The Arkansas advocate., 1836-10-28
STATE LEGTSL LATURE.
SENATE.
FIR ST SESSION.

SENATE.
 .Monday Oct. To- Mfr. Bali, from the committee inc judiciary, re- ported bill to exclude certain persons from office, and bill, providing for holding special term of the supreme court; which were read and ordered to cond reading.
 The bills--regulang the duties of Auditor and Treasurer: prohibiting certain persons from holding ofce and appointing commissioners for the county of Scott and the memorial to Congress, praying for an appropriation to open road from Helena to Jackson; seyerally read Sd lime and PASSED.
 The bills--authorising the State Treasurer to re- ceive the portion of the surplus revenue to which this State Is ened for the relief of Stanslas Dardenne 10 authorize change of venue in criminal cases; and the memorial to Congress praying for appropriation to repair the road from Little Rock to Fort Gibson read 2d time, and the first laid the table and the others referred.
 The memorial to Congress- from the H. of R., for appropriation to open road from Van Buren, on the Arkansas to Fulton on the Red river, was twice read and referred.
 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 MT. Pelham, from the select committee to whom referred the petition of sundry inhabitants of White county, praying to have part of Independence and Jackson counties attached to said county, submitted report unayorabe to the granting of said petition; which report adopted and the committee discharged. Mir. Taaife from the select committee to whom was referred the memorial to open road from Van Buren 10 i uLoH, reported me same, Without amendment whereupon the committee was discharged and the me- moral read third time and PASSED.
 The following bills were introduced By Mir Roys- ton-concerning impeachments by Mr. Tuly-to regulate proceedings by attachments by Mr. Roysdon in aid of legal titles by Mir. Davies Ito regulate da- images on bills of exchange by Mr. Cavert-amen- datory ofthe law concerning forgery and by Mr. Tol- leson-concerning accessories which were severay read first lime and ordered 10 a second reading.
 MT. Linton obtained leave to introduce bill, to abolish imprisonment for debt which read and dered to be printed.
 On motion of Mr. Davies, the committee tue jI- dietary dissolved; and resolution was then pass ed recurring another committee of five to be appointed by the House.
 The bill. from the Senate, concerning constables, was read first time and ordered to a second reading. The bill, to appoint commissioners to locate perma- neny the seat of justice of Saline county, return- ed from the Senate with an amendment-stfiklng out all after the enactng clause, and inserting substitute for the original bilI-whch read 1st, 2d, and 3d time; when MT. Thompson moved the indefinite post ponement of the whole subject, which was negaved yea l, (the mover, nays 46 The question then cured agreeing to the amendment, which was de- cided in the affirmative.
 The preamble and resolution, insructing our Sena- tors in Congress to vote for expunging from the Jour nals of the U. s. Senate the resolutions coudemnatoy of President Jackson, passed at the session in 1884 were taken up and read.
 Alter motions to postpone, and amend which were ios
 Mr. Davies moved :aat the resolution lie on the ta- be until the 25th Oct. inst; whereupon call of the House moved and ordered, which, by the rules suspended the business before the House for one hour The House then proceeded 10 ballot for commit tee on the judiciary, and counting the ballots, i appeared that Messrs. Roysdon Hoge, RoySton, Tot leson and Iuly, having received the highest number votes, were declared duly elected to compose the com mttee on the judiciary.
 The resolution, from the Senate. ta amend the Con stitutlon of the State. giving the Governor the veto powerl, was then taken up. 4 motion was made tc postpone indefinitely, which was negatived-yeas IT nays 32 It was then, on motion of Mr. Thompson laid on the table until Wednesday,
 On motion of Mir. Davies, the bill 10 establish ths Real Estate Bank of the State of Arkansas. was reae a 2d time, and re-commtted to the com ntee on Bank ing
 The hour having arrived, the expungng resolution was again taken up, and the question taken on Mir Davies' motion to lay the whole matter the table un til the 25th inst, which negatued-yeas l6 nays S2.
 After sundry motions to adjourn, and to lay on hs table. which were lost,
 noysdon moved the adoption oi ihe resolution and called for the precious questions which precude debate.
 The question was then put, and the resolution, iE strucng our Senators to vote for expunging the ob noxious resolution from the Journals of the U. s Senate, was adopted, without a count.