The Arkansas advocate., 1833-11-13
Arkansas Legislature.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

November 6.-BiHs ordered to c second a'eadtng.-A bill to define in part the duties of sheriffs; a bill to tax all Banks of Dis count and Deposit, Exchange, Loan Or Brokers Offices, in the Territory of Ar kansas; q bill for the relief of John K. Taylor; a bill changing certain revenues; a bill to regulate attornies fees; a bill for the relief of J. W. Robinson; bill to re- gulate the fees of County Surveyors; bill concerning bail iu civil cases: a h:n ss,,- si.o relief of certain mechanics, and, q bill to compel the Clerks of the Circuit and Coun- ty Courts, to transmit the tax lists and oth- CT vouchers 10 the Auditor.
 Bills ordered to G third reading.--A bill to divide the militia into six brigades; bill for the relief of the sheriff of Monroe county; bill to define the boundaries of Hot Spring county; and bill concerning the taking of the Territorial census.
 Bills passed.-A bill requiring the own- CTS of mills in Jefferson county, to keep their flood gates down; bill to alter and establish the southern boundary line of the county of Izard; a bill concerning roads and highways; bill to authorize the remo- val of the administration on the estate of John T. McCracken, to Pulaski county: bill for the removal of the administrations on the estates of Isaac Pennington and A. c. Johnston, deceased, from the county of Union to the county of Jefferson; bill au- thorizing the heirs of Christian Pringle, to sell land in Arkansas county; and a bill to repealan act concerning the selling of spir- ltuous liquors to soldiers.
 Bills rejected. "A bill for the relief of the heirs of Benjamin Cooper, deceased; a bill to dissolve the bonds of matrimony be- tween Joseph Murphey and Elizabeth Mur- phey;; and, . bill to compensate persons who destroy wolves.
 BsN laid on the tabie.-A bill to dissolve the bonds of matrimony between James Smith and Clara Smith.
 MT. FarveAey submitted the following resolution;
 Whereas, it appears to this General As- sembly, that large number ot tracts of land have been entered at the different Land offices in this Territory, under dona- ton claims, pre-emptlon rights, purchase, and private entry, on which patents and pa- tent certificates have been issued, and the StiiiiC dit SuDJCSt to tliC pof niSi'. VI U 4 si
 ritorial tax by the laws of the Territory, but the owners thereof have neglected to give in the said lands to the sheriffs for taxation,
 to the great injury of the Territory, and af- fecting the revenue thereof: fherefore be 1 ii resoired by the General Assembly cf this Territory, That the Registers of the Land- 1 offices now established, or that hereafter
 may be established, in this Territory, be
 requested to transmit annually, to the slier- l ifs of the different counties within their
 respective land districts, an abitract of all lands that may have been patelted, or for l which patent certificates may h,ye issued,
 with the names of the owners anc the metes and boupds of said tracts, IS defined by the public surveys of the Unied States. 1 November 7.--Biits passed.-A bill for the relief of B. F. Howard; hll exempt
 ing Ministers of the Gospel from serving as 1 grand or petit jurors; n bill for tle relief of Lafayette Jones, bill to divide the militia; l and, bill to dissolve the bonds of ma i trumony between James Smith and Clara Smith.