The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-12-08
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ate, agreeing 10 the proposition of Tho
House, 10 raise Select Committee of two
on the par! Of each Hose, to wait on the
Governor, and inform him of their organi.
Zation, &c.
Also one, proposing TO raise q Joint Sc.
lect Committee Of two on The part of each
House to regulate the intercourse between
thu two Houses which was agreed 10.
/ Another vote was then had for Eneros.
sing Clerks, which resulted as follows -
Hoover 10; Hayes 10; Hoy, 81; Miller
46; Hancock Z; Bule Z; Graves 81 West
10; McCleli1nd 20; Rumley 81 Coch.
ran o. Lancaster / /; Tate 6 Jones II
Coleman 10; Thomas y Gray 3; Drake
~. e2 being necessary to a choice, IL was
found, on comparison with the vote OF tic
Senate, that no eeclion'sas made.
I The House then adjourned until to.mof-
row morning 10 O'Clock
IL SENATE.
"Wednesday, Nor. 90.
Yesterday Journal being read and ap.
proved,
MIR. Edwards, from the tCommiiie on
Rules oil Order, rcported, that the Commit.
tee concur IN recommending The rules that
obtained in ls40 for the government of The
Senate. Concurled in.
Mr.. Spruill, from the Joint COMMITTEE
on the part Of the Senate, 10 superinteud the
baloilng for three Eug,ossing Clerks, re.
ported that l63 votes we're cast, necessary
/ TO choice 50, and that no person having
received majority OF such vote, there was
no election; which report was crpcurred in.
Mr.. Miller, the Senator of Rutherford,
appeared, qualified, and took his seat.
A message was received from the House
proposing "to 60 into the election oC three
Progressing Clerks which being agreed
to, the House was informed thereof, by
Message, and MIR. ". p. Williams and
Mr.. Jones were appointed Committee TO
superintend the ballo,ing,
The names of the following Candidates
were withdrawn from nomination, VIZ.
Messrs. West, Gray, Hancock, Hayes, Buio
and Moore.
Mr.. Edwards moved that the Rules Of
Order for the Senate, together with the
Constitution, be printed for the use OF the
Senate bu, after few remarks from Mr..
Dockery, withdrew his motion.
The Senate then proceeded to vote for
three Engrossing Clerks, when the vote
stood thus Cochran 27 Rumley &c;
McCIelland l2 Miller u Thomas 81;
Drake s; Coleman 10; Hoyt ID Tate
Graves :.
Mr.. Morehead offered the following Res.
oluiion:
e Resoircd, That Committee of two be appoint
I ed &c. ascertaln;and report the amount of Public
Taxes paid into the Treasury of the State, in the
! years lc3S-39-'40-'4l and ~ by each County
in the State, that SAID Committee set forth in
their Report the aggregate amount of Public Tax
es paid by each County into the Public Treasury
for the. five years aforesaid, also the average
amount paid by each.
ReSolred, That they further report the Federal
population of each County as ascertained accord
ing 10 the census tHken under the Act of Con.
gress passed in the year 1889 entitled IAN Act
10 provide for taking the sixth Census, or emu
meration of the inhabitants of the United States"
Mr.. Edwards suggested 10 the Senator
from Guillord, whether, in the room of ap.
! pointing a Committee TO obtain the infor.
nation sought for by the resolutions, il
would not better become the dignity Of the
Senate TO call upon the Department to fur
nish the Statistics be required further than
! lhis, he had no objections TO the resolution.
4 Mr.. Morehead replied, that he had offer.
ed the resolution without any consultation
with The friends he usually acted with; he,
for one, was not DESTROYS Of staying the en-.
tire Winter in Raeigh; the matter sought
for nv the resolution was required before
the Senate could act upon most important
duty which devolved upon them, and that
his whole wish was TO facilitate the business
of the Senate.
Alter further interchange Of opinions
between Messrs. Edwards and Morehead
when the former observed, no one could
ever accuse him Of attempting by any &C.
ton of his, to prolong Session, the resolu.
ton was laid upon the table until to morrow.
On motion Of Gen. Sprull the Senate adj
/ iourned.