December 20h.
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 Mr. Clark presented petition from 30 citizens of Bradley county, protesting against the division or rdismemberment of said county

 On motion of MT. Clark, the petition was laid on the table for the present.

 Mr. Rives, from the select committee ap- pointed to wait on the Surveyor General on the subject matter of procuring the field notes of each township of land, for the use of County Surveyors and the people, report ed a resolution requesting our Representa- in Congress to use their influence to have the land system so changed, as to make it the duty of the Surveyor General to so separate the descriptive lists, and have them bound in books in such way that each book shall contain the lists of such townships as are located in each county, and that said books shall be placed in the Clerks office, for the use of the County Surveyors and the people"

 Mir. Ficklin, from the select committee to whom the subject matter was referred, made the following report:

 MR. PREsIDENT-The select committee to whom was referred the petition of sundry citizens of Lawrence county, praying that all that portion of Lawrence county lying east 1f Black river and south of the township line i5 and Is be attached to the county of Jack son; and that all that portion of Lawrence county lying east of Black river and north of the township line dividing townships b and l6 be attached to the county of Randolph, have had the same under consideration and beg leave to report that they are unadvised that the law in the Revised Statutes relative to petitions has been complied with by the necessary petitions required to be put up in all the counties to be affected by the change prayed for by the petitioners.

 four committee also find, upon examina ton of the law defining the boundary lines of Lawrence county, that, that portion of the said county of Lawrence west of Black River does not contain 300 square miles, as eontem- plated by the Constitution.

 Therefore, your committee are of the opin- ion that the prayer of the petitioners ought not to be granted, and beg leave to be dis charged from the further consideration of the same. Which report was adopted.

 Mir Irvln, from the select committee to whom was referred the bill entitled San act supplementary to two several acts relating to the penitentiary," reported the same back with several amendments. Which report was adopted, and the bill as amended read Sd time, and after several other amendments thereto passed.

 Mr. Newton, from the select committee to whom was referred the bill entitled San act supplementary to an act to distribute the Re- vised Statutes of Arkansas among the several counties in this State," reported substitute therefor, Which report was adopted, and the bill read third time and passed

 Mir. Ficklin introduced a resolution C that the two Houses elect a Public Land Agent to- morrow at l2 o'clock. Which was adopted.

 Adjourned.