SENATE BILLS PASSED.
The constitutional rule was suspended--yeas, 67; nays, 2--and Senator Comstock's bill [S. 306] concerning the Richmond and Liberty Railroad was read the second time by title, the third time by sections, and passed--yeas, 67; nays, 0.
The constitutional rule was suspended--yeas, 67; nays, 2--and Mr. Vawter's bill [H. R. 424] to amend Section 3 of an act to incorporate the town of Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana, approved January 22, 1851, was read the second time by title, the third time by sections and passed--yeas, 67; nays, 0.
Mr. Hamilton called up Senator Chapman's bill [S. 373] to authorize the Trustee of the Insane Hospital to permit Street Railroads to enter upon their grounds was read the third time and passed--yeas, 53; nays, 30.