Des Arc citizen., 1858-12-18
Arkansas Legislature.
sTsYNopsIs OF PROCEEDINGS. l
SENATE.

ordinate temples or Honor and Temperance in | this State. Read twice and referred to the 1 commtteee on the judiciary. 4. |
 On motion of Mr Davies, House bill No. | 1sS, to amend the act incorporating the town of Pocahontas, was taken up, read three times and passed. fL[I f1.IT
 MT. Gaines, from the committee on the u- dietary, recommended the passage of Senate bill No. 79, to authorize the several county courts to examine and burn old county scrip and ballots which was read third time and passed. .s--~-s.s-a
 MT. Clark introduced Senate bill No. 92, to incorporate the White river, Dardanelle and Fort Smith Railroad company. Read twice and referred to the committee on internal i'm provements. M M se
 The amendments to the constitution of this State proposed by the last General Assembly, providing that no county now established by law shall be deemed or considered unconstitu- tional on account of it's containing less num- Der of square miles than 900, was read and the vote thereon stood: ayes IT, nays 3.
 The amendment proposed to the constitution by the last General Assembly, providing that the State of Arkansas shall not be sued in any of her courts was read and the vote stood ]; yeas IT, nays B. ra5 stf qfrgk T
 THURSDAY, December 9,-On motion of MT. McCreery, House bill No. 79, for the re-
 lief of Emily Sophonia Quarles, was taken up, read three times and passed.
 On motion of MT. Humphreys, the Senate then went into committee of the whole. on Judge Floyd's bill to exclude free negroes from the State, which was amended, when the com mittee rose and the amendments were adopted by the Senate.
 SATURDAY, December 1.-The discussion on the free negro bill was continued, Mr. Clark speaking in favor of it's passage, and MT. Askew against it, when, on his motion, it was referred to a select committee of four Senator's. The President appointed as such committee, Messrs. Floyd, Askew, Clark and Craighead. TUESDAY, December 7.--Mr. Edwards of l fered resolution in relation to the grant of swamp and overfowed lands lying within the different ralrord reservations in this State, and that portion of the swamp lands are claimed by said companies, and returned by the proper department at Washington as rail- road lands, a greater part of which lands so returned to the office of the register at Little Rock, are swamp lands to all intents and pur- poses, within the meaning of the grants, and thereby depriying the State of those valuable funds, and settlers of their improvements thereon therefore REsoEvED, That select committee of three be appointed to Investigate the matter and report the result of their labors to, this House which was read and adopted. .a Mr. Stuart, from the committee on ways and means, recommended that.it is not expe- dient at this time for the State to take any ac- ton towards the establishment of an insane asylum, and ask that they may be discharged from the further consideration of the subject | which was read and adopted. .al'
 WEDNESDAY, Dec. s. MT. McCammon, from the joint committee on the landed inter- ests of the State, made an additional report, which was accompanied with two bills to carry out the objects of the report and House bill No. 197, ''to enable purchasers of certain swamp lands to obtain deeds from the State and for other purposes ;'' which was read twice and referred to the committee on the judiciary. House bill No. 198, "concerning the revenue arising from the taxation of swamp and oyerhowed lands;'' was read twice | and referred to the same committee.
 Substitute House bill No. 9I, ''to confer | power upon the circuit courts of this State to constitute legal heirs;'1 was taken up and read the second and third time and passed. |
 THURSDAY, Dec. 9.,-Mr. Johnson of St. | Francis, offered the following joint resolution No. 40, proposed amendment to the coustitu- tion: -. .. f -
 Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the following amend ment be proposed to the constitution of the State of Arkansas, viz That the 29th section of the 4th article of the constitution be so amended as to allow the counties of St. Fran cis and Jackson to be reduced to seven hun dred square miles, and that new county may be formed out of the counties of St. Francis and Jackson, composing any number of square miles not less than five hundred which was read the first time.
 MT. Griffin, from the committee on internal improvements, reported back House bill No. l93, concerning the internal improvement fund of White county, and recommended the pas sage of the bill; which was read, and adopted and bill ordered to third reading. FRIDAY, Dec. 10.-Mr. Burns presented petition of S9 citizens of Searcy county, rela- ting to an act of 1846, declaring the Buffalo Fork of White river a navigable stream, and z praying the repeal of said law; which was without reading, on his further motion, refer ed to the committee on the judiciary. a
 MT. McRae presented the petition of 64 0 'itizens of White county, for damages for e hange in levee in said county, which was a without reading, on his further motion, refer ed to the committee on petitions and mem- rials.
 House resolved itself into committee of the : whole on House bill No 204, ''for the relief f the counties of Monroe, Washington, La T lyette, Prairie, Marion, Yell. .Poinsett, Jack ' on, Montgomery, Crawford, Saline, St. Fran is, Perry, and White,'' ,''was taken up Mir. T. T
 
 nd the third time and passed. House bill No. 9S, "to increase the pay of illnesses in the counties of Columbia, Lafay- tte, St. Francis, Hot Springs, White, Ashley, 1arion, Jackson, Yell, Prairie and Sevier," cad the third time and passed. .a4 . SATURDAY, Dec. g11.-The House then re- a olved itself into committee of the whole, on louse bill No. 147, 'to remove the free ne- roes and mnlattoes from this State.'' Mir. Hill a the chair After a short time spent therein, rose, and through their chairman . eported, that the coinmittee of the whole Iouse have had House bill No. 147 ''to re- a love the free negroes and mulattoes from this tate," under consideration, and have rose and instructed me to ask leave to sit again on next fonday week, at 10 o'clock, A. M., which was cad and adopted. f4fnei31 ,
 MT. Hammond introduced House bill No 97, 'sto authorize the clerk of the Circnit ,ourt of Jackson county to transcrihe certain | ecords of his offce;n which was read three ines and passed. 9at jasu@ ntfGu . FouR OVERLAND ROUTES TO THE PA. IFic.-One feature of Mir. Buchanan's olIcy IS of unimpeachable popularity. < This IS the establishment of a set of con- u nentaI mail routes-not single one, but cl eyeral of them-tbrouoh our own terri.