Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-02-02
Legislative Proceedings.
SENATE.

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 Senate met Preliminary business transact ed.
 Pursuant to order of yesterday, Senate bill Smith railroad company was taken up. and af- ter amending it by striking out the 18th section, it was passed.
 Senate bill to permit the Memphis and Little Rock railroad company and the Little Rock and Fort Smith railroad company to consolidate said companies into one company to be known and called the Central Pacific railroad company was also taken up, and after being amer d ed and discussed, was passed by the following vote:
 YEAS Messrs. Carrigan, Clark. Douglas, Floyd, Gaines, Hammond, Jones, McColoch, Mecklin, Redmond, Stirman, Terry, Trimble and Watkins-14.
 NAYs-Messrs. Craighead, Davies, Marshall. McCreery, Pennington, Rosson, Williams and Mir. President---9.
 A message was received from the Goveror, informing the Senate that he had approved and signed "an act to exempt Jefferson ard Ran dolph counties from the operations of an act entitled an act to authorize the county courts of Jefferson, Scott, Sebastian, Chcot, Hemp stead and Randolph counties to levy road tax and for other purposes, approved January 18th,
 
 General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, incorporating the Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas navigation company" and an act to amend the charter of the Cairo and Fulton railroad company
 The Governor also transmitted to the Senate a copy of a communication giving official in formation of the death of Hon. c. c. Scott, associate justice of the supreme court, informing the Senate. at the same time, that it devolved upon the General Assembly to fill the vacancy caused thereby.
 Senate adjourned.
 Saturday. Jan. 22d. Senate met. . Prayer by Rev. D. L. G. Mckenzie.
 After the roll was called and the journal read, MT. President laid before the Senate the resignation of Hon. J. P. Humphreys, State Senator from the counties of Crawford and Franklin, to-wit:
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 January l7h, 1959.S HoN. THOMAS FLETCHER, ...--.
 President of the Senate-
 DEAR SIR: ! have been informed since 1 came home that some of my Crawford county constituents are displeased with me for opposing the reopening the African slave trade, also, for opposing the selling of the free negroes into slavery, and inasmuch as believe I was right, and think so yet, there is but the one alterna- tive for me, and that is to resign. therefore offer to you my resignation as State Senator from the counties of Crawford and Franklin, and you can so inform the Governor at as early a day as you may think proper. Yours respectfully J. P HUMPHREYS. .o,,, o1,,tA cI- ing of the department at Washington city, through our delegation in Congress, the appoint ment of mail agents on the White river mail route Adopted.
 Mir. Pennington proposed an amendment to the 10th section of the 9th article Of the con- stltuton of this State, to-wit:
 "All civil actions cognizable before justices of the peace except suits by attachment shall be brought before a justice of the peace of the township in which the defendant resides, or if there be several defendants the action shall be brought in the township where one of them re. sides" Referred to the committee on the ju- dietary.
 | hlr. Gaines, from the committee on the ju- dietary, reported favorably to Senate bill to prevent parties from recovering more costs than 1 damages for trespass for slanderous words spo- | nOp, "HiCI was aihO"uo" "i'' P''"'0H' Mr. Gaines, from the same committee, re- ported favorably to Senate bill to constitute certain acts of individuals high misdem eanors; | which was also passed.
 | MT. Gaines, from the same committee, re-. ported favorably to House bill in relation to minors who have no guardians with an amend ment, which was adopted and the bill passed. A message was received from the House in- l forming the Senate that the House had passed, among other bills, the one to distribute the new Digest, after amending it to provide for furnish ing two copies of the same to the authorities of | the Seminole nation of Indians. A message from the Governor informed the Senate that he had approved and signed an act | to repeal in part ian act incorporating the town of Carrcllton in Carroll coanty;' also, " an act | to make the Saline river at Longview the line between Ashley and Bradley countless" and