REORGANIZATION OF COURTS.
Mr. Brown moved to suspend the order of business so that the House amendments to the Joint Committee's bill [S. 238] redistricting the State for judicial purposes, abolishing the Court of Common Pleas, etc., may be taken up. The motion was agreed to by yeas 26, nays 17.
Mr. Dwiggins moved that the Senate concur in the amendments made by the House, and on that motion he demanded the previous question.
The demand for the previous question was seconded - affirmative 24, negative 19.
The House amendments were now read and concurred in by yeas 25, nays 19, as follows:
Yeas - Armstrong Beardsley, Beeson, Bowman, Brown, Carnahan, Chapman, Daggy, Dittemore, Dwiggins, Francisco, Friedley of Scott, Glessner, Gooding, Gregg, Howard, Hubbard, Miller, Neff, Oliver, Orr, Ringo, Rosebrough, Wage, Williams - 25.
Nays - Bird, Boone, Bunyan, Cave, Collett, Daughery, Fuller, Hall, Harney, Hough, Rhodes, Sarnighausen, Scott, Slater, Smith, Steele, Stroud, Taylor, Winterbotham - 19.
Mr. Brown moved to reconsider the vote, and lay this latter motion on the table.
The latter motion was agreed to.
Mr. Williams raised the point of order that the bill has to have 26 votes.
The Lieutenant Governor overruled the point of order, stating that on concurrence twenty-six votes are not required.
