IN SENATE.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1859.WORK FOR COMMITTEES.
On motion by Mr. WEIR, the order of business as dispensed with, and bills of the Senate were considered on the second reading, as follows, viz:
The bill (14) to amend the Acts of March 1,1853, and May 6, 1852, providing for a more uniform mode of doing township business, was considered and referred to the Committee on County and Township Business.
The bill (15) to amend the 103d section of the Criminal Practice Act of June 17,1852, was considered and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
[Mr. SLACK asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill (No. 60) to fix the times of holding the Circuit Court in the several counties in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, which, under suspension of the rules, was passed the first and second readings, and ordered to be engrossed.]
The bill (16) to amend the Acts of Jane 21, 1852, and March 7, 1857, concerning license for public shows, &c., and for the encouragement of Agriculture, was considered and referred to Committee on Rights and Privileges.
The bill (17) to provide for the partition of real estate, and for laying off the same in lots and out lots, streets and alleys, and for the sale thereof; also to provide when the same shall take effect, was considered and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The bill (18) authorizing any corporation under the general laws of the State to borrow money and secure the repayment thereof by mortgage, was considered and referred to the Committee on Corporations.
The bill (19) to provide for the enumeration of all white male inhabitants in the State over 21 years of age in the year 1860, and every five years thereafter, was considered and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The bill (20) providing for and regulating the payment of costs in the trial of persons charged with felony and punished with imprisonment in the State Prison, was considered and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The bill (21) to prevent the issuing and circulation of unauthorized paper currency, and prescribing a penalty for the issuance and failure to redeem any such currency, was considered and referred to the Committee on Banks.
The bill (22) to prevent the intermarriage of first cousins, was considered and referred to the Committee on Rights and Privileges.
The bill (23) to fix the time of holding the terms of the Court of Common Pleas in the counties of Adams and Allen, and to repeal all laws in conflict therewith, was considered and ordered to be engrossed.
The bill (24) to incorporate the International University, was considered and ordered to be engrossed.
The bill (25) to provide for the redemption or purchase of Bank bonds, Indiana and other State Stocks, and United States Stocks, and defining the duties of certain officers in connection there with, was considered and referred to the Committee on Education.
The bill (26) to amend the 9th section of the act to exempt property from sale under execution, approved June 17, 1852, was considered and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The bill (27) to amend section 63, of the act denning misdemeanors, and prescribing punishment therefor, approved June 14, 1852, was considered and ordered to be engrossed.
Mr. SLACK here made an ineffectual motion to adjourn.
The bill (28) to provide for the safe keeping, transfer and disbursement of public moneys, &c., entrusted to the safe keeping of certain officers, was considered and referred to the Committee on Banks.
The bill (29) to exempt personal and real property from forced sale under execution, establishing the amount, and prescribing the duties of officers therein mentioned, was considered and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The bill (30) to provide for the transfer of certificates of stock of the State of Indiana, providing for the registry of the same, and providing against fraudulent practice therein, and providing punishment for the violation of the provisions of this act, was considered and referred to the Committee on Finance.
The bill (31) to suppress the publication of lotteries and defining punishment therefor, was considered and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The bill (32) for the better protection of growing cranberries, &c., was considered and referred to the Committe on Agriculture.
The bill (33) [?]o tax dogs, and to indemnify the owners of sheep killed or injured by dogs or wolves, was considered and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
The bill (34) making certain acts therein named misdemeanors, and providing for the punishment thereof, [assignees of State Bank assets,] page: 50[View Page 50] was considered and referred to the Committee on Banks.
The bill (35) to amend section 433 ot the practice act of June 18,1852, was considered and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The bill (36) to amend the 6th section of the appraisement act, so as to exempt certain property therein named from taxation, was considered and ordered to be engrossed.
The bill (37) to amend the fourth section of the act to provide compensation for animals killed by railroads, approved March, 1853, was considered and referred to the Committee on Corporations.
The bill (38) to enable industrious indigent persons, who are unable to give security to rent land, was considered and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
The bill (39) to amend the act providing for the election of Circuit Court Clerks and prescribing some of their duties, was considered and referred to the Committee on Education.
The bill (40) to amend the section 151 of the assessment act of June 21, 1852 - chapter 6 of the Revised Statutes - was considered and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The bill (41) to separate the law books of the State Library, and to constitute the same the Law Library of the State of Indiana, was considered and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The bill (42) to repeal the act to establish a bank with branches was considered.
Debate ensued on the question of reference Mr. Gooding preferring a select committee of five - Mr. Hamilton and others preferring the Bank Committee - the debate embracing the question ot the power of the Legislature to repeal said charter, as well as the policy of the proposition, in which Mr. Steele, Mr. Hamilton and others spoke in opposition, and Mr. Weir, Mr. Gooding, Mr. March and others in favor of the bill.
Mr. McLEAN proposed to amend the motion so as "to refer the bill to the Judiciary Committee, with instructions to inquire whether the Legislature can constitutionally repeal said bank charter."
Mr. WAGNER spoke at length against the bill, as the bantling of politicians and money speculators, and not demanded by the people.
Mr. HENDRY and Mr. BOBBS preferred the reference to a select committee, and maintained the right to repeal this charter, upon the principle that no legislation nor Court decision can sanctify fraud.
Mr. ANTHONY concurred in the apprehension that there was fraud in the case, though a conservative man, he preferred that the bill go to a committee of its friends.
Mr. WALLACE moved adjournment, but withheld the motion for -
Mr. CONNER, who, by unanimous consent, submitted a resolution, that considering the Temperance and Editorial conventions, now in session in the Hall of the House of Representatives and College Hall, the Senate, when it adjourns, shall adjourn till to-morrow morning, nine o'clock; and the yeas and nays being demanded, and taken thereon, resulted - yeas 22, nays 19.
So the resolution was adopted.
Mr. WIER submitted a concurrent resolution to meet the House of Representatives in joint convention, on Thursday, at ten o'clock, for the purpose of the election of a President and four Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, and the officers of the different Asylums.
Mr. JOHNSON proposed Friday.
Mr. WAGNER moved to lay the resolution and amendment on the table - he never wished to go into joint convention in that Hall again.
The motion was rejected, by yeas 20, nays 20.
Mr. GOODING proposed to amend the resolution by striking out all after "Commissioners," and inserting "Trustees of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum and of the Blind Asylum, according to law"
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The law requiring that in the case of the officers of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, the Governor shall nominate for the confirmation of the Senate.
Before any further question was taken -
The Senate, at 12:20 o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow 9 o'clock.
