On motion of Mr. Dunbar, Said communication was referred to the joint select committee appointed to enquire into the transactions of said board. On motion of Mr. Wyatt, Resolved, That the committee on the Judiciary be instructed to enquire into the expediency of the passage of a law which will render any member of the General Assembly incapable of retaining his seat, who is holding offices of profit, or draw ing salaries out of any money belonging to the state; and that they report by bill or otherwise. The yeas and nays being called for on the adoption of this' resolution by Messrs. Bentley and Murphy of Vermilion. Those voting in the affirmative are: Messrs. Atwater, Baker, Ball, Barnett, Bartlett, Bentley, Carpenter, Cloud, Copeland, Connolly, Courtright, Craig, Crain, Cullom, Cunningham, Davis, Dawson, Diarman, Dollens, Dougherty, Dubois, Dunbar, Dunn, Edmondston, Edwards, Elkin, English, Ewing, Green of St. Clair, Green of Green, Hankins, Happy, Hardin, Harris, Hinshaw, Hogan, Huey, Hunt, Lagow, Leary, Lineoln, Logan, Lyons, McCowan, McMurtry, Madden, Marrs, Minor, Minshall, Moore of McLean, Moore of St. Clair, Morton, Murphy of Vermilion, Naper, Odam, Oneille, Pace, Paullen, Rawalt, Reddick, Richardson, Scarborough, Shields, Smith of Madison, Smith of Wabash, Somerville. Stuart, Stuntz, Thompson, Turley, Turney, Voris, Walker of Cook, Walker of Morgan, Watkins, Webb, Wheeler, Whitten, Williams, Witt, Wyatt, and Mr. Speaker-81. In the negative-none. Mr. Ewing proposed for adoption the following resolutions, vjz: Resolved 1. That among the prominent causes which have produced the present deranged condition of the monetary system of the country, the chief and most prominent one producing the effect, has been the great and unnecessary multiplication of banks in the several states, and the abuse of their corporate powers, whose creation has added nothing to the actual capital of the country, but has on the contrary deluged it with a redundant circulation of bank notes of a depreciated and in many instances of an entirely worthless and valueless character, by which the producing classes of society have suffered great and ruinous losses. Resolved 2. That the wild and ruinous speculations and ex travagances into which most of the prominent classes and wealthy portions of the community have plunged with a recklessness, alike characterised by the desperation of its spirit, and the needlessness of its objects, as by the force of its example, had the most unhappy tendency in unsettling the prudent, economical, and industrious habits of the producing classes of the community, and produced a vitiated and depraved desire to accumulate wealth without labor; and that these causes have also acted as a great auxiliary in hastening the derangements and embarrassments under which we now labor. Resolved 3. That all fictitious currencies not based upon metalic substances of the precious metals, are alike invariably subject to endless fluctuations, are ruinous in their tendencies, and afford one portion of the community an undue and unjust advantage over the less informed and laboring classes, and afford the means of the more cunning acquiring wealth at the expense of the more industrious, who desire to live by their labor and sweat of their brow than by their wits. Resolved 4. That in order to redeem ourselves from the present unhappy and embarrassed condition into which we have been forced by the causes enumerated, it is indispensably necessary that all classes of community should promptly and without hesitation return to, and resume their former habits of prudence, economy and industry; and that every member of the community should recognise and act upon the principle that every man in the community is bound by every social and moral obligation in the sphere in which he moves, to contribute some valuable acquisition to the common stock of the wealth and productive industry of the nation, and that until this course is pursued it will be in vain to hope for an escape from our present calamities. Resolved 5. That all legislation or attempts by legislative enactments, to interfere with the currency of the country under the pretence of remedying the evils of that currency, are but so many unwise, unjust, and ineffectual expedients to remedy evils which have their origin in the system itself, and which can never be corrected or eradicated; and that no attempt should be suffered to be made, or enactments adopted, to interfere with the constitutional currency of the country, much less to justify the refusal to pay in that currency when legally demanded, whether of corporations or individuals. Mr. Williams moved to lay said resolutions on the table, when SATURDAY, July 15, 1837, The House met pursuant to adjournment. Mr. Speaker appointed Mr. Bartlett on the committee on Enrolled Bills, and on Commerce and Manufactures. Message from the Senate, by Mr. Thomas, their Secretary. MR. SPEAKER: I am directed to inform the House of Representatives, that the Senate have adopted the following resolution, viz: Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring herein,) That the Board of Public Works appointed under the provisions of "An Act to establish and maintain a general system of Internal Improvements," approved February 27th, 1837, are hereby required to make quarterly report to the Governor of the State of Illinois, a minute and particular statement of the number of Engineers, Officers and Agents, employed by them on the several improvements contemplated by said act, specifying the nature of the services required by each, of the salaries or sum per diem allowed each, and the length of time or number of days such Engineer, Officer, or Agent, will necessarily be engaged in service, which report, when so made to the Governor, shall be published in the public newspapers throughout the State. In the passage of which they ask the concurrence of the House of Representatives. He then withdrew. Mr. Leary presented the petition of James Walker of Cook county, praying remuneration for certain property taken from him for the use of the State, by the Commissioners of the State, in the year 1829, the reading of which was, On his motion dispensed with, and Referred to the committee on Petitions. Mr. Hogan presented the remonstrance of sundry citizens of Madison county, &c. against the repeal of a certain law, the reading of which was, On his motion dispensed with, and Referred to the same select committee to which the remonstrance and bill on the same subject had been referred. Mr. Murphy of Perry presented the petition of Thomas Gocher, praying to be divorced from Mary his wife, Which was read, and Mr. Murphy moved to refer the petition to the committee on Petitions. Mr. Morton moved to lay said petition on the table till the 1st day of December, 1839. The question was taken on the motion to refer the petition to the Committee on Petitions, and decided in the affirmative. On motion of Mr. Hardin, The vote heretofore taken on the passage of a bill, entitled "An act to vacate part of a State road, between Beardstown and Springfield," Was reconsidered, and On his further motion, Referred to a select committee. Ordered, that Messrs. Hardin. Walker of Morgan, and Happy be that committee. Mr. Dubois, from the committee on Corporations, reported a bill for An act to incorporate the town of Caledonia, Which was read, and Ordered to a second reading. Mr. Hogan from the committee on Commerce and Manufactures, reported a bill, for An act to incorporate the Alton Ferry Company, On motion of Mr. Morton, Said bill was referred to the committee on Corporations. Mr. English, from the committee on the Judiciary reported a bill, for An act to incorporate the Apple Creek Navigation Company;" Which was read. The question was taken on ordering the bill to a second reading, and Decided in the negative. L. `R. Wilson, a representative from the county of Sangamon, appeared and took his seat. Mr. Wheeler from the committee on Petitions, reported a bill for An act to repeal "An act to provide for and maintain a general system of Internal Improvements," approved Feb. 27th, 1837, Which was read. Mr. Ewing moved to lay the bill on the table, and On motion of Mr. Dunbar, Said motion was amended by adding the words "fourth day of July next." The yeas and nays being called for on this question by Messrs. Bentley and Paullen, Those voting in the affirmative, are Messrs. Atwater, Baker, Bartlett, Cloud, Connolly, Craig, Crain, Cullom, Cunningham, Davidson, Dawson, Dougherty, Dunbar, Dunn, Edmonston, Edwards, Elkin, Happy, Hinshaw, Hogan, Huey, Hunt, Leary, Lincoln, Logan, Lyons, McCormick, Madden, Marrs, Moore of McLean, Moore of St. Clair, Morton Murphy of Perry, Naper, Rawalt, Reddick, Scarborough, Shields, Smith of Madison, Smith of Wabash, Stuart, Stuntz, Turley, Turney, Voris, Walker of Cook, Watkins, Wilson, Wood, and Mr. Speaker-50. In the negative, Messrs. Ball, Barnett, Bently, Carpenter, Copeland, Courtright, Davis, Diarman, Dollens, Dubois, English, Ewing, Green of Green, Hankins, Hardin, Harris, Lagow, McCown McMurtrie, Minor, Minshall, Murphy of Vermillion, Odam, Oneille, Pace, Paullen, Richardson, Somerville, Thompson, Walker of Morgan, Webb, Wheeler, Whitten, Williams, Witt, and Wyatt-36. The question recurring on Mr. Ewing's motion, as amended, viz: "To lay the bill on the table till the 4th day of July next," It was decided in the affirmative, by yeas and nays, upon the call of Messrs. Bentley and Smith of Madison as follows, to wit: In the affirmative, Messrs. Atwater, Baker, Bartlett, Cloud, Connolly, Craig, Crain, Cullom, Cunningham, Davidson, Dawson, Dougherty, Dunbar, Dunn, Edinonston, Edwards, Elkin, Green of St. Clair, Happy, Hinshaw, Hogan, Huey, Hunt, Leary, Lin |