Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1833-01-02
ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.

NoItH "estern company Tor manufacturing
purposes, reported the same back to the Senate.
with an amendment, which was adopted. Mr..
EVANS proposed further to amend, by adding
clause, giving the Legislature power to an
null the charter at the end of ten years, if then
it should be deemed expedieut. An interest,"
ing debate followed, on the proposed amend
ment, in which Messrs. FoRQUER, WILLIAMS.
STROBE, Evans, and M'CRERY, participated.
The Senate refused 70 adopt the provIso, and
the question being taken on the passage Of the
bill, twas decided in the affirmative. cas-, IS
The bill from the House Of Representatives
to establish a road from Chicago to Grafton.
was taken up, read a third time, and passed.
The SPEAKERlaid before the Senate COM
munication from the Governor, transmitting
the Presidents proclamation to the people of
the United States, and recommending the a.
doption of resolutions expressive of the sense
of the State upon the doctrine of notification.
and the measure of the nullifiers, The com.
munication was laid upon the table, and
On motion of Mr.. EWING,
The proclamation ordered to be entered up
on the journal. Certain resolutions on the
same subject, were received from the House,
and adopted by the Senate, with several a.
mendments, and committee appointed to con-
tract for printing them. See ed, page.
Bills from the House,-to change part of
the state road leading from Henderson's grove
to Jacksonvllle;7 also, ga part of the road
leading from Shelbyville to Par1s;r and to To-
cate road from Wilcox's ferry on the Ohio,
to Frankfort" were severally read, and order
ed to second reading.
On motion of Mr. STROBE,
Resolred, That committe of three be ap-
pointed, with instructions TO draft memorial
to Congress, praying that body for the survey
Of the land on the northern boundary line of
this State, and an appropriation to defray the
expenses of the sur,ey.
ResOtped, That the same committee be in
structed to incorporate in the memorial pray
er to the effect, that whenever, in the opinion
of the school commissioner of any township, the
10th section, granted for the use Of schools, is
unavailable for thepurposes for which it was
designed, by reasonof steriGty of sol, or dis
advantageous situation, the said commissioners
may have power to locate the same quantity
elsewhere. not interfering with the rights OF
any settler. Adjourned, till Wednesday
Senate did not sit Tuesday]
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
MONDAY, DEC. "a.
The SPEAKER laidbelore the House, a com.
municatlon from the Governor, transmitting
the Proclamation of The President, to the peo~
pie Of the United States, relative to the mea-
sures Of the South C,roina nullfers, and re-
commenting the adoption of resolutions cx-
pressive of the sense of the House, upon the
same: whereupon Mr.. EDWARDS proposed a
preamble and resolutions, referring to the Proc
lamation, which we'e adopted. (See 3D. page.)
Mr.. McCLINTou1, from the committee on
Salines,who were Instructed to inquire into the
expediency of reducing the price of the Gala
tin and Vermlion saline lands, reported bill
for San act concerning the Galatin and Yer
million salines."
On motion of Mr.. CARRIco.
Resolred, That he committee on elections,
be instructed to report bill requiring the Aus
dtor to be elected every two years, and to fix
his salary at dollars, per annum.
Resolrcd, That the Auditor of Public Acs
counts, be requested to furnish this house with
a statement of the amount of fees he has re-
ceived each year fdr the la>t six years, includ-
ing the present, from land sales
On motion of Mr.. BLACKWELL.
Resolped, by the House of Representatives
(he Senate concurlng herein,) that commit
tee of five from the House, and three from the
Senate, be appointed to revise all laws now in
force in this state, including the Territorial, as
we'll as other laws not embraced in the volumes
ofrevised laws, and cause the same to be prn-
ted with the laws passed al this session.
Mr.. BENNETT, introduced bill to establish
a road from Danvile TO Ottawa.
Mr.. Mills, submitted memorial to Con.
gress relative to peemption rights and claims,
proved in the Quincy land office, which was
adopted.
MIR. MINsHALL.proposed the following pre-
amble and resolutbns, which were read and
adopted Yeas 81 Nays II.
Whereas, in al free and liberal forms Of
government, all sytems of religion should be
tolerated and encouraged, and while we deem
it expedient and hpolitic to permit religious
societies, by chartr or Incorporation, to hold
large quantities o land; yet to permit them
to appoint trusteesto hold sufficient land for
the erection of chtrch, land for a repository for
the dead, is highly necessary and not inexpe-
dent, therefore.
Resolued, Thathe committee on PROPOSE.
tons and Grievances be instructed to en-
quire into the gpedlency of authority,
by law, all religioussocleties to appoint their
trustees, to whom alldeeds of land for the pur-
pose of buildinga purch or enclosing re-