up and adopted. Mr. Monroe, on leave of the Senate, from the joint committee appointed by the Governor to examine the accounts of the Auditor and Treasurer, submitted a report Which was received and read. On motion of Mr. Rawlins, The House bill entitled An act to authorise the administrators of the estate of Nicholas Burckhart, deceased, to sell real estate, Was taken up and read a first time, the rule suspended, read a second time and ordered to a third reading to-morrow. On motion of Mr. Snyder, Resolved, by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring therein: That the select committee appointed on the part of the Senate, and the select committee appointed on the part of the House, to superintend the job printing of the two Houses during the present session, be authorised to act jointly, to contract for the printing of the laws and journals of the General Assembly. The following were severally read a second time, ordered to be engrossed and read a third time to-morrow. An act for the benefit of Adolph Caltner, and A memorial to the Congress of the United States in relation to the occupation. of the Oregon territory. Mr. Rawlins from the committee on enrolled bills, reported as truly enrolled, A joint resolution in favor of Franklin Cannon, administrator of Daniel Dunklin deceased. Message from the House of Representatives by Mr. Gilpin, their clerk, MR. PRESIDENT: The Speaker of the House of Representatives has signed the enrolled resolution entitled, A joint resolution in favor of Franklin Cannon, administrator of the estate of Daniel Dunklin. Amendments to the constitution of the State of Missouri in relation to judicial tenures, Were taken taken up, and before any action thereon, On motion, the Senate adjourned, until to-morrow morning at ten o'clock. FRIDAY MORNING, December 6, 1844. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment. Message from the House of Representatives by Mr. Gilpin their clerk. The House has adopted the following resolution: That the respective committees of the two Houses on public printing be instructed to act jointly, on all propositions to execute the public printing. Mr. Jones presented the petition of Thomas G. Childers, sen., praying the legislature to permit him to peddle without license, which On motion, the reading being dispensed with, was referred to a select committee consisting of Messrs. Jones, Polk and Massey. On motion of Mr. Miller, Ordered, That one hundred copies of the report of the committee appointed to settle with the Auditor and Treasurer be printed for the use of the Senate. On motion of Mr. Monroe, Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring therein: That the committee appointed by the Governor to settle with the Auditor and Treasurer, shall First. As soon as may be burn all the wolf scalp certificates in the Treasurer's office, received there prior to the 1st day of October, 1844. Second. Said committee shall employ some suitable person, whose duty it shall be, under the superintendance of said committee, to cancel all the vouchers in the Auditor's office, received there during the two last fiscal years ending 30th September 1844, by writing across the face of each, with red ink, the word "cancelled," for which services such person, so employed, shall receive as compensation the same per diem, allowance as is paid to other clerks of the General Assembly, for the time that he is necessarily employed therein; to be paid out of the contingent fund of the General Assembly. Third. It shall be the duty of said committee at a day near to, and before the adjournment of the present session of the General Assembly, to count all the wolf-scalp certificates that shall have been received into the Treasurer's office, since the 30th Sept. 1844; and it shall be the further duty of said committee to cause the Treasurer to be credited on the books of the Auditor, with the proper sum represented in the treasury by such wolf-scalp certificates. It shall be the further duty of said committee immediately after causing such credit to be entered on the Auditor's books, to burn all such wolf-scalp certificates and to report to their respective Houses, the amount thus counted and burned. The President presented the following communication from the Governor: To the Hon. the Senate of Mo. GGNTLEMEN-I have this day signed and approved a resolution appropriating money to pay contingent expenses incurred in surveying the southern boundary of the State. I have the honor to be JOHN C. EDWARDS. Mr. Anderson on leave of the Senate, introduced A bill to repeal an act entitled, an act concerning landlords and tenants, în the county of St. Louis, approved Feb. 25th, 1843. Which was read a first time, the rule suspended, and read a second time, and referred to a select committee consisting of Messrs. Mills, Anderson and Lucas. A bill from the House of Representatives, entitled, An act to authorise the administrators of the estate of Nicholas S. Burckhart, deceased to sell real estate, Was read a third time and passed. Amendments to the constitution of the State of Missouri, in relation to judicial tenures, Were taken up, and without any action thereon, On motion of Mr. Welborn, Passed over for the present. Mr. Campbell from the committee on engrossed bills, reported as truly engrossed, An act for the benefit of Adolph Caltner. A memorial to the Congress of the United States in relation to the occupation of the Oregon territory. On motion of Mr. Reese, The resolution in relation to the appointment of a clerk by the committee on revision, Was taken up. Mr. Mills offered the following substitute: Resolved by the General Assembly, That the enrolling clerk of the Senate, be required to perform the duties of engrossing clerk of the Senate, until otherwise ordered and that it shall be the duty of the engrossing clerk of the Senate, until otherwise ordered, to perform the duties of clerk to the revising committee of this General Assembly, Which was rejected. Mr. Thompson moved to amend as follows: Strike out all after the word "clerk" where it first occurs in the resolution, and insert the following: "who shall be discharged at the will of said committee. Which was agreed to. The question then recurred on the adoption of the resolution as amended, and was determined in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas.--Messrs. Anderson, Boggs, Campbell, Calhoun, Detchemendy, Ellis, Fort, Gentry, Harper, Harris, Hudspeth, Jones, Lucas, Miller, Mills, Monroe, O'Bryan, Polk, Reese, Snell, Thompson, Welborn and Wolfskill--23. Nays.--Messrs. Acock, Hancock, Johnson, Massey, Powers, Rawlics and Snyder--7. Sick, Messrs. Blythe, Netherton and Shelton. Ón On motion the Senate adjourned till to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. SATURDAY MORNING, December 7, 1844. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment. Mr. Acock, from the committee on internal improvements, to whom was referred so much of the Governor's message as relates to the establishment of a lunatic asylum, reported that they had had the same under consideration, and after a full examination of the subject, could not see why the committee appointed to distribute the different subjects in the Governor's message, should assign that portion of it which relates to lunatics to the committee on internal improvements, and asked to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. Which report was read and agreed to. On motion of Mr. Monroe, Resolved, That so much of the Governor's message as relates to the establish ment of a lunatic asylum, be referred to a select committee, to consist of Messrs. Welborn, Wolfskill, Ellis and Harper. Mr. Massey submitted the following: Resolved, That the following be adopted as a rule of the Senate, for and during the present session. Whatever subject may be before the Senate at an adjournment, shall be proceeded in when the Senate reassembles, without any regard being paid to the order of business prescribed by the rules, until said subject shall be disposed of, and that the Senate will not recur each morning to the order as prescribed by the rules, but will proceed in the order they were at the adjournment, provided, that petitions, memorials and remonstrances, may be at any time presented when there is no question before the Senate, and provided further, that the committee on enrolled bills, may also at any time report when there is no question before the Senate. Which, under the rule, lics one day on the table. On motion of Mr. Monroe, Resolved, That the committee of Ways and Means be instructed to enquire into into the expediency of repealing all laws allowing a premium for the destruction of wolves, and that they have leave to report by bill or otherwise. Message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Gilpin, their clerk. The House of Representatives has concurred in the resolution of the Senate, authorising the revising committee to appoint a clerk. In conformity with the report of the select committee appointed to distribute the different subjects of the Governor's message to their appropriate committees, the President announced, Messrs. Monroe, Rawlins, Fort, Anderson and Boggs, as the committee on so much of the Governor's message as relates to the memory of the late Governors Reynolds. Messrs. Acock, Hudspeth, Lucas, Gentry, Johnson, Calhoun, Monroe, Reese and Jones, as the committee on so much as relates to laying off the State into congressional districts, and Messrs. Jones, Ellis, Mills and Snell, as the committee on federal relations. A memorial to Congress in relation to the occupation of the Oregon territory, Was read a third time Mr. Ellis moved to refer it to a select committee. Mr. Boggs moved to amend the motion by adding, and that it be printed, The question recurring on the motion to refer the memorial to a select committee, it was also rejected. Mr. Boggs moved to amend by way of ryder as follows: Resolved, That the Secretary of State be requested to forward as early as practicable a printed copy of this memorial to the Executive of each State in the Union, and to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress, and to each member of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States from the other States of this Union. Which was read a first time, the rule suspended, the ryder read a second and third time, when The memorial as amended passed. On motion of Mr. Anderson, the vote on the 9th section of the report of the select committee to whom was referred the Governor's message was reconsidered. Mr. Ellis offered the following substitute: So much of the Governor's message as relates to Texas and Oregon, Which was rejected, and On motion of Mr. Acock, the 9th section of the report was rejected. Was read a third time and passed. Mr. Reese, from the committee on revision, by leave of the Senate, An act to provide for the support of the poor,-with an amendment. An act respecting salvage-with amendments. An act establishing recorders offices,-with amendments. An act concerning perpetuating testimony-with an amendment. An act regulating the office of sheriff and marshall-with an amendment, and An act concerning strays-without amendment. Which report was read and agreed to, and the accompanying bills read a first time and ordered to a second reading. On motion of Mr. Monroe, the rule was suspended, and An act concerning strays, was read a second time. Mr. Monroe moved to refer it to a committee of the whole, which was determined in the affirmative. Mr. Monroe then moved that the bill be printed. Which was determined in the negative by the following vote: Yeas-Messrs. Anderson, Boggs, Calhoun, Detchemendy, Hudspeth, Johnson, Jones, Monroe, O'Bryan, Polk, Powers, Shelton, Thompson, Welborn and Wolfskill-15. Nays-Messrs. Acock, Ellis, Fort, Gentry, Hancock, Harper, Harris, Lucas, Massey, Miller, Mills, Rawlins, Reese, Snell and Snyder-15. Sick, Messrs. Blythe, Campbell and Netherton. The Senate being equally divided, the President gave the casting vote in the negative. Mr. Ellis offered the following: Resolved, That all bills, reported by the committee on revision, with amendments, shall be printed without further order, and those without amendment shall not. Mr. Monroe moved to amend by striking out all after the word "order" which was accepted by Mr. Ellis. Mr. Anderson offered the following substitute: 1st. Resolved, That all bills, presented to the Senate, shall be printed, unless the printing in any particular case be dispensed with by order of the Senate. 2nd. Resolved, That all bills and resolutions, whether of the Senate, or the House, shall be numbered in order as presented, whether printed or not, and that each bill and resolution, shall come up, for the action of the Senate, in its numerical order, unless otherwise directed by the Senate. On motion of Mr. Anderson, the 31st rule of the Senate was dispensed with, and the substitute was read and adopted, and The question on the passage of the resolution was determined in the affirmative. On motion the Senate adjourned until Monday morning at ten o'clock. MONDAY MORNING, December 9, 1844. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment. |