AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr. MOODY demanded the previous question on the adoption of the Newspaper Committee's report, and the demand was seconded by the House.
The SPEAKER. According to Jefferson's Manual the previous question cuts off all amendments, which will not be the case under the rules we will adopt.
Mr. HEFFREN demanded the yeas and nays, which being ordered and taken, resulted-yeas 64, nays 32.
So the report was adopted.
Mr. FRASIER made an ineffectual effort to resolve the House into Committee of the Whole upon the consideration of Ex-Governor Hammond's message.
POSTAGE STAMPS.
On motion by Mr. BUNDY it was ordered that the Principal and Principal Assistant Clerk be allowed each three dollars' worth of postage stamps.
BANK REPORT.
The SPEAKER laid before the House the report of the Bank of the State and the various Branches thereof.
On motion of Mr. BRANHAM it was ordered that they lie upon the table and 200 copies thereof be printed for the use of the House.
NEW BILLS.
Mr. NEBEKER introduced a bill [39] to authorize the formation of new counties, to change county boundaries and to repeal all laws inconsistent therewith.
Mr. McCLURG. [40] To amend sec. 3 of the act providing for the protection of wild game, approved February 26, 1857.
Mr. NEWMAN. [41] To amend the 12th sec. of the act to authorize the construction of levees and drains, approved June 12th, 1852.
Mr. HOLCOMB. [42] To authorize the Gibson County Circuit Court to hear testimony and make a decree in reference to the erection and sale of the county seminary of said county.
Mr. Williams : [43] To repeal the act to regulate the license of pilots in the falls of the Ohio, requiring bond and security of such pilots, &c., approved June 15, 1852; also to repeal the act amendatory thereof, approved Dec. 22, 1852.
Mr. McLEAN: [44] To amend the first section of the act providing for the management and disposal of the estates of persons who have absented themselves from their usual place of residence and gone to parts unknown, approved March 5, 1839.
Which were severally passed to their second reading to-morrow.
STANDING RULES.
On motion of Mr. HEFFREN the House took up the consideration of the report of the special committee on rules and joint rules and adopted it, exepting the third clause of the 16th section of the joint rules; which was referred back to the Committee.
Mr. HORTON submitted a resolution to the effect that no part of the expense to be incurred on account of the invitation for Mr. Lincoln to visit the General Assembly, shall be paid out of the State Treasury.
On motion by Mr. BUNDY, it was laid on the table.
APPORTIONMENT FOR REPRESENTATION.
Mr. HAYES submitted a resolution, which was adopted, for a joint committee of seven, four on the part of the House and three on the part of the Senate, whose duty it shall be to report a plan of apportioning the State of Indiana for Senatorial and Representative purposer for the next six years.
THE CAPITOL FLAG.
The SPEAKER laid before the House a statement from the Doorkeeper that he had procured the flag ordered by the Heuse for the dome of the Capital, and would be prepared to raise the same next Friday, at 2 1/2 o'clock.
The SPEAKER also laid before the House printed reports from the President and Trustees of the varions benevolent institutions of the State.
The House then adjourned.
