the Secretary, Treasurer and Commissary General of their election. Ordered, That Mr. Nettleton be joined to said committee on the part of the Senate. Ordered, That the Clerk notify the House of Representatives accordingly. The Senate proceeded to the order of the day on the bill entitled "An act to repeal an act entitled an act in addition to and in amendment of an act designating the mode of choosing and appointing Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, approved January 7, 1837" Which was read a third time. Resolved, That it pass and its title be as aforesaid. Ordered, That the Clerk notify the House of Representatives accordingly. Mr. Pickering presented the petition of James Nutter and 102 others, legal voters of Newington, praying to be exempted from the operation of the provisions of the act of July 6, 1839, providing for the division of towns into school districts in certain cases Which having been read Ordered, That it be referred to the committee on Education. Mr. Johnson gave notice that he will to-morrow ask leave to introduce a bill entited "An act to incorporate the Nashua Literary Institution." Mr. Comerford gave notice that he will to-morrow ask leave to introduce a bill entitled "An act to provide for the choice of Road Commissioners." On motion of Mr. Gregg Resolved, That the Senate have a recess until half past eleven o'clock this forenoon. HALF PAST ELEVEN. On motion of Mr. Brown The Senate adjourned. AFTERNOON. Mr. Adams, from the committee on Education to whom was referred the petition of James Nutter and 102 others, legal voters of the town of Newington, praying to be exempted from the operation of the provisions of the act of July 6, 1839, providing for the division of towns into school districts in certain cases, reported a bill entitled "An act to exempt the town of Newington from the operation of the provisions of the first section of an act providing for the division of towns into school districts, and for the alteration of the limits of school districts in certain cases, passed July 6, 1839" Which was read a first and second time. On the question, shall this bill be read a third time? It was decided in the affirmative. Ordered, That it be read a third time to-morrow at ten o'clock in the forenoon. A message from the House of Representatives by their Clerk: "Mr. President-The House of Representatives have passed a bill entitled "An act allowing to the fourth company of Infantry in the thirty-first regiment an additional number of State arms, in which they ask the concurrence of the Honorable Senate." The foregoing bill sent up from the House of Representatives for concurrence, was read a first and second time. Ordered, That it be referred to the committee on Military Affairs. Mr. Johnson, from the committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill entitled "An act allowing to the fourth company of Infantry in the thirty-first regiment an additional number of State arms," reported it without amendment. On the question, shall this bill be read a third time? It was decided in the affirmative. Ordered, That it be read a third time to-morrow at ten o'clock in the forenoon. Mr. Comerford gave notice that he will to-morrow ask leave to introduce a bill entitled "An act to disannex the farm owned in common by Ezra Eastman and Samuel Osgood, from Gilmanton in the county of Strafford, and annex the same to Gilford in said county." On motion of Mr. Nettleton The Senate adjourned. FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1840. Pursuant to notice given yesterday and by leave of the Senate for that purpose Mr. Comerford introduced a bill entitled "An act to provide for the choice of Road Commissioners" Which was read a first and second time. Ordered, That it be referred to the committee on Roads, Bridges and Canals. The Senate proceeded to the order of the day on bills with the following titles: 1 "An act allowing to the fourth company of Infantry in the thirtyfirst regiment an additional number of State arms. "An act to exempt the town of Newington from the operation of the provisions of the first section of an act providing for the division of towns into school districts and for the alteration of the limits of school districts in certain cases, passed July 6, 1839." Which were severally read a third time. Resolved, That they pass and their titles be as aforesaid. Ordered, That the Clerk notify the House of Representatives accordingly.. Pursuant to notice given yesterday and by leave of the Senate for that purpose Mr. Johnson introduced a bill entitled "An act to incorporate the Nashua Literary Institution" Which was read a first and second time. Ordered, That it be referred to the committee on Incorporations. Mr. Nettleton, from the committee on Roads, Bridges and Canals to whom was referred the bill entitled "An act to provide for the choice of Road Commissioners," reported it without amendment. On the question, shall this bill be read a third time? It was decided in the affirmative. Ordered, That it be read a third time at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Pursuant to notice given yesterday and by leave of the Senate for that purpose Mr. Comerford introduced a bill entitled "An act to disannex the farm owned in common by Ezra Eastman and Samuel Osgood from Gilmanton in the county of Strafford and annex the same to Gilford in said county" Which was read a first and second time. Ordered, That it be referred to the committee on Incorporations. On motion of Mr. Goodhue— The Senate adjourned. AFTERNOON. Mr. Goodhue, by leave, presented the following joint resolution : Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened, That the special order of the day fixing three o'clock this afternoon as the time when the two Houses will go into the choice of a Senator to represent this State in the Congress of the United States for the term of six years from and after the third day of March 1841, be, and the same is, rescinded." The foregoing resolution having beeen read Resolved, That it pass. Ordered, That the Clerk notify the House of Representatives accordingly. A message from the House of Representatives by their Clerk : "Mr. President-The House of Representatives are now ready to meet the Honorable Senate in Convention for the purpose of proceeding in the elections agreeably to the provisions of a law of this State." On motion of Mr. Johnson— Resolved, That the Senate now meet the House of Representatives in Convention for the purpose of proceeding in the elections agreeably to the provisions of a law of the State. IN CONVENTION. The Senate and House of Representatives being assembled in Convention in the Representatives' Hall, for the pur pose of proceeding in the elections agreeably to the provisions of a law of the State On motion of Mr. Gregg of the Senate The Convention proceeded by ballot to the choice of a Warden of the State Prison for the ensuing political year; and Lawson Coolidge was elected. On motion of Mr. Ayer of the House The Convention rose and the Senate returned to their Chamber. IN SENATE. The Senate proceeded to the order of the day on the bill entitled "An act to provide for the choice of Road Commissioners," Which was read a third time. Resolved, That it pass and its title be as aforesaid. Ordered, That the Clerk notify the House of Representatives accordingly. Mr. Renton, from the committee on Incorporations, to whom was referred the bill entitled "An act to incorporate the Nashua Literary Institution," reported it without amendment. On the question, shall this bill be read a third time? It was decided in the affirmative. Ordered, That it be read a third time to-morrow at ten o'clock in the forenoon. On motion of Mr. Nettleton The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution, received from the House of Representatives for concurrence, fixing Saturday the twentieth day of June instant for the close of the present session." On motion of Mr Goodhue Resolved, That it pass. Ordered, That the Clerk notify the House of Representatives accordingly. A message from the House of Representatives by their Clerk: "Mr. President-The House of Representatives have passed bills and resolutions with the following titles, in which they ask the concurrence of the Honorable Senate : "An act to constitute the forty-second regiment of the New Hampshire Militia." |