To Liscomb R. Titus, for tumblers, two dollars, twenty-five cents. To Henry B. Howell, for cord, toweling, rope for pulley, &c., one dollar seventy-two cents. To William Robinson, for putting on desk locks in state house, one dollar, seventy-five cents. To Joseph Kaighn, for expenses incurred by the joint-committee, (appointed on the subject of building new prison) in going to and from Philadelphia, to view the Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania, and to obtain such other information in regard to the object for which they were appointed, as possible: likewise for the expenses of the architect and warden, with one of the directors, of the Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania, whilst on a visit here, in compliance with an invitation given them by the joint-committee, seventy-four dollars, thirty-six cents. To Peter D. Vroom, for expenses paid for improvement of state property, for postage, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, &c., ninety dollars, sixty cents. To William Robinson, for work done, as per bill, and approved of by the quartermaster general, eighty-five dollars, fifty cents. To Joseph Hammitt, as per bill of articles bought for use of state and arsenal, approved by the quartermaster general; for hire of carriage to take the committee appointed to settle the state prison account down to the prison, thirty-three dollars eighty-six cents. To the clerk in chancery, for entering and enrolling the decrees remaining unenrolled when he came into office, pursu ant to the act respecting the enrollment of decrees in chancery, passed February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, such sum as by the certificate of the chancellor shall appear due therefor, when the same is completed." To Charles Parker, for a coal grate, in the government house, purchased of William Hyer, ten dollars. To James Mason, for sawing, splitting, and piling away thirteen cords wood, at one dollar per cord, thirteen dollars. To Thomas Cain, for candles, as per bill, two dollars, ten cents. To Thomas Cain and son, for candles for use of state house, &c., sixteen dollars, sixty-three cents. To M. Johnson, for paper, quills, wafers, riband, sand, &c., thirty-one dollars, fifty-six cents. To George Sherman, for printing list acts passed by legislature; for printing public bills; for printing resolutions, reports of committees, &c.; for newspapers furnished legislature first and second sittings, one hundred twenty-five dollars, thirty nine cents. To Martin C. Howe, for glass, and setting same, in state house, &c., seven dollars, fifty cents. To Joseph Justice, for printing bills, resolutions, reports of committees, &c., and furnishing newspapers for legislature, one hundred ninety-four dollars, ninety-four cents. To E. B. Adams, for printing public bills, governor's messages, documents accompanying the same, &c., two hundred sixty-six dollars, eighty cents. To John T. Robinson & Co., for furnishing newspapers to legislature, thirty-four dollars, sixteen cents. To Morris Justice, for towels, pencils, sand, &c., for council, nine dollars and six cents. To Henry Wharton, for sixty-four days for boy, making towels, &c., buying wood for state, &c., forty-three dollars, eighty-seven cents. To James Fausett, for fifteen candlesticks, wash basin, &c., eight dollars. To M. Johnson, for paper and quills, two dollars. To William Hancock, for iron work for state house, repairing locks, &c., five dollars, seventy-five cents. To Peter I. Clark, for expenses incurred in going to and from Philadelphia, to meet joint-committee on the subject of new state prison, nine dollars. To Samuel R. Hamilton, for costs on two bills of indictment, ninety-four dollars, eight cents. To James D. Westcott, for notifying banks of the election of treasurer; for countersigning and registering the treasurer's checks; transmitting and receiving laws from the several state executives; for making marginal notes, and compiling index to the laws of 1831-2, such sum as the governor and attorney general, upon examination, shall certify to be just. To Samuel L. Southard, for postage, thirty-one dollars, twenty-three cents. To E. B. Adams, for newspapers furnished legislature, first and second sessions, twenty-eight dollars, eighty-four cents. To Elias Phillips, for work in arsenal, &c., approved by quartermaster general, thirty-eight dollars, seventy-two cents. To Joseph Hammitt, for work in removing arms from state house, &c., approved by quartermaster general, forty-one dollars. Passed February 28, 1833. JOINT RESOLUTIONS. WHEREAS the governor of Pennsylvania has informed the governor of the state of New Jersey, that he has, by virtue of Preamble. a resolution of that commonwealth, appointed three commissioners, to meet a like number, if they shall be appointed on the part of New Jersey, to view a certain dam in the river Delaware, at Wells' falls, as well as any other obstructions in said river, authorized by either state, or the citizens thereof, and ascertain the facts, and make report thereon, to the governors of the respective states-Therefore, meet commis RESOLVED by the Council and General Assembly, That the Commissiongovernor of this state be authorized to appoint three commis- ers to be apsioners to meet the said commissioners on the part of the state pointed to of Pennsylvania, to examine and report according to the pro- sioners of visions of the said resolution; and also to report how the said Pennsylvania obstructions may be obviated, having due regard to a safe and convenient navigation of the river, and the use of the waters thereof, for actual or contemplated improvement, without injury to the said navigation. Passed January 17, 1833. RESOLVED by the Council and General Assembly of this State, Arms to be That the quartermaster general be directed to procure a build- removed from ing, in which the arms now in the state house may be deposit- state house. ed, and that he cause the same to be removed to said building, without delay. Passed January 21, 1833. RESOLVED by the Council and General Assembly, That the governor of this state be, and he is hereby authorized to em- Revision of ploy some fit and discreet person, learned in the law, to amend, orphans' court revise, and digest all acts, parts of acts, and supplements relating to the ordinary and his surrogates, the orphans' court, system. and the practice and proceedings in all matters severally cognizable before them, or which of right ought so to be, which person so employed as aforesaid shall be instructed to make report in the premises to the next sitting of the legislature. Passed February 6, 1833. Preamble. Establish ment of Cam den as a port WHEREAS the vessel owners and others, inhabiting parts of the counties of Gloucester, Burlington, and Salem, adjacent to the river Delaware and its numerous creeks and inlets, have long been subjected to much inconvenience and expense in obtaining their licenses, &c., in consequence of the want of a port of entry at Camden, through which place they mostly pass on their way to Philadelphia, where their business generally lies.—AND WHEREAS the legislature of the state of New Jersey believe the establishment of a port of entry at Camden would relieve the said vessel owners and builders of a burthensome tax on their time and money, some of whom are now compelled to travel from thirty to fifty miles for their papers, &c.-Therefore, SEC. 1. BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislative Council and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the senators and representatives of this state, in the congress of the United States, be requested to use their exertions and influence to procure the passage of an act of congress establishing a new and commended. distinct collection district, composed of parts of the counties of Gloucester, Burlington, and Salem, of which Camden shall be the port of entry. of entry re SEC. 2. Be it resolved, by the authority aforesaid, That the governor of this state do forward to each of our representatives in the congress of the United States, a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolutions. Passed February 8, 1833. RESOLVED by the Council and General Assembly of this State, E. B. Adams That E. B. Adams, of Trenton, be appointed to print the laws printer of the of this session of the legislature, at thirty-two dollars per sheet, and that sixteen hundred copies be printed on the large octavo pages heretofore used. laws. Passed February 13, 1833. WHEREAS the people of the state of South Carolina, in conven- Preamble: 1. BE IT RESOLVED by the Council and General Assembly of said State, That the constitution adopted and sanctioned by the Indivisibility people of these United States, as well as our early history, our of the nation. common interest, our habits, our intercourse, our love of freedom, the honor, strength, and durability of our country, proclaim that all the states of this Union make one indivisible nation, united in prosperity and adversity, in peace as in war, by the sacred and indissoluble bond of their Union. 2. Resolved, That we deprecate the acts and proceedings of Disapproval our brethren of the state of South Carolina, as opposed to the of acts of S. fundamental principles upon which the government of these Carolina. United States is based, as violating the spirit and meaning of the federal constitution, and tending to rend asunder those ties of common interest and fraternal regard, of mutual dependence and reciprocal obligations, which are alike our pride, our glory, and our strength, and which have proclaimed us to the world a united people. 3. Resolved, That when South Carolina, together with all the other states, acceded to this Union, and adopted the con- Constitutionstitution, she and they became thereby irrevocably bound, that ality of acts all controversy upon the constitutionality of an act of congress determined should be finally adjudicated by the supreme court of these Uni- by supreme ted States; the sacred charter of our liberties never contemplated that each state had reserved to itself an ultimate appeal to its own citizens in their sovereign capacity. court. |