REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES
were made and severally concurred in, viz:
From the Committee on Corporations: By Mr. CULLEN,on Mr. Milligan's city corporation bill [S. 70]: by Mr. CRAVENS, on Mr. Cullen's turnpike company bill [S. 11;] recommending their passage.
From the Judiciary Committee: By Mr. NILES, on Mr. Bellamy's married women's conveyance bill [S. 32:] by Mr. BENNETT, on his colored witness bill [S. 29;] recommending passage. And by Mr. HOWK, on Mr. Bellamy's bill, [S. 31] amending section 117 and repealing section 116 of the general practice act, recommending indefinite postponement. A report by Mr. RICE, on Mr. Bonham's sodomy bill [S. 68,] recommending indefinite postponement, was laid on the table.
From the Committee on Organization of Courts; By Mr. CULLEN, on his bill, [S. 34,] creating a new Common Pleas District; recommending its passage.
From the Committee on Education: By Mr. CUMBACK, on his bill, [S. [?]0,] authorizing school tax on property to be doubled, recommending its passage.
Resolutions for claims were offered:
By Mr. THOMPSON, To pay Patrick Brannon $15 for three days' work during the called session of 1865; and by Mr. CULLEN to pay Henry C. Guffin $5 for one day's service as journal clerk at the organization of this session. They were referred to the Committee on Claims.
Mr. CULLEN gave notice that on tomorrow he should move for a change in the rules so that the daily sessions of the Senate shall commence at 2 o'clock P. M., for the first thirty days of the session.
