Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1852-02-19
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Senate met.

Senate
The homestead exemption bill of the House having
been made the special order taken mp.
call oil the Senate was ordered and the absentees
sent for.
On motion of Mr. Secrest the call of the Senate and
order OF business suspended, and he asked and OBJ
tained leave 10 report from the committee the organ
zation of courts of Justice, bill to approximate
equalization Of the labors Of the Judges of the first
fifth, and thirteenth judicial circuits.
On motion of Mr. Secrest, the rules suspended
and the bill read the second and third times and passed
ayes 80, noes 2.
The special order then taken up.
Mr.. Slack moved strike $500 the amount Of
property exempted, and insert $500.
MIR. Secrest made able argument in defence of the
principles of the BILL and the duty of the Legislature
pass exemption law Of the kind proposed. He
Thought il impolitic adopt the amendment of Mr.
Slack he believed the bill could pass the present
General Assembly with that amount OF exemption and
he desired to have much exempted possible.
Mr.. Cravens opposed the bill ia toto He knew tha.
his constituents strongly opposed TO any measure
of the kind He believed the effect of the bill would be
fto make dishonest who honest, and In
lure the poor more than it would benefit HIM. He
spoke with much energy against the bill.
Mr. Davis also opposed the bill. He thought nobody
would be injured by it but lhe poor The tendency
of the law would be compel the poor to his
property with mortgages and liens to secure the neces-
sares of life for his family If this law should be pass
ed, man who possessed Of less property than
other exempted by law could procure credit for the
smallest sum without mortgaging his property.
Mr.. Eddy moved the previous question which
seconded,
Mr.. Cravens moved to amend by striking $500
and inserting $3.50.
Mr. Secrest moved to lay the amendment on the table.
Carried.
AYEs.-Messrs. Crawford Dawson, Defrees, Della
van Dounhertv Eddv Goodman Henton Hester
Hickman, Holloway Hunt, Kendall, Kinnard, Long
shore, McCarty, Mickle Reid Seces, Slack, Sleeth,
Spann, Teegarden, Turman and Walker-25.
NoEs-Messrs. Alexander, Athon. Berry, Brugh,
Cravens Davis Dunn, Hanna. Hicks James, Knowlton,
Logan, Marshall, Miller, Nblack, Odell Washburn,
Winstandley, and Witherow-19.
Mr.. Logan moved to strike $500 and insert $500.
Mr.. Kendall moved the previous question, which was
seconded.
Mr.. Locan's amendment negatived.
.4ycs-Messrs. Athon, Berry, Brush Cravens, Davis,
Dunn, Hanna, Hatfield, Hicks, Hunt, James, Kpowlton
Logan, Marshall Miller, Niblack, Washburn, and VIM
standley-19.
Noes-Messrs Alexander, Crawford. Dawson, De-
frees, Delavan, Dougherty Eddy, Goodman, Henton,
Hester Hickman Holloway Kendall Knnard Long
Shore McCarty, Mickle Odell, Reid, Secrest, Slack,
Sleeth, Spann, Teegarden, and Tnrman-26
The bill then ordered a third reading-ayes p,
noes IS.
The bill IN relation to the colonization Of negroes and
mulattoes then taken up.
! Mr.. Logan moved to lay the bill and amendment on
the table, Lost-ayes II, noes 3d.
The question then REQUIRED upon striking the fifth
section, and was decided in the afirmative-ayes %.
noes %
Mr. Berry moved to amend by adding as an additional
section the I'd section of the thirteenth article OF the
Constitution.
Mr.. Dunn moved to lay the amendment on the table.
Carried-ayes &C. noes 16
Mr.. Dunn moved to amend that the settlement to
be created in Africa under the provisions OF this act shall
be called The " Indiana Colony" Concurred in by con-
sent.
The bill was then ordered to be engrossed-ayes 81.
NoEs-Messrs. Berry, Dawson, Goodman, Hanna.
Hickman, Hicks, James, Legan Miller, Reid and Slack
Ill.
The temperance bill coming up on its second reading,
On motion of Mr.. Hester it laid on the table for
the present, Mr.. Mllken the chairman of the
perance committee was absent.
The Senate homestead bill was also laid on the table
Senate adjourned.