The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-11-19

Mr Greene moved to take. up the reso.
luton providing for printing the journal
daily slips, &c. laid on the table on Fri.
day last, which was LOST. p
I On motion,
The Council adjourned.
| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Wednesday, November II.
RESOLUTIONS By MIR Walwor,h, for
the appointment of select committee 10
enquire into the expediency of memorial.
lzing Congress on the subject of new
purchase of lands from the Sac and Fox
Indians.
By Mr. Wilson, of Henry. Instruct
ing the Committee on roads and High.
ways to inquire into the expediency Of
revising or modifying such portions Of
the Road law. whereby it will be more
effectual in It's application 10 the improve.
ment of roads and highways.
By Mr. Lewis. Instructing the com
mittee on Mail Routes, to enquire into
the expediency of memorializing Con
gress on the subject of establishing a
mail route from Keosauqua in Van Buren
county to the southern line Of said coun-
ty.
REPORTS. By Mr. Summers. Re-
commencing that the House employ Re-
porter of its proceedings and the election
of the same by ballot.
The report was rejected, Yeas 7. Nays
10.
Those who voted in the affirmative
were Messrs, Hendershot,, Iselt, Lang
worthy, Letter, Steele, Summers and
Van Antwerp.
Those who voted in the negative were
Messrs, Avery, Box, Briefly, Browning,
Felkner, Hebard, Lash, Lewis, Mason,
Miller, Porter, Robertson, Teeple, Toole,
Walworth. Whitaker, Wilson, of H..
Wilson, Of j. and Cox, Speaker.
The Resolution offered on yesterday by
Mr. Mason requiring the daily slips to be
printed as usual was taken from the table;
when Mr. Miller made motion to strike
out all after the word Resolved and in
sert the following: ~.,f
That James G. Edwards be employed
to print the Journal of th. House for a
reasonable, usual, and jus. price, provided
he furnish the House the daily slips
without charge.
Mr. Hendershott offered the following
as substitute:
Resolved, That the daily Journals of
this House be printed for twenty succeed
ing days. t
Which was rejected, Yeas S. Nays 81.
Those who voted in the affirmative
were Messrs Box, Felkner, Hendersho,t,
Isett, and Teeple. .zi3
Those who voted in the negative were
Messrs Avery, Briefly, Browning, Heb
ard, Langworthy, Lash, LETTER, Lewis,
Mason, Miller, Porter, Robertson, Steele,
Summers. Toole, Van Antwerp, Wal
worth, Whitaker, Wilson of H., Wilson
of. and Cox, Speaker. - gz 4
A motion was made by Mr. Summers
that the subject be indefinitely postponed,
which was determined in the negative,
yeas IL. nays 5.
Yeas, Messrs Felkner, Hendershott,
lsetr, Langworthy, Lash, Letter, Steele,
Summers, Van Antwerp. Whitaker, Cox,
Speaker.
/ Nays, Messrs Avery, Box, Briefly,
Browning, Hebard. Lewis, Mason, Miller,
Porter, Robertson, Teeple, Toole, Wal
worth, Wilson, of II. Wilson. of J.
The subject was then on motion Of
Mr. Letter, laid on the table until to NOR
row.
Mr. Walwcrih reported A memorial TO
Congress for an appropriation to improve
and continue the military Road from
Du Buque via Iowa City to the Missouri
line. a
Mr. Lash gave notice that he would on
some future day introduce Bill to estab-
lish a Territorial road leading from Mot;s'
Ferry on the Des Moines river by the
way of Keokuk, Montrose and Franklin in
Lee County, to Mount Pleasant in Henry
County. ae
No. 3. Fl. r. file, entitled A Bill TO
amend an act, concerning Grand and
Petit Jurors, was read second time,
and referred to the committee on the Ju-
dietary.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Thursday, November 10.
REsoLUTIoNs.-By Mr. Walwor,h. For
the appointment of committee TO draft
bill to establish certain Territorial roads.
Messrs Walworth, Isett, Hebard, Wilson
of H., Wilson of j., Miller, Langworthy,
Robertson, Steele and Teeple were ap-
pointed.