a street and parts of streets in the town of Providence, Bureau county," without amendment, and recommended its passage. Concurred in, and the bill Ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. House bill, No. 38, for "An act to amend the charter and increase the powers of the town of Carlinville." House bill, No. 24, for "An act to incorporate the Evangelical Protestant Widow' and Orphans' Aid Society of Quincy, Adams county, Illinois," without amendment, and recommended its passage. Report concurred in, and the bill Ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. Also, the petition. of numerous tax-payers of Mercer county, praying for an act authorizing the receipt of United States legal tender notes in payment of taxes, and asked to be discharged from the further consideration thereof. Report concurred in, and the committee so discharged. Also, House bill, No. 42, for "An act to amend the charter of the Rock River Insurance Company," without amendment, and recommended its passage. Report concurred in, and the bill Ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. Also, House bill, No. 25, for "An act to amend an act entitled 'an act to incorporate the Quincy English and German Seminary, in the city of Quincy, county of Adams and State of Illinois," in force February 5, 1855, without amendment, and recommended its passage, Report concurred in, and the bill Ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. Also, House bill, No. 41, for "An act to incorporate the Northwest ern Insurance Company," with an amendment, as follows, viz: That all of section 14 after the word "company," in fourth line, be stricken out, and that the following section be added, numbered section "That the corporators named in section one of this act, or their successors in office, shall file in the office of the Secretary of State, within twelve months from the approval of this act, a certificate, sworn to by at least two of said corporators, setting forth the fact and manner of the organization of said company, and a failure to file such certificate within said period shall be held and deemed to be a surrender of their charter." And that section 19 of said bill be changed and numbered 20, and recommended its passage, as amended. Report concurred in, and Ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, Also, the following resolution, viz: "Resolved, That the committee on banks and corporations be empowered to employ a suitable person as clerk of such coinmittee: Provided, that the compensation to be paid such clerk shall not exceed the sum of six dollars per day," and recommended its passage. Report concurred in. Mr. Monroe, from the committee on internal improvements, reported back House bill, No. 57, for "An act to authorize and empower the St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad Company to extend its railroad and to construct a railroad from Paris, in Edgar county, so as to form a connection with the Wabash Valley Railroad," with the following amendment, viz: Strike out in section second the following words, in fourteenth line from the top, "or of the State of Indiana." Report concurred in, and Ordered, as amended, to be engrossed for a third reading. Mr. Fuller moved that the rules be suspended and House bill, No. 21, for “An act to re-organize the court designated in section 21 of the schedule to the constitution, as the Cook county court, and for other purposes," be taken up and read a second time. The yeas and nays being demanded, (Three-fourths of the members not voting in the affirmative.) 44 29 The following messages were received from the Senate, by Mr. Mayfield, their Secretary, viz: Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has concurred with the House in the passage of bills of the following tit.es, viz: A bill for "An act to provide for the election of clerk of the circuit court in and for the county of Lawrence and State of Illinois." Also, A bill for "An act to legalize the assessments of school directors of school district number two, in McHenry township, in McHenry county, Illinois." M. MAYFIELD, Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has passed bills of the following titles, viz: A bill for "An act to amend an act entitled 'an act to incorporate the Aurora Gas Light Company,' approved February 20, 1861.” A bill for "An act to amend the charter of the town of Paris." A bill for "An act to amend an act entitled 'an act to incorporate the Tornado Insurance Company." A bill for "An act to incorporate the Big Rock Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company." A bill for "An act to incorporate the St. Charles and Geneva Railroad Company." A bill for "An act for the relief of the City Bank of Eames, Allen & Co." A bill for "An act to amend an act entitled 'an act to incorporate the town of Effingham,' approved February 20, 1861." A bill for "An act to determine the width of chute required in the Rockford Water Power Company's dam, at Rockford." And I am directed to respectfully ask the concurrence of the House in the passage thereof. M. MAYFIELD, Secretary Senate. Mr. Speaker: 1 am directed to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has passed the following resolution: Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring herein, That a joint committee of two on the part of the Senate and three on the part of the House be appointed to investigate the military expenditures of this State, including those from the war fund, and the Governor's contingent fund, created by the special session of the last General Assembly; what officers and employees are now being paid by the State; the salaries and other expenditures of said employees charged to the State; what steamboats, if any, have been chartered by this State, by whom chartered, for what purpose and in what manner said steamboats have been used, and the expenses thereof to the State; and to report to the General Assembly the result of their investigation, by report, bill or otherwise. That said committee have power to send for persons and papers, and to employ such clerks and other officers as said committee may deem necessary, and that they shall report at the present session of the General Assembly. And I am directed to respectfully ask the concurrence of the House in the passage thereof. MANNING MAYFIELD, Secretary of Senate. Leave of absence was asked and granted to the following named gentlemen, viz: Messrs. Wakeman, Newport, Dent of LaSalle, Davis, Monroe, O'Brien, Conger and Haines. Mr. Dent, from the committee on enrolled and engrossed bills, reported as correctly enrolled and laid before the Governor, the following bills, viz: "An act to provide for the election of clerk of the circuit court in the county of Lawrence and State of Illinois." "An act to legalize the assessment of school directors of school district No. 2, in McHenry township, McHenry county." On motion of Mr. O'Brien, At 5 o'clock and 40 minutes the House adjourned until to-morrow at 9 o'clock A. M. SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1863. House met, pursuant to adjournment, On motion of Mr. Graham, A call of the House was ordered. The Clerk called the roll, and the following gentlemen answered to their names: Messrs. Black, Boyer, Brentano, Burchard, Burr, Cabeen, Chapman, Church, Cook, Daugherty, Dent of Putnam, Eastman, Elder, English, Fuller, Gage, Gale, Gerrard, Gibson, Ginther, Graham, Green, Haines, Harris, Heard, Hicks, Holgate, Holyoke, Keyes, Kistler, Lacy, Lake, Lay, Lawrence, Mann, McCann, Menard, Morrill, Newport, Noble, O'Brien, Odell, Patty, Peffer, Reid, Roessler, Sedgwick, Sharon, Sharp, Shope, Smith of Whiteside, Springer, Ten Brook, Tenny, Throop, Underwood, Walker, Watkins, Wescott, Wike, Williams, Witt and Mr. Speaker. Those members not answering to their names are: Messrs. Barnard, Brown, Busey, Coffeen, Conger, Davis, Dent of LaSalle, Epler, Ford, Goodell, Howe, Merritt, Miles, Miller, Monroe, Smith of Union, Thomas, Turner, Wakeman, Washburn, Wenger, and Wheat, Leave of absence was asked for Mr. Brown. Granted. Leave of absence was asked for Mr. Washburn. Granted. Leave of absence was asked for Mr. Smith of Union. Granted. On motion of Mr. Wike, Further proceedings under the call of the House were dispensed with. On motion of Mr. Burr, The reading of the journal of yesterday was dispensed with. The Speaker laid before the House the following communication, viz: STATE OF ILLINOIS, TREASURER'S OFFICE, Springfield, January 16, 1863. Hon. S. A. BUCKMASTER, Speaker of the House of Representatives: SIR-In obedience to a resolution adopted by the House of Representatives, requesting the Treasurer of State to inform the House of Representatives "what amount of money, and of what character and description, has been transferred to him by the State Treasurer," I have the honor to submit the following statement. Respectfully yours, ALEXANDER STARNE, STATEMENT OF FUNDS RECEIVED. Gold Coin-Four hundred thousand five hundred and ninety-one dollars and sixty-nine cents....... $400,591 69 Silver Coin-Forty-two thousand seven hundred and sixty-three dollars and seventy-five cents..... 42,763 75 United States Treasury Notes-Two hundred and twenty-eight thousand four hundred and forty one dollars and sixty-nine cents...... 228,441 69 State Revenue Warrants-Fourteen thousand five hundred and eighty-eight dollars and eighty-one cents..... 14,588 81 Central Railroad Fund Warrants-One thousand and fifty dollars and fifty cents.. War Fund Warrants-Nine dollars and twenty two cents. 1,050 50 9 22 Total-Six hundred and eighty-seven thousand four hundred and forty-five dollars and sixty-six cents... $687,445 66 Which was read, and, On motion of Mr. Fuller, Said communication was referred to the committee on finance. Resolved, That the committee on finance be and they are hereby directed to inquire into and report how it happens that there are two hundred and twenty-eight thousand dollars of Government paper in the vaults of the treasury; and that said committee be and they are hereby empowered to send for persons and papers, in conducting said inquiry. Which was read and agreed to. Mr. Shope moved that the rules be suspended, in order that he make a report from the special committee to whom was referred the memorial of Michael Brandt, contesting the seat in this House of Lay. And the question being put, (the yeas and nays being demanded,) (Three-fourths of the members not voting in the affirmative.) 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