try, Harris, Mills, Netherton and Snell-10. For Mr. Polk-Mr. Detchemendy-1. For Mr. Leonard-Mr. O'Bryan-1. Whereupon, Thomas H. Benton, having received a majority, of all the votes given, was declared duly elected a Senator of the United States, for the State of Missouri, for six years, from the 4th day of March next. On motion, the Senate repaired to its chamber, and On motion adjourned. THURSDAY MORNING, November 21st, 1844. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment. On motion of Mr. Monroe, Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to wait on Governor Edwards, and request a copy of his inaugural address, for the purpose of having the same spread on the journal of the Senate. Messrs. Monroe, Anderson and Shelton, were appointed said committee. On motion of Mr. Reese, the resolutions adopted yesterday in relation to the adoption of the joint rules, for the government of the two Houses in joint session, and the appointment of a committee to report joint rules for the government of the two Houses in joint session, were reconsidered, and On his farther motion, The blank in the resolution was filled with "three." The question was then taken on the adoption of the resolutions, and determined in the affirmative. Whereupon, the President announced Messrs. Reese, Rawlins and Snell as the committee under said resolutions. Mr. Jones offered the following: Resolved, That when bills, resolutions, or other papers before the Senate, shall be ordered to be printed, the number of copies, unless otherwise directed shall be one hundred and fifty, which shall be distributed among the members of the two Houses. Mr. Boggs moved to amend the resolution by striking out, "one hundred and," which was agreed to, and The resolution was adopted. On motion of Mr. Fort, the resolution was reconsidered, and On his further motion, the words "of the two Houses" were stricken out, and the words "for the use of the Senate," inserted. The question then recurred on the adoption of the resolution and was determined in the affirmative. On motion of Mr. Campbell, Resolved, That all bills and resolutions, ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate, be executed in close work, and that no charge shall be allowed for any blank paper attached to the bills. On motion of Mr. Jones, Resolved, by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring therein: That the two Houses, will on this afternoon at 3 o'clock, proceed to elect a Librarian, for the present session, of the State of Missouri. On leave the following bills, were severally introduced, read a first time, and ordered to a second reading: By Mr. Lucas, "A bill to repeal an act entitled "an act to provide for the sale of land for taxes," approved the 27th February, 1813. Mr. Lucas moved a suspension of the rule requiring bills to be read on three several days, and that the bill be read a second time now, which was negatived. The following were read severally, a second time, ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time on Monday next. "A memorial to Congress, praying the donation of certain inundated lands to the counties in which they are situated." "Amendments to the constitution of the State of Missouri proposed by the twelfth General Assembly in relation to judicial tenures," and "Amendments to the constitution of the State of Missouri, in relation to the incorporation of Religious Societies." Mr. Campbell on leave introduced "A bill to change the name of Matilda T. C. Woolfolk," Which was read a first time, and on his motion the rule was suspended, read a second time, considered as engrossed, and read a third time and passed. The President presented the following report which was received and read. To the General Assembly of the State of Missouri: The undersigned commissioners, appointed in pursuance of an act of the last General Assembly, to, revise and digest the laws of this State, beg leave to submit to the Legislature, the accompanying manuscript as the result of their labors. A few observations will place the Legislature in possession of the mode in which the work has been accomplished. The principal design of the law as the committee supposed, was to have all laws, passed since the revision of 1835, incorporated in the present revision, accompanied with notes of such decisions of the Supreme court of the State, as were calculated to illustrate the history, and settle the construction of the statutes. So far as this purpose was contemplated, care and diligence were only necessary to accomplish it, and the commissioners indulge the belief, that the work will not be found wanting in this respect. Adopting the construction which has been heretofore given, to the duty of revising and digesting the laws, the commissioners have also ventured to suggest some amendments, which experience and observation have induced them to think would have a beneficial effect. They are fully aware, that the practical utility of laws, depends very much upon their stability and permanence, and that rash or hasty innovations are at all times to be deprecated. They have endeavored to keep this principle in view, and have therefore ventured, to recommend such changes only, as were calculated, in their judgment, to carry out the policy already indicated by previous legislation, or to settle questions arising in the administration of justice about which a serious diversity of opin on existed among that profession, whose duty it is to expound or aid in the exposition of the laws. In that branch of legislation, which may be called purely political or which relates to mere police regulations, no alterations have been made, unless they were merely verbal, or necessary to accomplish the obvious intent of the Legislature. It will also be observed that all new provisions have been so pointed out, cither by being included in brackets, or by notes, calling the attention to the changes proposed, and noting briefly the reasons for such change, that they may be either adopted or rejected without inducing a necessity of a reconsideration of the law, or impairing to any extent, the congruity or consistency of the general code. In some instances, where a new policy is proposed, the law as it now stands is reported without alteration, and the substitutes are reported separately. The session acts passed since 1855, have all been noted in the margin of the laws now reported, shewing in what section or portion of each law they have been incorporated, and where any have been omitted, in consequence of their conflicting with the revised code, or being superfluous, a note of that fact is made. In relation to the index, which the act of February 17th, 1843, required the commissioners to make out, it will readily be perceived, that until the laws have been acted on by the Legislature, such a work would be useless. Any index now made would necessarily, by the slightest changes in the law, be thrown into confusion, and indeed, until the body of the work is printed, no complete index is practicable. It has therefore been omitted. With these observations the work is respectfully submitted. Mr. Monroe, on leave, introduced W. B. NAPTON, "A bill to suspend an act supplementary to an act to concentrate the Supreme Court." Which was read a first time, and On his motion the rule was suspended, the bill was read a second time, considered as engrossed, read a third time and passed. Mr. Netherton, on leave, introduced A bill for the benefit of John R. Shaw, Which was read a first time, and ordered to a second reading. On motion, the Senate adjourned. EVENING SESSION. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment. Mr. Brythe introduced, on leave, "A joint resolution in relation to the abstract of the census." Which was read a first time, and On motion of Mr. Mouroc, the rule was suspended, the resolution read a second time, when the rule was further suspended and the resolution read a third. time and passed. Mr. Monroe, on leave, introduced "A bill to appropriate money," Which was read a first time, and on motion the rule was suspended, and the bill read a second time, and considered as engrossed. On motion of Mr. Monroe, ་ The first blank was filled with ten thousand;" the second blank with "ten thousand;" and the third blank with "one thousand," and On his further motion, The rule was further suspended, and the bill was read a third time and passed. On motion of Mr. Welborn. Resolved, That the door-keeper be authorised to have the map of Texas, presented to the Senate by the Hon. Thomas H. Benton, suitably framed for being suspended on the right of the Speaker's chair. Mr. Reese, on leave, introduced "A joint resolution in relation to reports and communications to the General Assembly." Which was read a first time and ordered to a second reading. Mr. Massey, on leave, introduced "A bill to repeal certain laws." which was read a first time and ordered to a second reading. On motion of Mr. Fort, Resolved, That during the present session of the General Assembly, the President of the Senate may permit preaching in the Senate chamber, at such times as in his opinion, will not interfere with the official duties of the Senate. Mr. Monroe, from the select committec appointed to wait upon and request of his Excellency, Governor Edwards, a copy of his Inaugural Address, reported that the committee had performed the duty assigned them, and received for answer, that the Governor would transmit the same to the Senate on to-morrow. Message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Gilpio: MR. PRESIDENT : "The following bill has been introduced in the House, A bill for the relief of the collector of Perry county." Also, certain resolutions of the last General Assembly, amending the constitution of the State of Missouri in relation to judicial tenures. Also, Certain other resolutions of the same, amendatory of the constitution in relation to the incorporation of religious societies. On motion, the Senate adjourned. FRIDAY MORNING, November 22, 1844. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment. The President, in conformity with the resolution of the Senate, announced the following standing committees: On the Judiciary-Messrs. Reese, Jones, Campbell, Miller and Powers. On Ways and Means-Messrs. Monroe, Acock, Blythe, Anderson and Campbell. On Internal Improvements--Messrs. Acock, Gentry, Massey, Wolfskill and Netherton. On the Penitentiary-Messrs. Fort, Lucas, Thompson, Ellis and Johnson. On Claims--Messrs. Hancock, Snyder, Snell, Shelton and Detchemendy. On the Militia--Messrs. Massey, O'Bryan, Harper, Calhoun and Polk. On Accounts-Messrs. Anderson, Mills, Ellis, Rawlins and Thompson. On Engrossed Bills-Messrs. Campbell, Jones, Harper, Ellis and Lucas. On Enrolled Bills--Messrs. Rawlins, Acock, Snyder, Shelton and Calhoun. On Elections-Messrs. Hudspeth, Welborn, Reese, Netherton and Mills. On the Permanent Seat of Government--Messrs. Miller, Snell, Monroe, Wolfskill and Harris. On Revised and Unfinished Business-Messrs. Polk, Powers, O'Bryan, Johnson and Hudspeth. On Agriculture-Messrs. Blythe, Boggs, Detchemeudy, Harper and Gentry. The following bills were, on leave of the Senate, severally introduced, read a first time, and ordered to a second reading. By Mr. Boggs. 66 "A bill to establish a fifth branch of the bank of the State of Missouri." By Mr. Jones, "A bill to repeal the 27th and 28th sections of "an act concerning costs in criminal cases," approved 27th February, 1843." On motion of Mr. Monroe, Resolved, That the House of Representatives be respectfully requested to permit the Senate to withdraw the concurrent resolution passed by the Senate on the subject of printing such number of the Governor's message, and Inaugural Address of Governor Edwards, as should be ordered by the two Houses, together with the message communicating the same. On motion of Mr. Polk, Resolved, That the names of the members constituting each standing committee of the Senate, be fixed at the back of the Secretary's table, for the inspection and convenience of the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, and that there be furnished to the chairman of each committee, by the Secretary, a list of the members composing the committee of which he is chair man. Mr. Acock moved to reconsider the vote ordering the "amendments to the constitution of the State of Missouri, proposed at the twelfth General Assembly in relation to judicial tenures," to be engrossed and set for Monday next. Mr. Ellis moved to lay the motion to reconsider on the table, which was determined in the negative. The question then recurred on the motion to reconsider, and was determined in the affirmative, and On motion of Mr. Massey, The said Resolutions proposing amendments to the constitution, in relation to judicial tenures, were ordered to be engrossed and read a third time on Wednesday next, the 27th inst. On motion of Mr. Monroe, Resolved, That a select committee of three be appointed by the Chair, whose duty it shall be to contract for and superintend the job printing of the Senate for the present session. Whereupon the President announced Messrs. Fort, Hudspeth and Campbell, as the committee under said resolution. The following bill was read a second time: "A bill for the benefit of Thomas R. Shaw," Which, on motion of Mr. Fort, was referred to the committee of Ways and Means. The following was read a second time: "A. bill for the relief of P. J. Brown." Mr. Ellis moved that it be considered as engrossed and read a third time tomorrow, which motion was by consent of the Senate withdrawn, and On motion of Mr. Acock, the bill was referred to the committee of Ways and Means. "A bill to repeal an act entitled, an act to provide for the sale of land for Taxes, approved, February 22nd, 1843," Was read a second time, Mr. Fort moved to refer it to a committee of the whole, Which was rejected. Mr. Massey moved to refer it to a select committee, Which was negatived. Mr. Acock moved to refer it to the committee on the Judiciary, Which was rejected. Mr. Lucas moved to amend the bill, by adding the following, to come in as an additional section. "Sec. 2. That the fifth section of an act entitled, an act to provide for levy. ing, assessing and collecting the revenue, approved March 4th, 1835, be and the same is hereby revived and put in force." Mr. Massey raised the point that the amendment was not in order. The President decided that the amendment was in order. From which decision Mr. Massey appealed to the Senate, |