Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1833-02-20


ton which would arse from his further continuance
lin Office therefore,
Resolped, by the Senate and House of Representa-
tyes that the said T. w. Smith, be, and he is here
BY removed from the Office Of associate justice of the
Supreme Court of the State of Illinois, and presiding
Judge of the second judicial circuit court thereof
I The address being read Mr. Pierce moved to lay it
on the table, Mr. Enloe moved to lay it on the table
till the 4th of July. Mr.. Mills called for the previous
question, which sustained, and the question being
put adopting the address. it was carried in the
lafirmative.-Yeas 81, Nays H..
| Bills from TIE Sendte.-An act to organize the
Cook county mitia-to remove the county seat of
Pike sounty-to simplify proceedings at law for the
collection ofdebts-and several road bills twice
read and committed.
| The bill. from the Senate, to locate road from
Lebanon to lower Alton, and the bill for an act for
the benefit of T. w. Talbot, were severally read three
times and passed.
The resolution which passed the Senate yesterday,
fixing on the 25th inst. as the day of adjournment,
was read and laid upon the table.
SENATE.
SATURDAY, Feb. l6
| Mr. MATHER, from the select committee to whom
was referred bils-for act to Incorporate Paper
Manufacturing Company--also, to incorporate the
Coles Manufacturing Company reported the same
without amendment, which were then ordered to be
engrossed for third reading.
| Mr.. DAVIDSON, from the committee to whom was
referred the bill to incorporate the Carroton and
Grafton turnpike road company made report ad-
verse to the BILL which the Senat refused to order to
a third reading
The engrossed bill to regulate taking ofdelivery
bonds and several private bills, read the third
time and passed.
The bill for an act concerning 'joint rights and
ehhsations,'' read third time, and passed BY
vote of ID to IL.
On motion of Mr.. EWING the title of the bill
was amended so to make it read s'bh to provide
for the election Of certain circuit Judges"
The preamble and resolutions from the House of
Representatives purporting to be address against
the Hon T. W. Smith, declaring his office vacated
were taken up, when Mr.. EWING moved that the
SINE be indefinitely postponed.
| The SPEAKER decided the motion out of order.
= Mr.. FORQUER then moved to amend the address
by striking out the preamble and inserting substitute,
which he read
The SPEAKER decided the proposition to amend also
out of order, and remarked that the question Of
currence was his opinion, the only which could
properly be put; yet that he would take pleasure in
being instructed by the Senate, if ma orty of them
were of contrary opinion.
Mr.. MATHER said that with due Difference to
the opinion of the Speaker in order to ascertain the
sense of the Senate, he would appeal from the deci
sion just made.
Tie question of order was argued at length by
Messrs. FORQUER, STROBE, MATHER, WILL
LIAMS, EVANS, EWING and McCREERY; when
Mr.. MATHER withdrew the appeal, which was again
taken by Mr.. LYNCH, and the question being put,
the decision of the chair was sustaned.-Yeas 20,
Nays 8.
on the table till Monday, when the Senate adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Repots upon local bills were made by Messrs. CAR
RICO, FLOOD, BLACKWELL, and WREN.
Mr.. STUART, from the committee to whom was
referred the petition Of sundy citizens of Tazewe
and Fulton praying that part of the county of Sang
anon may be attached to Fulton reported adverse to
the prayer of the petitioners, and accordingly the
committee was discharged from further consideration
Of the subject.
On motion of Mr.. BALDRIDGE, the House went
into committee of the whole, Mr.. CARTWRIGHT
IN the chair, on the bill to provide for the organHa
ton and government Of the militia: several amend
ments adopted in the details Of the bill, when
the committee rose with leave to sit again.
The House then proceeded to the orders of the day.
Between twenty and thirty bills passed second
reading and committed ordered to be engross-
ed for third reading.
The bill from the Senate to providefor the removal
of the seat ou.tIce of Pike county, vas read third
time and passed.