NOTICE TO THE OPPOSITE PARTY.
The Judiciary Committee's engrossed bill [107], to amend the section 343 of the Practice act [providing for notice to the opposite party], coming up-it was passed the first reading in the House of Representatives-yeas 39, nays 1.
Mr. Williams' engrossed bill [103] to provide for the erection and repairs of any bridge across a stream of water forming the boundary-line between two counties, and to repeal former acts in reference thereto, coming up, it passed the final reading-yeas 73, nays 6.
Mr. Robert's engrossed Promissory Note bill [167. to make the title of the act conform to the law itself, to cover all the instruments of writing mentioned in the first section of the existing act,] coming up, it was passed the final reading in the House-yeas 68, nays 0.
Mr. McLean's engrossed bill [44] to amend the first section of the act of March 5, 1859, providing for the management and, disposal of the estate's of persons who. have absented themselves from their usual place pf residence and gone to parts unknown, [two years instead of ten years, the estate becomes subject to administration,] coming up-
Mr. McLEAN explained, that it was simply to Correct a clerical mistake in the-law of the last session, by which the clerk wrote "ten" instead of "two", so making the amendment of that session worse than the old common law of seven years.
Mr. STOTSENBERG desired to make the absence three years, before proceedings.
Mr. DAVIS objecting, understood that a bill could not be amended oh the third reading.
The SPEAKER: It can be done by unaninimous consent.
The bill was passed the final reading-yeas 62, nays 5.
