, 1845-01-11

Correspondence Of the Reporter.
JEFFERSON CIR, Dee. 8


IN ihsir seats yesterday evening. thus
constituting q quorum to do business.
Considerable business was transact.
ed, bat principally of a local chnrac.
ter.
Ms. Polk gave notice Of hi, in,en-
tin to introduce a bill TO repeal the
Bank Charter, by the consent, Of The
private stockholders.
The bill to provide for the call of
a Convention was read 4 second tine
and passed owe for the present.
The House bill TO repeal the land
tax law. which had been sent from
the Senate with an amendment. wns
taken up and laid upon the table.
IN the House. Yesterday and TO-
day, n strong efor, was made 10 get
aquorum, but only al members could
be mustered. Thus more than n
week has passed. md more Than
$4,000 Of the peoples money has
been spent. without performing any
legislative duties MS an equivalent.
Tint The members. or those Of them
who live near enough should visit
their h,mes during the Christmas no.
lidays, is TO be expected; but that
rbey should remain absent so long.
keeping those idle who remain At the
seat Of government, thus stopping the
wheels Of legislation, and claiming
and receiuing pay for tfe time thus
spent, is altogether wrong AMI can
not be justified. Suppose. Mr.. Edi
thr. you were ID cnrpInr the to set
types for you, agreeing 10 pay me
therefor 4 certain price per day or
week, and | were 10 take it into nv
head to 60 off on business of my own,
or upon q trip OF pleasure, wou!d il
be right that ! should CLAIM and re.
ceive paw for the tine | remain all
.en,7 Would you allow it! NJ
sir, you will promptly say. Just 80
should the people deal with their pub
lie servar>s. the member. of the Le-
Gislaturc. The reopIe have employ
rp them IN perIurm certain duties,
giving therefor certain compensation.
and when they are absent themselves
and fail TO perform those kuiics, thew
should forfeit their pay. This, | be-
lieve, Is a just view of the subject;
yet ] know Ii viii lie denounced By
many. Il will be called demagogue-
ism. If member, for instance,
moves TO st'p The pay OF absentees,
i. Immediately SAID, he is working
for "Buncomhe." MIR. James. from
Green, placed himself in this category
BY the resolutions offerei by HIM
rome DAYS siure Tor tins purpose.
Blu, ] find myself wandering from
my legitimate duties. To day the
Senate transacted blu, little business.
Mr.. Massey offered a resolution
making it the dury of the Committee
an the Judiciary .sio report 10 the
Senate translatlons ia English of all
the terms now 10 the statute books.
expressed in foreign, dead or 5drba-
rous dialects or languages"
Mr.. Reese moved 10 amend y ad-
ding "and tia, said committee DE
furnished with a suitable interpreter"
Here ensued a lively debate he.
tween Messrs. Massey and Reese, in
which Messrs. Anderson, Ellis, Wei
born and Monroe participated.
THE debate resulted 10 the adop-
TO o. { following resoluiion.J
"Resoiv,d, By the Senate. if con.
CURED in by the House Of Re7resen.
i%atives, tina, the Joint Committee on
Revision be instructed to make out a
glossary, explanatory OF the technical
terms used in the revised laws Of the
present session, which shall be ap
pended 10 and published with the re-
vised code.
January. ist.
The following revised bills, sent
from the Senate with amendments,
were s~everal'y passed upon.
An act concerning lost money and
goods.
An act respecting The Attorney
General and Circuit Attorneys.
An act relating L. j%uries.
In Senate, Tie following Senate
hills we're read a third time and pass
ed:
An act 10 provide for the erection
o! county buildings.
An act to repeal the act respecting
the l4th Judicial Circuit: and the fol-
lowing House bills we're read q third
time and passed:
An act respecting NotaEics Public.
An ACT concerning Saltpetre works.
An act concerning oaths and afir-
nations.
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