Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-20
Arkansas Legislature.
TsYNoPsIs OF PROCEEDINGS.
SENATE

 joint resolution:
 ResolUed, By the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That our Senators ill Congress be instructed and our Repre- sentatyes requested 10 procure the passage of an act of Congress confirming all the sales of any of the public lands in the State of Arkansas, made under the gradu- ation act, lying within the limits of any of the railroad grants. Adopted.
 MT. Clark introduced Senate Bill No 24, 10 raise fund for common school pur- poses. Read twice and referred 10 the committee on the judiciary.
 Senate bill No. 10 to relieve certain purchasers of land from this State, was read a third time and passed.
 On motion of MT. Terry, House bill No. l3, relative to the opening of the terms of the supreme court was taken up and read.
 MT. Terry offered an amendment that four terms of said court shall be held, to- wit: on the first Mondays in January, April, July and October, which was adopt ed, and the bill referred 10 the committee on the judiciary.
 MT. Carrigan introduced Senate bill No. 9, to amend the law under the head of estrays. Read twice and referred to the committee on the judiciary.
 MT. McCulloch introduced Senate bill No. 26 to repeal sec. 3 chapter 5l of the Digest, under the head of trespass on per sonal property. Read twice and referred to the committee on the judiciary.
 Mir. Clark introduced Senate bill No. 27, to amend chapter l2 of the Digest, in relation 10 the punishment of slaves for felonies. Read twice and referred to the committee on the judiciary.
 WEDNESDAY, Nov l0.-The President laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of State, to the effect that the amendments to the constitution proposed last session had been published according to law.
 Mir. Clark introduced Senate bill No. 30 to levy tax on deadly weapons.
 Note by reporter. The bill provides for tax of five dollars on each pistol, bowie-knile, etc., owned by any person during the year.)
 Mir. Hammond moved to umcnd by striking out owned' and inserting "car- rled.' Adopted.
 Mir. Stirman moved to amend by strilS- ing out " five dollars" and inserting "twenty dollars.''
 Mir. Redmond moved to amend by in- sening Sl00
 MT. Clark moved to lay the amendment of MT. Redmond on the table, on which motion the yeas and nays being called, stood: Yeas, 9, Nays, l3. So the mo. ton to lay on the table was lost
 MT. Pennington offered as an amend ment that nothing in the bill should be so constructed as to prevent sherfs or other officers from carrying weapons in discharge of their duties. Adopted.
 The bill was then ordered to be en- grossed.
 On motion of MT. Hammond, Senate joint resolution relative to the Pacific Rail- road and the 35th parallel was read, de- bated and postponed. A message was received from the House stating that they were ready for the re- ceplion of the Senate to go into the eIec- ton of United States Senator and Su- preme Judge.
 The Senate then proceeded 10 the House when in joint convention they proceeded to vote for U. S. Senator MT. Sebas- tian received the unanimous vote of the Senate as follows:
 Messrs. Carrigan, Clark, Davies, Doug las, Floyd, Gaines, Hammond, Hampton, Humphreys, Jones, Marshall, McCreery, McCulloch, Pennington, Redmond, Ros- son, Smithson, Strman, Trimble, Wat kins, Williams and MT. President-22.
 C. c. Scott received the same vote for Judge of the Supreme Court.
 THURSDAY, Nov. 1l.-Mr. Humphreys from the committee on counties and coun- ty lines, reported back the proposed amendment to the constitution relative to the formation new counties, and recom- mended that it should be read.
 MT. Pennington 'ofered the following amendments
 And that no county hereafter establish | ed shall be so formed as to reduce any old | county so that the county line of such old county shall be less than twelve miles from the county seat thereof; which was read, discussed and the whole referred to the committee on counties and county lnes
 FRIDAY, Nov. 12.-Mr. Marshall moved to take up Senate bill No. IF, to provide for the ad Uolorenp valuation of real estate, to which the committee on ways and means had reported adversely, and on his motion, the same was referred to the committee on the judiciary.
 Mir. McCreery introduced Senate bill No. 33. for the promotion of the agricol- tural and mechanical interests of the State.
 Read twice and referred to the com muee on agriculture.
 Mir. Floyd introduced Senate bill No. 34, to prevent persons from hiring slaves 10 work and perform manual labor on the Sabbath day without the consent or the owner or oveIseer. Read twice and re- ferred 10 the committee on the judiciary.
 SATURDAY, Nov. 13.-Mr. Gaines in- troduced Senate bill No. 37, to amend the law in relation to cut-offs. Read twice and referred to the committee on swamp and oyerfowed lands