able to
agree upon the subject, or motion oI
MIR. Rianch, II was subsequently refer
red 10 the committee on the Judiciary,
with instruction to report bill regulating
such establishments.
The report of the committee on the
License Law was then taken up, and
after n bIirt discussion, the law passed
The provisions Of the law are moi
stated IN the dcbntc, as reported in the
Providence Journal