Mr. Briggs called up the resolution on the table, providing for a Joint Assembly to elect a Superintendent, Chaplain, and three directors of the State Prison, for the year ensuing. And, on his motion, it was amended by striking out the word "Tuesday," and inserting the word "Friday." And, thus amended, it was passed. (S. 2.) The Senate took up the engrossed bill entitled "an act in addition to chapter 67 of the Revised Statutes, entitled 'of the maintenance of illegitimate children."" And it was read the third time and passed. (S. 21.) The Senate took up the engrossed bill entitled "an act to amend an act incorporating Troy Conference Academy." On motion of Mr. Briggs, it was Ordered that the bill be committed to a Senator for a specific amendmendment of the title thereof. The President appointed Mr. Briggs to perform this service, who reported the amendment måde, as ordered. And the said bill was read the third time and passed. (S. 20.) The Senate took up the engrossed bill entitled "an act constituting a Board of Education." And it was read the third time, and, On motion of Mr. Briggs, Ordered to be committed to a Senator for the following amendment: In the first section, strike out the word "four" before the words "other persons," and insert the word "two" in lieu thereof. The President appointed Mr. Dutton to perform this service, who repor ted the bill amended as ordered. And the question being, Shall the bill pass? The yeas and nays, being demanded by Mr. Butler, were as follows: Those Senators who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. A. Allen, Briggs, Camp, Cutts, Dutton, Field, Harris, Morgan, Munsill, Porter, Plumb, Read, Sabin and Sargeant-14. Those Senators who voted in the negative are, Messrs. E. Allen, Bass, Bingham, Butler, Green, Griswold, Mott and Thompson-8. So the bill passed. (S. 8.) The Senate took up the engrossed bill entitled "an act relating to the settlement of estates." Ordered to be committed to a Senator for the following amendment: Strike out all after the word "discretion" and insert the following: "on the return of the inventory, if the same shall not exceed one hundred and fifty dollars, and the estate be intestate, by a decree for that purpose, assign the whole of such estate to the children of the deceased, for their own use." The President appointed Mr. Munsill to perform this service, who reported the bill amended as ordered. And it was thereupon passed. (H. 77.) Mr. Starr, from the Committee on Banks, to whom had been referred the House bill entitled “an act in addition to, and in explana tion of, "an act relating to banks," approved Oct. 28, 1840," reported the same without amendment, with the opinion that it ought to pass. And, on motion of Mr. E. Allen, it was Ordered to lie upon the table. The Report of the Adjutant and Inspector General, transmitted this afternoon, by His Excellency the Governor, was read and referred, with the accompanying documents, to the Committee on Military Affairs. The Senate took up the resolution from the House of Representatives relative to the Joint Rules of the two Houses, which had been returned from the House of Representatives with their non-concurrence in the amendment proposed by the Senate. And it was Resolved to insist upon the said amendment. And, on motion of Mr. Camp, The Secretary was directed to request of the House of Representatives a free conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses. (S. 6) Mr. Briggs called up the bill on the table, entitled "an act to repeal an act relating to the punishment of capital crimes," together with the amendment thereto proposed by Mr. Butler. And, without taking any question thereon, On motion of Mr. Briggs, The Senate adjourned. Prayer by the Chaplain. THURSDAY, Oct. 26, 1843. The journal of yesterday was read and approved. The President announced, as the Committee to manage, on the part of the Senate, at the free conference requested on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses, on the amendment proposed by the Senate to the resolution relative to the Joint Rules of the two Houses, Mr. Briggs, Mr. Dutton, Mr. Farr. Mr. Munsill presented the petition of Sylvester Phelps and Jedediah P. Ladd, praying compensation for thirteen kegs of tobacco. ry. And it was read, and Mr. Munsill moved that it be referred to the Committee on the Judicia Which motion was lost; and the same was, thereupon, referred to the Committee on Claims. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Merrill, their Clerk: MR. PRESIDENT:-1 am directed to communicate to the Senate Governor Paine's report in relation to the Deaf and Dumb, the Insane Poor, and the Blind, for the year 1843, which has been transmitted to the House of Representatives for the use of the General Assembly. Mr. E. Allen presented the following resolution: Resolved, That the Auditor of Accounts be requested to furnish, for the use of the Senate, statements of the number of copies of the Laws, of the Journals of the Senate, and the Journals of the House of Represen tatives, charged to the State by the contractor for printing and distributing the same, the number of copies of each, and the amount allowed therefor respectively, for each of the years 1840, 1841, and 1842; also the sums, if any, which may have been deducted by him, from the amount of the contracts, or any of them, for delay in the completion, or delivery, of the work beyond the time specified in said contracts. And it was read and passed. Mr. Thompson presented the petition of W. R. Ranney and others, praying for an act incorporating a Rail Road Company. And it was read and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. (H. 2.) Mr. Plumb, from the select Committee raised on the petition of Reuben Spaulding and others, to whom had been referred the House bill entitled "an act in relation to the granting of licences to retailers of spirituous liquors,” reported the same, without amendment, with the opinion that it ought to pass. And, on motion of Mr. Briggs, it was Ordered to lie upon the table. (S. 25.) Mr. Dutton, from the Committee on Education, to whom had been referred the bill entitled "an act amending section 18, chapter 18, of the Revised Statutes," reported the same, without amendment, with the opinion that it ought to pass. And it was Ordered to lie upon the table. Mr. Griswold introduced the following resolution: Resolved, That the Judiciary Committee be instructed to enquire into the expediency of so amending the 10th section of an act relating to the grand list, approved Nov. 11, 1841, that it shall read as follows:-Personal estate of deceased persons which shall be in the hands of their executors or administrators, and not distributed, shall be assessed to the executors or administrators in the school district where the deceased person last dwelt, until they shall give notice to the assessors that the estate has been distributed and paid to the parties interested therein. And it was read and passed. (H. 48.) Mr. Thompson, from the select Committee raised on the petition of Lucius H. Cathan, to whom had been referred the House bill entitled "an act altering the name of Job Turner Congdon," reported the same without amendment, and recommended its passage. And, on motion of Mr. Camp, it was Ordered, That said bill, together with the bill on the table (S. 22,) entitled "an act altering the names of persons therein mentioned," be recommitted with instructions to amend the House bill by incorporating therein the provisions of the Senate bill. (H. 71.) Mr. Briggs, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom had been referred the House bill entitled "an act regulating the imprisonment of trustees," reported the same, with the proposal to amend the ti tle thereof by striking out the words "the imprisonment of trustees," and inserting in lieu thereof, the words "proceedings against trustees.” And the said amendment was ordered. And the bill as amended was read the third time and passed in concur rence. (H. 11.) Mr. Porter, from the Committee on Manufactures to whom had been referred the House bill entitled "an act relative to the incorporation of Fire Insurance Companies," reported the same without amendment, and recommended its passage. And, on motion of Mr. Briggs, it was Ordered to lie upon the table. (H. 18.) Mr. Griswold, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom had been referred the House bill entitled "an act incorporating the New York and Champlain Steam Boat Company," reported the same, without amendment, with the opinion of the Committee that it ought to pass. And it was read the third time and passed in concurrence. (S. 16.) Mr. Field, from the same Committee, to whom had been referred the bill entitled "an act to incorporate the Champlain and Connecticut River Rail Road Company," reported the same, with proposals of amendment. And, on motion of Mr. Briggs, the Senate considered the bill as in Committee of the whole, and reported the same with the following proposals of amendment: In section 4, strike out the word "fifteen," and insert, in lieu thereof, the word "five." In section 10, in the proviso thereto, strike out the word "twelve," and insert, in lieu thereof, the word "ten ;" and add as follows to the bill: Section 20. Nothing in this act shall authorize said company to construct a rail road in the valley of Connecticut River, so as to interfere with the construction of any other rail road that is now, or may hereafter be authorized to be made in said valley, nor to prevent the crossing of any other rail road chartered by this State. And the said amendments were adopted. Mr. Farr moved to amend the bill by adding as follows: Section The Legislature may at any time hereafter alter or amend this act as the public good may require. And on the question, Will the Senate so amend? The yeas and nays, being demanded by Mr. Butler, are as follows: Messrs. Bingham, Butler, Cahoon, Farr, Griswold, Phillips, Scott and Sprague-8. Those Senators who voted in the negative are, Messrs. E. Allen, Briggs, Camp, Cutts, Dutton, Field, Green, Harris, Hubbard, Morgan, Mott, Porter, Plumb, Read, Sabin, Sargeant, Starr, Stone and Thompson-19. So the amendment was rejected. And the bill, as amended, was Ordered to be engrossed and read the third time. A message from His Excellency the Governor, by Mr. Hale, Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs: MR. PRESIDENT:-I am directed by the Governor to transmit to the Senate, for the use of the General Assembly, the report of Henry Ste vens, Commissioner to investigate the claims of this State against the Government of the United States, for Revolutionary services. (S. 15.) Mr. Field, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom had been referred the bill entitled "an act relating to building and repairing bridges, in addition to, and in alteration of, the 21st chapter of the Revised Statutes," reported the same, with the opinion that it ought not to pass. And it was Ordered to lie upon the table. (H. 20.) Mr. Cahoon called up the House bill entitled "an act relating to exemptions from attachment," and On his motion, it was amended by striking out all after the word "the" in the third line of the bill, and inserting as follows: "13th section of the 43d chapter of the Revised Statutes, as a sixth clause-Three swarms of bees and hives together with their produce in honey.” And, on motion of Mr. E. Allen, the bill, as amended, was Ordered to lie upon the table. (H. 49.) Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom had been referred the House bill entitled "an act to incorporate the Vermont Central Rail Road Company," reported the same, with the proposal to amend by striking out the proviso to section 20, as follows: "Provided, that this act shall be under the control of future Legislatures to alter or amend as the public good shall require." Pending the question on the adoption of the amendment proposed by the Committee, Mr. Cahoon moved that the Senate adjourn. Which motion was lost. The question recurring, Will the Senate so amend? The yeas and nays, being demanded by Mr. Farr, were as follows: Messrs. E. Allen, Briggs, Camp, Cutts, Dutton, Field, Green, Harris, Hubbard, Morgan, Mott, Munsill, Porter, Plumb, Read, Sabin, Starr, Stone and Thompson-19. 7. Those Senators who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Bingham, Butler, Cahoon, Farr, Griswold, Phillips and Scott So the amendment was adopted. The question being, Shall the bill be read the third time? On motion of Mr. Plumb, The Senate adjourned. AFTERNOON. (H. 50.) Mr. E. Allen, from the Committee on Agriculture, to whom had been referred the House bill entitled "an act relative to the fees of |