FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
Mr. WILSON moved to suspend the constitutional restriction, in order to pass through the three readings and to a final vote the bill [H. R. 284] proposing to change the times of holding Courts in his District. He said it was a measure desired by the Bar of his County.
page: 259[View Page 259]Mr. WOOLLEN had a protest signed by a majority of the Bar of the County of Switzerland protesting against the passage of the bill; the Senate can do as it chooses.
The motion was rejected--yeas, 30; nays, 12--the requisite two-thirds not voting in the affirmative.