1 IN ASSEMBLY, February 7, 1831. J REPORT Of the select committee on the petition of Nancy Chapman. Mr. Stilwell, from the select committee on that part of the Governor's message which relates to imprisonment for debt, to whom was referred the petition of Nancy Chapman, of the city of Troy, REPORTED: The petitioner represents that in the summer of 1829, A. P. Heath & Co. sued her for a debt amounting to seventy dollars. That in the month of October of the same year, she was arrested at their suit on a ca. sa., and confined in the jail of the county of Rensselaer, and that not having been able to satisfy the demand, she has been continued in execution to this time. She concludes her petition by praying this Legislature to release her from imprisonment. From the facts set forth in the petition, your committee are induced to believe that the petitioner is not aware of the provisions of the law relative to female debtors. At the time the suit was brought against the petitioner, a female could be imprisoned on an execution issuing from any except a justice's court. But since that time, your committee find on referring to the Revised Statutes, part second, p. 428, that the law has provided for cases of this kind, by declaring that no female shall be arrested or imprisoned on any process, in any civil action founded on contract. From the representation of the petitioner, it appears that she is imprisoned on a judgment founded on a contract. If her statements [A. No. 174.] 1 are true, there is no authority under our laws which can continue her in prison. The committee not being aware that any additional law could be of service to the petitioner, and believing that the application is founded in ignorance of her rights, have directed their chairman to offer the following resolution : Resolved, That the committee be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Nancy Chapman, and that she have leave to withdraw her petition. IN ASSEMBLY, February 7, 1831. ANNUAL REPORT Of Henry Strang, and Inspector of Beef and Pork for the county of Westchester. To the Honorable the Legislature of the State of New-York. The following is a statement of the number of barrels of provisions inspected by the undersigned, Henry Strang, inspector of beef and pork for Weschester county, New-York. Inspected from the 1st of January, 1830, to the 1st of February, 1831, 110 barrels prime pork, fees 15 cents per barrel, $16 50 4 80 $21 30 Rye, Westchester Co. Feb. 1, 1831. HENRY STRANG, Inspector. [A. No. 175.] 1 IN ASSEMBLY, February 7, 1831. ANNUAL REPORT Of George Charles, an Inspector of Leather for the city of Albany. Amount of leather inspected by George Charles, from 1st JaLuary, 1830, to 1st January, 1881. 6,718 sides sole leather, fees at 4 cents per side,. 914 $268 72 harness and skirting, fees at 2 cents per side,. 18 28 |