The President presented a communication containing proposals for printing, from Messrs. Hammond and Main, which, on motion, the reading being dispensed with, was referred to the committee on printing. On motion of Mr. Acock, Resolved, That the Secretary of State be requested to communicate to the Senate, an abstract of the census of this State for the year 1844, at his earliest convenience. On motion of Mr. Miller, Resolved by the Senate, That the committee on the militia be instructed to inquire into the expediency of erecting a suitable building for the safe keeping and preservation of the State arms, and that they report by bill or otherwise. Mr. Jones gave notice that on Wednesday next or some day thereafter, he would introduce a bill to amend the 8th article, of an act concerning appeals from justices of the peace and proceedings thereon in the circuit court, approved March 21st, 1835. The following bills were severally read a second time, referred to a committee of the whole, and ordered to be printed: An act to provide for the support of the poor. An act respecting salvage. An act to establish recorder's offices. An act regulating the office of sheriff and marshall. An act concerning perpetuating testimony. The resolution offered by Mr. Massey, proposing an additional rule for the government of the Senate, Was taken up and rejected. A bill from the House of Reprsentatives entitled, An act to repeal an act to provide for the sale of land for taxes, approved Feb. 27, 1843. Was read a first time, Mr. Monroe moved to reject the bill, Which was determined in the negative by the following vote: Yeas-Messrs. Fort, Harper, Monroe, Powers, Reese, Shelton and Wolfskill -7. Nays-Messrs. Acock, Anderson, Boggs, Campbell, Calhoun, Detchemendy, Ellis, Gentry, Hancock, Harris, Hudspeth, Johnson, Jones, Lucas, Massey, Miller, Mills, Netherton, O'Bryan, Polk, Rawlins, Snell, Snyder, Thompson and Welborn-25. Sick, Mr. Blythe. On motion of Mr. Lucas, the rule was suspended and the bill was read a second time. Mr. Acock moved to refer the bill to the committee on the judiciary with instructions to report a bill to enforce the collection and payment of the revenue for the year 1844, and all preceding years under the act proposed to be repealed. Which was determined in the negative by the following vote: Yeas.-Messrs. Acock, Fort, Hancock, Johnson Monroe, Polk, Powers, Reese, Shelton, Snyder, Thompson, Welborn and Wolfskill-13. Nays.-Messrs. Anderson, Boggs, Campbell, Calhoun, Detchemendy, Ellis, Gentry, Harper, Harris, Hudspeth, Jones, Lucas, Massey, Miller, Mills, Netherton, O'Bryan, Rawlins, and Snell-19. Sick, as above. Mr. Jones moved to refer the bill to the committee on revision, which was determined in the negative by the following vote: Yeas.-Messrs. Acock, Fort, Hancock, Johnson, Jones, Monroe, Polk, Powers, Rawlins, Reese, Shelton, Snyder, Thompson, Welborn and Wolfskill-15. Nays.-Messrs. Anderson, Boggs, Campbell, Calhoun, Detchemendy, Ellis, Gentry, Harper, Harris. Hudspeth, Lucas, Massey, Miller, Mills, Netherton, O'Bryan and Snell-17. Sick, Mr. Blythe. Mr. Polk moved to refer the bill to the committee on Ways and Means, Yeas.-Messrs. Acock, Fort, Hancock, Harper, Johnson, Monroe, Polk, Powers, Reese, Shelton, Snyder, Thompson, Welborn and Wolfskill--14. Nays.--Messrs. Anderson, Boggs, Campbell, Calhoun, Detchemendy, Ellis, Gentry, Harris, Hudspeth. Jones, Lucas, Massey, Miller, Mills, Netherton, O'Bryan, Rawlins and Snell-18 Sick, Mr. Blythe. On motion of Mr. Boggs, The bill was ordered to a third reading to-morrow. Message from the House of Representatives by Mr. Gilpin, their clerk. Mr. PRESIDENT:-The following bill has been introduced into the House: The following bills have been reported to the House by the revising committee; An act to provide for choosing electors for President and Vice President of the United States. An act concerning escheats. An act concerning landlords and tenants. An act to regulate proceedings on writs of mandamus. An act concerning laws. An act for the entire abolition of lotteries. An act directing the fencing and enclosing of furnaces for the smelting of lead. An act to regulate marks and brands. An act respecting lost money and goods. An act fixing the salaries of civil officers. An act concerning oaths and affirmations. An act concerning notaries public. The following bills have passed the House. An act to survey and mark out a State road from Bolivar in Polk county to Fort Scott. An act for the relief of the collector of Wayne county. An act amendatory of an act incorporating the Missouri Fire Company. 1 An act for establishing and keeping in repair roads and highways in the counties of St. Charles, Warren, Lincoln, Pike and Montgomery. The House has so amended the concurrent resolution of the Senate, relating to the joint action of the committee of the two Houses on printing, as to authorize the standing committee of the House on printing to act jointly with the select committee of the Senate on job printing. The following bills from the House of Representatives were severally read a first time, and ordered to a second reading. A bill for the relief of William Thrailkill. An act for the relief of Thornton Grimsley and others. An act amendatory and explanatory of an act to fix the times of holding circuit courts, approved Feb. 24th, 1843. An act to change the name of John Boggs. An act to provide for an additional justice of the peace for St. Louis county. An act to survey and mark out a State road from Bolivar in Polk county to Fort Scott, and An act for establishing and keeping in repair roads and highways in the counties of St. Charles, Warren, Lincoln, Pike and Montgomery. The following House bill was read a first time. An act to change the name of Niangua county to Dallas. On motion of Mr. Fort, The rule was suspended, the bill read a second time, and On motion of Mr. Anderson, Leave was granted to Dr. McNair to deliver a lecture in the Senate chamber this evening. On motion, The Senate adjourned until to morrow morning at ten o'clock. TUESDAY MORNING, December 10, 1844. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment. The following bills were, on leave of the Senate severally introduced, read a first time and ordered to a second reading. By Mr. Ellis, A bill for the relief of William J. Smith and others, Which on motion of Mr. Wolfskill, the rule being suspended, was read a second time and refered to the committee on claims. Mr. Snyder gave notice that he would on to-morrow or some subsequent day, ask leave to introduce a bill to provide for opening a State road from the city of Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau county, passing through the town of Jackson, in said county, and through Fredericktown in Madison county, to Springfield in Greene county. On motion of Mr. Detchemendy, Resolved, That the committee on internal improvements, be requested to inquire into the expediency of changing or altering the act entitled, an act to provide for opening and repairing public roads and highways, so as to operate by equal taxation, to be assessed and collected according to the present mode of collecting the State and county revenue. Mr. Miller, on leave of the Senate, Presented the petition of Mr. Thomas, with accompanying documents, in relation to a certain claim against the State. Which, on motion, the reading being dispensed with, were referred to the committee on claims. On motion of Mr. Snyder, The amendment of the House of Representatives to the resolution of the Senate, in relation to the joint action of the committees of the two Houses on the subject of printing was taken up and concurred in. The following bills from the House of Representatives were severally read a second time and referred to the committee on claims, A bill for the relief of William Thrailkill. An act for the benefit of Thornton Grimsley and others. An act for the relief of the collector of Wayne county. The following were read a second time and ordered to a third reading on to morrow. An act amendatory and explanatory of an act to fix the time of holding circuit courts, approved Feb. 24, 1843. An act to provide for an additional justice of the peace for St. Louis county. An act amendatory of an act incorporating the Missouri Fire company. An act to survey and mark out a State road from Bolivar in Polk county to Fort Scott. An act for establishing and keeping in repair roads and highways in the counties of St. Charles, Warren, Lincoln, Pike and Montgomery. The following bill was read a second time, and on motion of Mr. Harper, the rule was suspended and read a third time and passed. An act to change the name of John Boggs. The following bill was read a third time: An act to repeal an act to provide for the sale of land for the taxes, approved Feb. 27, 1843. Mr. Monroe moved that the bill be passed over for the present, which was negatived by the following vote: Yeas-Messrs. Fort, Hancock, Harper, Johnson, Monroe, Polk, Powers, Reese, Shelton, Snyder, Thompson, Welborn and Wolfskill-13. Nays-Messrs. Acock, Anderson, Boggs, Calhoun, Detchemendy, Ellis, Gentry, Harris, Hudspeth, Jones, Lucas, Massey, Miller, Mills, Netherton, O'Bryan, Rawlins and Snell-18. Sick, Messrs. Blythe and Campbell. Mr. Acock moved to amend the bill by way of ryder as follows: Strike out the proviso up to and including the word "passed" in the 7th line and insert the following: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to release any collector from coilecting and paying into the treasury all the revenue which may be due, or shall have been collected for the year 1844, or any preceding years. Which was read a first time. Mr. Lucas moved to reject the ryder. Which was negatived by the following vote: Yeas.-Messrs. Anderson, Boggs, Calhoun, Detchemendy, Ellis, Gentry, Harper, Harris, Jones, Lucas, Mills, Netherton, O'Bryan and Snell-14. Nays.-Messrs. Acock, Fort, Hancock, Hudspeth, Johnson, Massey, Miller, Monroe, Polk, Powers, Rawlins, Reese, Shelton, Snyder, Thompson, Welborn and Wolfskill—17. Sick, Messrs. Blythe and Campbell, When on motion the ryder was read a second time. Mr. Reese moved to amend the amendment as follows: Strike out all after the word "provided" and insert "however, that this act shall not operate so as to exempt any person from paying, or any collector of this State from collecting and paying over any taxes now due, for the year 1844, or any year prior thereto, in the same manner and with like effect, as if this act had not passed. All acts and parts of acts repealed by the act entitled an act to provide for the sale of lands for the taxes, approved Feb. 27, 1843, are hereby revived and put in full force." Which was rejected. Mr. Monroe moved to amend the amendment as follows: By adding to the ryder the following: Provided also, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the payment of taxes, at the treasury, on lands reported as non-resident, in the same manner as though this act had not passed. Which was read and adopted. The question was then taken whether the ryder should be ordered to a third reading, and determined in the affirmative, when The ryder was read a third time. The question then recurred on the passage of the bill as amended, and was determined in the affirative by the following vote: Yeas.-Messrs. Acock, Boggs, Calhoun, Detchemendy, Ellis, Fort, Gentry, Hancock, Harris, Hudspeth, Johnson, Jones, Massey, Miller, Mills, Monroe, Netherton, O'Bryan, Polk, Rawlins, Reese, Snell, Snyder, Thompson, Welborn and Wolfskill-26. Nays.-Messrs. Anderson, Harper, Lucas, Powers and Shelton--5. Sick, Messis. Blythe and Campbell. Message from the House of Representatives by Mr. Huston, assistant clerk. MR. PRESIDENT, The following bills have been introduced into the House: An act for the relief of Enos McDaniel. An act for the relief of James Mochette, of St. Charles county. The House has passed a bill entitled', An act to locate the county seat of Bates county. The House has rejected the following bills: An act for the relief of Melcina Hammond. An act for the relief of William Parrish. An act for the relief of John Wilson. An act for the relief of Margaret Ann Aikin. An act divorcing Polly Nichols from her husband, John Nichols. A bill from the House of Representatives entitled, Ar. act to change the name of Niangua county to Dallas, Was read a third time and passed. On motion the Senate adjourned till to-morrow morning at ten o'clock. |