The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-16
IN The LEGISLATURE.
The Tide of Public Business in Full
- Flow.
PARK BONDS FOR LINCOLN.
The Elections Act Referred Again-The
Reapportionment Bin Referred to the
House Committee on Judiciary-The
Minor Matters.

The Senate came TO order at ll:l0 this
morning, Gov. Ladd presiding
Senator Read for the committee on en-
crossed acts, reported as truly and rightly
engrossed the act making appropriations
for the support of the State Government
for the year 1892. Passed as engrossed.
Also for the same committee the act
amending the charter of the Snake River
Co. Passed as engrossed.
Senator Allen presented the 54th annual
report of the New York, Providence and
Boston Railroad Company, which was re-
ceived ordered printed and communicated
10 the House Of Representatives.
Senator Owen presented the petition Of
the Narragansett tribe of Indians that the
State may buy the lands now held by that
tribe. Referred TO the committee on
judiciary.
Senator Allen introduced an act i'm
amendment of Chapter 20 of the Public
Statutes relating to the publication OF the
public laws in the newspapers Hereto
fore the law has read that the laws enact
ed shall be published in all the newspapers
in the State. The amendment leaves IL
with the judgment Of the Secretary of
State To decide which papers will best
serve the purpose of advertising the States
business Referred To the committee on
judiciary.
Lieut.. Gov. Stearns presented an act to
authorize the town of Lincoln TO issue
park bonds in addition To the town bonds
they are now issuing. Referred to the
committee on Judiciary.
Gov. Ladd asked the Senate to confirm
the appointed of DIR. George l.. Locke
on the State Board of Health, vice DR.
Henry G.. Swan, resigned; and DIR. Alex
ander b. Briggs, vice DIR. III. ii. Eccleston
resigned.
A 7
announcing the passage OF number OF
acts, among them AN act amending the
charter of the Newport Illuminating
Company. and an act allowing the Nara
gansett Electric Lighting Company, to
increase its capital stock to s2,0OO,0N.
These were referred to the committee on
corporations.
senator Cranston presented the petition
of Isaac Hall and otheas for an act incor
porating the Rock Plaster Company. Re
ferred TO the committee on corporations
On motion of Senator Drown the Senate
adjourned till tomorrow at II o'clock.
The House of Representatives.
BY suggestion of Mr. Perce of Provi-
dence the act TO amend chapter 10 Of the
Public Laws-"Of the manner of conduct
elections which had been referred to the
judiciary, was recommitted TO the com
mittee ON special elections. The act re-
fers 20 the city of Providence only, and
provides that in case there is no election
of "a senator or of the representative bal
loted for that the next election shall be
held within IL days, instead of within 10
DAYS as at present.
Under the existing law a candidate must
give IL days notice OF his intention to
withdraw from the second contest, but
the law also requires that the next election
must be held within 10 days of the last
unsuccessful attempt to elect. BY extend
ing the time to IL days there will be ample
time for withdrawal. and the trouble
which was experience in Providence, last
spring, and which caused an outlay of
1000 TO complete the legislation repre-
sentation, will be avoided.
Acts TO incorporate What Chwer Lodge,
10. "a knights of Pythias, the Judkins
Show Case Company, the H. 4. Richards
Company were referred to the proper COM
mittee.
An act to amend the Yaran Extracting
Company 30 ms TO make 10 the Il. w. Rounds
Company was continued to the May ses-
sion.
Several matters from the Senate were
received aud passed i'm concurrence, or
else referred to committees.
Mr.. Wilson of East Providence present
ed an act to amend Chapter Is of the Pub
lie Statutes: read and referred to the com
mittee of the judiciary. The statute CON
Germs the representation of the several
cities and towns.
The hill is based upon constitutional
provision TO the effect that for eveay 1928
Inhabitants of city or town il shall have
representative i'm the House. Five years
ago the canvass showed that several
changes should be made, but the towns
affected combined. through their repre-
sentatives in the Legislature, TO defeat u
bill then offered TO amend the Chapter 1S,
and they did this in variance with their
oaths TO support the constitution. A new
canvass having been taken, whicn shows
that Burrillville and Bristol have too
great and East Providence too small rep
resentations, the bill has been introduced
that each town shall have its just repre-
sentation and no more.
The Senate resolution to pay the bill
of g. NJ. Brown, for fine in the case of
Morris Marcus, for cruelty to q horse. the
Judgment of the court being s25 and costs,
excited considerable discussion. Allow
ances of this kind, as a rule, are made pay
able TO the anti-cruelty society. The reso-
luton did not mention the name of that
society and on motion of Mr.. Heflernan
of Woonsocket the whole matter was
recommended to the joint committee on
claims for further investigation.
On motion OF Mr.. Barbour of Hopkinton
the House at 1l:45 was adjourned until
IL O'Clock Wednesday morning.