monston, Elkin, Ewing, Creen of Clay, Green of St. Clair, Green of Greene, Harris, Huey, Hunt, Lagow, Lincoln, Logan, M'Cormick, Madden, Minshall, Moore of McLean, Murphy of Vermilion, Naper, Odam, Paullen, Reddick, Shields, Smith of Wabash, Stuntz, Thompson, Turley, Turney, Walker of Cook, Walker of Morgan, Watkins, Wh eler, Witt, and Wood-45.

In the negative:

Messrs. Ball, Barnett, Carpenter, Cloud, Copeland, Craig, Diarman, Dubois, Edwards, English, Happy, Hinshaw, Hogan, Leary, McMurtry, Moore of St. Clair, Rawalt, Voris, Whitten, Wilson, and Wyatt-21.

Mr. Witt, from the select committee to which was referred a bill for

"An act to incorporate the Apple Creek Navigation Company,"

Reported the same back to the House with amendments; Which were read, and concurred in.

Ordered to be engrossed, as amended.

Mr. Smith of Madison, from the select committee to which had been referred a bill for

"An act to relocate a part of a certain State road,”

Reported the same back to the House with an amendment; Which was read, and concurred in.

On motion of Mr. Smith of Madison,

The bill and proposed amendments were referred to the Committee of the Whole House, and

The House now resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole to take into consideration said bill, and

After some time spent therein,

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair, and

Mr. Wyatt reported, That the Committee of the Whole House, had had the same, according to order, under consideration, and had directed him to report the same back without amendment.

Mr. Hogan moved to amend, by adding the following, to wit:

"An act to re-locate the state road from Benjamin Johnson's, in Bond county, to Mr. Anderson's Bridge, in Madison county, be, and the same is hereby repealed, so far as relates to the road between Benjamin Johnson's and Lewis Juda's." On motion of Mr. Wyatt,

The bill and proposed amendments were laid on the table.

A message from the Senate by Mr. Prentiss, their Assistant Secretary.

MR. SPEAKER:

The Senate have passed bills of the following titles, viz: "An act to increase the compensation of County Commissioners;"

"An act in relation to certain public roads therein named;" "An act to alter the town plat of Geneva, and for other purposes;",

"An act for the relief of Nathaniel Pope and others.'

In the passage of which several bills they ask the concur rence of the House of Representatives.

He then withdrew.

Mr. Wyatt, from the Committee on Petitions, to which had been referred the petition of James Walker, praying compensation for loss and injury sustained by him by laying off the town of Ottawa by the State of Illinois; he having settled upon the same when the land was held by the United States,

Reported a bill for

"An act for the relief of James Walker,"

Which was read; and

On the question,

Shall the bill be ordered to a second reading?

It was decided in the negative.

Mr. Dawson, from the select committee to which had been referred a bill for

"An act to establish the county of Marshall,"

Reported that they had ascertained, that the first principle of the law regulating such cases had not been complied with on the part of the petitioners, and only about 400 persons had signed said petition; while on the other hand they find at the last session of this present General Assembly, there were 2213 persons remonstrating against any division of said county. They, therefore, recommend the rejection of said bill. The question was then put,

Shall said bill be engrossed for a third reading?

And decided in the negative.

Mr. Craig, from the Committee on Internal Improvements, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate, entitled "An act further supplemental to an act to establish and maintain a general system of Internal Improvement,"

Reported the same back without amendment?
When,

On motion,

The House adjourned till 2 o'clock, P. M.

2 O'CLOCK, P. M.

The House met pursuant to adjournment.

The question pending when the House adjourned, on ordering the bill from the Senate, for

"An act further supplemental to an act to establish and maintain a general system of Internal Improvements," To a third reading,

Again coming up for consideration,

Mr. McCown moved to lay the bill on the table till the 4th day of July next;

Which was decided in the negative, by yeas and nays, upon the call of Messrs. Paullen and Turley, as follow, to wit: In the affirmative,

Messrs. Atwater, Barnett, Carpenter, Courtright, Cunningham, Davidson, Davis, Diarman, Dubois, English, Green of Clay, Green of Greene, Happy, Hardin, Harris, Hunt, McCown, McMurtry, Madden, Minor, Minshall, Morton, Oneille, Paullen, Rawalt, Richardson, Stuart, Thompson, Walker of Cook, Walker of Morgan, Wheeler, Whitten, Williams, Witt, and Wyatt-36.

In the negative,

Messrs, Aldrich, Baker, Ball, Bartlett, Bentley, Cloud, Copeland, Connolly, Craig, Crain, Cullom, Dawson, Dollens, Dougherty, Davidson, Dunn, Edwards, Elkin, Ewing, Hankins, Hinshaw, Hogan, Huey, Lagow, Leary, Lincoln, Logan, Lyons, McCormick, Marrs, Moore of McLean, Moore of St. Clair, Murphy of Perry, Murphy of Vermil ion, Naper, Odam, Pace, Reddick, Scarborough, Shields, Smith of Wabash, Stuntz, Turley, Tarney, Voris, Watkins, Wood, and Mr. Speaker 48.

Ordered to be read a third time.

On motion of Mr. Pace,

The rule relative to the reception of reports was suspended for half an hour.

Mr. Oneille, from the Committee on Public Accounts and Expenditures, to which was referred the bill for

"An act supplemental to an act making appropriations for the years 1837 and 1838,"

Reported the same back with sundry amendments:
When,

On motion of Mr. Moore of St. Clair,

The bill and proposed amendments were referred to the Committee of the Whole House, and

The House now resolved itself into the committee of the whole house to take into consideration, the said bill and amendments, and after some time spent therein,

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and

Mr. Moore of St. Clair reported that the committee of the whole house had had, according to order, said bill and proposed amendments under consideration, had made sundry amendments thereto, and directed him to ask the concurrence of the House in said amendments.

On motion of Mr. Williams,

The bill and proposed amendments of the Committee of the Whole House were recommitted to the committee on Public Accounts and Expenditures.

Mr. Wyatt, from the Committee on Petitions, to which had been referred the petition of sundry citizens of Vermilion county, praying the location of a certain road, reported a bill for

"An act to locate a State road therein mentioned;"
Which was read twice.

On motion of Mr. Reddick,

The bill was amended by striking out the words "Decatur, in Macon county," in the first section, and inserting "Sodorisis, in Champaign county."

On motion of Mr. Lincoln,

The bill was further amended by adding the following as an additional section:

Sec. 4. That Bowling Green, Bennett Abell, and John Bennett, be and they are hereby authorized to meet at any time within six months from the passage of this act, and to relocate so much of the State road leading from Springfield to Lewiston, as lies between the towns of New Salem and Petersburg, and are required to make a map and report of said relocation, and file the same with the clerk of the county commissioners' court of Sangamon county; and for their ser

vices shall receive such compensation as the county commissioners of said county shall deem reasonable.

Then,

On motion,

The House adjourned.

THURSDAY, July 20th, 1837.

The House met pursuant to adjournment,

Mr. Madden, from the Committee on enrolled bills, reported as correctly enrolled, bills of the following titles, to wit:

"An act to authorize John Green and William Stadden to build a toll bridge across Fox river;"

"An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to extend the corporate powers of the town of Peoria," approved February 21st, 1837;

"An act to amend an act to change the name of Watson James Filley," approved 16th January, 1837;

"An act to amend the act incorporating the Kaskaskia Bridge Company;"

"An act to repeal an act in relation to schools in township thirty-nine, north, in range fourteen, east;"

"An act, to legalize processes in the Circuit Courts in this State;"

"An act to locate a State road therein named;"

"An act to locate a State road from Apanooce, in Hancock county, to the Drowning Fork of Crooked Creek, in MacDonough county, and to vacate a part of a State road;"

"An act to relocate a part of the State road leading from Maysville to Shelbyville;"

"An act to locate a State road from or near George R. Logan's to Tecumseh, in White county;"

"An act to extend the corporate powers of the President and Trustees of the town of Springfield;"

"An act to vacate certain town plats;"

"An act to change a State road leading from Rushville to Carthage;"