The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-03-31
AFTERNOON SESSION.

The House resumed the consideration
Of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad bill.
Mr.. M'FarIand, offered the following
amendment to come in as proviso TO
the first section,
ProUided, Thar in case three millions
Of dcllars Of the capital stock of the PENN
sylvania railroad company, be subscribed
before the first Of January next, and ST.
100000 actually paid in, and 25 miles
Of the road eastward from Pittsburg, and
% miles westward IRON Harrisburg, be
put under contract before that time, then
the provisions Of the bill shall be null and
void
Mr.. Kunke;; offered the following sub
stitute.
find provided also, That the act shall
not 90 into effect before the 26th day OF
july, Is47, and if the Legislature during
its present session, should pass an act
incorporating company with authority to
construct railroad from Harrisburg, TO
Pittsburg, within ihe limits Of this State,
and three millions of dollars should be
bona fde subscribed to the stock Of said
company, and ten per cent on each share
be actually paid in, and letters patent be
issued by the Governor, in conformity to
the provisions of said act, within one
year from the passage thereof, and if thir-
ty miles or moro Of said railroad should
be put under contract for construction,
and satisfactory evidence thereof, be fur
nished to the Governor, on or before the
said 30th day Of July, 1s47, then and in
that ease, the Governor shall issue his
proclamation setting forth that fact, and
thereupon this act granting the right Of
way to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
company, te extend their road through
this State to the Ohio river at Pittsburg,
shall be null and void, otherwise TO re-
main in fnll force and virtue.
After few remarks from Messrs. Bur
1 rell and kunkel,
Mr.. M'Farland supported the amend
ment offered by himself, as preferable to
that of Mr.. kunkel.
Mr.. Maghehsn, made an able and elo-
gent speech in favor Of the bill and in op-
position to the amendments.
Mr.. Edie, followed at length on the
same side with much ability.
The yeas and nays being demanded on
the amendment to the amendment were
as follows:
YEAS-stessrs. Armstrong, Buchanan
i5entz, Bird, Bover, Burnside, Campbell,
Connor, Duly, Dots, Enue, Fernon,
Forsyth, Funston, Gwin, Isoley, Hallow-
eli, Hill Of Montgomery. Hineline, Hof-
man, Jacobs, James, Keller, Kline, hunk
el, Badley. Levaa, Matthias, MerriGeld,
McCrum, McCurley, Owen, Piolle'. Ru-
pert, Shuman, Snyder, Steel, Stetler,
Steuart Of Lycomng, Taggart, Thomas,
OF Chester, Tice, Trego, Weest, Webb,
Wilson, Worman, Worrell and Patterson,
! Speaker-50.
NAYS-Messrs, Barber, Bartholomew
Bassler, Bigham, Boughner, Broug,
Breckenridge, Bright, Burns, Burrsll,
Chesnut, Clark, Cochran. Cross, Don
alsson, Edie, Eldred, Fassett, Galloway,
GRAY, Haymaker, HiIlands, Hill Of Fay
cite, Ives, Johnson, Knox, Magellan,
Means. Mitchell, Murphy, M'Abee,
! McClellsnd, McCurdy Mcfarland, Mich
olson, Power, Pumroy of Franklin, Pom
eroy of Mercer, Price, Rider, Robinson,
Samuels, Storr, Stewart of Franklin,
Srouss, Thomas Of Suse'a, Van Hof-
! Wadsworth.-
So the question was determined in the
Affirmative.
The.quesiien recurring on the amend
ment as amended, Mr.. Galloway, took