Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-01-26

| Mr Carlisle introduced House bill No 2eo to incorporate the Crooked Creek male and l female academy in the county of Marion ,,- Read three times and passed. MT. Mccoy presented three petitions from citizens of Newton county, praying the passaoe lsof law attaching portion of the county of Car roll to the county of Newton. accompanied by blll to carry out the prayer of the petitioners: and House bill No. 26l, " to attach a portion of the county of Carroll to the county of New ton,'' was read the first time, and on motion of Mr. Bunch, was rejected.
 Mfr Ihrower introduced House bill No. 262
 10 require tax to be levied and collected on all moneys invested in bonds, bills. notes, etc., Read twice and referred to the committed on the judiciary
 Mr. Abbott introduced House bill No. 263,
 Tor the more eifectual prevention of arson. ana also to repeal sections 3. f. j, and '. of article ]. part }, of chapter 51 of Goud's Di- Sest." Read twice. and Mr. Mcconnell object td, and moved reference of the bill to the committee on the judiciary, which motion pre- vailed.
 Mr. Hill called up Senate bill No. 22, to effectually prevent the circulation of bank notes and bills in this State"
 Read the second time.and Mr. Mitchell nov ed to amend the last line of the first section by striking out the word "twentv, and insert. ing in lieu thereof the word "ten," which was | read
 Mr. Hill moved to lay the amendment upon the table upon which motion, Mr. Barker call. ed for the yeas and nays which were ordered, and the roll being called :he vote stood: yeas 2l, nays 39
 S. the motion to lay on the table did not prevail.
 Mr. Edwards offered the following amend ment, to-wit:
 Amend the amendment by striking out the word "ten" and inserting in lien thereof the word fifty" which was read and Mr. Couch moved to lay the amendment on the table, Mr. Hill called for the yeas and nays, which were ordered, and the amendment laid on the table hy vote Of yeas 45, nays 16 On motion of Mir. Moss, the amendment of fered by Mir. Mitchell was then adopted
 Mr. Murphy offered the following amend ment to-wit
 Amend by eXemptng Lafayette county from The provisions of the bill'' which was read, and on the question of its adoption, division was called for, and upon a count 16 voted in tue affirmative, and fl in the negative. | Amendment lost.
 MT. Lyles offered the following amendment, to- wit
 "Amend the penalty clause by the follow ing: By saying shall be fired in any sum not less than Sl, nor more than S3 25, which was read and laid on the table.
 Mir. Mitchell moved to amend by striking out the " second Secton' of the bill. and upon the question of the adoption of this amend mend, Mr. Hill called for the yeas and nays, 1 winch were ordered, and the vote stood: yeas 5l, nays ZI. So the amendment was adopted.
 On motion of MT. Green, the bill and amend ments were referred to the committee on the l judiciary.
 l Mir. Macon introduced House bill No. 254. '' to protect the peoples rights and hold cnun- ty officers to proper accountablitv" Read twice and referred to the committee on the u- dietary
 Mr. Barker introduced House bill No. 2G5. to compensate judges and clerks of elections in Pope county"
 Read twice, and amended by adding the fnl- lowing counties within the provisions of the hll, to-wlt: Lafayette Benton. Washington. Crttenden, Clark, Ouachita, Yell, White, Perry, Ca lhonn. Phillips Union, Independence Ran dolph, Greene and Ashley Mir. Mcconnell moved to amend by strik ing ont $1 where it occurs in the bill. and insert in lieu thereof 75 cents, and to make the bill general one in its provisions, which was read
 Mr. LyIes moved to lay the amendment on the table upon which motion the vote was ta- ken; 30 voted in the affirmative and 24 in the negative. So the amendment was laid on the table,
 MT. Hammond offered to amend by adding Jackson cou0tv within the provisions of the | bill. Read and adopted.
 MF. Carroll offered to amend hv increasing the per diem to 21 9, and all the counties in the State be placed nnder the provisions of the l hll; which was read, and MT. Charles moved | to lay the amendment on the table, which mo- 1 ton prevailed by vote of 3l yeas to 26 nays. So the amendment was laid on the table. The bill was then amended bv adding the following counties within its provisions. so wi>. Dallas, Fulton and Chicot. and ordered to be ongrosSed and made the special order of the day for Thursday next at 12 A. M Mir West introduced Honse bill No. 2bG "to euable William Clark anA Frances E. Clark. minor heirs of Clayton Clark. deceased. to choose a gnardian' Read twice and referred tp the committee on the in lciarv.
 House adjourned until tomorrow morning 9o'clock
 | Wednesday, Jun. 19.
 House met.
 The Chaplain was absent on account of sick ness.
 On motion of Mr Mcconnell, MT. Tavlor was placed unon the same committees that Hon. John H. Torbett was upon before his death.
 Mr. Hammond offered the following joint esoiution No. 48, to-wit:
 Reso7Ued by He General Assembly Of He State of ArhHnsas. That our Senators be instructed. and our Representatives in Congress be request ed, to use their influence to procure the cstah- lishment of a mail ronte bv faur horse stage coaches. from Madison, in St Francis county, via Augusta in Jackson county, to Searcv in White county. Read three times and adopt ed
 On motion of MT. Gordon. Mir Hays and MT. Mcconnell were added to the select commit- tee, to whom was referred House bill No 254, " to exempt the counties of Benton, Crawford and Sebastian from tho operation of an act en- titled an act to prevent the sale of spurious liquors and wines to Indians" etc.
 Mr Killgorc was added to the committee on the peniteniary.
 Mir. Hefington offered the following joint resolution No 49, viz:
 Reso7ve1 by tte GeneraI Assembly of Me State cf Arkansas, That our Senators in Congress be instructed and our Representatives be request ed, to procure thees tabishment of a mail route from Hot Springs in Hot Spring county. to Cad do post office in Montgomery county, twice week on horse back-a distance of 40 miles, Read three times and adopted.
 Mr. Hemmingway offered joint resolution No. 5O, to amend the constitution, viz:
 lst. That the qualified voters of this State, shall elect Secretary of State who shall hold hls office for two years and until his successor is elected and qualified
 I'd. That the qualified voters of this State shall ele't an Auditor for the State. | 3d. That the qualified voters of this State shall elect 4 Treasurer for the State.
 4th. T hat the last caIse of section 13 arti- cle 6, tile judicial department" be repealed and the following substituted in it's place, to- wit:
 There shall be elected by ihe qualified vc- ters ot this State, an attorney general for the State who shall hold his office for the term of two years, and until his successor in office is duly elected and qualifei. He shall be the