the said resolution as amended, and it was determined in the affirmative. In pursuance of previous notice, Mr. Tillinghast asked for and obtained leave to bring in a bill, entitled "An act for the relief of David Thorp;" which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read a second time, and committed to a committee of the whole house. In pursuance of previous notice, Mr. Healy asked for and obtained leave to bring in a bill, entitled "An act to extend the navigation from the head of the Chemung canal feeder to the village of Centerville in the town of Painted-Post in the county of Steuben, and for other purposes;" which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read a second time, and referred to the committee on canals and internal improvements. Mr. Tomlinson offered for the consideration of the House, a resolution, in the words following, to wit: Resolved, That the committee on the judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of authorising the assignees or trustees of insolvent debtors, not falling within the provisions of the Revised Statutes relative to the voluntary assignments of debtors for the benefit of their creditors, to prosecute in their own names or otherwise, and recover the estate, debts and things in action, belonging or due to such debtor, and more especially in cases where the insolvent has died intestate, and no administration has been made of his effects. Ordered, That the said resolution be laid upon the table. The House then again resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill entitled "An act relative to supplying the village of Whitehall with pure and wholesome water," and after some time spent thereon, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Groom, from the said committee, reported progress, and asked for and obtained leave to sit again. Ordered, That the usual number of copies of the said bill be printed for the use of the Legislature. The House then resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill entitled "An act to authorise William Woods to keep erected a dam across the Canisteo river;" and after some time spent thereon, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Roosevelt, from the said committee, reported progress, and asked for leave to sit again. Thereupon, Ordered, That the committee of the whole be discharged from the consideration of the said bill, and that the same be referred to a select committee, consisting of Mr. Healy, Mr. Baker and Mr. Burke, to consider and report thereon. The House then resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill entitled "An act authorising Samuel H. Newell to change his name;" and after some time spent thereon, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Dayan, from the said committee, reported, that the committee had gone through the said bill, and agreed to the same without amendment; which he was directed to report to the House, and he read the report in his place, and delivered the same in at the table, where it was again read, and agreed to by the House. Ordered, That the bill be engrossed. The House then resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill entitled "An act to authorise the clerk of the city and county of New-York to procure a book of record, and to make entries therein of judgments docketed in the court of common pleas of said county and after some time spent thereon, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Adams, from the said committee, reported progress, and asked for and obtained leave to sit again. And then the House adjourned until eleven o'clock to-morrow morning. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1835. The House met pursuant to adjournment. The petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Sullivan, praying for the passage of an act authorising a subscription by the State to the stock of the New-York and Erie rail-road, was read, and referred to the committee on rail-roads. The petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Jefferson, praying for the construction of the Black river canal, was read, and referred to the committee on canals and internal improvements. The petition of Patrick Rooney of the city of Albany, praying a release of the right, title and interest of the people of this State, to a certain lot of land purchased by him of an alien, was read, and referred to the committee on the petitions of aliens. The petition of Joseph E. Smith & Co. of the county of Tioga, praying for the passage of an act authorising the Canal Board to settle and pay the petitioners a just compensation for the construction of sections number four and five on the Oswego canal, was read, and referred to the Canal Commissioners. The memorial of John Preston and others of the city and county of Albany, relative to an improvement in the manner of teaching common schools, was read, and referred to the committee on colleges, academies and common schools. Ordered, That the usual number of copies of the said memorial be printed for the use of the Legislature. [See Document No. 34.] The petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Orleans, praying for the passage of an act authorising the supervisors of said county to raise one thousand dollars by tax on the inhabitants of said county, for the improvement of a certain road therein, was read, and referred to the committee on the establishment and improvement of roads and bridges, and the incorporation of turnpike companies. Mr. Thorn, from the committee on the incorporation of charitable and religious societies, to which was referred the petition of the trustees of the Bowery Savings Bank, praying for authority to make investments of certain funds of said institution, reported a bill, entitled "An act in relation to the Bowery savings bank in the city of New-York;" which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read a second time, and committed to a committee of the whole house. Mr. Livingston, from the committee on the judiciary, to which was referred the bill entitled "An act to increase the salaries of the chancellor, justices of the supreme court, and circuit judges," reported, that the committee have examined the said bill, and see no reason why the same should not be passed into a law. Ordered, That the said bill be committed to a committee of the whole house. A communication from the Comptroller was received and read, in the words following, to wit: TO THE ASSEMBLY. The Comptroller, to whom was referred by the Assembly, a petition from the board of supervisors of the county of Herkimer, and a bill for loaning money to said county from the common school fund, reported: Thereupon, [See Document No. 33.] Mr. Gray made a motion that the House should agree to order the said bill to be engrossed. Mr. Speaker put the question whether the House would agree to the said motion of Mr. Gray, and it was unanimously determined in the affirmative. Mr. Peck, from the committee on engrossed bills, reported, that the committee had examined the engrossed bill entitled "An act authorising Samuel H. Newell to change his name," and find the same correctly engrossed. Thereupon, The said engrossed bill was read the third time. Ordered, That the clerk deliver the said bill to the Senate, and request their concurrence in the same. The annual report of Francis Peckwell, an inspector of staves and heading in the city of New-York, was received and read. [See Document No. 36.] Ordered, That the said report be laid upon the table. The annual report of Jacob Lockman, an inspector of lumber in the city of New-York, was received and read. [See Document No. 40.] Ordered, That the said report be laid upon the table. The annual report of Benjamin C. Capron, an inspector of lumber in the city of Albany, was received and read. [See Document No. 50.] Ordered, That the said report be laid upon the table. The annual report of Asa Fassett, an inspector of lumber in the city of Albany, was received and read. [See Document No. 44.] Ordered, That the said report be laid upon the table. The annual report of R. C. Theall, an inspector of liver oil in the city of New-York, was received and read. [See Document No. 46.] Ordered, That the said report be laid upon the table. Mr. Adams offered for the consideration of the House, a resolution, in the words following, to wit: Resolved, That the committee on grievances be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of John M'Intyre and others, praying for an act to remunerate them for an injury done by the waters of the Champlain canal, and that the same be referred to the Canal Commissioners. Ordered, That the said resolution be laid upon the table. Mr. G. Brown gave notice that he would, on some future day, ask leave to bring in a bill to amend an act entitled "An act to abolish imprisonment for debt, and to punish fraudulent debtors," passed April 26th, 1831. On motion of Mr. Roosevelt, Resolved, That the committee on the judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of allowing transcripts of judgments in the superior court of the city of New-York, to be filed and docketed in the supreme court of the State, in like manner and with the like effect as the judgments of justices' courts are now transcribed and docketed in the courts of common pleas; and that the committee have leave to report by bill or otherwise. On motion of Mr. Cash, Resolved, That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby requested to communicate to this House the profile, map and accompanying report of Benjamin Wright, of the survey of a rail-road from New-York to Lake Erie, made in pursuance of an act of the Legislature, passed May 6th, 1834, if the same shall have been filed in his office; and if not, as soon thereafter as the same shall be filed with him. Mr. Livingston offered for the consideration of the House, the following recital and resolution, to wit; Whereas great and general complaint appears to prevail in the public mind, as to the extraordinary delays in the Court of Chancery and the Supreme Court, in respect to the hearing and expediting of the decision of causes; and whereas the reasons of such delays may be owing to the imperfection of the judicial system adopted by the Constitution and laws of this State: Therefore, Resolved, with the view of obtaining adequate and proper information in relation to the subjects above mentioned, and to enable the Legislature to apply the proper remedies for defects that may exist in the present system, That the Chancellor and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court be requested to inform this House of the present state of business in their respective courts, and whether, in their opinion, there is just ground for the complaints alluded to; and if so, then that they be requested to report to this House such a judicial system as will, in their opinion, be adequate to perform with despatch the business which will probably have to be transacted before our said judicial tribunals. Mr. Speaker put the question whether the House would agree to the said resolution, and it was determined in the affirmative. On motion of Mr. M. H. Sibley, Resolved, That the committee on claims be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Anson Thompson for relief, and of Asa Burrows for remuneration for damages done to his lands by the waters of the Erie canal, and that the same be referred to the committee on grievances. The House then proceeded to the consideration of the resolution heretofore offered by Mr. Tomlinson; the same was again read, in the words following, to wit: Resolved, That the committee on the judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of authorising the assignees and trustees of insolvent debtors, not falling within the provisions of the Revised Statutes relative to the voluntary assignments of debtors for the benefit of their creditors, to prosecute in their own names or otherwise, to recover the estate, debts and things in action, belonging or due to said debtor, and more especially in cases where the insolvent has died intestate, and no administration has been made of his effects. Mr. Speaker put the question whether the House would agree to the said resolution, and it was determined in the affirmative. On motion of Mr. Adams, Resolved, That the committee on grievances be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of G. S. and H. Perry, praying for compensation for losses sustained by them in consequence of widening the aqueduct on the Erie canal at New-Boston; and that the same be referred to the Canal Commissioners. The House then proceeded to the consideration of the resolution heretofore offered by Mr. Herttell; the same being amended, was again read, in the words following, to wit: |