Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1846-05-14
General Assembly.
[ Continued from last nCek.
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The select comn,iiI"o on the tuarirsiown ~
contested election, 'rqn.SIcd ih-.fuct"r- if"n'
th- ilousn
On mr;.,n of Mr. ShcrDsh, of North King.
town, III. Goyrrnor aud III" senate w-f. IN
,t,d 10 jn,n the ilnr. Tor the pufp"'a al
proceeding ~ ihs election.
Til. ulrrtinn of Ju.iires al ih" Court ol
Common Pleas, inr III. cOnnIy of New porI
MAS postponed mill Jun,
Ju.nh Westc"lt nnh Danirl Howard w,rs
-l,rird Justices Tor th. county "f Pro,id"ncr
G-urs. D. cro,. and tlGU. Smith vsrr
elected Justices Gr ia. county at Washington.
Ephram Clifford and stephen Mason were
ELECTED Jusiif., tor the county at Bristol.
Samuel Gihb, and " .ll"m >. Harris were
elected justices for the county "f Kent.
William Gilpin wa. elected clerk of the
supreme Court, !or The county al Newport
Walter PANE, Jr. was elected clrik al Ia"
same Couri for the count, of Pf"v'd"nr.
Powell Ilrlms WAS elected clerk oi ia.
same C0ufi, for the county al Washington.
Jo..ph J. Tillin.ha., wnS elorl"d clrrk of
th. same court, for ihr county Ot Kent.
Daniel e. Drnham was ELECTED CLERK "f th.
Court oi Cumm"n Plra., for the county oi
Newport.
Mr.. Sh"ljrn, Of Providence, nominated
John W Sm!ih. for clcrk "f the snmn Court,
~ The county ui Providence md Mr. Tour
urlintt, of Gloucester, nominated ti"id'r
Wrcden, The lat, c'c'k, foT reelection. The
rs-u, "f lh- ,oir was n. i0iiow. -
For J"hu ". Smith, G2
Holder e. Wrrdrn, ~
Mr.. Smith wa. lh.r,iore elected by e3 ma.
jorIty.
Mathew Waite, and John &. Clarke, Jr,
were Nominated for the office at ci.rh OF thu
Court of Cu,,,a,"n Pleas fDr thu county 81
Washington. Th. following was the result,
va
/ Yor john Cluke, Jr, 63
" Mathew Waite, 81
! Mr. Clarke was therefore elected b, 70 ma.
ibriy over Mr.. Waite, the iaio cl.ra
! The -lrciion "t clerk of the Court Of Com.
mon Plea. for ia. county Of Urisiol was posi.
ponrd uniil lunr.
Jeremiah y. Slooum was 'ctcd clerk ofihc
Court Uf C"mo,on Pluas tor tho county OF
! Kent
w. u Dongls wa. elected Sheriff of the
count, of Newport (; X. ". r"ii"r was "lrrt.
cd Sh. rfi uf the county of Proyinrncr AbI-i
sherman wa. elected Sheriff of the county Of
Washington stephen Johnston was elected
.hrr Il of tho county of Bristol; Thnma,
Ralcman WIS elected Sheriff of the county al
Krut.
The Notary Pablics. IN the several counties,
" no mad. their return, tIr the last year, wrro
~ elected.
Augustus Bush was added to the iin Of No.
tari.. in, ia" county oc Newport.
The Justice, of ihr p,acn Tor the several
towns, VAS postponed until Junu. Tho Jus
tlce. at the GUY of rrovideucu were r'echd
Hanson Arnold was elected Inspector Gen.
-ral nf Sc,ihr Stones Tac election oi In.
spcct"rs General of B-oi, Pork and Limo. WAS
ppslpourd until June. Wm. Frenrh. John A.
l. A .I...,s L..
.pcctors "f III" Ferri,s
Thomas Rurgrss was elected agent oi tho
Pro, idcnce aud Pawiuckr Turnpike. The
Inspectors of The State Prison wrr. reelected.
The two House. then separate d.
The speaker rallied the tluusr 10 ord-r.--
Ss,crul concnry.nc,s from the Senate were
rnai
The .inu.. then adjourned until clock
4 rommuuicniion from x. w. Greene, 10
H." GoNrrnOr, relative to the License eases
p.ndug hrinrr ia, u :. Court ut Washing.
ton, in which tho State is interested, was r..
cciyri from the Senate aud read. \ COM
muuica,ion from the Governor oi Massachu.
sru., relative To tho Eastern boundary line
b-twr-n the tNu states. Mr.. BnsNoiih stated
that Mr. Randolph, ono ol the Commissioner.
Inn ih. part at this STATE, wa. disabled, aud
rould not attend to III. dnii"s, and that hr
desired SON. one might ho appointed I" take
his place on motion Robert Is. Cransion WAS
elected 10 I'll tho vacancy. Several commune
cations from tho different States, ou various
subjects, were received from the Senate, and
laid on the table.
a number OF petitions for The sale OF real
estate wrrs r'c"ned aud granted.
An act amending The Charter utZion Church,
Newport, was rad and granted.
Petition ii tn. Management Fire Company,
Warren. ior an act of Incorporation WAS read
md granted, and the act was Ilsn g'an'ed -
.'rlii'on "f Wckiord iiro engine COMPANY.
i,r revival aud amendment oi Charter, was
granted. Petition of Ann, \ J"nckcs, ri al
tor an act oi Incorporation for school for tho
pr"t,ctI"n aud education # colured children,
vn. read and granlrd.
SrSArk-But l;il" business was transact.
ID ~ ,hr Senate ihis morning several com.
uunications from The Governors uf III" dltlrr-
nj States, were received aud read, and sent
10 The House. The Senate ih,n jninrd the
House, upon their IN, iiaion, for The purpose
uf proceeding in the election.
la tho aitcrnouL suu,r uulmporiaut husiucss
was transacted, and several resolutions passed:
I resolution for the protection oi variety of
useful birds, WAS passed aud communicated III
the House.