Des Arc citizen., 1859-02-04
Arkansas Legislature.
[sySorsls or PROCEEDINGS l
SENATE,


 SENATE.
 THURSDAY, Jan. 20.--A message was re- ceved from the House informing the Senate that the House had assented to Senate hiil to amend the charter of the Cairo and Fulton Senate joint resolutionto provide for the bind- ing of the report of the Geological Survey of the State of Arkansas. Several House bills were also received for the action of the Sen ate.
 Mir. Terry presented s lengthy memorial from numerous citizens of Memphisin behalf Lof the Memphis and Little Rock railroad, which was read and referred to the commit tee on internal improvements. l Mir. Redmond, ftom the committee on in lternal improvs vsments, reported favorablv to Senate bill to permit the Memphis aud Little 1 Rock Railroad Company, and the Little Rock 1 and Fort Smith Railroad Company 10 conso!i- date said companies into one company, to be knownand called tho Central Pacific Rail- iroad Company. Report received and bill postpoueduntil tomorrow. MT. Redmond, from the committee on inter- lnalimprovements, reported favorably on Sem ate bill tosincorpofate the Des Are, Darda- nelle and Fort Smith Railroad Company. Re- lrort received and bill postponed until to- marrow.
 MT. Clark, from. the committee on tho land- cd Interests of the State, reported favorably | on House bill to authorize the Governor of this State to select certain lands and for other purposes. Report received and bill passed.
 Mir. Stirfaanin introduced billto aid in the construction of the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad. Referred to the committee on in- |ternal improvements
 HOUSE. THURSDAY, dan. 2o.-- Mir. Bcshoar offered a resolution instructing our Senators and re- questing our Representatives in Congress te use their influence to procure an appfopria- ton by Congress to improve White, Black and Current rivers, to rendor them safely, and at all seasons navigable from their mouths to the Missouri line, and that the Senate concur herein
 Read and amended, and on the auesti on of it's adoption 30 voted in tho affirmative and 34 in the negative. So the resolution as amcntl- ed was not adopted.
 MT Murphy offered resolution to instruct our Senators and request our Representatives in Congress, to Use their influence to procure an appropriation of S50,00O, to improve the |navigation Of lied River, uboec the laft to It. Towson.
 Read and amended, and Mir. Couch moved to lay the resolution and amendments on the ta- ble. on which motion the yeas and nays were called and ordered, and the vote stood: 36 yeas and 27 nays. So the resolution and amend- ments were laid on the table. Mir Reynolds asked and obtained leave to introduce memorial from citizens Of Mem lphis, Tennessee, in relation to the 40 miles of railroad completed between Hopeiield on N tfs Mississippi river, and Madison on the Saint Francis river, and in regard to the completion of the road between Madison and Little Rock. Read ndreceived, and referrcdto the commit tee on Internal Improvements.
 MT. Pennington introduced Honse bill No. 210, ito aid in the construction of railroads if. Pulaski county" Read threo times and passed.
 MT. Hill, from the select committee, to whom was referred House bill No. 226, ito change the time of holding the election for judge of the 9th judicial circnit of this State ,'' reported that the committee have considered the same, and have instructed me to re port the same back to the House and recommend it's passage. Report adopted, and bill read the third time and passed.
 Mir. Griffin introduced House bill No. 2S2, ''for the relief of persons who have lost or misIan their original certificates of entry un- der the saline and Internal improvement land acts of this State.v Read the first time.
 FRiDAy, Jan. 21.--Dn motion of Mir. Hill, amendments to the constitution proposed by the General Assembly in 1856, to-wit.
 No county now established by law shall be deemed or considered unconstitutional on atSo''h. VI tts Soukdlili5 icSs hEmutI Ol square miles than 9O0, i" was taken up and read the first time.
 MT. Speaker introduced House bill No. 286, Et to authorize and require the common school commissioner of Monroe county, Arkansas. to seil section 16, in I. 1, $. R. west of the 5th principal meridian.v Read three times and passed.
 SATURDAY, Jan. 22-Mr. Batchelor intro- duced House bill No. 292, concerning grand jurorsin Crittendeu county" Read twice and amended by adding the following counties within it's provisions, to-wit Lafayette, Hot Spring, Cilicot, Polk, Prairie, Jackson, Cal- houn, White, Clark, Madison, Ouachita, Union, Phillips, Montgomery and Scott.