Litchfield enquirer., 1844-06-06

Report of COMMITTEES On eaHoAtiOn, rscommsnd-
ally Cor provision hy seectmen for the suhoOIinx 81
poor children, read.
Bill for an act providing for partition in cases
where property owned jointly 10 impartihle,hy ale
and the division Of avais, is reported with amend
ments BY committee ON Judiciary. Laid on table,
and 400 copies ordered.
Saturday JAavming, Jisse l.. j
On motion Of Mr.. Minor, the House resumed the
consideration Of the resolution proposing an amend.
mendment to the Constitution of this State, which
is in these words -" Every white male citizen of
the United States, who shall have attained the age
OF twenty one years, who shall have resided in this
State for term Of one year next preceding, and in
the town which he may offer himself to be admit
ted to thepriveges at least six months
next preceding the time he may 90 offer himself
and shall sustain good moral character, shall on
taking such an oath a. may be prescribed by law,
be an elector."
Mr. Durham, Of Windham, moved to amend BY
striking out the word scAite and asked the yeas
and nays on the question. Yeas and nays ordered.
Mr.. Wilson moved to further amend BY striking
out the word male. Afterwards withdrawn.
After some further remarks Messrs. Marcus Mer.
Iiman, Jr, and Burnham, the question was taken ON
striking out the word schite, and there appeared
yeas l9-nays 1876.
The question then recurring on the original res
olution, ;aEe
Mr.. Swift addressed the House in an able and
ton. He claimed that the Constitution should not
be altered unless positive necessity existed for it
that no such necessity did exist-that the pres
emit property qualification was Just and expedient-
and that laws might he enacted to remedy such a.
buses as had crept in under the present provisions
Of the Constitution. ..,,., .,t.., ~
Mr.. Lippitt followed in favor of the resolution
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and called for by the people. The abuses were so
great under the present state If things, that he
would make the amendment out Of respect to law,
if nothing else.
Mr.. E. X. Foster concurred with Mr.. Lippitt;
and cited cases of fraud practiced upon the pres
emit law. t.s .f,..-
The question was then taken, and there appear.
ed ayes l32-nays IL. So the resolution was pas.
sed.
The committee on Claims reported a resolution
granting to Charles B. Phelps $780, and to Samuel
]. Hitchcock 800, as pay for their services as
committee appointed at the last session to revise
the Probate laws. Resolution passed.
The committee ON the subject of adjournment,
reported that the Legislature will be able to adjourn
on Wednesday next.
Resolution passed appointing Justices OF Peace
for the County of New London.
The committee on the South Carolina resolution,
relative to the assumption of Slate Debts reported
the following resolution.
Resolved, That Connecticut is, and ever has
been. opposed to the assumption of the debts oft
several States by the General Government, and
would regard such assumption as unjust, degrading
to the sovereignty and fatal to the independence Of
the States Resolution passed and report accepted
Same committee reported on the Georgia resolu-
tons, relative to Reputation of State Debts the
following resolution:
ResOl0ed, That the preservation Of the public
faith, being the foundation Of National wealth and
morals, is the first great duty Of every government,
and that Connecticut would deem it national dis
grace for any State Of this Union to refuse or neg
ect to apply the ability which it is known to pos
sess to the payment ofits just debts. Passed.
.tr afternoon.
Bill to repeal the act abolishing imprisonment
for debt, read twice and referred to committee on
the Judiciary. Fss4 .aIf -
The committee to inquire into the state of the
papers, records, Sc, in the Secretarys Office, re-
ported resolution appointing Daniel P. Tyler,
Philip s. Galpin, and James Dixon to employ some
person to properly collect arrange and fill the same
Mr.. Dixon moved to erase James Dixon and in
sert Erastus Smith. Adopted and resolution passed.
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