Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-02
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tuesday, Feb. 15-continued. 0I o,Jl

Tuesday, Feb. 15-continued
 21 o'clock, P. NJ.
 House convened-quorum present.
 MT. Hill called up Senate bill No. POP, "to legalize the official acts of w. H. Blackwell, clerk of Perry county" Read three times and passed.
 Mir. Johnson of Pulaski presented pe- tition of the citizens of Helena, accompa- nied by House bill No. 3S5, to amend the charter of Helena" Read three times and passed.
 Ir. Barker called up House bill No. 296 " to define a portion of the line between the counties of Pope and Van Buren - Senate amendment read and concurred in Mr. West called up engrossed House bill No. 265, "to compensate judges and clerks of elections in certain cases" Senate amendment read and concurred in
 Mr. Reynolds introduced House bill No 3S5, "to incorporate the town of Des Arc in Prairie county Arkansas, and to repeal an act approved 18th December, 1854, to incorporate the same" Read three times and passed.
 Mr. Johnson, of Pulaski, called up Sen ate bill No. 176, to repeal in part an act to authorize the counties of Jackson, Craw- ford, Pope, Lafayette, Phillips, Crittenden, Monroe, Columbia and Pulaski, to levy road tax" Read three times and passed Mir. Pennington called up House bill No. 50, "to prevent fraud and oppression un der color of judicial process" Senate amendment was concurred in.
 MT. Beshoar presented the petition of l6 citizens of Randolph county, praying the passage of an act to compensate the owners and raisers of sheep, which was referred to the committee on petitions and memorials.
 Mr. Burns introduced House bill No. 3S6, to amend an act to. provide for the sale of the l6th section of the common school lands in the counties of Pulaski, lzard, Marion, Searcy, Bradley and Van | Buren," Read three times and passed
 Mr. McKean introduced House bill No. 3S7, "amendatory of the estray laws of this State" Read three times and pass ed
 Mr. Dunn called up Senate bill No. 1s0, to establish the county of Craighead - Read three times and passed. Mr. Johnson, of St. Francis, introduced House bill No. 3SS, "to incorporate the Richmond and Des Arc plank and turn pike road company" Read three times and | passed.
 | MT. Bussev introduced House bill No. 3S9, "to change the name of Frances Ma rion Avera, to that of Frances Marion Ma dera and constitute her lawful heir of Augustus Madeira of Union county - l Read three times and passed.
 Mir. Kilgore introduced House bill No. 390, "for the benefit of the estate of G. w. Underhll, deceased" Read three times and passed.
 Message from the Senate by their secre- tary.
 Mr. Venable called up House bill No l07, "to repeal an act declaring Buffalo fork of White river navigable stream" !" House refused to concur in the Senate amendment thereto.
 "to incorporate the Washington county mechanical association" Read three times and passed
 Mr. Speaker introduced House bill No. 392, "to repeal in part an act to authorize the counties of Jackson, Crawford, Pope, Lafayette, Phillips, Crittenden, Monroe, Columbia and Pulaski, to levy road tax, and for other purposes. Read three times and passed
 Mr. Hill called up Senate bill Mo- 207, to incorporate the Dardanelle female in stitute." Read three times and passed.
 Reports from several internal improve, ment commissioners were presented and referred.
 House adjourned until tomorrow morn ing 9t o'clock.
 Wednesday,, Feb. 18th.
 House met
 Prayer by the Chaplain.
 House bill No. 363, "f for the relief o Elliott H. Fletcher of Mississippi county J was taken up, and read three times ana passed.
 Mr. Lyles offered a joint resolution r relation to grant of lands from Congress in 1928, and asking an extension of the time for locating donation claims under said act, etc Read three times and adopt ed.
 Mr. Johnson, of Desha, offered resolu tion asking for tri-weekly mail in foul horse coaches, from Pine Bluff by Monti cello and Hamburg to Bastrop in Louisia na. Read three times and adopted
 Various resolutions were offered, whicl were discussed with much animation, tn, most important of which was the follow ing:
 Mir. Shaver offered the following resolu } ton:
 Resolyed, That his excellency, the Gov ernor, be and he is hereby requested t, transmit to the House of Representative copies of the communications of the Speak CT of the House, President of the Senat and accompanying documents and papers on which his excellency's proclamation o , December 23d, 1858, was based Read an, adopted.
 Mr. Beshoar offered resolution in rela 5 tion to the remains of Hon. Joseph J. An thony, representative from Randolp f county, and who died in Little Rock on tn 4th December, 1887. Read and adopted
 Mr. Hays introduced House bill No. 39s Q "to prohibit persons from driving stoc s into the county of Crawford for the bene fit of range" Read first time, and on mo r tion of Mr. Barker, the bill was rejected