other circuitous route that members may travel, and adopt as the
most usual road in travelling to and returning front the General As-
sembly. And if testimony is wanting to prove that charges some-
thing similar to those specified in this protest, have been made against
the State of Indiana, and the money drawn for the same, it is only
necessary to call at the Auditor's office of State, and examine the
vouchers on file in said office.
The undersigned most solemnly protests against any species of leg-
islation, that will squint at, or look upon any such frauds practised
upon the people's treasury with the least allowance, for by squinting
at or by looking upon such frauds with allowance, there has been
in all probability thousands of dollars of the people's money taken in
this way.
And for the reasons set forth above, the undersigned enters his
most solemn protest.
., , JOSHUA B. HUCKABY.
Mr. Tingley then presented the following pi-otest :
The under^n'gned ]irotests against so much of the foregoing protest
as alleges anv thing improper against the conduct of members of this
* ' • ' ;. â– . 556 â– â– â– â– ''â– â–
House, in refusing Mr. Huckaby leave to introduce the bill set forth
in his protest; so far as he is concerned, he voted to give leave for
the introduction of the same.
.....;.; V, ; : . •• .^ G. B. TINGLEY.
Mr. Kobinson of Decatur made the following report :
Mr. Speaker: .. ' '• .. ■;_ '.■■'■■•^- :" ' .:•
The select committee, to whom was referred the petition of sun -
dry citizens of the county of Decatur, praying for the incorporation
of' a company to improve the Michigan road, south of IndianapoHs,
have, according to order, had the same under consideration, and di-
rected me to report the following bill :
No. 422. A bill to incorporate the Michigan road company, south
of Indianapolis ;
Was read three several times, the rules being suspended therefor,
and passed. ■,• . ,
Ordered, That the Senate be informed thereof. • :^'. " ;■,
Mr. Tingley made the following report : " '•. ' ;' ••• .' 'f. ■■1,"
Mr. Speaker: ■■■'.•• '■■'■'"■■'- ■■:■■"■-■■'■■■'■' ,-\'"^ <• .■-■,■■■■''■:•'■''
The committee on the judiciary, to whom was referred bill of the
Senate, No. 82, entitled, a bill relative to the ofKce of county trea-
surer, have considered the same, and instructed me to report the
same back to the House, without amendment, and recommend its
passage.
No. 82. A bill relative to the office of county treasurer.
Mr. Leslie moved to amend by adding the following section :
gj;c. — . That the board doing county business in the county of
Harrison, shall, hereafter, in granting licenses to vend spiritous
liquors, be governed in all respects by the provisions of the Revised
Statutes of 1843, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Which was adopted.
The amendment was considered as engrossed, and the bill read a
third time and passed.
Ordered, That the Clerk inform the Senate thereof.
Mr. Bell made the following report : , , _ ^- ."'
Mr. Speaker: ■' '. ■' ■■;; " "•' . ' '';-',-'.'' - '^''-^^'
The committee on roads, to which was referred the petitions and
remonstrances of sundry citizens of the counties of Allen and Whit-
ley, on the subject of a State road therein named, have had the same
under consideration, and have directed me to report, that in their
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opinion, it is inexpedient tu legislate on that subject, and ask to be
discharged from the further consideration of that subject.
The committee was accordingly discharged. .. .■•..; •• ,.
Mr. Bell also made the following report: , . •-. " •â–
Mr. Speakkr: • , . . '
The committee on roads, to which was referred the petitions and
remonstrances of sundry citizens of the counties of Randolph, Jay
and Delaware, declaring the Mississinewa river a public highway,
and a bill of the House, have had the same under consideration, and
have instructed me to report that, in their opinion, it is inexpedient
to legislate on that subject, and ask to be discharged from the further
consideration of that subject.
Whei'eupon the committee was discharged. â– . ,-. .
Mr. Bell also made the following report: ,. . ■. • , " '
Mr. Speaker: ....<•''. ..' „ ^ ' -' ■,' ■\ ' ' •' \.
The committee on roads, to which was referred the petitions and
remonstrances of sundry citizens of Hancock county, on the subject
of a State road from Person's mill to Judge Garrett's, in Hancock
county, have had the same under consideration, and have instructed
me to report that, in their opinion, it is inexpedient to legislate on
that subject, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration
of that subject.
Whereupon the committee was accordingly discharged.
Bill No. 269. A bill to I'epeal an act declaring the Mississinewa
river a public highway;
Was reported back by the committee on roads, and ;. ' ,
Laid on the table. ■. ' • '
Mr. Bell also made the following report : ,!".,â– .-;...
Mr. Speaker :
The committee on roads, to which was referred the petitions and
remonstrances of sundry citizens of Boone, Montgomery, Clinton,
and Tippecanoe counties, have had the same under consideration,
and have instructed me to report that, in their opinion, it is inexpe-
dient to leo-islate on that subject, and ask to be discharged from the
further consideration of that subject.
The committee was accordingly discharged. - , ; •• ■,,•;';•('!'.
JNIr. Barclay made the following report : " ; ' ' -■■: ■• • '■' '■/ .
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Mr. Speaker: ■v - V' , :■»■:%, ;;rj,^^' '••'■•,■'V'" .
The committee on enrolled bills report, that they have compared
the following enrolled with the original bills and joint resolution of
the House, and find the enrollment correctly made:
No. 89. An act to extend the time of tlie sessions of the board of
commissioners of Bartholomew county, and for other pturposes ;
No. 12. An act for the incorporation of the Philadelphia Indus-
trial Association of St. Joseph county, Indiana;
No. 319. An act to locate a State road in the county of Marshall;
No. 197. A joint resolution with regard to the exhibition of the
pupils of the Kentucky institution for the education of the blind.
Mr. Barclay made the following report : i'; • .•■. '. '
Mr. Speaker: â– '.'.'>. . â– ..•. â– â– , ''â– > '•:••.-â–
The committee on enrolled bills report that they have compared
the following enrolled with the engrossed bills of the House,, and find
the enrollment correctly made:
No. 158. An act to extend the time of holding the probate court
of Montgomery county ;
No. 209. An act regulating the jurisdiction of Justices of the
Peace in Lake and Porter counties ;
No. 317. An act to locate a State road therein named ;
No. 276. An act to regulate judicial notices in the county of Da-
viess;
No. 318. An act to change a certain State road therein named in
the county of Elkhart ;
No. 64. An act to authorize the sale of school section in town
four, range ten, in Jefferson county;
No. 85. An act to repeal an act entitled " an act to lay out and
open a State road in the counties of Dearborn and Ripley," approved
February 1, 1834;
No. IO9. An act to amend article 4, chapter 45, of the Revised
Statutes of 1843 ;
No. 76. An act to change the name of Susannah Poe to Susannah
Cundale ;
No. 50. An act for the relief of John Sankey of Vigo county, In-
diana ;
No. 323. An act to incorporate the town of Bloomington in the
county of Monroe ;
On leave granted, ' '' . . /V -,'■."•;■.
Mr. Robinson of Decatur, introduced '
No. 423, A joint resolution on the sul.iject of enrolling :
Which was read a first time ; and, • ■, , ■' .
On motion by Mr. Vandeveer, ;-.•.'-;<'■'•*•',
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• Was rejected.
The tbllowing message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Otto,
their Secretary : ... .. . •. .
Mr. Speaker: ;>_.;.•-â– ' â– â– '"•.;â– â– -â– â– -' 'â– â– '. . 'â– . - ' ■•..â– â– ' •;- â–
The Senate have passed an engrossed bill of the House of Repre-
sentatives of the following title :
No. 380. An act to raise a revenue for State purposes ; with three
amendments ;
In which I am directed to ask, respectfully, the concurrence of this
House.
The amendments of the Senate to No. 380, in said message,
Were severally concurred in by the House.
Ordered, That the Senate be informed thereof.
The following message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Otto,
their Secretary : . . â– .-,'..â– â– â– -
Mr. Speaker: ., .■,. .:. ■,■'■,; .,./'.,,, .;/■- ■-'" ' •.. .■^ ■'.'
The Senate have passed engrossed bill of the House of Represen-
tatives of the following title:
No. 117. An act for the relief of the State of Indiana, and for
other purposes; with two amendments;
In which I am directed to ask, respectfully, the concurrence of
this House.
The Senate have also passed engrossed bills thereof of the follow-
ing titles :
No. 163. An act concerning certain conveyances therein named ;
No. 259. An act authorizing the superintendent of the New Alba-
ny and Vincennes road to report to the Auditor of State, and au-
thorizing the auditing of reports heretofore made to the Treasurer ;
No. 206. An act to amend an act incorporating the town of Au-
rora;
No. 262. An act for the relief of George II. Dunn ;
No. 167. An act in relation to the expenses of removal or change
of venue in civil cases; ,. ^ â– . â–
No. 264. An act for the relief of Juddy Whisman; â– ' ""â– '/''
No. 229. An act to fix the time of holding courts in the tenth ju-
dicial circuit ;
No. 267. An act in relation to school district No. 1, in congres-
sional township No. 15, in Marion county;
No. 268. An act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate
the trustees of the Laporte University, approved January, 20, 1842;
No. 137. An act for the relief of Henry Pittenger;
No. 175. An act in relation to the county seminary of Laporte
county.
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The tSeuate have also passed an engrossed joint resolution thereof
ot' the following title:
No. 236. A joint resolution relating to the assumption of State
debts.
In which bills and joint resolution I am directed to ask, respectful-
ly, the concurrence of this House.
The Senate have also passed, without amendment, an engrossed
bill of the House of Representatives of the following title:
No. 128. An act to amend an act entitled, an act to incorporate
the Warren county canal company, approved January 15, 1844.
Bills of the Senate, in said message mentioned,
Nos. 163, 262, 259, 206, 264, 167, 267, 268, 137, and 175, were
severally read three separate times, and passed.
Ordered, That the Clerk inform the Senate thereof.
The amendments to bill of the House No. 117, were concurred in.
No. 229, of Senate,
Was read three several times, and, ^. . â– .â– ;â– â– â– â–
On motion by Mr. Hoggatt, ' •■'• •■'â– â–
Was amended, by the unanimous consent of the House, as follows:
Have the bill so amended that the courts in Lawrence county shall
be held two weeks or more, not exceeding three weeks, if the busi-
ness require it.
The bill then passed. './ •
Ordered, That the Clerk inform the Senate thereof. "',.â– -â– /
Bill of the Senate, in said message. No. 236, .â– â– ' â–
Was read the first time and ordered to a second reading.
The following message was also received from the Senate by Mr.
Otto, their Secretary : ■• ,, ;• .;. . • ..■.-,
Mr. Speaker: ;:,'.,'.'.;■■.. ;■-■';,;;.'' ■;,/.'/' '''/"•'■•, •-
The Senate has passed an engrossed bill of the House of Repre-
sentatives of the following title:
No. 222. An act to amend an act to provide for the continuance
of the construction of all or any part of the public works of this
State by private companies, and for abolishing the board of internal
improvements, and the offices of fund commissioner and chief engi-
neer, approved January 28, 1842; with three amendments;
In which I am directed to ask, respectfully, the concurrence of this
House.
The amendments of the Senate to said bill No. 222, were concur-
red in.
On motion by Mr. Robinson of Carroll,
The House rescinded the i7th joint rule of the General Assembly
as per notice previously given by Mr. Stapp.
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Ordered, That the Clerk iiilbrm the Senate thereof, and respect-
fully ask their concurrence therein.
The following message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Otto,
their Secretary : .
Mr. Speaker: - , :. "
The Senate insist upon their first amendment to an engrossed bill
of the House of Representatives entitled,
No. 379. An act making general appropriations for the year 1845,
On motion.
The House insisted on its disagreement to the first amendment of
the Senate to said bill No. 379.
Mr. Simonson moved that a committee of free conference be ap-
pointed on the part of the House;
Which prevailed.
The Speaker appointed Messrs. Simonson and Handy to act as
such committee.
The following message was received from the Senate by Mr. Otto,
their Secretary : • .
■., *• '_ .'■.'• .■■-
Mr. Speaker: . , â– '
The Senate have appointed Messrs. Chapman of Laporte and Henry
a committee of free conference on the part of the Senate, in relation
to the disagreeing votes of the two Houses, relative to an amendment
of the Senate to an engrossed bill of the House of Representatives
entitled,
No. 379. An act making general appropriations for the year 1845.
Mr. Garrett moved to reconsider the vote taken on the indefinite
postponement of bill of the Senate No. 289.
Mr. Garrett afterwards withdrew his motion ;
Which was renewed by Mr. Gregory.
And the ayes and noes being demanded by Messrs. Gregory and
Robinson of Carroll,
Those ivho voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Barclay, Bell, Brecount, Claypool, Gregory, Helwig, Hos-
tetter, Howard, Jones of Fountain, McAllister, Mooney, Pettit,
Robinson of Carroll, Rosseau, Shively, Snook, and Turman — 17.
• ^ Those who voted in the negative are, ■• ■'
Messrs. Blakemore, Boardman, Bradley, Brown, Byers, Colms,
Conduit, Davis, Ford, Foresman, Fry, Garrett, Grubbs, Hauser,
71 H
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Hazelrigg, Herod, llinchman, Hodges, Hoggatt, Huckaby, Huey,
Jamison, Jones of Vigo, Kelley, Kerr, Legg, Leslie, Lewis of Wayne,
Little, ^icCkire of Scott, McClure of Knox, McGauhey, Manville,
Matlock, Miller, Montgomery, Nimmon, Nutter, Odell, Palmer, Peek,
Rich, Robinson of Decatur, Shanks, Shelby, Smith, Stapp, Sullivan,
Tague, Tingley, Tomlinson, Vandeveer, Walker, Wills, Wilson,
Wright of Wayne, and Mr. Speaker — 57.
So the vote was not reconsidered. . • ... •■■' „.. ■. .■<.'■•.;':
Mr. Barclay made the following report: . ,. •,;-.■/ ,-.
Mr. Speaker: '. , . •
The committee on enrolled bills report that they have compared
the following enrolled with the engrossed bills and joint resolution of
the House and find them correctly made:
No. 14L An act to provide for a uniform mode of doing township
business in Clay county ;
No. 113. An act to authorize an additional place of holding elec-
tions in Redding township, Jackson county ;
No. 384. An act to provide for the binding of the laws and
journals ;
No. 122. An act to locate a State road therein named, and for
other purposes;
No. 195. An act to locate a State road in the counties of Allen
and Noble;
No. 266. An act to amend the 1st article of the 50th chapter of
the Revised Statutes of 1843;
No. 326. An act changing the mode of doing county business in
the county of Putnam;
No. 316. An act for the relief of the securities of Daniel Carle ;
No. 322. An act declaring Big Blue river a public highway ;
No. 348. An act to locate a State road from Peru to Canton, and
also to locate a State road from Kokomo, in Richardville county, to
Frankfort, in Clinton county;
No. 94. An act to authorize Abraham J. Hostetler to sell and con-
vey real estate;
No. 57. A joint resolution on the subject of the refuse public lands
in Indiana ;
No. 399. An act to vacate the town of Berlin in the county of
Fayette ;
No. 325. An act to authorize the school commissioner of Porter
county to sell a certain tract of land to Benjamin N. Spencer,
Charles E. DeWolf and Joseph Bartholomew.
Mr. Barclay made the following report : - â– _
Mr. Speaker :
The committee on enrolled bills report, that they have compared
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the following enrolled with the engrossed bills and joint resolution of
the House, and find the enrollment correctly made :
No. 390. A joint resolution on the subject of the Wabash and
Erie canal ;
A^o. 396. An act to improve the breed of horses in Jay county ; â–
No. 394. An act to change the name of Faithsville to Parkers-
burg, in Montgomery county ;
No. 393. An act reviving and amending a certain act, entitled, an
act to compel speculators to pay a road tax equal to that paid by
actual settlers, approved January 31, 1842 ;
A^o. 53. An act for the relief of Joseph Proctor and others ;
No. 54. An act to authorize Daniel C. Shannon to erect a mill
dam across the Mississinewa river ;
No. 90. An act providing for the location of a State road in the
counties of Marshall and Kosciusko ;
No. 107. An act to more properly define the boundaries of Dear-
born county;
No. 324. An act vacating a part of a State road therein named ;
No. 3S9. An act to establish a State road in the counties of Tip-
pecanoe and Warren ; .
No. 388. An act for the relief oTTax collector of the county of
Greene ;
No. 386. An act to authorize the county commissioners of Wiiite
county to grant license to clock pedlars ;
No. 254. An act to authorize William Conner and John D. Ste-
phenson to erect a mill dam across White river, in Hamilton county;
No. 315. An act to amend an act to incorporate the College Cor-
ner and Liberty turnpike company, and the Libert}^ and Abington
turnpike company, approved January 15, 1S44;
No. 335. An act legalizing the proceedings of the board doing
county business in Martin county, and also, of James Dilley, as
treasurer and collector ;
No. 61. An act exempting personal property from execution;
No. 136. An act extending the provisions of an act entitled, "an
act to provide for the appointment of township assessors in certain
counties therein named, and defining their duties, approved January
15, 1844, to the county of Clay ;
No. 137. An act to restrict the grand jury in Franklin county to
a limited time in their sessions ;
No. 139. An act changing the election of school trustees in the
counties of De Kalb and Steuben ;
N'o. 147. An act for the appointment of commissioners of the re-
served townships of land in the counties of Gibson and jMonroe ;
No. 144. An act for the rehef of Sintha Parks, widow of Alexan-
der Parks, deceased; • - . , .• - .:
Mr. Simonson made the following report ;
.â– I,rl
• , ,_â– 564 ■■• . • â– - â– â– ;â–
Mr. Speaker:
The committee of free conference appointed by this House on bill
No. 379, have directed me to report, that they cannot compromise
the matters in difference between the two Houses on said bill, and
they ask to be discharged.
The committee was accordingly discharged.
On motion by Mr. Simonson,
A second committee of free conference was appointed, consisting
of Messrs. Handy and Hazelrigg.
The following message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Otto,
their Secretary : â– , . . â– - .^
Mr. Speaker: •, ■•'■. ■'''■' : .. •.' '/
The Senate have passed engrossed bills thereof, of the following
titles :
No. 248. An act for the distribution and sale of the surplus co-
pies of the Revised Statutes ;
No. 249. An act to legalize the assignment of certificates to cer-
tain school lands in the State ;
No. 250. An act to authorize the election of a school commission-
er in township 9, range 1 west, in Franklin county;
No. 251. An act authorizing the location of a State road in
Daviess county ;
No. 255. An act fixing the times of holding probate courts in the
county of Greene;
No. 256, An act regulating the issuing of writs of supersedeas ;
No. 257. An act to establish a State road from Thorntown, in
Boone county, to Rossville, in Clinton county ;
No. 247. An act to incorporate the church of the United Brethren,
or Moravians, and to legalize the election and acts of the trustees
thereof;
In which I am directed to ask respectfully the concurrence of the
House of Representatives.
Bills of the Senate in said message mentioned,
No. 248, 249, 250, 251, 255, and 256,
Were severally read three times, the rules being suspended there-
for, and passed.
Ordered, That the Clerk inform the Senate thereof
No. 257, in said message mentioned.
Was read a first and second times, and laid on the table.
The following message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Otto,
their Secretary :
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Mr. Speaker: • '■,:.,
The Senate have discharged tlie committee of free conference ap-
pointed to take into consideration the disagreeing votes of the two
Houses, relative to the amendments of the Senate to anengi'ossed bill
of the House of Representatives, entitled, " No. 379, an act making
general appropriations for the year 1S4.5," and have appointed Mr.
Stanford and Mr. Ritchey, a second committee of free conference to
take into consideration the same subject.
The following message was also received from the Senate, by
Mr. Otto, their Secretary : ^ . .,
Mr. Speaker: • , '.
The Senate have passed an engrossed bill of the House of Repre-
sentatives, of the following title :
No. 259. An act for the relief of Benjamin H. Scott, of Miami
county ; ■• ■i . . ■. • .
With one amendment. '
In which I am directed to ask respectfully the concurrence of this
House.
The House refused to concur in the amendment of the Senate to
said bill. No. 259.
The following message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Otto,
their secretary :
Mr. Speaker :
The Senate have passed an engrossed bill thereof, as follows : -
No. 258. An act for the reUef of Parmenter M. Parks;
In which I am directed to ask respectfully the concurrence of this
House.
No. 258, in said message mentioned,
Was read three several times, the rules being suspended there-
for, and passed.
Ordered, That the Clerk inform the Senate thereof.
The following message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Otto,
their Secretary : > • . ., â– , â–
Mr. Speaker :
I am directed by the President of the Senate, to inform the House
of Representatives, that the Senate disagree to the amendments of
the House to bill of the Senate, No. 172, " a bill to amend the sev-
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eval acts for the loaning and collecting of the sinking fund, and for
other purposes." , . _
On motion,
The House insisted on its amendment to said bill No. 172.
Messrs. Osborn and Iloggatt were appointed a committee of free
conference, relative to the disagreement of the two Houses on bill
No. 172.
The following message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Otto,
their Secretary :
Mr. Speaker: . '. '
The Senate have passed engrossed bills of the House of Repre-
sentatives, of the following titles :
No. 1.51. An act declaring Deer Creek, in Perry county, a navi-
gable stream ;
With one amendment ;
No. 13-1. An act to appoint examiners of common school teachers
in the counties of Switzerland, Hancock, Allen and Orange ;
With two amendments: . .
In which amendments J am directed to ask respectfully the con-
currence of this House.
The several amendments of the Senate to bills Nos. 151 and 134,
in said message, . ■• â–
Were concurred in by the House. ' ' ' "
Ordered, That the Clerk inl'orm the Senate thereof.
Mr. Hazelrigg made the following report, which was concurred in
by the House, and the amendment proposed to said bill No. 379, was
adopted :
Mr. Speaker: ■. ■'' . ■■■.•
The joint committee of free conference appointed by the Senate
and House of Representatives to confer on their disagreement in re-
lation to the amendment of the Senate to the bill of the House No.
379, have directed me to report that they have agreed to recommend