The Russellville Democrat., 1893-01-26

port, read snd placed on calendar.
 BILLS ON SECOND READING.
 The substitute to bill 42 was now dis cussed very freely ty Senators Sloan and Hambv. Substitute was adopted and bill ordered to third reading.
 Senate bill No. 60, read second time and referred to committee on election.
 Senate bill No. 63, read second time and referred to committee on education.
 Senate bill No. 67, read second time and referred to committee on circuit and in- ferior courts.
 BILLS ON THIRD READING.
 Senate bill No. 24, providing for the amendment of section of the schedule of the constitution of Arkansas to read as fol lows: In civil actions no with ss shall be excluded because he is party to the suit or interested in the iesue to be tried, was now read third time, and upon vote being taken the bill was lost by 23 to 5.
 Committee on public printing reported that it had employed Mir. Mcdaniel as it's clerk. It was moved that the report be adopted The motion prevailed.
 Senate adjourned till 9:30 Monday morn ing, January 23
 The house was called to order at am. Speaker Humphrey in the chair. The clerk called the roll.
 A quorum present.
 Prayer by the chaplain.
 The manuscript proceedings of yesterday was read and approved and signed by the speaker and attested by the clerk.
 Mir Black offered the following resolu- tion:
 Be it resolved, by the house of represen- tatives, That the state land commissioner allow the clerks of the committee on books of state land commissioner and superin- tendent of public instruction to take from the office of state land commissioner such books as is necessary in the discharge of their duties.-Black, of Benton. Amended by Ferguson, of Woodruff, by | adding that the land commissioner be not responsible for books and papers after they i leave his office. Amendment accepted. The resolution was adopted. l The congratulations announced mes sage from the senate, whereupcn John w. Howell, Esq, appeared within the bar of l the house and read the following: LITTLE ROCK, ARK, Jan. le. MR. SpEAKER-I am instructed by the senate to inform your honorable body or 1 the passage of senate concurrent resolution | No. 8, entitled requesting our senators | and members of congress to urge the allot- ment and settle ment of the Indian Ter | ritory; also senate concurrent resolution No. 9, providing for joint committee on | public roads; also senate concurrent resolution No. 10, making the committees l of the house and senate on | public charities, a joint committe to exam | inc the accounts and allowances made on Al nI Ixl t,.nt ttYr<I nf I the state for the past two years, and here with respectfully transmit the same for 1 your favorable consideration. JOHN W. HOWELL, Secretary. Mr. Gray presented petition frou citi- zens of Independence county, which was referred to the committee on temperance without reading
 MT. Sellers. chairman of the committee on judiciary, submitted the following re- port:
 MR. SPEAKER--Your committee on judi ciary beg leave to report that they have had house bill No. 16 under consideration and recommend that it do not pass.
 J. F. SELLERS, Chairman MR. SPEAKER--Your committee on judiciary beg leave to report that they have had house bill No. 31 under consider
 
 J. F. SELLERS, Chairman. MIR, SPEAKER Your committee on judiciary beg leave to report that they have had house bill No 23 under consideration and recommend that it do not pass.
 F. SELLERS, Chairman. MIR. SPEAKER-Your committee on judi ciary beg leave to report that they have had house bill No. 59 under consideration and recommend that it do not pass.
 J. F. SELLERS, Chairman. MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Judiciary beg leave to report that they have had house bill No. 17 under consider ation and recommend that it do pass.
 J. F. SELLERS, Chairman MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on judiciary beg leave to report that they have had house bill No. 40 under consider ation and recommend that it do not pass.
 J. r. SELLERS, Chairman. MR. SPEAKER--Your committee on judi ciary beg leave to report that they have had house bill No. 32 under consideration and recommend that it do not pass.
 J. K. SELLERS, Chairman. MR. SpEAKER-Your committee on judi. ciary beg leave to report that they have had house bill No. 57 under consideration, and recommend that it do not pass
 J. F. SELLERS, Chairman. MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on judI eiary beg leave to report that they have had house bill No. 73 under consideration and recommend that it do pass without the amendments.
 J. F. SELLERS, Chairman. MR. SPEAKER committee on ju- dietary beg leave to report that they have had house bill No. 13 under consideration and recommend that it do pass.
 J. F. SELLERS Chairman. MR. SPEAKER Your committee on judi ciary beg leave to report that they have had house bill No. 51 under consideration and recommend that it do not pass.
 J. F. SELLERS, Chairman. MR. SPEAKER Your committee on judi ciary beg leave to report that they have had house bill No. 43 under consideration and recommend that it do not pass.
 J. F. SELLERS, Chairman. MR. SpEAKER-Your committee on the judiciary beg leave to report that they have had house bill No. S1 under consideration, and recommend that it be referred to the committee on temperance.
 J. F. SELLERS, Chairman. On motion of Mir. Sellers the bill was so referred.
 Mir. Welch, chairman of the committee on education, submitted the following report:
 LITTLE RocK, AK, Jan. l9. MR. SPEAKER--Your committee on edu- cation beg leave to report that they have had house bill No. under consideration, and recommend that it pass.
 H. NJ. WEIGH, Chairman. Mir. Williams, chairman of the commit tee on public expenditures, submitted the following reports:
 LITTLE RocK, ARK, Jan. l9. MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on pub lie expenditures beg leave to report that they have had house bill No. 50 under con sideration and recommend that it do not pass. WILLIAMS, Chairman.
 LITTLE RocK, ARK, Jan. l9. MR. SPEAKER--Your committee on pub l... Ill.,. L..- l..... ...-.... lla4