Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1860-04-05

liens, in case of sale, to take precedence
of the State lien, to the extent of 5000, GOO.
The third section authorizes the Sunbu-
ry and Erie Company to contract with 9th
er companies for the completion Of their
road
The bill then being before the House,
Mr.. Lawrence, of Washington, moved to
90 into Committee of the Whole for special
amendment
Mr.. Pierce moved to go into Committee
of the Whole for general amendment.
This was lost by ffty-six to twenty-four.-
The motion Of Mr. Lawrence, of Washing
ton, was then agreed to, and the House GO
ing into Committee of the Whole (Mr.
Sheppard in the chair, Mr. Lawrence offer
ed the following as substitute for the first
section Of the bill:
Be IL enacted, de-, That so much of the 9th
section of the act of April 81, 1858, as re-
quires the Attorney General to sue out the
mortgage held against the Sunbury and Erie
Railroad by the Commonwealth, if payment
should fail to be made within twenty days af-
ter principal or interest shah become due, is
hereby suspended, and no proceedings shall
be Instituted by virtue thereof until Februa
ry /, 1862 provided that if any judicial sale
by the State, of said Sunbury and Erie Rail-
road, shall or may be made, the amount due
contractors on that part of said road between
Williamsport and Erie for work and labor
actually done, and material furnished between
lst August, 1859, and April lst 1860, shall
be preferred to the mortgage held by the
Commonwealth, provided that the sam thus
preferred shall not exceed $500 900; and pro-
Yided further, that no suits, proceedings or
process of any kind whatever, shall be insti-
tuted, either in law or equity, against said
company, upon any bonds hereafter to be paid
or given out by the said company, until after
the first day of March, A. d. 1862.
Mr.. Thompson strongly advocated the
above substitute. Its merits were also de-
bated by Messrs Beardslee, Collins, Kin
ncy, and Lawrence Of Washington. The
discussion progressed to such length, and
took so wide range, that the previous
question" was called by Mr. Teller of Erie,
against the earnest protest of Messrs.
Beardslee, Collins, Hill, and others, who
denounced it as "gag law" The call
for the previous question was sustained, as
required, by twelve members, although not
without difficulty
On the question, "Shall the question
(viz on the substitute be now put ?" it
was agreed to, by vote of ffty-seven to
thirty -four, and the substitute, as above,
was adopted, by vote of ffty-fve yeas to
thirty-three yeas.
The bill being before the House on its
final passage, as amended by the insertion
of the substitute, it was agreed to by a vote
of 53 to 80.
The above bill was defeated in the Sen
ate, when a committee of conference was ap-
pointed which resulted as follows:
Mr.. Mcclure, from the committee of
conference on the Sunbury and Erie Rail
road bill, made a report, and stated the
terms of agreement. BY the provisions of
the bill no process can issue for the fore
closure and sale of the road, either by the
Commonwealth or any other creditors, till
May lst, 1861. All such processes are pos |
itively stayed till that time. The creditors
for work, labor, and materials are preferred
to the amount of S600,OO0 The other
features of the bill are generally the same
The report gave rise to considerable dis,
cussion. Mr.. Penny opposed and Messrs.
Finney and Mcclure supported it. The
report was then adopted-yeas Is nays II
as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Benson, Blood, Connel, |
Crawford, Finney, Gregg, Keller, Mcclure,
Miller, Palmer, Parker, ahd Smith
.l3.
Nays -Messrs Craig, Hall, Irish Ketcham,
Thompson, Turney, and Yardly-ll.
Upon the reassembling of the House, the
committee of conference on the Sunbury
and Erie Railroad bill made report
Messrs. Collins, henney, Africa, and |
Austin opposed the bill with much earnest
ness.
Messrs Gordon and Thompson advocated
it.
Mr.. Beardslee. Mr.. Speaker
Mr.. Reese Cinterrupting). l call the
previous question
Mr.. Collins. We demand the opportu-
Dity to denounce this bold scheme of rob-
berry.
Mr.. Beardslee | had the floor before
the call for the previous question.