Mr. Jones of Hickman offered an amendment, providing that the commissioners to be appointed under the provisions of the bill should not receive a greater salary per annum than five hundred dollars.

And thereupon the question was had and determined in the negative-ayes 12, noes 13. The ayes and noes being demanded, those who voted in the affirmative were

Messrs. Anderson, Ashe, Brown, Gillespy, Jennings, Jones of Hickman, Jones of Lincoln, Marshall, Reneau, Sevier, Terry and Yoakum-12.

Those who voted in the negative were,

Messrs. Aiken, Balch, Frey, Gaines, Hardwicke, Laughlin, Love, Smith, Turney, Walton, Warner, Wheeler and Speaker Coe-13. And so said amendment was rejected.

Mr. Gillespy thereupon offered an amendment in the following words

to wit:

Be it enacted, That in all cases where the Governor has issued the bonds of the State for the improvement of rivers, or in part payment` of the State's subscription in any work of internal improvement in this State, said bonds may be returned by the boards or companies, as the case may be, having charge of the improvement of such rivers or other public works in which the State may be a subscriber as aforesaid, to the office of the Secretary of State to be cancelled; and it shall be the duty of the Governor, in lieu of the bonds so surrendered, to issue in favor of such boards or company respectively, the bonds of the State for the amounts by them severally surrendered, payable_thirty years after date to the President and Directors of the Bank of Tennessee at such place as they may designate, in the form or character of sterling bonds, in sums not less than one thousand dollars each, bearing an interest of five per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, on the first Mondays of March and September in each year, and it shall be the duty of the Governor, in issuing of any bonds of the State in payment of the State's subscription of any stock that shall hereafter become due to any Internal Improvement Company of this State, to issue the same in the form and of the character of sterling bonds, payable and negotiable as above prescribed in this section.

And the question, will the Senate receive the amendment? being had thereon, it was determined in the negative-ayes 8, noes 17.

The ayes and noes being demanded, those who voted in the affirma

tive were

Messrs. Aiken, Ashe, Brown, Gaines, Gillespy, Love, Reneau and Terry-8.

The negative voters were

Messrs. Anderson, Baich, Frey, Hardwicke, Jennings, Jons of Hickman, Jones of Lincoln, Laughlin, Marshall, Sevier, Smith, Turney, Walton, Warner, Wheeler, Yoakum and Speaker Coe--17.

And so said amendment was rejected.

The question then recurred upon the amendment of Mr. Wheeler, and being thereon had it was determined in the negative,-ayes 10, poes 15.

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The ayes and noes being demanded those who voted in the affirmative were

Messrs. Balch, Hardwicke, Jones of Hickman, Jones of Lincoln, Laughlin, Smith, Turney, Warner, Wheeler and Yoakum--10.

Those who voted in the negative were

Messrs. Aiken, Anderson, Ashe, Brown, Frey, Gaines, Gillespy, Jennings, Love, Marshall, Reneau, Sevier, Terry, Walton and Speaker Coe-15.

And so said amendment was rejected.

Mr. Jones of Hickman thereupon moved to strike out the 6th sec tion of Mr. Gillespy's amendment.

And thereupon the question was had and determined in the negative, ayes 10, noes 15. The ayes and noes being demanded those who voted in the aflirmative were

Messrs. Anderson, Frey, Hardwicke, Jones of Hickman, Jones of Lincoln, Marshall, Sinith, Walton, Warner and Yoakum-10.

The negative voters were

essrs. Aiken, Ashe, Balch, Brown, Gaines, Gillespy, Jennings, Laughlin, Love, Reneau, Sevier, Terry, Turney, Wheeler and Speaker Coe-15.

And so said motion was rejected.

The question then recurred upon the reception of r. Gillespy's

amendment.

And thereupon the question was had and determined in the negative-ayes 10, noes 15. The ayes and noes being demanded, those who voted in the affirmative were

Messrs. Aiken, Ashe, Brown, Gaines, Gillespy, Love, Reneau, Terry, Turney and Speaker Coe-10.

The negative voters were

Messrs. Anderson, Balch, Frey, Hardwicke, Jennings, Jones of Hickman, Jones of Lincoln, Laughlin, Marshall, Sevier, Smith, Walton, Warner, Wheeler and Yoakum-12.

So said amendment was rejected.

The original bill was thereupon read a second time.

And thereupon the question was had and determined in the affirmative-ayes 16, nays 9. The ayes and noes being demanded, the affirmative voters were

Messrs. Anderson, Balch, Frey, Hardwicke, Jennings, Jones of Hickman, Jones of Lincoln, Laughlin, Marshall, Sevier, Terry, Turney, Walton, Warner, Wheeler and Yoakum-16.

Those who voted in the negative were

Messrs. Aiken, Ashe, Brown, Gaines, Gillespy, Love, Reneau, Smith and Speaker Coe-9.

And so said bill passed its second reading.

And then the Senate adjourned.

FRIDAY MORNING, Jan. 3, 1840.

Mr. Warner presented a memorial of 137 citizens of Marshall and Coffee counties, praying that a rail road may be chartered from Nash

ville to Ross' landing on the Tennessee river, which was read and or dered to be traitted to the House of Representatives.

Mr. Yoakum from the committee on education and common schools, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of such persons as made improvements on school sections in the Ocoee District, reported that the committee have had the same under consideration, and had instructed him to report an amendment thereto in lieu of the third section, and with the amendment to recommend its passage.

Mr. Gillespy offered an additional amendment thereto, which was accepted.

The question was then had upon a concurrence with the amendment reported by the committee, and determined in the affirmative-ayes 14, noes 6.

The ayes and noes being demanded, those who voted in the affirmative were

Messrs. Anderson, Balch, Brown, Frey, Gaines, Jones of Hickman, Jones of Lincoln, Laughlin, Marshall, Sevier, Walton, Warner, Wheeler, and Yoakum-14.

The negative voters were

Messrs. Gillespy, Hardwicke, Love, Reneau, Terry and Speaker Coe-6.

And so said amendment was adopted.

On motion of Mr. Gillespy the said bill was ordered to the table.

Mr. Yoakum from the committee on education and common schools, to whom was referred, a bill to incorporate the Van Buren Male Academy in Fentress county, reported that the committee have had the same under consideration, and had instructed him to recommend the striking out all that part of said bill after the seventh section thereof, and also to strike from the first section the words "and shall have fifty years succession, and with the amendment to recommend the passage of the bill.

Whereupon the said bill was read a second time and passed.

Mr. Laughlin from the joint committee on banks, made the following report, to wit:

That the joint standing committee, to whom was referred a bill to regulate banks and banking in this State, without giving a detailed enumeration of the reasons by which they have been influenced, and which will more properly belong to a more general report which they expect to submit in a few days, your committee report and recom mend the passage of said bill with the following proposed amendments, to wit:

"Strike out the sixth section."

Strike out the word "beyond" in the second line of the eighth section to the word "provided" in the third line, so as to conclude both said words in the part proposed to be stricken out.

Strike out also the words "as herein provided," in the said third line of the same section.

It is due to your committee to say that much difference of opinion prevails among the members, as to the best course of policy to be pur

sued by the General Assembly on the subject referred to, their growing out of the present condition of the banks of the State.

Respectfully submitted,

S. H. LAUGHLIN, Ch'm. Senate Com. THOMAS BARRY, Ch'm. H. R. Com. On motion of Mr. Laughlin the said bill and report were ordered to the table.

Mr. Terry returned with an amendment in lieu of the whole.' A bill to authorize Josiah M. Anderson of Marion county and George W. Williams of Hamilton county to open a turnpike road. The said amendment was received, the bill read as amended a second time and passed.

Mr. Hardwicke having to accompany the committee to the penitentiary on business concerning the institution, asked leave of absence for that purpose.

A bill to define the duties of the Governor and the term of service of the directors of internal improvement companies, was read a first time and passed.

A bill to establish a Chancery court at Clarksville, was referred on motion of Mr. Frey to the committee on the Judiciary.

A bill to authorize the county court of Blount county to make an allowance to James Glass jailor of said county, was read a third time and passed, ordered to be engrossed and transmitted to the House of Representatives.

A bill to increase the capital stock of the Nolensville turnpike company, was taken up and read.

Mr. Jones of Hickman offered the following as an amendment thereto, to wit:

Provided the individual stockholders in said company will take all the stock in said road, and release the State from all liabilities for stock in said road, and return the bonds already issued by the Governor for stock in said road to the Secretary of State, by him to be cancelled or destroyed.

And thereupon the question was had and determined in the aflirmative-ayes 12, noes 11. The ayes and noes being demanded those who voted in the affirmative were

Messrs. Anderson, Balch, Gillespy, Jones of Hickman, Jones of Lincoln, Laughlin, Love, Turney, Warner, Wheeler, Yoakum and Speaker Coe-12.

The negative voters were

Messrs. Aiken, Ashe, Brown, Frey, Gaines, Jennings, Marshall, Reneau, Sevier, Terry and Walton-11.

And so said amendment was received.

Mr. Turney moved further to amend the said bill by adding thereto the following, to wit:

Be it enacted, That all laws and parts of laws authorizing the Governor to issue or sign the bonds of the State for internal improvement in this State, be and the same are hereby repealed.

And thereupon the question was had, and determined in the affirm.

ative-ayes 15, hoes 7: The ayes and noes being demanded, those who voted in the affirmative were

Messrs. Aiken, Ashe, Balch, Brown, Gillespy, Jennings, Jones of Hickman, Jones of Lincoln, Sevier, Terry, Turney, Walton, Warner, Yoakum and Speaker Coe-15.

Those who voted in the negative were

Messrs. Anderson, Frey, Gaines, Love, Marshall, Reneau and Wheeler-7.

So said amendment was received.

• Mr. Marshall thereupon moved to strike out all of said bill from the enacting clause, except the foregoing amendment, which motion prevailing, Mr. Turney moved to amend the caption of the bill by making it read, a bill to repeal all laws authorizing the Governor to issue the bonds of the State to any internal improvement company, which motion also prevailing, the said bill was read a third time and passed— ayes 13, noes 9.

The ayes and noes being demanded those who voted in the affirmative were

Messrs. Aiken, Balch, Brown, Jennings, Jones of Hickman, Jones of Lincoln, Laughlin, Sevier, Terry, Turney, Walton, Warner and Yoakum-13.

Those who voted in the negative were

Messrs. Anderson, Ashe, Frey, Gaines, Gillespy, Hardwicke, Love, Marshall, Reneau, Wheeler and and Speaker Coe-9.

And so said bill passed its third reading, was ordered to be engrossed and transmitted to the House of Representatives.

A bill to secure the preference of entry to Thomas Neal and David M'Nabb, to enter two quarter sections of land in the Ocoee District, was read a third time and passed-ayes 16, noes 7.

The ayes and noes being demanded those who voted in the affirmative were

Messrs. Aiken, Anderson, Balch, Frey, Gaines, Gillespy, Jennings, Laughlin, Love, Reneau, Terry, Turney, Walton, Wheeler, Yoakum and Speaker Coe-16.

The negative votere were

Messrs. Ashe, Brown, Jones of Hickman, Jones of Lincoln, arshall, Sevier and Warner--7.

And so said bill passed its third reading, was ordered to be engrossed and transmitted to the House of Representatives.

Mr. Brown, moved a re-consideration of the vote on the passage of the bill repealing all laws authorizing the Governor of the State to issue the bonds of the State.

Mr. Brown from the committee on privileges and elections, to whom was referred memorials from the citizens of Rutherford county, in relation to alledged illegal voting in said county at the last general election, and a resolution directory to said committee in relation to the same subject, made the the following report, to wit:

The committee on privileges and elections, to whom was referred a memorial from the citizens of the county of Rutherford, and who were