Jericho Changes Name to Bainbridge, 1814
Chenango County New York
Bainbridge News & Republican, June 1, 1944
Editor, Newspaper
Bainbridge, N.Y.
Dear Sir:
While looking over the Journal of the (New York State) Assembly, 1814, I ran across the following which might be of interest to someone in your village or town. Chances are that some historian in your section already has record of it, but will you please pass this letter on to an interested person.
Monday, March 14, 1814
Mr. Houghteling, according to leave, brought in the said bill, entitled "an act altering the name of the town of Jericho, in the county of Chenango," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read a second time and committed to a committee of the whole house.
Tuesday, March 22, 1814
The engrossed bill, entitled "an act altering the name of the town of Jericho, in the county of Chenango," was read the third time.
Resolved. That the bill do pass.
Tuesday, April 12, 1814
Mr. Lynch, from the committee appointed by a resolution of this house, of this morning, to enquire and report the number and the titles of the bills passed by this house during the present session, and sent up to the honorable the Senate for concurrence, which have not as yet been acted upon by that body, reported the following list, as containing the number and titles of such bills, to wit:
45.--altering the name of the town of Jericho, in the county of Chenango.
Friday, April 15, 1814
Seven several messages from the honorable the Senate, delivered by their clerk, with the bills therein respectively mentioned, were read, informing that the Senate had passed the bill, entitled..."an act altering the name of the town of Jericho, in the county of Chenango,"...
Thus the town of Jericho became the town of Bainbridge.
Sincerely yours,
Donald D. Burgess
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