such mill, to be ground for the avow. ed or apparent purpose of manufacturing such grain into distilled spirits. MILITIA. Companies are to be called together on the first Tuesday in June, annually, for the purpose of taking an exact account of every man's arms and equipments, and also, for company discipline and drill and the polls of the militia re. turned equipped, and who shall perform the duty required by law, shall be exempt from the payment of all taxes, except district school taxes, taxes for making and repairing highways and bridges, and for the payment of damages assessed to individuals through whose lands any road may be laid, and ten dollars shall be deducted by the listers, from the list of any parent, master or guardian, who shall equip any minors, liable to do military duty, under his care. PEDLERS. No license to any person to be a hawker and pedler within this state, shall be granted for a shorter period of time than one year. RAIL-ROAD COMPANY.-The Vermont Rail-road Company was incorporated with power to construct a rail-road from some eligible point on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain-thence following the valley of Onion river, and extending to such point on Connecticut river as will most conveniently meet the rail-road, contemplated in New. Hampshire, to pass by Concord, towards Boston; the corporation is to have succession for the term of 50 years, and is required within three years to complete the survey of the rail-road; within ten years to construct one fourth part of the rail. road; within fifteen years one half; and within twenty years to complete and put in operation the whole of the rail-road. STATE HOUSE.-The sum of $15,000 was appropriated for the erection of a state house at Montpelier. TAXES. A tax of three cents on the dollar on the list of the polls and ratable estate of the inhabitants of this state, for the year 1832, is to be assessed. The legislature also adopted the following resolutions, with proper preambles, the two first unanimously, and the last by a vote of 91 to 45. Resolved, The governor and council concurring therein, that our senators in congress be instructed, and our representatives be requested, to oppose any and every modifica. tion of the tariff laws, which shall have any tendency to weaken or destroy their efficiency as a system of protection to domestic manufactures in their various branches. Resolved, The governor and council concurring therein, that our senators in congress be instructed, and our representatives requested, to aid in procuring appropriations for such works of internal improvement as shall, in their opinions, be of great and national importance. Resolved, The governor and council concurring herein, that our senators be instructed, and our representatives be requested, to use their endeavours to procure a recharter of the present bank of the United States, with such powers and provisions as they shall deem most proper for the attainment of the objects of its institution, and most conducive to the general welfare. Interest on loan 1,042 81 57 33 47,432 21 $57,755 00 Total cost of Erie and Champlain canals, $10,731,595. CANAL DEBT. Stock bearing six per cent. interest. Redeemable July 1, 1837 1,429,870 65 850,000 00 do. 1845 $2,279,870 65 Stock bearing interest at five per cent. Redeemable, 1837 do. 1845 do. 1846 do. 1849 do. 1850 - 1,004,249 83 $4,393,135 64 of giving such notice, and the reputed place of residence of the party to whom the same was given, and the post-office nearest thereto, shall be presumptive evidence of the facts contained in such certificate; but this section is not to apply to any case in which the defendant shall annex to his plea an affidavit denying the fact of having received notice of the non-acceptance or nonpayment of such note or bill. By the ninth section, it is enacted that every written instrument, except promissory notes, bills of exchange, and wills, may be proved or acknowledged in the manner now provided by law, for taking the proof or acknowledgement of conveyances of real estate; and the certificate of the proper officer endorsed thereon, shall entitle such instrument to be received in evidence on the trial of any action, with the same effect, and 894,810 in the same manner, as if such in836,345 strument were a conveyance of real LEGISLATION.-At the fifty-sixth estate. session of the legislature of NewYork, begun on January 1, 1833, three hundred and twenty-three acts and four resolutions were passed. ACADEMIES.-Five academies were incorporated. ACTIONS. An act prescribing the duty of the sheriff as to the service of declarations, the continuance of the terms of the supreme court for certain purposes. The eighth section provides that in all actions at law the certificate of a notary, under his hand and seal of office, of the presentment of any promissory note or bill of exchange for acceptance or payment, and of any protest of such bill or note for non-acceptance or nonpayment, and of the service of notice thereof on any or all of the parties to such bill of exchange or promis. sory note, and specifying the mode BANKS.-Eight banking companies were incorporated, the capital stocks of which amount to $1,950,000. The Greenwich Savings Bank was also incorporated. BANK BILLS.-Every person who shall mutilate, cut, deface, disfigure, or perforate with holes, or shall unite or cement together, or to any other thing, any bank bill, or evidence of debt, issued by any incorporated bank in this state, with intent to render such bank bill, &c. unfit to be re-issued by such bank, shall, upon conviction, forfeit $50 to the corporation which shall be injured thereby. BANK FUND.-An act was passed relative to the investment of this fund; the fifth section authorizes the comptroller to borrow whatever of said fund may be in the treasury for the purpose of defraying the ex penses of government whenever it may become necessary, and to issue certificates of stock therefor to the treasurer, in trust for said fund, redeemable at pleasure, and bearing an interest of four and one half per cent.; the 7th section enacts that every corporation required to contribute to this fund, may, with the consent of the comptroller, at any time before the expiration of the limited period, pay into the treasury the whole amount of the three per cent. upon its capital. BOUNDARY LIne of the State.— The governor is authorized to appoint three commissioners to meet commissioners appointed by NewJersey, for the purpose of determining the territorial limits and jurisdiction of the two states. BRIDGES. Twenty acts were passed relating to the erection of bridges. CANALS. The canal commissioners were authorized to construct the Chenango canal, leading from Binghamton up the valley of the Chenango river, to the Erie canal. An act was also passed to prevent the interruption of the naviga. tion of the canals. CERTIORARI.-No certiorari shall be dismissed on account of any informality or other imperfection in the bond executed in behalf of the party obtaining such certiorari, if he and his sureties consent to amend the same, or if another sufficient bond shall be filed. CHANCERY.-A defendant shall be compelled to answer any bill in chancery, where by law a bill may be filed, charging the defendant with being a party to any conveyance or assignment of any estate or interest in lands, goods, or things in action, made or created with intent to de. fraud prior or subsequent purchasers, or to hinder, delay, or defraud areditors, or other persons, or where the defendant shall be charged with any fraud whatever, affecting others. No such answer shall be read in evidence against any party thereto, on any complaint, or on the trial of any indictment, for the fraud charg ed in such bill. Masters in chancery are requi red to give bonds with sufficient sureties for the faithful performance of the duties of their office. CHAPLAINS. So much of the revised statutes as provides for the payment of chaplains of each house of the legislature, is repealed. COLUMBUS, LIFE OF.-A resolution was passed, recommending to the trustees of the several school districts to introduce the abridgment of Irving's Life and Voyages of Columbus, as a class book. CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE.— Acts were passed to submit to the people of the state, amendments of the constitution, authorizing the election of mayor of the city of New-York, by the people, and to restore the duties on the manufacture of salt and auction sales to the general fund. FOREIGN CONVICTS.-If the commander of any vessel arriving from a foreign country, knowingly bring any person into this state, with intent to land, or permit to land such person, and such person shall have been a foreign convict of any felony, which if committed in this state would be punishable therein, he shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, not to exceed $300, nor shall the imprisonment exceed one year. The court may remit the punishment, if satisfied that such commander has re-conveyed such convict to the place whence he took him, on payment of the costs of prosecu. tion. COURTS.-The governor may, at |