Washington telegraph., 1857-01-21
From he True Deuoc1uf.1
ARKANSAS LEGISLATURE.
HOUSE.
THURSDAY Jan l, 1857.
House met pursuant to adjournment.


Mr.. Ayres offered a resolution to dis
pense with evening sessions until the stan
ding committees shall have reported, which
resolution, on motion of Mr. Newton OF
Union, was laid on the table indefinitely.
Mr. Boone offered a resolution that the
secretary of State be required to have sent
to each member of the House, copy OF
each of the acts and journals Adopted.
Dir EdmOndson of Crittenden, introdu-
ced Hoase bill No 23I, to incorporate the
Memphis and St Louis Railroad Company.
Read twice and referred
House bill No. III, to authorize the
Governor to make patents to assignees OF
certificates of purchase of swamp lands,
was taken up, read a second and third time
and passed.
House proposed amendment to the con-
stltution, to give justices of the peace con-
current jurisdiction with circuit courts IN
matters Of covenant and contract under
two hundred dollars, was read and voted
upon The vote stood, yeas b, nays %.
Dir Speaker declared that two-thirds of the
representatives elect not having voted in
the affirmative, that the proposed amend
ment was not adopted.
House bill No IS, to prescribe the mode
of reinstating lost, destroyed, or burnt re-
cords in this State, was taken up, read, a
mended by Mr. Kelly, and, on his motion,
the rules were suspended, the bill read a
third time and passed
House bill No. 149, to provide for the
reclamation of the swamp and oyerfowed
lands, was read, and on motion of Mr..
Boone, laid upon the table indefinitely.
House bill No. l4S, to simplify the mode
of paying to counties the amount of taxes
due frcm the sale on non-redeemed and
nonresident lands, was read, and on mo-
ton Of Mr. johnson, the rules we're dispen-
sed with and the bill read third time and
passed
House bill No. 107, to amend the Stat
ute in regard to mechanic's liens was taken
up, read a third time and passed, but the
vote was afterwards rec0nsidered and the
bill rejected.
Dir. Oates was called to the chair.
House bill No. I65, to providea fund
for the perpetual protection Of swamp and
overfowed lands, was read 4 second time,
and on motion of Mr. Griffin, referred to
the committee on internal improvements.
House joint resolution in favor of the
widows and orphans of those who served
at Fort Gibson during the late war, was
read, and On motion of Dir. Barker adoD-
ted
House bill No 157, to provide for re-
visine and digesting the statutes, was read,
and on motion of Mr. johnson, laid on the
table indefinitely by vote of b to 80.
House bill No. $50, to amend the com
mon school law, on motion of Mr. Williams
of Pulaski, shared the same fate
House bill No 164, to create the Office
of State geologist, was read a second
time
Nr. Quarles moved to lay the bill on the
table till the 4th day of J Giy next, on which
motion, Mr. Parks called for the yeas and
nays, which being ordered, stood i to 81.
So the motion was lost.
On motion of Mr.. Hunter, the bill was
then referred to Il committee of FIVE.
Mr Speaker pro tenn, appointed as such
committee, Messrs. Hunter, Quarles, Glib
son Ross and Pettigrew.
The following gentlemen were, on mo-
tions, added to said committee:
Messrs. Graves, Hill of Perry, James,
Douglass, Boone, Neal and Hill of Ash
ley
On molten of Mr. Hill of Perry, the
House adjuorned until 8 O'Clock tomorrow
morning,