4 O'CLOCK, P. M.

The House met.

No quorum being present,

On motion,

The House adjourned till 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

Mr. Orr presented a memorial containing the proceedings and resolutions of a Union meeting of the citizens of Delaware county. Which was laid on the table.

On motion by Mr. Fisher,

The members of the Committee of Ways and Means were granted leave of absence.

Mr. Robbins offered the following concurrent resolution:

Resolved, That the House, the Senate concurring, will adjourn on to-morrow the 10th inst., to meet on the 21st of this month.

The question being on the adoption of the concurrent resolution,

Mr. Prosser moved the previous question.
Which was seconded by the House.

Messrs. Parrett and Underwood demanded the ayes and noes.

Those who voted in the affirmative were,

Messrs. Atkinson, Bingham, Black, Brett, Brucker, Bryan, Bundy, Cason, Collins of Adams, Chapman, Combs, Cooprider, Crain, Dashiel, Davis, Dobbins, Edson, Epperson, Erwin, Feagler, Ferguson, Fisher, Ford, Fordyce, Fraley, Gifford, Goar, Gresham, Hall, Harvey, Henricks, Holcomb, Hopkins, Howard, Jenkinson, Jones of Tippecanoe, Jones of Wayne, Kendrick, Kitchen, Knowlton, Lods, Lee, Lightner, McLean, Nebeker, Newman, Orr, Owens, Packard, Pitts, Polk, Prosser, Randall, Robbins, Sherman, Stevenson, Trier, Thomas, Thompson, Warrum, Wells, Woodhull and Mr. Speaker-64.

Those who voted in the negative were,

Messrs. Anderson, Campbell, Haworth, Hayes, Hudson, Lane, Moorman, Moss, Parrett, Prow, Ragan, Roberts, Sloan, Stotsenburg, Underwood, Veatch, Williams and Wilson-18.

So the concurrent resolution was adopted.

Ordered, That the Clerk inform the Senate thereof.

Mr. Polk offered the following resolutions:

Resolved, That we respect the sympathies of the Border States, for the reason that their institutions and interest are kindred to the Confederate States, and, so far as the State of Indiana has a right, we will recognize a neutral position on their part so long as the same is assumed and adhered to in good faith.

Resolved, That neutrality on the part of Kentucky will avert the dread evils of civil war from our border, and when the resources of the contending sections have been exhausted she will become an influential pacificator in our troubles.

Mr. Gresham moved to reject the resolutions.

Mr. Polk asked leave to withdraw his resolution.
Which was not agreed to.

The question being on the motion to reject,

Mr. Nebeker moved the previous question.
Which was seconded by the House.

The main question was ordered to be put.

Messrs. Fisher and Gresham demanded the ayes and noes.

Those who voted in the affirmative were,

Messrs. Anderson, Atkinson, Bingham, Brett, Brucker, Bryan, Bundy, Campbell, Cason, Collins of Adams, Combs, Cooprider, Crain, Chapman, Dashiel, Dobbins, Edson, Epperson, Erwin, Feagler, Ferguson, Fisher, Ford, Fordyce, Fraley, Gifford, Goar, Gresham, Hall, Harvey, Haworth, Hayes, Henricks, Holcomb, Hopkins, Howard, Hudson, Jenkinson, Jones of Tippecanoe, Jones of Vermillion, Jones of Wayne, Kendrick, Knowlton, Lods, Lane, Lee, McClurg, McLean, Moorman, Moss, Nebeker, Newman, Orr, Owens, Packard, Parrett, Pitts, Prosser, Prow, Ragan, Randall, Robbins, Roberts, Sloan, Sherman, Smith of Bartholomew, Stevenson, Stotsenburg, Trier, Thomas, Thompson, Underwood, Veatch, Warrum, Wilson, Woodhull, Woods and Mr. Speaker-78.

No one voting in the negative.

Mr. Polk was excused from voting.

On motion,

Mr. Robbins was granted leave to record his vote on the passage of Senate bill No. 5.

Mr. Robbins voted in the affirmative.

On motion,

Messrs. Hurd, Turner and Heffren were granted leave of absence.

The hour having arrived for the consideration of the special order, being House bill No. 15.

Mr. Veatch, from the Judiciary Committee, made the following report on same subject:

MR. SPEAKER:

The Judiciary Committee, to whom was referred House bill No. 27, introduced by Mr. Williams, and House bills Nos. 23 and 28, introduced by Mr. Stotsenburg, have had the same under consideration, and report the same back to the House and recommend their passage.

Mr. Parrett moved to lay the report of Judiciary Committee, with

House bills Nos. 15, 23, 27, 28, on the table, and print two hundred copies.

Which was agreed to.

Mr. Jones of Vermillion, from the Penitentiary Committee, made the following report:

MR. SPEAKER:

The committee to whom was referred House bill No. 13, have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to amend the same as follows, and when so amended to recommend its passage:

Amend section four by striking out "twenty," in the second line, and insert "fifteen."

Amend section five by striking out the first two lines, and insert in the third line the word "and." Add to sail section the following: "and to purchase material as in the fourth section of this act is provided."

Mr. Jenkinson moved to recommit House bill No. 13 to Committee on Penitentiary, with instructions to strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert the following:

That the Directors of the Northern Prison have the right to select from the Southern State Prison two hundred convicts out of any convicts whose labor is not now contracted for at the Southern Prison, and remove them to the Northern Prison, to enable the said Directors of the Northern Prison to complete the same with the labor of said convicts.

SEC. 2. That the Directors and Warden of the Southern State Prison be authorized to employ the remainder of the convicts not under contract in the manufacture of any articles they maw deem for the interest of the State, and have full power and authority to procure machinery and materials for such manufacture.

SEC. 3. That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to enable the Directors and Warden of the Northern Prison to subsist the prisoners in said prison, and purchase materials for the completion of the work.

SEC. 4. That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to enable the Directors and Warden of the Southern State Prison to procure machinery and materials to employ the prisoners in said prison in such manufacture as would be for the interest of the State.

SEC. 5. In the opinion of the General Assembly an emergency exists for the immediate passage of this act; the same shall be in force from and after its passage.

Mr. Veatch moved to recommit with the following instructions:

There shall be appointed by the Governor a competent and skillful person to act as superintendent of construction of the new State Prison, now in progress of erection, who shall remain on the ground and give special directions as to the kind and quality of materials furnished and to be used in the erection of buildings, and other work belonging to the State. He shall lay out and direct the workmen employed on the same, but the person so employed shall not have any charge or control of the convicts except so far as may be necessary to them when employed on the buildings, or on work pertaining thereto.

The person so employed shall receive as a compensation for his services, the sum of to be paid quarterly, out of any money

appropriated for the erection of buildings, &c.

Mr. Veatch offered the following instruction to the committee:

Further amend so as to authorize the Governor to employ the prisoners in the manufacture of arms and munitions of war.

Mr. Parrett offered the following instructions to the committee:

That the committee inquire into the expediency of so amending the bill as to require that convicts, in part or altogether, hereafter be taken to the Northern instead of the Southern Prison.

Mr. Stotsenburg offered the following instructions :

Amend further by inserting a section providing from what counties, or parts of the State hereafter prisoners shall be sent to the Northern Prison, and from what counties to the Southern Prison.

Mr. Jenkinson moved to refer the bill and instructions to a select committee.

Which was agreed to.

Mr. Edson moved to take
Which was agreed to.

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