Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-01-17

VI ho'y Nis "fb ~ NSe'-
dams, for the sale of zeal estate received
and referred 10 The Commute Oh Real
Er,ate.
Petition Of Chris, c. Bentley fM liberia
;ion re, eved aud referred TO me committee
on Convic,s' Petitions.
Petition Of jeremiah Sullivan for lhera-
ton received and referred 10 the Commit
tee on r"nvic,s' Petitions.
Mr.. Hazard OF Providence Introduced
tho following re,rlul'on
Rtso'vcd, That The Adju,ant General be
authorised and directed Ia furnish or Sena-
tors 10 Congress With certified copy Of The
act Of January, 1877, Iroviding for the
rising Of volunteers, and also al the origs
nal voncheTs Of The expenses and o.her ey:.
dencas necessary to .ubstan,a.e the claim
Of this S,sts. and that he draw on the TIea-
surer for The necessary expenses for so do
ing. Read an passed.
Mr. BuiTnm Of SIN th6eld, introduce a
resolution directing the Judiciary Commit
toe 10 report 10 lhe House what alteration.
If any, ia required in the act direstitg the
m nner Of the desc ant Of Iniesta,e Esiatea,
So a to insa,e an equal distribution Of the
real a"d personal estate Of an ln,estate
among the lawful heirs. The resolu q
was read and passed.
Mr.. HaIlid of Pro,ilence, introduced
resolution authorizing the sheriff Of Kent
county to send he prisoners in his custody
to the county jail Of The county of Wash
lngtrn. Read AID passed.
Memorial for the appoi tment OF su-
perrin en1ent of the statistics of The State
This memorial was presented by Mr.. Ames,
Of Providence, and asks for he appoint.
mcnt uf a superintendent of statistics, with
sui'ab salary whose duty it sha be To
collect all the information pt sslbe relative
to The population, the agricultural and other
products of the State, its resources ofevery
dcscr ption, the commerce of the State with
sister States and foreign countries, the ni-
ture and value thereof, the mechanic arts
aud manufactures, public education, religion,
public he.lth, aud such other Information Al
NAV, from time 10 time be required Of him
having u caring upon the industrial and
progressive history Of the State. Alter
some discussion, the memorial was referred
10 a select committee, consisting OF Messrs.
Ames, Saunders and DAVIS.
Mr.. Hazard Of Providence, introduced
'he follow ing resolution
Resolved by the General Assembly, n
majoliy Of all tie members elected 80 both
Houses cOncu-ring, that the Constitution of
The Sta'e Of Rho!e Island and Providence
Plantations he amended Sd that Article 4;
Section 3, shall read as follows
Thete shat! be Two sessions of the Gene
"a Asseub no den annually; one at New
por, on the first Tuesday of May, for The
purpose OF election and other business the
other at Providence on the first Monday of
January.
L. resolution was ref rred to the Judic.
ilry Committee, with instructions to report
what amendments, if any, are n cessa y in
the Constitution
NJ; CRANSToN, Of Newport, Intro.
ducsd a resolution directing The Clerk 10
furnish 20 the members OF the House, dur
ing The prcsen. session, such newspapers
as thcy M; direc! tie expense thereof
not 10 exec the rate Of one dollar for each
member, from the commencement of he
session. The reso ution passed una, j.
mously.
Adjourned 10 10 q ,lock tomorrow morn.
ing.
ThundIy MorDing,
The House met at 10 o'clock.
Resolution relative to School District No
9 il Foster, read and referred 10 The Com
mltlee on Eduratlon.
Rcsoiu tim on petition Of C. G. Palmer,
read and passed
Mr.. Barber moved that the resolution
auihoriSing Clerks TO furnish the members
with papers be rescinded ayes and noes
rdered, and lost
Pet, ton Of K. oI'ins, for charter cf
Hopkinlon Bank, referred to Committee on
Corporations.
Senate concurred in sundry votes of the
House
Report of Gomu'tt.e on alteration and
enlargement Of the Court House in Proyi-
&c &C madc, and a short debaIe ensued -
The cost Of alterat ons are estimated at
about S7,5 $50.
Tie House then a ourned
THURsDAY AFTERNOON
HuusE.-An act in amendment Of an
act entitled" an act establishing and regu-
la'ing fees introduced this morning 10y
Mr.!BuGum Of Sm!ihfe'd rea and pass
to secoad reading aud referred t. The
Committee on the Judiciary.
Resolution author zing School Committee
Of the town of Foster to hear and ad ust a
dispute which has arisen in District No. 2
Of that town ; reported by the Committee
on Education, recommended and read aud
passed.
Mr.. Brown Of Cumbcr' aud, called up the
resolution introduced by him relative 10 al
tachmcnt upou the wri, when the debt is
under tw onty dollars.
Mr.. Hazard, of Providence, presented the
f,ilowir g resolution. which was accepted
by Nr. Brown as a substitute for his reso-
ton:
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