Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-12-01


 ton of Mr. Savage, the report was adopted, and the bill thereby rejected.
 Mr. Johnson, of Pulaski, from the commit tee on the judiciary, reported, that the commit tee to whom was referred House bill No. s, have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report it back, with sub stltute recommending the rejection of the bill and the passage of the substitute; which was read and received, and on motion of Mr. Grif- fin, the report was adopted, and the.original bill thereby rejected
 Substitute House bill No. 136. "to prohibit the emancipation of slaves" was read the first time; and on motion of Mir. Barker. the bill was ad second time.
 Mir. McCammon moved to amend the bill by inserting in section ? after the word "shall'' in the third line, the word ' hereafter"
 on the adoption of this amendment the vote was taken, division was called for, and upon a count, the vote stood 26 in the affirmative and oo Tn the negative. So the amendment was lot adopted
 Mr. Dulie moved to reconsider the vote just 'aNen on the adoption of the report; which did not prevail.
 On motion of Mir. Barker, the bill was read 'hird time and passed.
 U" motion of Mir Baxter, the regular order oi business was suspended to enable him to in- troduce a bill, viz.
 house bill No. 137, "providing for the assess ment oi all lands at true value;" which was rea1 twice, and referred to the committee on the judiciary
 on motion of Mr. Fitzpatrick, the regular order of business was suspended to enable him to introduce bll viz:
 House bill No. l38, to amend an act to grant charter to Geo. w. Robertson and Blake Little t)r the purpose of erecting and building toll bridges on the Batesv.lle road across LAn- guile river, Brushy Lake, Forked Slough, and Bayou Deview, in Poinsett county, Arkansas, which was read twice and referred to select committee of three.
 Mir. Johnson, of Pulaski from the commit tee on the judiciary, reported that the commit tee to whom was referred House bill No. 40. have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to reportit back with amend ment, and recommend its passage, which was read and received, and the amendment adopted. Mir. Johnson of Pulaski, from the commit tee on the judiciary, reported that the commit tee to whom was referred House bill No. 99, have lad the same under consideration, and have instructed me to reportit back and recom- mend its rejection; which read and ceived; and on motion of MT. Griffin the report was adopted, and House bill No. 99, q to repeal section 16, Chapter 169, of Gould's Digest" was thereby rejected.
 House adjourned till tomorrow morning o'clock.
 Ffday, Nov 26, 1858.
 House met. Prayer by the Chaplain On motion of Mr. Hemmingway, the regular order of business suspended, and the unfn- shed business was taken up.
 Mr. Enforce introduced a resolution that no new bills shall be introduced, except by leave, or from committees after the 9th day of Decem. Der next; and on motion of MT. Qua7les it was laid on the table,
 Mir. Johnson, of Pulaski, from the commit tee on the judiciary, reported that the commit tee to whom Was referred House bill No. 66, have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back with amendments and recommend its passage which was read and received; and on motion of Mir. Qnares was adopted and the amendments read a second time; and on motion tie counties of Ashley, Pope, Jefferson, Union, Ouachita and Clark, were excepted from the operation of the provisions of the bill.
 On motion of Mr, Hemmin9way, the bill as amended was ordered 10 be made the order of the day for tomorrow at II o'clock, A. M, in committee of the whole House.
 Mr. Green, from the committee on the iudi- cary, reported fayorably on House bill No. no, and recommended its passage; which was read and received, and on motion of MT. Edwards was adopted.
 Mr. Suart, from the committee on petitions and memorials, reported tavorably on the peti- ton uf Gray C. Brown; and the committee instructed him to report substitute for the ori- gnal bill, and rec)mmeni its passage; which was read three times and passed.
 Mir. Stuart from the same committee, to whom was referred the petition of the mayor and aldermen of the city of Little Rock, have had the same under consideration, and recom- mend the prayer of the petitioners b, granted; and have instructed me to report bill and re- commend its passage; which was read tw,e
 Mir. Stuart from the same committed to whom was referred the petition of the citizens of Clark county, praying the General Assembly to memoraIiZe Congress for the relief of certain persons that entered lands belonging to the Cairo and Fulton railroad company under in- struction of the commissioner of the general land office, have had the same under considera- ton, and recommend that the prayer of the pe- titioners be granted, and have instructed me to report resolutions; which was read three times and passed.
 Mir, Stuart, from the same committee. re- ported untavorably on the petition of sundry merchants of 3aJesville, asking a modification in assessing and collecting taxes from merchants, which was read and received; and Mr. McKean, from the same committee made minority re- pnrt, which was read. The majority report was adopted and the prayer of the petitioners re- jected.
 Mr. Stuart from the same committee. to | was ref of I..-. Der ot citizens of Conway county, for the be- neft ofJ. D. Clifton recommend that the praver oi the petitioners be granted, and have instruct ed me to report bill and recommend it's pas sage; winch Was read and received, and report adopted, and House bill No 14l. 'f for the re- let ot John D. Clifton in Conway county, Ar kansas" was read twice; when several amend- ments were offered and adopted; and on motion the bill and amendments were laid on the table till 4th July next.
 Mir. Lyes from the committee on the iudi- ciary to whom was referred House bill No. 23. '" to amend the attachment laws of this State.'' have had the same under consideration. and re- commend the rejection of the original bill. and reported substitute and recommend its passage: which was read and received and the substitute bill was read.
 Mr. Edwards, from the same committee, made a minority report, which was read, aud
 On motion of MT. Lyles, the report of the majority of the committed was adopted, and the original bill No. 23, was thereby rejected.
 On motion of Mir. Anderson, of Phillips, the House adjourned until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.
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