The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-06-04

ERAL ASSEMBLY AT THE MAY SESSION =,
A. d. iS57.-Resolution appointing
committee to provide suitable rooms for
the court of Magistrates in the village of
Woonsocket.
Resolution providing that chapter
nineteen of the Revised Statutes, pre-
scribing the duties of the Secretary of
State, go into effect Immediately.
Resolution providing for the expense
of preparing the colonial records for
publication.
Resolution authorizing the General
Treasurer to make loan to defray the
current expenses of the State.
Resolutions providing for the distribu.
ton of the first and second volumes Of
the Colonial Records.
Resolution declaring Nathaniel b Dur
fee of Tiverton duly elected Represen
tative from the Eastern District of this
State in the thirty-ffth Congress of the
United States.
Resolution declaring William d Bray
ton of Warwick duly elected Represen-
tativc from the Western District of this
State in the thirty-ffth Congress Of the
United States.
Resolution directing the sheriff of each
county to return to the Secretary of
State all commissions of justices of the
peace or public notaries which are not
taken out within sixty days after the
rising of the General Assembly.
Resolution authorizing the Secre tary
of State to procure copies Of such orig
inal documents from the public archieves
Of the State of Connecticut as relate to
the history of this State, and which are
not now among its archieves
Resolution authorizing the Governor
to employ, at the expense of the State,
counsel in the place of Hon. Samuel
Ames, declined, under the resolution
passed at the adjourned session of the
General a 8 mbly in June, 1858, rcla
tive to the employment Of counsel fol
the State.
Resolution directing the Secretary o
State to publish three hun1red copies o
the rules and orders tor the use of th,
General Assembly
J Resolution directing the Attorney
General to inquire and report to tn,
General Assembly what rights the State
have in relation to persons sentenced 10
the Butler Asylum.
Resolution directing the Attorney
General to institute legal proceedings
against railroad corporations and banks
in certain cases.
Resolution of thanks to Edward IIar.
ris, Esq of Cumberland for his gener.
Gus and gratuitous offer to the State
accommodations for the State Normal
School.
Resolution making an appropriation
pay Shubeal Hutchins, James q An
thony, and Charles Hart for services il
. procuring an injunction against the Banl
) Of the Republic.
Resolution appointing Welcome An
CELL and Ansel Il. Bradley a committed
to ascertain the cost of constructing suit
able culvers unler North and Soutl
Court streets in the city OF Providence
Resolution directing the sheriff of tn,
county of Providence to make certain
alterations in the Representatives. cham
. Der in the State House in said county.
: Resolution authorizing the Secretary
, of State to distribute the Revised Stat
utes.
Resolution directing tho commission
ers of the dcsposite fund to collect bond
held by the State.
Resolution referring to the Attorney
General the petition of John u Busl
. that the indictment pending against biz
; brother, Marcus A. Bush, may be dis
charged.
Resolution directing the Commission
r ers of Public Schools to locate the State
E Normal School in the town of Bristo
for the term of four years.