Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-01-05
Mir. Dunn offered tho following resolution:

the resolution by leave oI the Touse
 Mir. Abbott asked and obtained leave of ab- sence for several days on account of ndisposi- ton of his family
 Mr. Batchelor asked and obtained leave of absence.
 Mr. Embree asked and obtained leave of ab- sence for few days in consequence of indispo- sition in his family.
 MT. Hill asked and obtained leave of absence for 10 or 15 days on account of indisposition of his familv
 MT Craighead asked and obtained leave of absence.
 Mir Robertson asked and obtained leave of absence on account of indisposton in his fami- lv.
 Mr. Mchean objected, and the que e,tion was then taken, and the objection overruled
 Mr. Johnson of Pn1as1i, asked and obtained leave to offer the following reso'ution:
 hesH'ref by the Senote and House Of Repre- sentaf'res, That recess ba taken by the Gen. eral Assembly, from the 221 inst, nntil the Sd or January; which was read. and Mr. Brewster olPred the following amendment, to-wit:
 Amend by saying from the 24th December, 1858, 10 3d January, 1859; oh was read and on motion of Mir. Abbott was laid on the table.
 Mr. Hays offered the following amendment, to-wit:
 Amend by saving 1Oth of January, instead of 3 of Januarv:" which was read and on motion of Mir. Brewster, was laid on the ta. ble.
 Mr. Dunn offered the solowing as a substi tute for the original resolution:
 Besol0ea That this General Assembly take rece 's from the 21st inst, until January 3d 1859, provided that no member shall be allow ed to draw his per diem pay. unless detained at the capital; which was read and MT. Mnr- phy moved to lay the substitute on the table, on which motion, MT Craighead ca He'd for the yeas and nays, and the call was sustained, hut before the call of the roll was commenced Mir. Dunn asked and obtained leave to withdraw his substitute
 Mr McCammon offered the following amend ment:
 Amend by approprating S4O0OO out of the treasury for pocket money for the benefit of the members, to be divided per capite;" which was read, and on motion of Mr. Green was laid on the table. The question then came up on the adoption of the original resolution, on which Mir. Bar ker called for the yeas and nays, which were ordered.
 Those members who voted in the affirmative were
 Messrs. Abbott Batchelor, Baxter Cook, Craighpad, Crawford, Doak Dunn, Duval, Elm, hree, Fitzpatrick, Green, Griffin, Hammond Hemmingwav, Hill, Johnson of Desha, John. son of Pulaski. Johnson of St. Francis, Kill. gore, Moss Mcconnell, McRae, Newton, Rev holds, Robertson, Stuart, Thrower, and Weir 20
 Those members who voted in the negative were
 Messrs. Barker, Bateman, Brewster Bunch, Burns, Carlisle Carroll, ChiIders Dufie. Ed, wards, Ford Garland Gordon, Gray. Hays, Hefington, Jeffrey, Mitchell, McCammon. Me- Coy, McKean Roberts. Shaver, Vaughan, Ven able, Williams, West and Mir. Speaker-30. So the resolution was not adopted
 Mir. Beshoar was excused from voting
 MT. Hill asked to be excused from voting, which was not granted.
 Mir. Baxter moved to take up House bill No. 1 137, providing for the assessment of all lands at a true value;;'' which had been made the special order of the day at 10 o'clock, and the bill was taken up. Mir Baxter moved to make it the srecial or. der Of the day for Sd January, 1859, at 10 o'clock, A. M
 Mr. Abbott moved to indefinitely postpone the bill, on which motion Mir. Williams called ''' ' Those members who voted in the affirmative were
 Messrs. Abbott Duffie, Dunn, Garland, Grif- fin, Hays, Hemingway, Johnson of Desha. Johnson of St. Francis, Killgore, Moss, Me Cannon, Mckean, Reynolds, Roberts on and ThrOwer-16.
 Those members who voted in the negative were
 Messrs. Batche'or, Barker, Bateman, Beshoar. Brewster, Bunch. Burns Carroll, Childers, Cook. Crawford, Doak, Duval, Edwards, Elm bree Ford Gray Green, Hammond, Heffilg- ton, Jeffrey, Johnson of Pulaski, Mitchell Mont gomery, Murphy, Mcconnell, Mccoy. McRae. Newton, Roberts, Stuart, Vaughan, Venable, Williams West, and Mr. Speaker-37.
 So the motion to indefinitely postpone the bill did not prevail
 Mir. Baxter then withdrew his motion to make the bill the special order for the 3d January, 1859.
 Mir. Abbott moved to make the bill the or der of the day for the 18th of January, 1859.
 On which motion, Mr. Mcconnell called for the yeas and nays, which were ordered MT. Venahe moved call of the House. which was sustained, and the call of the roll was commenced, when quorum appearing in the bar of the House, the further call was sus- pended.
 The question then came up on the motion to make the bill the special order of the day for January l5, 1859, which was negatived by a vote of F to s.
 So the motion did not prevail
 Mr. Duthe moved to postpone the further consideration of the bill until Sd of January, 1859 which motion did not prevail
 On motion of Mr. Baxter the bill was then raa aI ho hirlt o,I, IL. f its passage, the vote was taken and a division called for, and upon a count no quorum vot- ing Mir Speaker directed call of the yeas and nays, and the roll being called, the vote st ,od: yeas 43, nays 13.
 So the bill was passed.
 Mir. Johnson of Pulaski, asked and obtained leave of absence
 Mir. Baxter asked and obtained leave of ab- sence.
 MT. Johnson of St. Francis, asked and obtain ed leave of absence from 24th December to Sd of January
 MT. Hammond asked and obtained leave of absence for few days.
 Mir. Duffie asked and obtained leave of ab- seEce fn, few days Mir. Reynolds asked and obtained leave of absence for few days on account of indsposi. tion of his family.
 MT. hllgore asked and obtained leave of ab. sence for few days
 MT Barker moved to adjourn until o'clock tomorrow m' rnng, which motion did not pre- vail.
 Mir. Mitchell asked and obtained leave of ab- sence for the principal clerk of the House for 10 days.
 Mir. McCammon submitted the following written motion:
 "lnasmuch as this House is now reduced below quorum, respectfully ask leave of ab- sence for a short time"
 Mir. McKean objected, and the vote was ta- ken and division called for, and nn count, 49 voted in the affirmative, and one in he ne- gative. So the leave of absence asked for was granted.
 The House then resumed the consideration of the amendment to House bill No 224
 Mir. Weir moved to lay the bill and amend ments on the table.
 MT. Speaker announced that there was no quorum present. Mir. Green moved to take recess until half past o'clock but quorum appearing within the bar of the House, withdrew his motion, and the vote was then taken on NJ. Weir's motion to table the bill and amendments, which l l ,