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so it read, lin this vicinity" The amend
ment was agreed to-and on Mr.. Crosbie's
motion as amended, the ayes and noes
were demanded, and were,
AYES - Messrs. Abernethy, Briscoe,
Carson, Clarke, Denny, Doyle, Guthrie,
Heald, HendrickSon, Henniss, Irby, Nc,
Cav, McCool, Spinning, Stiles, Watkins,
Wells, White and Mr. Speaker-l9.
NoEs-Messrs Cock and Wallace.
Mr.. Clark moved that the committee
to investigate the report of chairman Of
committee of Corporations be instructed
to report tomorrow; carried
Mr.. Denny asked TO be excused from
serving on said committee, but was refused
by the House.
MIR. Carson, ou leave, introduced bill
to amend the act locating territorial road
from Steilacoom to Seattle; read a first
time
H. B. l4-an act to locate by popular
vote the county seat of Chehalis county; ;
read third time and passed.
Mr.. Clark moved that the investigating
committee be increased to five.
Mr.. Cock moved to amend by referring
it TO committee of the whole. Amendment
accepted, and motion prevailed.
Adjourned sill 10 a m., Thursday.
THURSDAY, Dec. 81, 1854.
On motion of Mr. Wallace, House re-
solved itself into committee of the whole
10 investigate the report Of the committee
on Corporations-Mr Cock in the chair.
After much time spent therein, and an
mated discussion, in which Messrs Denny,
Clark, Doyle, Wallace and others partici-
paied, the committee rose, reported back
to the house recommendation that the
whole subject he referred to a select COM
mttee of five, and asked to DO discharged
The report gave rise to warm debate,
when,
Mr.. Wallace moved the whole matter
be indefinitely postponed This motion was
opposed by Messrs. Doyle and Watkins,
and advocated by its mover, and Messrs
Denny and Cock, when, at the request of
Mr.. Clark, it was withdrawn, and the re-
port adopted.
The Chair appointed on said committee,
Messrs. Abernethy, Doyle, Irby Wat
kins and Denny.
Mr.. McCool, from committee on Roads
and Highways, to whom was referred H.
B. l6, reported back said bill with amend
ments, and recommended the passage of
the bill as amended Amendments agreed
to, and, on motion of Mr.. Denny, bill laid
on table. &
II. B. No. 90, read second time, and
referred to committee on roads and high
ways. Adjourned. ..Fr
FRIDAY, Dec. 22, 1854.
Mr.. Doyle presented petition from cit
liens Of Whatcom county, praying for tile
location Of the county seat at Whatcom;
read and referred 10 committee on counties.
Mr.. Aberne,hy, from select committee
to investigate the report Of the committee
on Corporations, reported as follows:
"The select committee, to whom was re-
ferred the report of the committee on Cor
porations would respectfully report-that
they have taken the substance of said re-
port into consideration, and decided
l. That they consider the report Of the
committee on Corporations, unexplained, as
rejecting upon the integrity Of members
Of this house. -,..
The committe on Corporations being
called upon to make written explanations
Of said report, responded as follows:
LIST. 1--WE, the undersigned committee
on corporations, pursuant to request Of Sc
lect committee through their chairman, re-
spond and say that there was no disre-
spect intended to any member of the Leg
islative Assembly Of the Territory of Wash
ington, in making report, &C., which the
select committee have now under consider
alton.
Signed, Faux CLARK,
@. H. SPINNING"
"2d. As one Of the committee on Cor
porations, in the report of that portion Of
the Governors Message referred to said
committee, hereby state, that / did not
concur
"Signed, B. F. HENNrs.7
"3d. As one of the committee on corpo-
rations, to whom was referred portion of
the Governors Message, | did not intend
or design to lend my influence either d.
rectly or indirectly, to any report that
would reflect on the integrity or honor of
any member of the House OF Representa-
tives Of the Territory of Washington.
Signed, c. H. SPINNING"
The select committee would respect
fully recommend that the report, together
with the explanations Of the committee on
Corporations, be entered upon the journal
of this House, and that they be discharged
from the further consideration Of the sub
ject.
Signed, A. S. ABERNErHY, chm"
On motion of Mr.. Stiles, the report was
adopted.
Mr.. Wallace, from Joint committee on
Engrossment, reported that they had Sc
cured the services Of Elwood Evans, as
Enrolling and Engrossing clerk.
Mr.. Briscoe, on leave, Introduced bill
to locate territorial road from Pacific
City to Narcotee Landing on Shoalwater