The Arkansas banner., 1844-11-20
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF ARKaNsAs.
SENATE. Nor. lii,
Senate met nnrsnant to a.tionrnineni.


 Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
 Na Walker inteedueel petition signed hy 6 citizens of Benton coalty. aqing th8t the 18th sections of land be leased out for q term of years. Also. aa amendment to the eslrav laws. Al~o. that aiI officers a the Sac be elected by the people. Also, tha3 the navigation of White river be opened 5s high as Inc three forks. Aso, thas the road law may be amended. Al-o, that every jus lice ol the peace e held rcspon ihle for hiz deeds. while i'll office; 10 be lacahIe for niis- deneanors, aHd if found swiHdlmg, to lo.feit his commission; and that lfSi citizens in the southeast corner of Mafison county be at- ached to Benton co. Which was real, and on mo,ioa of Mr. Walker, referred to aselec, committee of three, consisting of Wessfs. Walker. Pelham, and Clark.
 M. Gaines. chairman of the committee OH ways and means, to whom was referred II :, MaXWells s resolution a relation to the col. lection of Sale and county revenue, reported "A bill, entitled an act defining the mode of collecting the revenues of this S.ate;" which was read fist time, aaI ordered to second reading on to-morreW.
 4 message was receved from the Govern or, by L. J. Reardon, Esq, his private secge- ary, informing the Senate that he had ap- proved An aet to postpone the November term of the Hampstead circuit court.n
 The bill, to be entitled s.An act to amend the laws for taking up estrays," was read q second time by tide, and on motion of Mf. I ell, referred to a committee oi the whole. and made the order of the day for to-morrow.
 Mr. TrimbIe, from the select committee, to whom was referred "A bill, to be entitled an act to require the judges of the circuit courts to interchange circuits and hold courts for each other,7 reported substitute for the original bill.
 MT. Yell moved to reject the report, but at the suggestion of Mr. Walker, withdrew his motion, and moved to refer the report and bill to a select committee. Lost.
 On motion of Mir. Tlimble, the bill was referred to the committee of the whole, and made the order of the day for to-mprow.
 On motion of Mr. Fickln, the Senate pro- ceeded to class the Senator's from the fourth, fifth, eleventl and 2lst districts, which were declared 10 be new Senatorial districts by the last legislature
 AIr. Shaw from the fourth district, and Mr. Maxwell from the eleventh district, were classed with those Senator's who time expires in 1916, and Mr. Gainer from the Sth, and MT. Williamson from the 2lst district, were chased with those Senators whose time ex- pires in 1918.
 On motion of NIr. Walker, Mir. Gamer was added 10 the committee on internal improve ment.
 On motion of Mr Neely, MT. Gaines was added 10 the committee on education.
 The resolutions of Mr. Smith, nstructing our Senators, and requesting our Representa- hves In Congress to oppose any law to dis tribute the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the States, were taken up, and read 3d time; on their final passage, Mr. Newton called for tie yeas and nays, which being ordered, were yeas F, and nays 3; as follows
 Yeas-Messrs. Black, Ficklin, Ganer, Gaines, Hudson, Irwin, MeCamy. Mitchell, Mckean, Nicely, Rose, Shaw, Smith, Stell. Walker. Yell. and AIr President-17,