Washington telegraph., 1856-12-24
From the True Democrat.
ARKANSAS LEGISLATURE.
S y A T L
SATCRDAY, Dec. 6. 1856.

The Senate convened.
Mr. Totten offered the following joint
resolution
ResoIvcE by tie General 44ssenlbly Of
he State of 1Arkaasas, That the joint
committee on banks be and they are here
BY authorized to employ clerk,-which
was adopted.
4 message was received from tie Gov
ernor stating that h. had, on the 9th day
o. December, approved and signed q An
act to compensate electors for President
and Vice President Of the United States.''
Also, AN act for the relief Of Joseph Pit
man OF Carroll county, Arkansas Also,
An act to chang the time of holding
the county and probate courts Of Bradley,
Pope, Poinsett and Carroll counties. -
Also, ''An act to incorporate the town of
Brownsville, in Prairie county, Arkansas"
and IAN act to incorporate the city Of Hell
ena, and for other purposes"
Mr. Totten offered d lengthy joint reso-
luton, instructing our Senators and re
questing our Representatives in Congress,
10 use their best cndeavors to procure the pas
sage of an act donating the Arsenal grounds
adjacen; to the city OF Little Rock, togeth
er With all the buildings and improvements
thereon, to the State of Arkansas. to be
used exclusively as a public College or
Seminary Of learning, to be o!fcered and
conducted upon such plan as the Legisla-
ture shall from time TO time adopt
Which resolution was read a first time
Mr.. Hammond, from the committee on
swamp and overhowed lands, to whom was
referred Senate bill No 81. to be entitled
An act to authorize the Governor to make
patents to assignees Of certificates of pur-
chase of swamp land" reported the same
back without amendment and recommend
ed It's passage
The bill passed to It's third reading un-
der the rules.
N!r. Hammond, from the committee on
swamp and oyerlowed lands, to whom was
referred Senate bill No. 81, 70 be entitled
..An act 10 lessen the expenditures and
hasten the reclamation Of the swamp and
overaowed lands, reported the same back
and Recommended its passage The bin
w.-s referred To the commit y of the v hole
Senate, and Ei,:Ie the order Q: the d-y for
I I,i,.s-Iy- o. taa :Oil5y7ing week
Oa inc,ioa C. Lr. Gaines, Senate b.li
No D, to b. entitled An act 10 amend
the iaTEs Of tie St4te of ir,-- l,sas CIist-;b-
ut;1g the proceeds Of the saIc Of the 50J,-
OUJ acres % internal Improvements lands
was read second time and referred to
the committee On internal Improvements.
House bill No il2, to be entitled An
act to prohibit the sale Of sPjrituous and
yinous Gouors within three miles OF Fal-
cen Male and Female Academy. in the
county OF Columbia was read first
time
On motion of LIr Askew, the rules
were suspended and the bill read second
and third times, and passed
House joint resolution No ., '.instruct-
ing our Senators and requesting our Rep
reSentatiyes IN Congress to use their best
enGeavors to procure the establishment of
tri-weekly, two-horse mail hack line,
from Camden, in Ouachita county, via
Magnolia, in Columbia county, to Lewis
vile, in Lafayette county, was read,
and
On motion Of Mr. Askew, the Senate
concurred in said resolution
House joint resolution, No. 26, propo-
sing the suspension Of the powers of the
board OF swamp land commissioners, was
read FIRST time
Senate adjourned until Monday morn
ing, l0 o clock