COURT BILLS PASSED.
Mr. Patten's bill [H. R. 32] to create the Forty-third Judicial Circuit, was read the time.
Mr. ADAMS stated that he did not desire to make a speech on the bill, but desired to state to the House that he knew concerning the necessity of this bill. In a recent conversation with the Judge of this Circuit he learned that at the close of the last term of Court the business pending was greater than at the beginning of the term. He considered it a matter of economy that the bill should pass.
Mr. HELMS desired to state that he was in favor of this bill. He had been petitioned by the entire Bar of his County with one exception to work for the passage of this bill. He was informed by an attorney of the Bar that the Court was more than a year behind. He hoped that the bill would pass.
Mr. SMITH also favored the passage of the bill.
Mr. PATTEN stated that the Court was very much behind, and it was a matter of necessity that the bill pass.
The bill passed by yeas, 75; nays, 10.
Mr. Robertson's bill [H. R. 381] to fix the time of holding Court in the Counties of Jackson and Washington, was called up.
On motion of Mr. HEFFREN the Constitutional roles were suspended, the bill read the second time by title, considered engrossed, read the third time by sections and passed the House by yeas, S3; nays, 0.
Mr. Patten's bill [H. R. 34] to legalize the election of the Board of Trustees of the town of Sullivan, Sullivan County. Indiana, was read the third time and passed the House by yeas, 80; nays, 1.
