REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.
Mr. CONNER, reported from the Judiciary Committee his bill, (S. 17) providing for the partition of real estate, and for laying the same out into lots and out-lots, and recommended its passage.
The report was concurred in and the bill ordered to be engrossed for the third reading.
Mr. McLEAN, from the same committee, reported back Mr. Brown's bill, (S. 29) to exempt personal property from sale on execution, recommending its indefinite postponement.
The report was concurred in.
Mr. MARCH, from the same committee, reported back Mr. Conner's bill, (S. 1) to amend the 6th, 7th, 12th, 19th and 20th sections of the Divorce law, approved May 13, 1852, and providing for opening decrees in the cases therein specified, with an amendment, and recommended its passage.
Mr. HAMILTON moved to concur with an amendment that no divorced party shall be permitted to marry for two years after the granting of a divorce had by publication. He was opposed to fill divorces except in cases of adultery.
Mr. BENNETT and Mr. CONNER opposed the amendment.
On Mr. HEFFREN'S motion, the amendment was laid on the table.
Mr. STUDABAKER said the law ought not to permit a recision of the marriage contract to be opened up. He proposed to concur with an amendment so that the question of alimony may be opened up but not the question of recision of matrimony.
On Mr. HAMILTON'S motion, this amendment was laid on the table.
page: 62[View Page 62]Mr. MURRAY contended that we had no right to pass a law opening up decrees that have been heretofore granted. He moved to strike out so much of the original bill as refers to cases pending, and insert an amendment to the effect that cases pending and commenced by bona fide residents, shall not be affected by this act.
On motion by Mr. WEIR this motion was laid on the table.
The amendment proposed by the committee was adopted.
Mr. MURRAY moved to strike out from the 6th section the words "heretofore or." He was standing up against his own individual interest as a lawyer, when he advocated an amendment of the divorce law
Mr. MARCH offered the amendment because frauds heretofore enacted under the present Divorce law could not be remedied.
The amendment was adopted.
Mr. BLAIR and Mr.WALLACE made ineffectual efforts to amend, and then -
The bill was ordered to be engrossed, for a third reading.
Mr. WILLIAMS, from the Committee on Agriculture, reported a bill (No. 94) amending section 6 of an act for the encouragement of Agriculture, approved February 17, 1852, which was passed to the second reading.
[This bill changes the time of annual meetings of the State Board, and allows to district societies a delegate-]
Mr. HILL, from the same committee, to which was referred a resolution in relation to young bulls, bucks and boars running at large, reported that further legislation on the subject is unnecessary.
The report was concurred in.
Mr. BEESON, from the same committee, to whom was referred resolutions concerning the holding of fair grounds by agricultual societies, reported that the said committee deem further legislation upon this subject as unnecessary.
The report was concurred in.
And the Senate took a recess till 2 o'clock.
