On the question, Will the Senate concur with the House of Representatives in the appointment of a joint select committee to audit the accounts of the State Treasurer? It was decided in the affirmative. Ordered, That Mr. Clough be joined to said committee. Ordered, That the clerk notify the House of Representatives thereof. The following message was received from the House of Representatives by their clerk: "Mr. President-The House of Representatives concur with the Honorable Senate in the passage of a resolution reported by the joint committee appointed to assign committee rooms to the several standing committees." On motion of Mr. Robb The Senate adjourned. AFTERNOON. On motion of Mr. Preston The Senate adjourned. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1849. Mr. Clark, from the standing committee on Unfinished Business, reported the following resolution, to wit: Resolved, That the bill with the following title, postponed from the last session of the legislature, be referred to the committee on Education, to wit: "An act establishing the office of commissioners of common schools, and organizing a board of education, and for other purposes." On the question, Shall the resolution pass? It was decided in the affirmative. Mr. Clark, from the standing committee on Unfinished Business, reported the following resolution, to wit: Resolved, That the bills with the following titles, postponed from the last session of the legislature, be referred to the committee on Railroads, to wit: "An act in addition to the laws relating to railroads ;" "An act in relation to the taxing of shares in the capital stock of railroad corporations." On the question, Shall the resolution pass? It was decided in the affirmative. Mr. Clark, from the standing committee on Unfinished Business, reported the following resolution, to wit: Resolved, That the bill with the following title, postponed from the last session of the legislature, be referred to the committee on Banks, to wit: "An act to incorporate the president, directors and company of the State Bank." On the question, Shall the resolution pass? It was decided in the affirmative. Mr. Clark, from the standing committee on Unfinished Business, reported the following resolution, to wit: Resolved, That bills with the following titles, postponed from the last session of the legislature, be referred to the committee on the Judiciary, to wit: "An act for the more speedy termination of disputes in relation to flowage;" "An act relating to the sale of stock by corporations." On the question, Shall the resolution pass? It was decided in the affirmative. Mr. Clark, from the standing committee on Unfinished Business, reported the following resolution, to wit: Resolved, That the bill with the following title, postponed from the last session of the legislature, be referred to the committee on Military Affairs, to wit: "An act in favor of the Nashua Artillery." On the question, Shall the resolution pass? It was decided in the affirmative. Mr. Clark, from the standing committee on Unfinished Business, reported the following resolution, to wit: Resolved, That the bill with the following title, postponed from the last session of the legislature, be referred to the committee on Agriculture and Manufactures, to wit: "An act to encourage and promote agriculture, domestic manufactures and the mechanical arts." On the question, Shall the resolution pass? It was decided in the affirmative. Mr. Robb, from the committee on Incorporations, to whom was referred a bill, entitled "An act relating to life insurance," reported the following resolution: Resolved, That the committee on Incorporations be discharged from the further consideration thereof, and that the same be referred to the committee on the Judiciary. On the question, Shall the resolution reported by the committee on Incorporations pass? It was decided in the affirmative. Mr. Sanborn, from the committee appointed to procure the printing of five hundred copies of the rules of the Senate, the rules of the House, the joint rules of the Senate and House, the constitution of the State, the constitution of the United States, the names of the several members of the legislature, and the officers thereof, their places of residence, their boarding places, the number of the seats they occupy, with a list of the standing committees of each branch, and the number of the committee room assigned to each committee, reported that they had attended to that duty. Mr. Preston presented the remonstrance of John Harvey and eighty-six others, and a remonstrance of nineteen legal voters in Sutton, against any portion of the town of Sutton being disannexed from the same and annexed to the town of New London, and a remonstrance of forty-six legal voters of the town of Sutton, against that portion embraced in the petition of Nathaniel W. Knowlton and others, of the town of Sutton, being disannexed from the town of Sutton and annexed to New London. Ordered, That said remonstrances be referred to the committee on Incorporations. Mr. Clough, from the joint select committee appointed to audit the accounts of the State Treasurer, made the following REPORT: The committee appointed to audit the accounts of the State Treasurer, report that they have carefully examined the Treasurer's books, which exhibit a summary of receipts and payments of the treasury during the last fiscal year, ending on the 6th day of June, 1849, and also a statement of the debts due from the State, as embraced in his report, as follows: STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Treasury Office, Concord, June 6, 1849. In pursuance of the provisions of the Revised Statutes, the Treasurer of the State respectfully submits to the honorable legislature the following statement of the finances of the State, and of receipts and disbursements at the treasury, from June 7th, 1848, to June 6th, 1849. THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE IN ACCOUNT WITH JOHN ATWOOD, TREASURER. |