Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-12-27
HOUSE.
WEDNESDAY, December 20.

Mr.. GRIFFITH, gave notice of his i'll
tention at some future day TO introduce
bill for an act to organize, discipline and
govern the militia Of the State of Iowa.
Mr.. HARRISON introduced H. r. file
No. 70, joint resolution appointing an
agent TO pay the interest on the Iowa State
stock-read first time.
Mr.. CORSE, reported II. r. file No.
II, Till for an act to relocate part Of
the State road from Burlington, in Des
MONIES county, to Wapello, in Louisa
county-read a first time.
Mr.. HARRISON, introdsced II R.
file No. ~, bill for an act to establish
State road from the Cedar rapids, III Linn
county, to Marengo in Iowa county,-read
a first time.
Mr.. COLLINS, introduced II. r. file
No. 70, a bill for an act to locate State
road from Eurliegton, in Des Moines Co.,
TO Fort Madison, in Lee county read
first time.
Mr.. HARRISON, introduced H. R.
file No. "A, a bill for an act establishing
the office of public printer, defining TIE
duties thereof, and establishing the prices
Of public printing-read first time.
MIR. MCFARLAND, introduced H. R.
file No. IS, bill for an act amendatory
to an act entitled ''An act regulating at
tachments before justices Of the peace
read first time.
Mr.. HARRISON, introduced II. R.
file No. IS, bill for an act to fund the
debt Of the State-read first time.
II. r. file No. So, joint resolution for a
mail route from West Point, to Salem, in
Henry county and
II. r. file No. Is, an act to establish
| ferry at Boatman's mill Oh the Desmoincs
river, were read third time and passed.
II. r. file No. 40, an act for the relief
Of occupying claimants Of real estate and
H. K. file No. as, an act to restrain
swine from running at large in Clinton
county; and
II. r. file No. 81, an act concerning
claimants OH the half breed tract, were
sevcrally read third time and passed.
H. r. file No. SO, an act TO repeal an
act providing for the location Of the seat of
government Of Iowa, and for the sllcsion
Of lands granted by Congress, was read
third time.
The question being upon the passage of
the bill-it passed, yeas 26, nays /.
Yeas-Messrs. Baker, Belts, Bourne,
Collins, Corse, Dawson, Evans, Goodrich,
Griffith, Harrison, Jacobs, Langton, Nc
Crory, Mcfarland, McManaman, Perry,
Read, Sales, Stephenson, Timmons. Walk
or, Weyand, Williams, Wood, Wood
worth, and Mr.. Speaker.
Nays-Messrs. Alexander, Allison,
Babbitt, Burroughs, Elmer, Flint, Clifford,
Norton, Riggs, Scrgent and Thompson.
TWO O'clock r. VI.
", R. file No. 81, an act to vacac
certain road therein named; and
II. r. file No. So, an act to rcgiII~'e
grocery license, were read third time and
passed.
Mr.. HARRISON, on leave, introduced
the petition of Ezekiel Clark and Others
asking further time for them TO build
dam across the Iowa river referred toa
select committee consisting of Mc>sE'
Harrison, Babbitt and Williams.
Mr.. COLLINS introduced the follow
ing res olution, which was not adopted:
Resolved that the General Assembly
adjourn on Friday the 22G inst. uItll
Wednesday the Sd day of January, lS4'
HUDsoN's BAY CoMpANy.-A letter
from Washington says: at is reported
that Mr.. Buchanan has declined to resume
the negotiation with the agents Of the
Hudson's Bay Company, for the purchase
of their actual possessory rights, anu
the far more extensive claims, in Oregon"
1t would appear that the British govern.
ment has interposed with an injunction
upon the officers of the company RESTRAIN,
ing them from transferring to the LnItfa
States any Of the rights secured to 1t ps
the treaty. The principal of these !, ,no
right to the free navigation of the Coi'i"-
bia. This looks as if the British govern,
ment intecded to assert some national Is''s
in that territory. 1t is not at all unl' tls
that serious troubles will grow out Oh ,,s
British pretensions in that quarter u''0''
the treaty."