HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MONDAY, March 11, 1861.Mr. JONES of Vermillion, from the Select Committee on stationery, made a report, showing the amount of paper, pens, &c., received by each member, officer, reporter, and committee.
RESOLUTIONS OF THANKS.
Mr. HEFFREN offered the following:
Resolved, That the members of this House hereby cordially tender their thanks to Hon. Cyrus M. Alien for the fair and impartial manner with which he discharged the duties of Speaker of the House during the present session, and for his promptness is dispatching the business of the session.
Which was adopted nem con.
Mr. HAYES offered the following:
Resolved, That the thanks of this House are due A. P. Newkirk, assistant clerk, and to Robert O. Dorman, Chas. F. Hogate, Livingston Rowland and J. Z. Gower, his assistants, for the efficient and courteous manner in which they have severally discharged their duties as journal clerks during the present session.
Which was adopted by consent.
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES
Were made and concurred in, as follows:
Mr. HAYES, from the Select Committee on Apportionment, returned the bill H. R. 93, recommending indefinite postponement.
Mr. SHERMAN, from the Committee on Rights and Privileges, returned Mr. Gifford's bill 215, to regulate the practice of medicine and surgery, with an amendment recommending passage.
page: 373[View Page 373]Mr. ORR, from the same Committee, returned the petition of A. Greenman and Z. T. Stout, recommending that it lie on the table.
Mr. SMITH, of Bartholomew, from the same Committee, returned the fish bill H. R. 136, recommending passage.
Mr. THOMPSON, from the Committee on Agriculture, returned the memorial of J. N. Ray, with a report that the Committee have not had time to make a full investigation of the charges preferred against the State Board of Agriculture, but as far as investigation has been had, the petitioner has signally failed to substantiate any fraud, &c.; and asks to be discharged from any further consideration of the subject.
Mr. BUNDY from the select Committee of Thirteen, on Federal affairs, returned numermous petitions, memorials and resolutions on the subject of the union of the States, and reporting it as inexpedient to recommend either of tho proposals for compromise as it seems probable a national convention may be called for the purpose of considering the proposed terms of adjustment of the slavery question, and this General Assembly ought not to dictate terms if it had the power. They recommend said petitions, &c. be laid on the table, and ask to be discharged.
Mr. HEFFREN from the minority of the Committee on the Northern State Prison, made a very lengthy report adverse to the majority report, reflecting upon the manner in which the investigation was had, &c., &c.
Mr. KENDRICK from the Committee on the affairs of the town of Indianapolis, made a report recommending the sale of a lot of ground belonging to the State, near the Cemetery: which was laid on the table.
Mr. FRAZIER from the Committee on county and township business, returned the bills [H. R. 287, 314 and 277] and Senate bills [82, 99, 101 and 56] reccommending that they lie on the table, for want of time to consider them.
Mr. KNOWLTON from the Committee to whom was referred the Fourth Judicial Circuit bill [H. R. 240] returned the same with the recommendation that it lie on the table.
Mr. McCLURG from the Committee on Rights and Privileges, returned a resolution in relation to Pedlars, recommending legislation.
Mr. SLOAN from the Committee on Claims, returned the claims of Clark Duval and Nelson Fordice, with a joint resolution allowing said claim, being for a certificate for ditching swamp lands in Boone county, which was passed by-yeas 70, nays 1. Subsequently the Senate amendment making it a concurrent instead of a joint resolution was concurred in.
Mr. CASON from the Judiciary Committee returned Mr. Henrick's Felony bill [213] recommending indefinite postponement.
Mr. VEATCH from the Judiciary Committee-returned Mr. Jones' bill 184, and Mr. Orrs' S. 131 and the bill S. 106, recommending that they be laid on the table.
Mr. BRANHAM from the Committee appointed to wait on the Governor, reports that they had discharged that duty, and his Excellency has informed them that he has no further communications to make to the House.
Mr. BRANHAM, from the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Public Expenditures made a very lengthy report on the financial affairs of the State.
Mr. RANDALL, from the Committee on Roads, returned a petition from citizens of Hendricks county, in relation to laying a road tax, with a report that legislation is inexpedient.
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Mr. STOTSENBERG offered a joint resolution requesting Congress to call a National Convention.
Mr. BUNDY offered a substitute embracing the same object, which was adopted by yeas 50, nays 26, and passed by yeas 58, nays 18.
BREVIER LEGISLATIVE REPORTS, LAWS AND JOURNALS.
Mr. BUNDY offered the following:
Resolved, That the Secretary of State procure and send to each member of the House, and to the officers and re-porters thereof two (2) copies of the BREVIER LEGISLATIVE REPORTS; Also, two (2) copies of each of the House, Senate and Documentary Journals, and two (2) copies of the Acts of the present session, all to be bound in full sheep.
Mr. GIFFORD moved to amend by striking out all after the word resolved and inserting the following:
That the Secretary of State be instructed to procure and send to each member, officer and reporter of the House, one copy of the Acts, one copy of the Journal, one copy of the Documentary Journal of this session. Also, one copy of Drapier's LEGISLATIVE REPORTS, if the same can be furnished at one dollar per copy, all to be bound in sheep.
The amendment was rejected, but the ordinal resolution was adopted.
Mr. SMITH of Bartholomew, offered the following: which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Principal Clerk of the House, together with his Assistants, are entitled to the thanks of the members upon this floor for the faithful manner in which they have discharged their several duties during he present session of the Legislature.
On motion by Mr. DAVIS, the Doorkeeper was directed to distribute immediately to the members of the House, the reports of the State Board of Agriculture.
Mr. FRASIER offered the following, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the First Baptist Church of Indianapolis be granted the use of this Hall as a place of religious worship during the recess of the Legislature.
Mr. SMITH of Bartholomew, offered a resolution of thanks to the Reporters, which was adopted.
Mr. STOTSENBERG offered a resolution, which was adopted, directing the Librarian to take charge of all books and articles which page: 374[View Page 374] he House has once paid for, and preserve them till the next session.
THE BREVIER LEGISLATIVE REPORTS.
Mr. HEFFREN offered the following:
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate be directed to contract with A. E. and W. H. Drapier for binding 500 copies of the "Brevier Legislative Reports," (which Reports have been allowed by the House,) if the same do not exceed twelve cents and a half per copy, the same to be paid out of the contingent fund of the State.
Which was adopted.
A concurrent resolution, authorizing the printing of 500 copies of the Laws and Joint Resolutions of the present session in the German language, was adopted.
Mr. Speaker ALLEN announced the Committee on the Swamp Land Investigation, on the part of the House to be, Messrs. Crain and Moody; and the Committee to investigate the State affairs, on the part of the House, to be Messrs. Branham, Veatch, and Griffin.
The Senate concurrent resolution, correcting an omission to the Specific Appropriation bill, in favor of a messenger of the Senate, was concurred in.
Mr. HEFFREN offered a concurrent resolution in regard to section 9 of the Northern Stale Prison act of March 5, 1859, so that it shall be construed to mean that the superintendent and warden shall receive $3 per day, instead of allowing $3 per day for superintendent and $3 per day for warden, and that the Auditor of State be directed to draw his warrant for only $3 per day for both warden and superintendent, which was adopted.
On motion by Mr. BRANHAM, the clerk was directed to inform the Senate that the House has no further communication to make to the Senate, and the House is ready to adjourn sine die.
The Clerk called the roll, and the following members answered to their names :
Messrs. Anderson, Black, Boydston, Branham, Brett Brucker, Bundy, Burgess, Campbell, Cason, Combs, Cooprider, Davis, Dobbins, Epperson, Erwin, Ferguson, Fisher, Ford, Fordyce, Gifford, Gore, Gresham, Grover, Haworth, Hayes, Heffren, Henricks, Holcomb, Howard, Hudson, Hurd, Jenkinson, Jones of Tippecanoe, Jones of Wayne, Kendrick, Kitchen, Knowlton, Lane, McLean, Moody, Moorman, Nebeker, Newman, Orr, Packard, Parrett, Prow, Ragan, Robbins, Sherman, Smith of Bartholomew, Smith of Miami, Stevenson, Stotsenberg, Sloan, Trier, Thomas, Thompson, Turner, Underwood, Veatch, Williams, Wilson, Woodhull, Woodruff, Woods, and Mr. Speaker Allen-69.
The SPEAKER then returned to the House his thanks for the uniform courtesy and kindness he had experienced from the members and officers. He said he had carefully avoided in all his decisions from being influenced by party bias, and that if, in the discharge of his duties, he had wounded the feelings of any member, he now took occasion to say it as unintentional on his part.
He then announced that the House stood adjourned without day.
