IN SENATE.
TUESDAY, February 12,1861.Mr. WAGNER took the chair, and called the Senate to order.
On motion by Mr. LINE, the reading of the journal of yesterday was dispensed with.
The PRESIDENT pro tem., laid before the Senate a communication from H. C. Lord, Esq., President of the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Railroad, inviting members to a free ride between the two cities this day.
Mr. ANTHONY. From this invitation, I am clearly satisfied whether we accept the invitation or not, we will not have a quorum tomorrow, and for that reason I offer the following resolution:
Resolved, That when the Senate adjourns it, it will adjourn to Thursday morning next, at 9 o'clock.
Which was rejected by yeas 5, nays 31
Mr. LINE presented a petition from a turn-pike road, asking exemption from an onerous assessment, which was referred to a Select Committee of five without reading.
[Leave of absence was obtained for Senator Wolfe till Monday, and Senators Studabaker and Craven.]
Mr. WILSON presented a petition from citizens of Sullivan county, asking the repeal of the new county acts of '57 and '59; which referred to the Select Committee thereon.
Mr. BEESON, from the Committee on Agriculture, returned Mr. Murray's bill [134] licensing dogs, recommending that it lie on the table; which report was concurred in.
NEW PROPOSITIONS.
The following bills were introduced and severally passed to the second reading :
By Mr. O'BRIEN: [161] To amend section 12 of an act to provide for the settlement of decedent estates, approved June 17, 1855.
By Mr. DEHART: [162] To provide for the execution of conveyance by commissioners in case of deceased venders of real estate
By Mr. DEHART. [163] To amend'section 467 of the Practice Act.
By Mr. CARNAHAN: [164] To authorize administrators and executors to administer oaths to assessors and clerks who may be employed in the settlement of decedent estates.
By Mr. BERRY : [165] To amend section 26 of an act authorizing the construction of plank macadmized and gravel roads, approved May 12, 1852.
[Senator Hamilton's bill [95] was read the second time, and referred to the Judiciary Committee.]
THE PRESIDENT ELECT.
Mr. CONNER offered the following:
Resolved, That a Committee of Five on the part of the Senate be appointed to accompany his excellency, Abraham Lincoln, President elect of the United States, as far as Ohio on his tour to Washington.
After debate thereon by Senators Conner Slack, Newcomb, Hamilton, Tarkington, Line, Robinson, Murray and Williams-
The resulution was adopted by yeas 24, nays 17.
The PRESIDENT pro tem, made the Committee to consist of Senators Claypool, Ray, Bearss, Jones and Miller-Mr.J Conner declining to serve, as he was on the Committee of Reception.
[The loan bill [H. R. 104] being the special order, was postponed until 10 o'clock to-morrow.]
[Mr. MILLER made an ineffectual motion for a recess until noon, in order to enable Senators to see the President elect depart from the city.]
THE LATE STATE TREASURER'S ACCOUNTS.
Mr. ROBINSON offered a resolution, which was adopted; directing the Auditor of State to page: 209[View Page 209] report whether the late Treasurer of State accounted to the State Auditor and paid into the Treasury any monies received by him for interest on money of the State, as required by section 3 of an act relative to the salaries of public officers, &c., approved March 5,1859; if so, what sum he so accounted for and carried to the credit of the State.
WORK FOR COMMITTEES.
Senator Miller's bill [96] March's [98] and the Committee on Agriculture's, [99] were read the second time, and ordered engrossed for the third reading.
Senator Conner's [101] was read the second time, and referred to the Judiciary Committee.
And then the Senate adjourned.
