Litchfield enquirer., 1845-06-12

marks OF the genteMdh Hom NoE"iC" Vn '"'S
subject.
MIR. Strong said he cast back the charge Of gag
! ging, and spurned the impufation, nor would be
willingly see the State of Connecticut gagged
He would give to Mr.. Pillsbury the same privilege
4 as any other man. The gentleman had seen fit to
compare mfr. P. with defendant in court of JUS
/ tice but this was an unfortunate comparison A
defendant there did not ask the court to print at
tie public expense or at the Plaintiffs expense,
| mis- defence. Mr. Pilsbury was not suing here in
!, the form OF pauper. Was it ever heard that an
Individual came to the Legislature asking them to
yindcate his rights by having his defence printed
No. Committee from the Whaling Bank had
been here to vindicae their rights, but they don't
ask us to print their defence
Mr.. Beardslee made some further remarks, in
which he thought that in Congress there were pre-
cedents of the kind in regard to printing.
Mr.. Rockwell said he hoped justice would be
done, and in order that the gentleman from Mon
roe may have the information which he wants, he
would move for the reading of the document He
would not be charged with injustce-he would
sit and hear it, and then if his views changed
he would vote for printing.
Mr.. Beardslee said he had read the memorial
this morning, and as it contained IS or 10 pages,
its reading would occupy all the afternoon.
MIR. Rockwell insisted on the reading, which
was gone through.
Mr.. Rockwell said the great object of the gen.
tleman was accomplished, and he saw no reason
for printing. Nine-tenths Of the memorial was
made up Of extracts.
The question then required on printing 1000
copies. Negatived 81 to IS. .tsya,
Mr. Burnham then moved to print 500 aea
This motion, with the memorial, was then re.
ferred to the State Prison Committee. asa r4., i
Bills passed appointing Joseph Wood, Judge of
New Haven County Court, and Edward A. Corn
wall, Green Kendrick, and Hoadley Bray, County
Commissioners. ... .s 3D. s
JUDGES OF PROBATE.
Eleazer K. Foster, for the district OF New Haven.
Ralph D. Smith, for the district of Guilford.
Sias Hitchcock, for the district of Cheshire.
Jesse Champion, for the district of Madison.
Benaiah Andrews, for the district Of Meriden.
Selah Strong, for the district Of Milford a
Ebenezer NJ Ives, for the district of Wallingford.
Norton J. Buel, for the district of Waterbury.
Bill appointing Justices for New Haven County,
passed. y
: Resolution appointing Eli B. Bennett and Samu- |
ell Jarvis, Justices of Peace for Fairfield County,
passed. s4 }g .5 .t5e fqfIssagl s.Ei f.t
Report of Committee on Taxation, that the claim
Of Samuel H. Huntington and others, Ia committee
for framing bill taxation, several years since)
be referred to the committee on Claims, passed.
On motion of Mr.. Keldrick the House went into
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. Fl, M
Mr. Rockwell in the Chair. rf In M ..
a. House bill No. Unknown as Mr., Rockwell's]
taken up. J.hH 95 s sataH d, Il
The principal amendment proposed was one by
Mr.. Adams to insert the license system. ;Fg
A debate occurred, Qor which we have not
room) in which Messrs. Adams, Kendrick, Per-
kins, Cross, Steele, johnson, Gilbert, Frink, and
Richmond took part, and the motion was mega
lived. a s eB g8f,f1ss, IN
The committee then rose and reported to the
House the amendments made to the bill, which
were all concurred in. b. Nd. FISH.
Adjourned aes8 1r: sra ri
THURSDAY, JUNE 5--F'oRENooN.
On motion of Mr.. Kendrick, the Report of the
committee on petition of John j. Flow and others,
was taken up ,a.. ~
Messrs. Strong, Perkins and Godfrey opposed the
report, which was advocated by Messrs. Kendrick,
Richmond and Steele, Curtiss, Burnham, and
Beardslee. sts4t
This was claimed, on the one side, to be close
charter, which the Legislature had not power to ale
ter 1t was claimed that the navigation was not OBJ
structed and that the present draw answered every
purpose. tc ..
On the other side it was claimed, that the char
ter had been modified by the egislature-that Der
by was port OF entry, anterior to the grant of it,
and from this fact it was urgedthat the Legislature
had no right to grant charter by which naviga-
ton was obstructed-and that for these reasons the
Legislature had entire jurisdiction in the matter.
The discussion occupied the House during the
whole of the forenoon session until one o'clock,
when the question was taken, the Report accepted,
and the resolution passed. &
Adjourned. 5sj-
AFTERNOON
A bill for public act relating to the military
force, read twice, and referred. .j tt.,
Bill for public act authorizing County Survey
ors to take acknowledgment of Deeds, once read
The School Fund committee reported in favor of
of granting school money to the Hartford Orphan
Acxl tho Ia low . ho
children in their charge. Passed
Bill for public act requiring Constables to give
bonds, read twice, and referred. 'rln g'
Petition OF Absalom Carey and others to divide
II e town of Stafford referred to committee on new
towns ,.
Resolutions passed. restoring the forfeited rights
of John Glover, and Charles Ware, except that Of
electors "N
Bill for public act concerning Lands, read a
third time, and passed. @t"4 H'
Resolution, allowing Samuel T. Tibbits $sl3, so,
for expenses in successfully contesing the seat of
| L. w. Leach as a member from Durham in 1913
Referred to committee on Claims.
Bill for public act relating to paying expense
of prisoners confined in Jails at the expense Of the
State, read third time and passed.
Report of the Hartford and New Haven Rail Road
| Company, read ard accepted,
The committee on federal relations to whom was
[ referred communications from North Carolina and
Indiana, in regard to exchange Of documents, repor-
ted that no further legislation necessary on the
subject.
The State Prison committee reported that John
Coleman be discharged from the State Prison, &C
ceped. .,,
| The Bank committee Ito whom their report had
been committed) made further report in which
they state that the Whaling Bank of New London
had been heard by committee in explanation ofihe
malpractices charged against them, but the expla-
nations were not satisfactory to the committee.
After some remarks by Messrs Rockwell. and
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