An act amendatory and explanatory of an act to fix the time of holding circuit courts, approved Feb. 24th, 1843. The following were lead and passed over for the present. An act to survey and mark out a State road from Bolivar in Polk county to Fort Scott. An act for establishing and keeping in repair roads and highways in the counties of St. Charles, Warren, Lincoln, Pike and Montgomery. The following Senate bills were read a third time and passed. On motion the Senate resolved itself into committee of the whole-Mr. Monroe in the chair. And after some time spent therein, the committee rose, and reported through their chairman, That they had had under consideration, A resolution instructing the committee on internal improvements, to report a bill to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the 500,000 acres of land donated to this State by Congress, And without having any definite action thereon had instructed him to report progress, and ask leave to sit again. The report was read and agreed to. Message from the House of Representatives by Mr. Gilpin their clerk, MR. PRESIDENT: The House has adopted the following resolutions; 1. Resolved, by the House of Representatives the Senate, concurring therein:' That the Secretary of State, in pursuance of existing laws and further instructions upon the subject be and he is hereby required to contract for the printing and publication of ten thousand copies of the statutes now under revision by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri; four thousand copies of the journals of the two Houses; and four thousand copies of the private acts and resolutions of the present General Assembly. 2. Resolved, That the original acts of a public nature of the present General Assembly, be published with the statutes, as above named, and bound in one volume with them. Also the speaker has signed the enrolled bill entitled, An act for the relief of Thornton Grimsley and others. On motion, The Senate adjourned till to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock, A. M. WEDNESDAY MORNING, December 18, 1844. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment. Mr. Hudspeth presented the petition of sundry citizens of Gasconade county, praying for the incorporation of the town of Herman. Which was read, and referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Hudspeth, Polk and Detchemendy. Mr. Hancock, from the committee on claims, to whom was referred a bill from the House of Representatives, entitled: An act for the relief of Russel W. Moss, late Sheriff of Shelby county, The report was read and agreed to, and the bill, as amended, was read a third time and passed. Mr. Campbell, from the committee on engrossed bills, reported as truly en grossed, bills of the following titles: An act concerning boatmen. An act to establish a fifth branch of the bank of the State of Missouri. Mr. Acock, from the committee on internal improvements, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate, on the subject of so changing the law in relation to roads and highways, as to operate by equal taxation, Reported, That the committee were of opinion that it would be inexpedient, and asked to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. The report was read and agreed to. Mr. Acock, from the same committee, to whom was referred a bill entitled: An act to provide for building bridges, Reported the same back to the Senate-with amendments. Which were read and agreed to, and The bill ordered to be engrossed. Mr. Massey, from the committee on the militia, to whom was referred a bill entitled: An act to pay the Adjutant General for extra services imposed by the last General Assembly, Reported a substitute there for, which was read. Mr. Thompson moved to lay the report together with the substitute, on the table. Which was rejected. Mr. Thompson moved to amend as follows: Strike out of the substitute "one hundred and thirty dollars" and insert "three hundred;" which was read. Mr. Boggs moved to amend the amendment as follows: Strike out "three hundred dollars" and insert in lieu thereof, "two hundred dollars, Which was read and rejected. The question then recurred on the adoption of the amendment offered by Mr. Thompson, and was determined in the negative, by the following vote: Yeas-Messrs. Blythc. Detchemendy, Hudspeth, Miller, Monroe, Polk, Reese, and Thompson--8. Nays-Messrs. Acock, Boggs, Campbell, Calhoun, Ellis, Fort, Gentry, Hancock, Harper, Harris, Johnson, Jones, Massey, Mills, Netherton O'Bryan, Powers, Rawlins, Snell, Snyder, Welborn and Wolfskill--22. Absent, Mr. Anderson. Absent on leave, Mr. Lucas. Sick, Mr. Shelton. Mr. Detchemendy moved to amend as follows: Amend by inserting "one hundred and eighty dollars," in place of "one hun. hundred and thirty dollars." Which was read and rejected. Mr. Monroe moved to amend as follows: "Strike out one hundred and thirty and insert one hundred and seventy-five," W bich was read. Mr. Rawlins called for a division of the question, when the question was taken on the first branch of the proposition of the proposed amendment, to strike out one hundred and thirty, And was determined in the negative by the following vote: Yeas.-Messrs. Blythe, Boggs, Campbell, Detchemendy, Gentry, Hancock, Hudspeth, Jones, Miller, Monroe, Polk, Reese and Thompson-13. Nays.-Messrs. Acock, Calhoun, Ellis, Fort, Harper, Harris, Johnson, Massey, Mills, Netherton, O'Bryan, Powers, Rawlins, Shell, Snyder, Welborn and Wolfskill-17. The question then recurred on agreeing to the report and was determined in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas.-Messrs. Blythe, Boggs, Calhoun, Detchemendy, Ellis, Hancock, Harper, Johnson, Jones, Massey, Miller, Mills, Netherton, O'Bryan, Powers, Rawlins Recse, Snell, Thompson and Welborn-20. Nays.-Messrs. Acock, Campbell, Fort, Gentry, Harris, Hudspeth, Monroe, Polk, Snyder and Wolfskill-10. Absent and sick, same as above. The substitute was then Read a third time and passed. Mr. Reese from the joint committee on revision, Reported without amendment, the following bills, An act concerning mills and mill dams. An act concerning witnesses, and An act to prevent certain trespasses. The report was read, and the accompanying bills read a first time and ordered to a second reading. The bill entitled, An act concerning mills and mill dams, A suspension of the rule being ordered, was read a second time. Mr. Boggs moved to refer it to a committee of the whole, Which was rejected, and On motion of Mr. Massey, it was Referred to the committee on agriculture. Mr. Acock moved to dispense with the printing of the bill, Which was determined in the negative by the following vote: Yeas-Messrs. Acork, Campbell, Ellis, Fort, Gentry, Harris, Netherton, Rawlins Reese, Snell, Sayder and Wolfskill--12. Nays-Messrs. Blythe, Boggs, Calhoun, Detek emendy, Hancock, Harper, Hudspeth, Jones, Massey, Miller, Mills, Monroe, O'Bryan, Polk, Powers, Thompson and Welborn-17. Absent and sick, same as above. Mr. Johnson, excused from voting. On motion, the rule was suspended, and the following bills were severally read a second time, and referred to a committe of the whole. An act concerning witnesses, Which under the rule of the Senate was ordered to be printed. An act to prevent certain trespasses. Mr. Acock moved to dispense with the printing of the bill entitled. And determined in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas-Messrs. Acock, Campbell, Ellis, Fort, Gentry, Harris, Johnson, Jones, Mills, Netherton, Rawlins, Reese, Snell, Snyder and Wolfskill-15. Nays--Messrs. Blythe, Boggs, Calhoun, Detchemendy, Hancock, Harper, Hudspeth, Massey, Miller, Monroe, O'Bryan, Polk, Powers, Thompson, and Welborn-15. Sick and absent-same as above. The Senate being equally divided the President gave the casting vote in the affirmative. Message from the House of Representatives by Mr. Huston, assistant clerk. MR. PRESIDENT: The Speaker of the House of Representatives has signed the enrolled bill entitled, An act for the benefit of A. Finley, jun. Which was signed by the President of the Senate, and transmitted to the Governor for his approval and signature. Mr. Monroe offered the following: Resolved by the Senate, that the evidence and other papers connected with the contested election of Mr. O'Bryan, be referred back to the committee on elections, with instructions that they report the number of contested votes on each side, which are considered good, the names of the votes by them rejected on each side, and also whether the ground of rejection was the illegality of the voter, or informality in receiving the same; that they state the majority of the person that they consider entitled to the seat. Mr. Mills moved to amend the resolution as follows: Insert between the words "side" and "and," in tenth line the following, "with the reasons for such rejection." Also, insert between the words "same" and "that" in the thirteenth line, the following: "and if for informality, state the informality, also the kind of notice given by the contestor, and the exception to that notice. Which amendment was accepted by Mr. Monroe. Mr. Harris moved to lay the resolution on the table, Which was rejected. The question was then taken on the adoption of the resolution as amended, and determined in the affirmative. Mr. Mills asked and obtained leave of absence for Mr. Lucas, until the first day of January next. Mr. Fort asked and obtained leave of absence for the President of the Senate, after Monday next. On motion, the Senate adjourned, until to-morrow morning at ten o'clock, A. M. THURSDAY MORNING, December 19, 1844. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment. Mr. Hancock, from the committee on claims, to whom was referred, A bill for the relief of W. W. Compton, Reported it back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same be rejected. The report was read and laid on the table. Mr. Hancock, from the same committee, to whom was referred, A bill for the relief of Joel H. Hayden, Reported it back-with an amdndment. And the accompanying bill was read a third time, and passed as amended. Mr. Rawlins from the committee on enrolled bills, reported as truly enrolled a bill entitled: An act to provide for the collection of the revenue in Cole county. Mr. Monroe, from the committee to whom was referred so much of the Governor's message as relates to the memory of the late Governor Reynolds, Reported a bill entitled, An act to provide for erecting a suitable tomb over the remains of Thomas Reynolds, late Governor of Missouri. The report was agreed to, and The accompanying bill was read a first time. The rule suspended, and The bill read a second time, considered as engrossed, And, on a further suspension of the rules, Was read a third time and passed. Mr. Jones submitted the following: Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: That the indexes, and references to the different subjects, and the notes of the decisions of the supreme court on adjudicated points, as reported by the commissioners appointed to revise and digest the statutes, be printed and published in the statutes of revision for the years 1844 and 1845. Which was read a first time, the rule suspended and Read a second time, and On motion of Mr. Mills, passed over for the preeent. On motion of Mr. Massey: Resolved, by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring therein: That the committtee on the militia, of the two Houses, be instructed and required to act jointly touching the general organization of the militia, and report the result of their deliberations to their respective Houses. On motion of Mr. Monroe. Resolved, That in printing the bills reported by the revising committee, the marginal notes made by the commissioners appointed by the last General Assembly, shall be suitably arranged and printed with the bills. Leave of absence was asked and obtained by and for the several Senators designated as follows: Mr. Anderson-for Mr. Monroe, until the 30th December, inst. Mr. Massey-for Mr. Welborn, from Monday next until the first Monday of January next. Mr. Jones-for Mr. Detchemendy until Monday, the 4th January next. Mr. Monroe-for Mr. Gentry, for a few days after Saturday next. Mr. Johnson-for Mr. Wolfskill, until the 10th January next. Mr. Polk-for Mr. Hancock, from Monday next, until the first of January next. Mr. Netherton-for Mr. Powers, far a few days. Mr. Monroe-for Mr. Snell, for a few days. Mr. Fort-for Mr. Campbell, from Monday next, until Monday, the 4th day of January next. Mr. Johnson-for Mr. Boggs, from Monday next until the first Monday in January next. Mr. Welborn-for Mr. Massey, until the first of January next. Mr. Polk, on leave, introdnced a bill entitled, An act to authorise the county court of Madison county to use certain paper. |