Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-02-07

such insane persons, being inhabitants ol
this State, as he may sc'ec,, as State bene-
| ieiaries.
On motion of Mr.. Browne, Of G,oce ter,
the sum o. five hundred do lars wss in
crea ed 10 the SUN ofone thousand dollars.
Mr.. Davis. Of North Providence, moved
| in amendment, 10 add to The bill the follow
ing " provided ,ha, not more than forty
do lar. shall be appropriated annually for
The support Of any one person."
This amendment prevailed /; and the bill,
thus amended, after debate, was passed.
Adjou: ,ed to 3 o'clock.
Afternoon.
HousE Petition Of James S. Hunt, in
aid Of petition Of Josrph Adams, ct a.. res
prcliER Pilots read aud referred TO Speca
Committee on lha. ,uhject.
Mr.. Cranston, of Newport, callei up the
resolutions relating TO the standing rules of
the Hose.
The resolutions wore read, and Mr.. Bp..
worth moved their reference TO the Com
mi,,ee on Education.
Mr.. Cranston called for the ayes and
nons. The House was called and the
vote stood as follows -
AYES--Messrs. Geo. b. Aldrich, Babcock,
B,rnes, Bekoell, Bosworth, Bowen, {. Brown,
+. Brown, q. II. Browne, Bufun, Chace, Ellis,
Fenner, Finch, Gavitt, G odin, GRAY, Green,
q Harris II - Harris Harris Hazard
Hopkins, Howard, Matthewson, Perry, Pollard,
Rathbone, Sanford, Saunders, Saylcs, Sheffield,
Sisson, L. Spencer, Sprague, Tourtcllot, Turner,
Watson---3S.
NOES---Messrs. Geo. Aldrich, Amcs, Angel,
ii Anthony, j. Anthony, Arnold, Barber, Grams
ton, Davis, Eldred, Fiske, Gorham Gould, Hut
ehins, Porter, Ross, Sheldon, Steere, Updike,
Wardwell.
The motion prevailed.
An ac, to establish the office Of Auditor
of Accounts. Reported by the Special
Committee, TO whom the subject was re-
fered. The second leading OF the bill.
i long discussion was Lad on this bill,
poaJ'Dg which the House adjourned.
Friday Morning.
SEsAgE.-..ct CT in relation to insane per-
sons read and passed to second reading,
and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr.. Chap n OF Tiverlon, presented res
o!ui!un instruciing The ommlt,ee on Edu-
cation to inquire into The expediency Of an
appropriation for the education Of imbeci'e
and idiotlc children of indiser, paresls
read and passed
The Senate then proceeded to the order
of The day-lhe School Ac,-penjug the
discussion vi which, The Senate adjourned.
HOUSE = An act 10 eslabl sh the Office of
Auditor OF Accounts. The Bill VAS debai-
ed a, some length, by Messrs. CIR" sion,
Sheldon, Brow ne, Turner, Ames, Hazard,
in It's favor, and by Messrs. Updike and
B1hum against il.
On motion OF Mr.. Harris, Of Warwick,
tic iii was land Oh The table by The iu!-
loving vote, Ayes, 40. Noes, 20.
The House adjourned TO o'clock.
Afternoon.
SENATE.--Mr Branch introduced res.
.oIuii,n 10 appoint co ,ipl'tee 10 take pos
Session Vi she bu,ks and papels oi a cou,-
mission, under the act vi l.i2 read AID
pa sed
An ACT in amendment Of an AZ, 10 pi0-
vide 4 dluonal revenue Tor lhe State r,au
aud passed.
The School Act was then taken up, con
sldered and INFORMALLY laid upon the laJ.e.
Adjourned.
iIousE.-AL act in amendment uf tie
MlllIia Laws reported 10y the spcc.al con.
inittc IL " hun' ielerIed, aud read bv It's
ulle aud passed 10 u second eadins.
Resolution auth orlzins The cou.uI,tee Oh
accounts 20 enpl"y clerk. ! his IesulL-
u"n Was introduced Ar. e.. Iialrs, vi
Warwick, aud authorizes he C, niIntee to
employ clerk during the sessions ,i the
Assembly, whose duty II shall be to keep
a record oi all accounts acted VI on by the
commIttee, and What di. position s mad,
OF the same. Said clerk Ia be allowed for
hiS SciscS VIE SUN VI TWO 10 IdfS per DAY
whie actual y employed read aid reler-
red 10 special commit ee.
MI ii zatd, oi Providence, introduced
the following resolution -
Resolved, 1ha, our Senators and Rep
resenta,ves IN Congress are, requested 70
use their best efforts 10 lrocure Tie passage
Of law, reducing the pos age on all pre-
pad letters 10 tAo or three cents per halt
ounce and that the Secretary of State iur-
nIsh each OF SAID Senators and Represen-
taiIves vi h copy Of this resolution.
Read aud referred 10 special coa,Inlttee,
with Instructions To report a; this ,ess,O
An act 10 regulate The assessing and
collecting Of taxes. The second reading
OF the bill.
The bill was taken up by sections, and |
read as far as the seventh section, when !
the House adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock
tomorrow norCing
Saturday Morning.
SEsArE.-Mr. Branch introduced a reso- |
luton respecting suitable alterations and /
proper ventilation of the looms now occu- 1
pied b. lie General Assembly read and