Des Arc citizen., 1859-02-11
Arkansas Legislature.
SYNOPSIS or pRooEEnINes.
HOUSE

FhIpAy, Jan. 2S. -House bill No. 147 ,lssto l remove the free negroes and muattoes from this State,'' which had been ordered to be en- l gfosscd, and made the special order of the day for II o'clock, was now taken up and amend cd, read the third time and passed. M 1 ! SArUEDAy, Jan 29s-- Mir. Green, from the committee on the judiciary, to whom was re- ferred House Bin No. 156, s'sto regulate the duties of assignees of propertyfor payments of debts,v reported that the committee have con sidered the same, ,sand have instructed me tc report the same back to the House with amendments, and recommend it's passage l Read and received, and.on motion of MT Stuart, was adopted. The amendments wer' l then read and adopted, and the bill ordered tt be engrossed and made the special order o the day for lst February next. l On motion of Mir. Mitchell, the House took arecess for 15 minutes to allow the hall to bt 1 put in order for the reception of the Senate | to 20 into the election of an sAuditor of pub | lie accounts and Treasurer for the State.o At the expiration of which time, the House was called to order, and the clerk directed to inform the Senate that the House of Represen- tatiyes was now ready toreceiye them in their 1 hall.
 The Senate appeared in the hall of the House.
 Nominations for Auditor were announced to be in order. g# 4fs @ MT. Bunch nominated William R. Miller, < I There was no other nomination.. MT. Mil
 Ter received 67 votes in the House, and. Billy Patterson received one vote.
 In the Senate, MT. Miller received % votes, I making on joint vote,. S9 votes for Mr. Miller, l Billy Patterson one vote. W MT. Miller was announced duly elected Au- l ditor OF Public accounts for the State Of Ar kansas, for and during the term of two years. l Nominations for Treasurer were announces ed to be in order. ss
 MT. Redmond of the Senate, nominated John Quindlcy
 Mn McCammon of the House, nominated
 Those members who voted for John Quind- l ley. are
 l Messrs. Abbott, Barker, Beshoar, Brewster, Bunch. Bussey Carlisle, Carroll, Cbilders, Cook, Farmer, Fitzpatrick, Ford, Gray, Green, l Hays, Hetington, Hill, Jacoway, Johpsonsof Desha, Kilgore, Macon, Murphy, Mccoy, I McRae, Neal, Newton, Roberts, Robertson, l Weir and Williaus,.. votes. In tic Senate Quindley had d........ ) votes. Joint.... ....s.....,.... ...... ...... 26 | Those members who voted for John II. I Crease, arc | Messrs. Andersen 5oe Phillips, Batchelor, Bateman, Baxter, Couch, Craighead, Craw- l ford, Doak, DufFie, Dnval, Edwards, Garland, Gordon. Hammond, Hemingway, Jeffrey, l Lyles Mitchell Montgomery, Moss, McCam. mon, Me Cornell, MeKean, Pennington. Rey- nolds. Savage, Stuart, Wilson, West and MT. Speaker, being ...... ............ .... 50 votes. l In the Senate MT. Crease had.... ....13votes. I Joint yote...... ...... ...... ,s..8..s.33
 Mr. Quindley was announced duly elected State Treasurer for the term of two years.
 SENATE. THURsDAy, Jan. 27.--The Senate went into committee of the whole, to consider of Sen ate bilto aid in the construction of the diff ferent railroads in this State. After some time spent in discussion, the committee rose and through their chairman, reported progress, and asked to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject; which report was adopted and the committee accordingly discharged. ~ 8Hgfs. | MT. Rosson, from the committee on Audi | tor's and Treasurer's books, presented a lengthy report, setting forth the result of the committee's examination and investigation of said books. The report commended in high terms the incumbents of those offices. Three hundred copies oft were ordered to be printed. Mir. Redmond introduced bilto be enti- l tied an act for the benefit of the estate of l George W. Underhill, deceased Referred to the committee on the Judiciary. | FRIDAY, Jan. 28--Hons bill to prohibit the further emancipation of slaves in this State was taken up and unanimously passed 1 House billto provide for the assessment of all lands at a true value, was taken up and dis cnssed at length, but before vote was taken on it's passage, the Senate adjourned. | SATURDAY. Jan. 29.--Mr. Davies offered a resolution requesting the Auditor to furnish the Senate with tabular statement showing l the number of acres of land assessed for tax ation in each county in this State, with the average assessed value of said land per acre Adopted
 MT. Floyd introduced bill to legalize all pubic roads and highways. Passsd. Senate took recess.
 | At II o'clock agBin met, when a mcssag, l was received from the House informing tn Senate that the House was ready to go int the election of Auditor and Treasurer. Senate repaired to the hall of the House an the object of the convention being explained
 nominations for Auditor were declared in or
 der,
 l Mr. Bunch of the House, nominated Will liam R. Miller.
 No other nomination was made and MI
 Miller received 89 votes on joint ballot. All the senators present voted for MT. Nil Ter, viz: ap sl Messrs. Carrgan, Craighead, Davies, Doug i, Has. Floyd, Gaines Gould, Hammond, lone, [ Marshall, McCreery, McColloeh, MeckliI Pennington. Redmond, Rosson, Stirman, Ter, 2 Trimble, Watkins, Williams and Mr. Pres : dent-22.
 {, Tn the House MT. Miller received 67 votes ' So he was declared elected. D Nominations for State Treasurer being l, order, Mir. Redmond nominated John Quint !. ley, and Mir. McCammon of the House nom
 mated John H. Grease.
 No other nominations were made and tE n rolls being called it was ascertained that M y Quindley had received 46 votes and MT. Crea I43 votes on joint ballot. u Senators voting for MT. Qnindley:, , Messrs Floyd, Marshall, Pennington, Re
 mond, Stir1nan, Terry, Trimble, Williams al | Mir President FIeteher--9 e
 Senators voting for Mir. Crease:
 Messrs Carrigan, Ctaighead Davies, Dou
 Has. Gaines, Gould. Hammond, Jones, McCre = ry, McColloch, Mecklin, Rosson and Watki {, --i3. .sssA sf ts .H E54 tf.
 In the House MT. Quindley received 37 vol
 and Mir. Grease 30 votes.
 So John Quindley having received ma1o Is ty of all the votes cast, declared to be du
 and constitutionally elected Treasurer Of |
 State of Arkansas, for and during the term nd prescribed by law.
 It Is stated upon the authority of the be who have heard it, that eat, when her t he is pinched between door and post, utter
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