Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1847-07-01

0rt-Tte Legislature adjourned on Thursday
last, after a session Of more than usual length
We have room only for brief synopsis OF the
last four days.
On Moadoy, the COMMITTEES on Edu
submitted report on the subject Of Common
Schools. The committee recommend that the
Superintendent be authorized to employ four
or more competent persons for each county
whose duty j, shall be to meet with the teach>
ers Of the respective counties in the fall of the
year, to instruct. advise with and make suEges-
tons to said teachers. Two meetings to be
held in each county, and each meeting to con-
tinue two weeks. After considerable discus
zion, the Report was accepted, and the Resolu'
tons accompanying it, adopted,
! The Tax Bill was taken up, and on motion
of Mr.. Kendrick, was orde ed to be published
with the laws, and referred to the committee TO
revise the statutes.
The bill abolishing the Lawyer Monopoly,
and allowing every elector to plead before the
Courts, passed. (Los in the Senate.)
| 7wesday,-A liquor law, reported by the
Temperance Committee, forbidding the sale OF
adulierated liquors, forbidding taverners sell
in to townsmen, and providing that persons
selling liquor on credit shall have no means OF
collecting by process of law, after discuss on,
was lost, only or voting for the bill.
Leave was granted to the New York and
Boston Railroad Company to commence ope-
ratons when $500, 900 is subscribed, but two
millions of the stock must be taken up before
the bridge at Middlc,own can be commenced.
! The proposed amendment TO the Constitu-
ton, providing for fall sessions, was rejected
by the Senate.
A motion was made TO reconsider the vote
rejecting the Derby Bank Charter, and the
motion was declared to be carred-l02 TO lO2
the Speaker voting in the affirmative; but
it was subsequently, ascertaned that the As
sistant Clerk had made a mistake IN counting,
and that there were lO3 votes against recon-
sideration, and 1O2 in favor. The Speaker said
that being the case, he motion TO reconsid was
lost, and the charter net granted Before the
mistake in the count was ascesta:ned, The Iron
Bank bill had had been taken up and passed
without count; and the coed people Of Ca
naan are probably ind. btcd to the mistake o!
the Asst Clerk for thcil charter, as il was un-
derstood that the two bank. were TO sink or
swim together.
The Winsted an6 Saybrook Eank Charters
were then taken Up and lest.
Resolutions were passed 10 borrow $4,000
for the use of the State, and laying tax Of one
and half cents on the Grand List. So the
Legislature have very properly deeided tia,
the State shall BE- out of debt.
| Wrdnesday-The House proceeded to- e.
lect Major General under the new law, and
FRANCIS BACON, Esq. having majority Of the
votes was declared elected.
The "Stringent Law" Of 1916, was repealed
A resolution ior the transfer of the Phoenix
Branch Bank frem Ltchfield to WAerburya(-
terra brief discussion by Messrs. Seymour and
Kendrick, was rejec,ed-e5 TO IS. ~
The Senate having rejected Governor Cleve-
lands Exemption Bal, sent down another, ex
| empting the homestead Of any indiv dual to the
amount of $500, which the House passed.
The Secretary of State was made salary Of
6csr--coMpensatlon $1,000.
1nwsday.-But little business was trans
acted to day. and at II o'clock the Legislature
was adj ourned size die with the usual ceremo.
nies.