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The amendment, striking out all after the en-
acting clause TO tho bill to repeal the act appor-
tioning the State into Congressional Districts.
was agreed to-ayes SO, noes 80.
FRIDAY, Jan. 8.
IN SENATE.
Mr.. R1smolin offered The following rosolu-
llOn
Resolved, That the standing committee on
Public Works aud Public Land j. be and tho same
il h2rsby instructed to enquire into the expe-
dcncy Of either abandoning altogether, or sur.
rendering to the counties in which they lie, such
of the public works of this State, rs may have
been and are likely to continue to be, so unpro.
duclivo as not to pay the expense of keeping
the same up, and that they report by bill or 9th.
rrws1.
On motion of Mr.. Beaver, said resolution was
commllled 10 himself rs select committee.
Mr.. Raemein moved to take up the bill to tax
bank capital, stock, &C., which motion was
agreed to.
After considerable discussion, Mr.. Welch
moved The following amendment by way of ry.
der: "1hul nothing in this act shall be construed
as lcglIizing the several acts of incorporation OF
the banking companies of the State, or of any or
either ofthcm, or us taking away the power aud
right of the l. giSulurc TO repeal them; it being
th5 opinllu OF this Legislature that said acts are
all unconstitutional, and ought 10 be repealed
immediately"
MIR. King dcnanlod the prcrious question.
On the question, shall the main question be
now putt the vote was,
AYzs-Masrs. CrInise, Elg,rion, Ewing,
Graham, llprlo, King Macku Martin of Co.
umbiana, Newman, X i'd, Rlcmen, SpindIcr,
ThornhiI, Uuer, Wheeler Wilord, Winegarncr
and Spaaker-I0.
Nogs--Messri. Bean, B aver, Coombs Ea.
ton, Eckley, Ford, Goddard, Hastings, Hopkins,
Johnson, Lewis Madeira, Marlin of Faye,te,
Perkins Suson, Welch and WiIson--I7.
So il was decided on putting the main ques.
ton.
And The ayes and noes being demanded on the
passage of tha bill, resulted, ayes 10, noes H. as
above. So tho bill passed.
Mr.. Eckey moved To amend the title of said
bill, so that il should read, "An act to impair the
validity Of contracts, and for Other purposes"
division Of the question being called for, the
question on striking out original bill was had, &
resulted ayes lG, noes l9-Mr. Goddard in the
negative. The bill was then agreed to.
SATURDAY, Jan. 0.
IN SENATE.
Mr.. ReemeliI, from tia scomniltoo on Finance,
10 which was rcco. united the House resolution
relative to the remain Of Gen. Hamcr, report.
ed the snme back with sundry amendments: a.
mong these; one to strike out the name of Gen.
Higgins of Brown, aud insert that Of John ]. Al.
lon Of the same county; also, to add James c.
Kennedy Of Clermont county, to The commiltee
Mr.. Edgeron moved the indefinite postpone
meHi of tho resolution as amended. Upon ihp
mouon a long discussion arose, which wac bro
10 close by laying the resolution and amend
Incnt on the table.
Mr. Elganon moved that the report Of lhI
committee on Privileges aud Elections be lakoI
up, and that the tasIinony relating 10 the con
tested election case of Cox US. Wilford be rea,
al the Clerks desk.
Mr.. Ford raised The question whether the Sit
ting member had right to vote on the pcndn,
motion.
The Speaker thought he had constitutions
right 10 vote; but declined deciding--was win,
ia motion was made, To submit tho righ, If th
sitting member 10 vote, to the Senate.
Afler considerable discussion, Mr.. Wlfor
here rose and declared thar he was not to be d..
tarred from voting by any obj ctions thai VIII
Senators might raise, or by any precedenls fror
parliamentary rules that they might quote. II
stood here as the representative ofhis parry --lh
interest Of his party demanded that he should nj
only vote in all the preliminary steps of III