Mr. Boyd, at 6 o'clock, moved the Senate adjourn. Senate met, pursuant to adjournment. Lieutenant-Governor Dougherty in the chair. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Hale. The journal of yesterday was being read, when, On motion of Mr. McManus, The further reading of the same was dispensed with. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Halstead: Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has returned to them, for proper engrossment, bills of the following titles, to wit: Senate bill, No. 558, for "An act to incorporate the Mount Vernon Cemetery Association." Senate bill, No. 511, for "An act to incorporate the Bloomington Sharpshooters' Association." Senate bill, No. 258, for "An act to incorporate the National Publishing Company." Senate bill, No. 389, for "An act to incorporate the Upper Alton Rural Association." Senate bill, No. 648, for "An act to incorporate the Moline and Rock River Bridge Company." A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Halstead: Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has passed bills of the following titles, to wit: House bill, No. 547, for "An act to amend the charter of the Dixon, Peoria and Hannibal Railroad Company." House bill, No. 553, for "An act to incorporate the Laboring Man's House bill, No. 27, for "An act to legalize the vote of the town of Winchester, taken December 29, 1868, authorizing a subscription to the stock of the Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis Railroad Company." In the passage of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the Senate. Mr. Fort, from the joint committee on enrolled and engrossed bills, begs leave to report that the bills of the following titles have been correctly enrolled, and, on the 4th day of March, 1869, laid before the Governor for his approval, viz: Senate bill, No. 36, for "An act to establish a ferry across the Mississippi River at the town of Keithsburg." Senate bill, No. 47, for "An act to amend chapter twenty-two of the Revised Statutes, entitled 'Charitable Uses."" Senate bill, No. 89, for "An act for the protection of consignors of fruit, grain, flour, etc., sold on commission." Senate bill, No. 107, for "An act to authorize the board of supervi sors of Stephenson county to levy a tax to build a court house." Senate bill, No. 113, for "An act to enable Jefferson county to build a court house and jail." Senate bill, No. 142, for "An act to incorporate the St. Louis and South-eastern Railway Company." Senate bill, No. 151, for "An act to amend an act entitled 'an act to incorporate the Merchants' Insurance Company."" Senate bill, No. 153, for "An act to amend chapter 30 of the Revised Statutes of 1845, entitled 'Criminal Jurisprudence,' in relation to the crime of arson." Senate bill, No. 196, for "An act in aid of the Belleville and Southern Illinois Railroad Company." Senate bill, No. 301, for "An act to incorporate the St. Louis and DuQuoin Railroad Company." Senate bill, No. 443, for "An act to establish a recorder's court in the city of El Paso." Senate bill, No. 814, for "An act supplemental to 'an act to incorporate the Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis Railroad Company,' approved Feb. 16, 1865." House bill, No. 2, for "An act in relation to principal and surety." House bill, No. 3, for "An act to amend chapter 47 of the Revised Statutes." House bill, No. 4, for "An act to incorporate the city of Pekin." House bill, No. 64, for "An act authorizing certain officers therein named to receive national bank notes and fractional currency in payment of taxes." House bill, No. 10, for "An act to amend an act entitled 'an act to incorporate the National Insurance Company,' approved February 25, 1867." House bill, No. 23, for "An act to amend an act entitled 'an act to incorporate the Great Western Life Insurance Company,' approved Feb. 15, 1865. House bill, No. 28, for "An act to legalize the vote of Pike county, subscribing railroad stock to the Hannibal and Naples Railroad Com pany and the Louisiana and Pike County Railroad Company, and the subscription made in pursuance thereof." House bill, No. 54, for "An act to extend the jurisdiction of the county judge of Lee county, Illinois, while acting as a justice of the peace. House bill, No. 107, for "An act to incorporate the Bloomington Independent German School Association." House bill, No. 109, for "An act to incorporate the People's Bank of Bloomington.' House bill, No. 111, for "An act to amend section two of an act entitled 'an act to amend an act to reduce the act to provide for township organization and the several acts amendatory thereof into one act,' passed at the session of 1867." House bill, No. 131, for "An act for the benefit of the school fund in White Rock township, Ogle county." House bill, No. 113, for "An act to incorporate the town of Pecatonica." House bill, No. 134, for "An act to incorporate Yates City." House bill, No. 164, for "An act to incorporate the town of Frankfort, in Franklin county." House bill, No. 306, for "An act to incorporate the Hospital of the Sisters of the Poor of the Order of St. Mary, of Quincy." House bill, No. 329, for "An act to provide for holding additional terms of court in the eighth judicial circuit." House bill, No. 363, for "An act to vacate certain town plats in the county of Knox." House bill, No. 398, for "An act to amend an act entitled 'an act to reduce the charter of the city of Rockford, and the several act amendatory thereof, into one act, and to revise and amend the same," approved Feb. 15, 1865." House bill, No. 418, for "An act to relocate the county seat of Henderson county. House bill, No. 505, for "An act to amend an act entitled 'an act to incorporate the Illinois Staats Zeitung Company,' approved February 13, 1865." House bill, No. 590, for "An act to amend an act entitled 'an act to incorporate the Pekin, Lincoln and Decatur Railroad Company."" House bill, No. 1083, for "An act to repeal a portion of an act herein named." House bill, No. 1085, for "An act to incorporate the city of Oneida, in the county of Knox, and State of Illinois." House bill, No. 1348, for "An act to incorporate the city of Mason City." Mr. Woodson, from the joint committee on enrolled and engrossed bills, begs leave to report that the bills of the following titles have been correctly enrolled, and, on the 4th day of March, 1869, laid before the Governor for his approval, viz: Senate bill, No. 820, for "An act supplemental to an act to authorize the drainage of lands and the construction of levees, embankments, locks, roads, fences and hedges, in Greene county, Illinois, and the Senate bill, No. 821, for "An act supplemental to an act to incorporate the Chester and Tamaroa Coal and Railroad Company." Mr. from the committee on enrolled and engrossed bills, begs leave to report that the following bill had been correctly engrossed, to-wit: Senate bill, No. 598, for "An act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Federal Union Insurance Company.'" A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Halstead: Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has passed bills of the following titles, to wit: House bill, No. 617, for "An act to incorporate the town of Noble." House bill, No. 548, for "An act to vacate certain lots and blocks in the town of Sublette, Lee county, Illinois." House bill, No. 1296, for "An act to amend an act entitled 'an act to incorporate the Chicago and Plainfield Railroad Company,' approved Feb. 24, 1859," and an act amendatory thereto, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'an act to incorporate the Chicago and Plainfield Railroad Company." House bill, No. 671, for "An act to afford relief to the board of school directors of district four, in township one north, of range eight west, in St. Clair county, Illinois." House bill, No. 1260, for "An act to incorporate the North Western Stone Company of Chicago, Illinois." House bill, No. 720, for "An act to attach that part of range eleven (11) east, which lies in the county of Coles, to range ten (10) east, in said county, for school purposes." House bill, No. 636, for "An act for the establishment of a system of graded schools in the city of Nashville." House bill, No. 1422, for "An act to incorporate the Decatur, Sullivan and Mattoon Railroad Company." House bill, No. 566, for "An act to extend the provisions of the game law to certain counties therein named." House bill, No. 612, for "An act to change and re-locate a part of a county road leading from the town of Cumberland to the town of Westfield, in Clark county, Illinois; also, to change and re-locate a part of the state road leading from York, in Clark county, Illinois, to the town of Charleston, Coles county, Illinois." House bill, No. 515 (substitute), for "An act to incorporate the Union Co-operative Insurance Company." House bill, No. 525, for "An act to establish an Insurance Company in the county of Carroll." House bill, No. 64, for "An act to incorporate the Harrison Manufacturing Company of Belleville, Illinois." House bill, No. 170, for "An act to incorporate the Union Building Association." House bill, No. 15, for "An act to incorporate the Carlinville Gas Light Company." House bill, No. 313, for "An act to revive an act entitled 'an act to locate a state road from Virginia, in Cass county, to Vermont, in Fulton county, via Browning, in Schuyler county, and Astoria, Fulton county." House bill, No. 312, for "An act to incorporate the Watseka Mutual Insurance Company." House bill, No. 703, for "An act to authorize and empower the several county courts and boards of supervisors in the several counties in this State to provide for the levy and collection of a tax on dogs in their respective counties, and to impose fines and penalties in certain cases, and provide for the enforcement and collection of the same." House bill, No. 690, for "An act to amend an act entitled 'an act to establish a police force for the city of East St. Louis,' approved Feb. 22, 1867." In the passage of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the Senate. Mr. McManus called up the House resolution in regard to Chatterton contract with the State for paper and stationery. Mr. Fort moved to refer the resolution to the committee on judiciary. On motion of Mr. Addams, The previous question was ordered. The question then being, "Shall the resolution be referred to the judiciary committee ?" Yeas... It was decided in the negative,Nays Those voting in the affirmative are, Messrs. Chittenden, Epler, Flagg, Those voting in the negative are, 8 .17 Messrs. Shepherd, Messrs. Fort, Harlan, Munn, The question then being upon the adoption of the resolution, It was decided in the affirmative, {Nays Those voting in the affirmative are, 22 3 Mr. Casey called up Senate bill, No. 238, for "An act to incorporate the St. Louis, Mount Carmel and New Albany Railroad Company," which bill had been passed by the Senate, and passed by the House with an amendment, and moved that the Senate concur with the House |