Litchfield enquirer., 1850-05-23

NAV session, 1850.

IaliOn 10 tlank h0auS. reieTIeu " SuNtNtt
ry Com. The President announced the ioi>
loving joint Select committees-MTS teaFns
on the death penalty Mr. Rice on the State
Reform School LSeveral bills, petitions
&c, in the Senate and House during the
week, which were referred to appropriate
committees when they are disposed oil.
our readers will be apprized fiji ADJ
HOUSE. Resolution passed appointing
Elihu Yale Judge of Probate for the district
of Cheshire Senate concurTed.
Com. en- Judiciary reported bill in IA
vor of exempling benefits from benevolent
associations. Laid on the table, and or
dered to be printed.
Same committee reported in favor OF al
lowing the appointment; Of arbi'ralors IN
cases of assumpsft where the claim exceeds
$l7,-laid on the table and ordered 10 be
printed. Subsequently, passed.
SENATE Wednesday, May Is. The
following Joint committees were announced
MIR Eaton, ON. General Banking Law;
Beers, on Engro$sed Bills:
HousE-The Speaker announced the fol-
lowing Committees: - On constitutional
Ameudmcnts-fIa Doolittle, Met
calf, Beardrley. Dean, Sanford of Roxbury
Plat,s and Dimock. On General Banking
Lawn A Phelps, Stebbins, Botsford. Lord,
Osborn, Lyon, Case and Strong. On En-
crossed tBtlls-Pomsroy, Fish and Mans
| chester. On State Re'orn, Soho 'l-BissCll,
Dix, Doolit,le, Hyde, Francis, Johnson of
Cornwall, Harris and Wilson.
Thursday. May Is.
SENATE on railroads reported a
resolution amending the charter of Housa
tonic RR ca, allowing the stockholders to
designate he time OF the annual meetings,
passed. Resolut'n passed, releasing Bennett
B Hull of Brookfeld from State Prison.
! In the House, the Speaker announced
the following committee on capital punish
ment, -Wilkie, Harmon, Train, Wheeler,
Mallet, Boyden. Loveland, Carpenter.
MIR Peck's resolutions on Slavery were
debated. and referred TO com on Federal Re-
lalions. ......
Mr. Eooker's resolutions on Slavery, re-
ferred to join: select com.
Senate.-Friday morning, May H..
Prayer by Rev, Mr.. Bulkley.
On motion of Mr.. Field, the Senate
voted to proceed with the executive bu-
siness without closing the doors.
On motion of Mr.. Brockway, Senate
reconsidered the vote. The question res
curing on the passage ofthe resolution,
it was supported by Messrs. Rice, Marks
and Toucey. and opposed by Messrs,
Perkins, johnson, Brockway, and Hub
bard--rejected. On motion, Senate pro-
ceeded to executive business.
House, Friday morning, May II.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Beardsley.
Journal read.
Petitions presented and referred.
Res. allowing sundry individuals to
enter their petitions in the Office of the
Secretary Of State,
Res. appointing Asa Lewis State
Director in the Tolland Co. Bank, refer
red to com. on Banks. .F......
Res. appointing Benz, Twiss, G. How
ell Olmsted and Ira Merwin, Directors
of the State Prison, referred to com. on
state prison. a... ...... .....
Res. appointing A. P. Benedict State
| Director in. the Iron Bank; referred.
Res. to adjourn on the LIST of June next
Laid upon the table.
Report OF Com. on Interpretations
other than Banks on pet. IF Julius Catlin
and Others, for Fire Insurance Com.
pany, for an act of Incorporation. Laid
upon the table. .a
Mr.. Hamersley intro duced a series of
resolutions relating to territories, and to
the recent course of Truman Smith in the
|'U. s. Senate--refcrred 10 com. of the
House on Federal Relations, and made
the order Of the day at IL o'clock on
Wednesday next.
Mr.. Button introduced bill concern.
ing domestic relations permitting mar
ried women to control their own pecuni-
airy affairs--read and referred.
Report of committee or judiciay. Bill
for repeating the act Of lS49, making it
penal for post masters and other U: s.
officers to act rs Senators or Represen.
tatives in the Legislature of this State.
The consideration of the bill was re-
sumed, the House having adjourned PEN
ding the discussion Of the amendment of
MIR. Dutton on Wednesday last. This
amendment provides for the restor alton
OF most OF the provisions of the act that
the bill it is intended to repeal.
Mr.. Dutton addressed the House in
favor OF his amendment, and Mr.. Ham
ersly in opposition to it, ,.
Pending the discussion, House ad-
journed to 10 o'clock to- morrow morn.
ing.
Saturday, May 10. Time of the Senate
was chiefly occupied in discussing peli.
tion to allow negroes Ia voie---and a bin
requiring bonus Of %, 600 fiora The Cit
liens Bank Norwich, A remons,rance
against the division Of Lilchfeld county.
referred; Adj 10 Monday,
HlUsE.--I II was voted that the election
CT Major General be made the order Of the
day for Tuesday. The Speaker nuounced
the following committee on the sale Of spin
ituous liquors Gillett, Davidson, Swan
Smith, Aldrich, Thompson. Clark, Lilly,