AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr. BEESON offered the following:
Resolved, by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring therein, That a joint committee, consisting of three members of the Senate and five members of the House of Representatives, be appointed to examine into the receipts and expenditures by the Governor, And said committee shall have power to send for persons and papers, with authority to report by bill or otherwise.
The resolution was adopted, and Messrs. Beeson, Chapman and Bradley appointed the committee on the part of the Senate.
DOCUMENTS POSTAGE PAID.
Mr. CORBIN offered the following resolution, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Door-keeper be authorized to place upon the desk of each of the members of the Senate fifty copies each of the Governor's Message, of the Reports of the Benevolent Institutions of the State, and of the State Prison, all wrapped sad stamped for mailing.
NEW PROPOSITIONS.
The following bills were introduced, read the first time, and severally passed to the second reading:
By Mr. OYLER, [S. 22 ] amending section 10 of the justice's act so they may have jurisdiction in all cases where the value of property does not exceed $200.
By Mr. OYLER, (S. 23,) amending section 76 of the misdemeanor act, by adding the words "unlawfully and with the intent to appropriate the same to his own use."
By Mr. MASON, (S. 24.) amending section 1 of the act allowing pay for extra services to clerks and sheriffs, approved March 11, 1861, allowing them $400 instead of $100.
By Mr. BONHAM, (S 25,) amending section 1 of the act prescribing certain misdemeanors punishable only by Justices of the Peace, so it shall read "every person who shall in a rude, insolent or angry manner strike at, or otherwise place in jeopardy the person of another, shall be deemed guilty of an assault, and upon conviction shall be fined not to exceed $8."
By Mr. HORD, [S. 26,] to provide for the execution of real contracts, authorizing actions therefor, prescribing the proceedings' therein, and authorizing the survivors in joint contracts in certain cases to make conveyance under the order of the court, and pass a good and sufficient title thereto.
By Mr. DOUGLAS, [S. 27,] amending section 4 of an act prescribing certain misdemeanors punishable only by a Justice of the Peace having reference to the standing of stallions or jacks within two hundred yards of any dwelling.
By Mr. NOYES, [S. 28,] amending section 25 of the act denning felonies, approved June 10, 1852, by inserting the words "maliciously poison or" alter the marks or brands of cattle or other stock, &c.
JACKSON COUNTY COURT.
A message from the House announced the passage by that body of the bill [H. R. 3] to legalize the proceedings of the Court of Common Pleas of Jackson county, had at the October term, 1864,
On motion by Mr. HORD the rules were suspended, and the bill read the first and second times.
On motion by Mr. VAN BUSKIRK the bill was read the third time and finally passed by yeas 43, nays 0.
And then the Senate adjourned.
