Washington telegraph., 1850-12-11
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS

-, Nov q.
SEyArE.-Mr. Poindexter, from the comma,..
printing, reported unlavorably on In. -,
ton 10 print all the laws passed at IN. nrss ,sO'u.
session IN the newspapers Of the State.
Mr.. Berry moved The rejection Of the ,.....
which was negatved, aud The report was ,h.sa
adopted.
Mr.. McCamy, from the committee on In. ;,s
ciary, u whom was referred the bill to revive a..
lo3d chapter Vi the Digest under th, he r.d ~" ~
"Runaway Slaves" reported the same bacL :.
the Senate and recommended lis PASSAGE ".
ported upopieG, aud The bal passed
Mr.. Burrow, f.om the COMMITTEE OH IN. ;.e
ciary, " " hom. was referred the bill 10 pr.v,l.
iUr tIe election y: u Representative ia Couyrr..
and Ihc time Vi hoio.Dg o.her elections, rru.u.s
q substitute, whicu was ordered 10 81 reau.y
tioUsE.-Mr - Alison, from the commu,. -
ways sud snc"ns, 10 whom was referred the ci.,,
VI Homo. W. Clarke aud Nm l.. Mo.,r.v
reported the same back ~ ti,e u,ns-, with +. l.i
u.aK,us certain appropriations, aud recvn,,,~ns.a
49, .ss.sr, wii.ca was read
IA. ioue, ,ivii tue COMMITTEE to wbo,,
t.e i'etit,ou vi cItizens IA the couu. r
heunpstcad aud Lafayette, praying that n n..
county be ior,ned out Oi port,on VI the t.rr
oi uipsiead, Lafayette, OuacLnla, aud I'm
counties, reported adversely 10 the petition: .h.
report Was adopted.
whom was referred The bill Tor the rel,.f a, ~,
Tree males the age of 45, reported In. e."
back 10 the House, and recoinn,snd nded ITS -.
Uon.
| The question again came up on the passa,. ~
| the bill, which was decided Ia the ne ,a,,v.',,,
| ~, noes Al.
Mr.. Tobey. from the committee on county ,,j
county lines, reported adversely 10 the PRAYER a,
Basil DAVIS, aud other citizens Of Hempsle.d and
|
| ported adopted.
MIR. Tuoey also reported adversely 10 the PRAYER
| Of sundry citiz-ns, to establish ins county of
"West r." Report adoptsd.
| Mr.. Traphaii. from Ute committee on judiciary
J to wnom had been referred The bll 10 prvh,ot
persons quarierIng slaves on Plantations or other
PAGES witho.t u. erseers. reported the same back
~ the House auI recommended It's r~Irclion
| o. motion vi Mr. Morton, the Till was recon-.
| u.itro TO the coipnitlee ON judiciary.
| Mr.. ITapnaii also reported upon the bill empov.
uriuy the dliieremt circuit courts wtnin The STATE
the Judges thereof ~ grant wri,s of cerliorar
| and sup- rsearas; :-port was adopted and the bil
| rejected.
als. Trapnal also reported favorably on and Re.
commended liir psssa.c o, House bi, ~ enpey.
er lhe circuit courts ,o alter and change nam ..
and Tor ether purposes The bill was read I'd
time and passed
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| had been ructed to inquire into the expedlency
OF anne udng the Constitution Of Stale, 50 that III.
qualified voters thereof shall elect the secretary
Vi Stale, auditor, treasurer, and judges Of the su-
| prene court, reported the following amendment
| To the Constitution VIZ:
Reso.ped 6y the General Assembly of the
State of Arkansas, LIST. line auditor anu treasur-
er Of this Sale shall be elected by the qualified
voters OF the Stale and siai hold their o,hcrs lor
| tnr farm nofta thef
are elected and qualified; 2nd. The secretary of
state aud judges vi The supreme court, shall bs
elected BY the qualified voters OF the State, and
shall hold their Offices IoI the term now prescribed
oy the Constitution. Report adopted.
On motion Of Mr.. Wilmington, Senate bill
changing the tine OF holding the courts Ia Tie 6th
Ju,iic,ai Circuit, was read second tune aud To-
ierredto the con,aiittec on Judiciary
| Nov %
SsNArx-Mr McKneeiy, from the committee
Counties and county lines, reported favorably I.
hill TO establish the county Of calhoun, out VI
portions Of Dallas, Ouachita, Bradley aud Uuieu
counties
On motion Of Mr. Huey, the bill was referred
10 the judic. AIRY committee.
| Mr. lizard, from the committee on education
reported amended bill, to authorize the sale o
the i6tn sections iOr less than two dollars pei
acre, in certain cases. Amendments adopted
aud bill ordered 10 be engrossed f.r Sd reading
tomorrow.
Mr. Rector, from the committee on ind dciary
presented rrpor; favorable u the bill to incorpo
rate the Grand Lodge al the lnd-p.ndent Ordr
Of Odd Fellows, OF the State Of Arkansas.
Seuat- bill, for the relief Of citizens Of Arkan
sas aud Lafayette counties, to exempt them from
the operatio Oh of sec 20, chap ~, Dig. st.
On motion Of Mr.. Mckneeiy, Lafayette couu
ty was stricken out.
The House bli, for the benefit OF Andrew J.
Roberts, OF HemasIcad county, was read = see
Dad time
o., .nontioa Of Mr.. lizard. the Hon, stead er
enpti0n Deli Vas taken up.
The anne endu.rnt of tir. Burrow, TO exempt al
lands from execution W as pending
LioUss.-Mr Sewer presented 4 petition from
}. H. Carut',eis and others, asking the L-gss
ture 10 incorporate the town OF Lew ,svi!i-, N tn
county ot Laiay eti~, winch Was referred TO = &c
i-ct committee. composed OF Msssrs Sewer, Bail,
aud WOOD.
.ir. Morton presented a petition signed b.
numerous citIzens Of Crawford county, askn,
The formation of a new county to he called "Se
bastian;' Referred 10 a select committee.
Mr. w lson introduced the following:
Rrso!red, By the General Assembly Of tn,
State of Arkansas, that the following amend
ment be proposed 10 the Constit ulion OF the Slal
of Arkansas, viz:
4hat the Senate shall not exceed twent,
members, until the population of the State shal
amount to five hundred thousand; it thereaftr
may be increased 10 twenty five in number.
I'd The House Of Representatives not more
than 6iy-iour Representatives, to be apportiOne,
among the several counties in the State ACCORDING
10 population, and then shall not be farther in
creased "ul,I the population Of the State shall
amount TO FIVE hundred thousand souls; the num-
ber may thereafter be incre ased not 10 exceed
sevrnty.hve Representatives. BE it further re-
solred
Sd. That the words, "provided that each coun.
ty now orgauzed shall, although its population
may not give the ratio, always be entitled 10 one
Representative" contained in the 4th article snc
34th section of the Constitution, under the head
Of legislative Department. be- and tho same Z