Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-02
Tuesday,, Feb. 15.


 the committee on counties and county lines Adjourned.
 Tuesday, Feb. 15. Senate met.
 Prayer, etc.
 Message from the Governor and also from the House communicating information a the approval by the former of certain bi'S and of the passage by the latter of sundN House bills.
 Pursuant to order, Senate bill to aid rail- roads was taken up. Mr. Marshall moved to lay the bill on the table till the 4th of July next; which motion prevailed by a vote of 10 yeas to 9 nays.
 (This bill authorized the subscribing of swamp lands as stock in railroads in this State.)
 Mr. Floyd introduced bill concerning dispositions to be read as evidence. Refer red to the judiciary committee.
 MT. Redmond bill to incorporate the foreign labor emigration company of Hell ena. Read twice
 On motion of Mir. Davies, the bill was amended by adding the following section:
 Be a ttrther enacted That if there are any rights, or privileges, or benefits that might in any way be valuable to said com pany they are hereby granted
 On motion of Mir. Askew, the blank in the first section of the bill was filled with the following names to compose the com pany proposed to be incorporated, viz;
 Hezekiah Bussey of Union county, J. $. Homer of Phillips, w. w. Floyd of Johnson, F. P. Redmond of Monroe, Sam. T. Abbott of Ouachita, Thomas K. Smith of Columbia and William Q. Pennington of Pulaski county
 On motion of MT. Terry, the bill was then referred to the committee on memo rials
 Mr. McColloch introduced a bill for an act to graduate the price of the swamp lands. Read twice.
 On motion of Mir Stirman, the words three hundred and twenty" were stricken out of the bill and C one hundred and six ty," inserted in lieu thereof
 The bill passed by the following vote:
 YEAs-Messrs. Askew, Carrigan, Clark, Davies, Douglas, Floyd, McCreerv, Me Colloch, Redmond, Pennington, Stirman, Terry ana lflmDle-I0.
 NAYs- Messrs. Craighead, Gaines, Gould, Hammond, Jones, Marshall, Meek lin, Watkins and Mr. President-9
 (This bill proposed to give to each per son making an improvement on any of the unsold swamp lands in this State, pre- emption right to enter 160 acres at ten cents per acre, hence 1t took the name of the ''ten cent biH," and by that name put to flight many scampos of the House of Rep resentatives, causing the House to be left without quorum at the heel of the session, and thereby defeating the passage of sever, al very important bills.)
 Mr. Carrigan introduced a bill to en- courage the Louisiana, Arkansas and Tex as navigation company.
 This bill proposed to donate to said com pany a quantity of the swamp lands to aid in removing the raft in Red river; which proposition did not suit the {" Senator from Mississippi" (Mr. Craighead ) so he nov ed to reject the bill and the motion pre- vailed by vote of 15 yeas to nays.
 Mir. Clark introduced a bill to create the seventh judicial circuit Discussed while and postponed for the present.
 MT. Gould introduced bill supplement tary to an act entitled an act to graduate the price of the swamp lands.
 Read twice, and Mir. Carrigan moved its indefinite postponement; which motion was lost by vote of s to IA
 Before any further motion was made\the Senate took recess till evening. Evening Session.
 Senate met at 2 o'clock. Roll called.
 Ir. Gould introduced bill for an act to quiet certain entries of swamp lands.- Referred to the committee on swamp and overlowed lands. Mir Jones a bill to change the name of Mary Jane Wilson to Charlotte Ann Will llams, and to constitute her lawful heir of Henry Williams. Passed.
 Mir. Trimble bill to extend the time of the sheriffs in taking the census or enumera- ton of the inhabitants of this State. Re- ferred to the judiciary committee.
 Mir. McColloch bill to authorize the incorporated railroad companies in this State to consolidate, etc. Read twice and referred to committee on internal improve ments
 On motion of MT. Davies, Senate bill to arrange the senatorial districts and ap- portion representatives to the General As sembly, was taken up, and read the second time
 Mir. Askew offered the following as sub- stitute, to-wit:
 Be it enacted 6y he General Assembly of the Stote of Arkansas, That until the next enumeration of this State under the con stitution the apportionment of senators and representatives passed at the session of 1854, be and the same is hereby re-enact- ed and declared to be in full force for the next four years; which substitute was in- definitely postponed by vote of 16 to 8. The bill then passed without amendment. Mr. Hammond, from the committee on swamp and overhowed lands, reported fa- vorably to Senate bill to hasten the sale of swamp and overhowed lands and the con struction of levees for the reclamation of the same, with amendments; which were adopted and the bill passed by vote of Is yeas to nays.
 Senate adjourned
 Wednesday, Feb. 16.
 Senate met.
 Prayer, roll called and journal read
 Mir. Floyd presented the petition of sun dry citizens of Arkansas county, accompa- nied by bill to authorize J s. Mayberry, administrator of R. D. Owen, deceased to sell certain land in said county. Passed.
 Pursuant to order, Senate bill to preserve and protect the rights of the State to cer- tain lands was taken up.
 MT. Gould offered long amendment, which was adopted and the bill passed.
 On motion of Mir. Stirman, the vote on the passage of Senate bill to graduate the price of the swamp lands, was reconsider ed
 Mir. Craighead moved to rocommit the bill to the committee on swamp and over- flowed lands; which motion prevailed by l2 yeas to 10 nays.
 Mir. Davies, from the committee on