DRAINAGE COMMISSIONERS.
Mr. Henry's bill [S. 214] concerning drainage being read the third time--
Mr. HENRY said the bill was prepared by Judge Frazier, of the Revision Commission, then referred to the Committee on Revision, and then amended as recommended by the Committee on Swamp Lands. It provides for the appoinment by the Circuit Court of three Commissioners of Drainage, to erve for a term of three years. The bill is well guarded, and is as perfect as any bill of this kind he had ever seen. All expense is paid out of the lands, except the first view.
Mr. WOOD had examined this bill very carefully, and believed it as near perfect as any bill he had ever read on the subject.
The bill passed by yeas, 28; nays, 9.
The the Senate adjourned till to-morrow.
