Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-12-29
red to select committee of three.

hi' Oo"eu ihtfoduCeu 1OuSe bll NO. ZZU to amend section 52, of chapter 152 of Gould's Digest, under the caption of schools and school lands;" read twice and referred to the commit. tee on education.
 MT. Moss called up from the calendar House bill No. 1Ol, " an act the more efectualy to prevent the carrying of concealed weapons;;" read the third time and passed. MT. Edwards introduced House bill No 221, to grant charter to Johnathan Harding, to build toll bridge across Cadron creek in Con- way county;' read three times and passed.
 Mir. Duffie introduced House bill No. 222. "for the benefit of the Princeton male and fe- male academy;'' read three times and passed.
 MT Johnson of Desha introduced House bill No. 223, to provide for making and re- paring levees in Desha county;" read twice, and MT. Anderson of Phillips, offered the following amendment:
 "Amend by adding Phillips county to the provisions of the bill;" which was adopted, and amendment read twice
 Mr. Johnson of Desha, moved suspension of the rules, and that the bill be read the third time by caption.
 Mir. Garland objected. and moved refer ence of the bill to the committee on swamp lands and after some remarks withdrew his motion.
 Other motions were made but not acted up- on, and the bill as made the order of the day for Monday next at 2 o'clock, P. NJ.
 MT. Hemingway introduced House bill No. PA, |" to authorize the Governor to sub. scribe for stock in certain railroads" read the first lime.
 MT. Duval moved that 100 copies of the bill be printed for the use of the House
 Mir McRae moved to law tho kill o, t,o 4, ble until the 4th day of July next, on which motion, MT. Mcconnell called for he yeas and nays which Were ordered, and the vote stood: yeas 13 nays 49.
 So the motion to lay on the table did not prevail.
 The question then came up on the motion of Mir. Dnval, to print 100 copies of the bill and was decided in the affirmative
 On motion of MT. Garland. the rules were suspended and the bill read the second time.
 MT. McRae moved a reference of the bill to the committee on internal improvements, but withdrew 1t before any action was had
 MT. Hays offered the following amendment
 And S500,0OO to the Little Rock and Fort smith branches of the Cairo and Fulton rail- road;'' read and on motion of Mr. McCammon, 1t was laid on the table.
 Mir. Williams offered the following amend ment:
 Amend by including the Cairo and Fulton railroad within the provisions of the bill"
 Mr. McRae offered the following amend ment:
 Amend by saving all the vacant lands in the State of Arkansas, territory of Arizona and New Mexc,;" read, and on motion of Mr. Mckean, was laid on the table
 MF. Hays offernd tha follou,;pr op,on d,oo,t to the amendment:
 /" Amend by saving after the words Cairo and its branches" read, and Mir. Hill moved to lay the "amendment and the amendment to the amendment on the table" On which mo- ton MT. Hays called for the yeas and nays. which were ordered and the vote stood: yeas A., nays A.
 So the amendment, and the amendment to the amendment were Lid on the table
 MT. Mccoy offered the following amendment.
 1" Amend the bill by striking out the word railroad" wherever it occurs, and insert in lieu thereof the following, to-wit:
 That the fund referred to in said bill shall be equally divided among the different cuunties of the State of Arkansas according to the white population of each county, for the purpose of improving the roads in said countless: read. and on motion of MT. Embre the House adjourned until o'clock to- morrow morning.
 Satuday Dec. 18
 House met
 Prayer by the Chaplain.
 MT. Craighead offered the following resolu. ton:
 Res0lced That select committee of three be appointed to investigate the official conduct of Capt. John w. Buckner, a member of the first board of swamp land commissioners, and report on the same. Read and adopted, and Mes'rs. Craighead, Carroll and Hill, were ap pointed said committee
 MT. Hill moved the suspension of the reou l ar order of business to enable him to make report which motion prevailed, and Mir. Mont gomery was called to the chair
 Mir. Hill then submitted the renort of the select committee raised by the House to inves- tigate the official conduct of the several swamp land agents; which was read
 The report is too long to copy into the pro- ceedngs
 MT. Couch moved the adoption of the report. when debate sprung up, which lasted until near the hour of II o'clock, at which time the two houses had resolved to % into the election of the varions swamp land agents for the sev eral swamp lana districts.
 Mir. Farmer moved to take a recess for 10 minutes, when Mr. Thrower asked leave to make a statement. but said he would withdraw Ii It would tend to put off the election.
 Mr. Moss then renewed the motion to take A recess for 10 minutes in order to prepare the hall for the reception of the Senate, which mo. ton prevailed
 At the end of the time, the House was call. ed to order.
 On motion of Mir. Mitchell, the clerk was directed to inform the Senate, that the House of Representatives were now ready to receive them in their hall for the purpose of going in- to said election.
 The Senate now appeared in the hall of the House If Representatives
 Nominal ons for the Batesville swamp land district were made viz: M"ssrs. Alexander, Johnson and Gainer were put in nomination.
 The vote stood for Mr. Alexander. 52
 For MT. Johnson. 14.
 For MT Ganer. 20
 For the Clarksville swamp land district
 MT l.. C. Howell received on joint vote 96
 For the Little Rock swamp land district. the following gentlemen were put in nomination and received the following vote:
 Mir Halliburton had IA votes.
 MT. B. F. Owen had 45 votes.
 Mr. Jno. Hut had votes.
 Mr. Blakenev had votes.
 MT l. M Moore had 17 votes.
 For the Washington district: Mr. Killgore had 83 votes.
 Mr. Pegues had 3 votes
 For the Champagnolle district The follow ing is the vote:
 Mir Kelly had 67 votes
 Mr. Ashley had votes.
 MT Richardson had II votes.
 For the Helena district. The folowino is the vote:
 MT J. c. o. Smith had AZ votes.
 Mir Flournoy had 3l votes.
 Mr Mallory had votes.
 Adjourned until Monday morning ate O. clock
 House met
 The speaker announced that .he cbanIain was indisposed, and leave of absence was orant- ed to him.
 MT Speaker stated that the question nend- ing when the House adjourned on Saturday was on the motion to suspend the regular or der of business, to take up Senate amendment to House resolution to take recess until the 1lth January next, and that that was the ar. der before, and upon this question he vote was taken and division called for and pnon |. count the vote stood % to o4