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Rh Hammill to establish a Ferry across Flint River; which was ordered to be engrossed. Also, a bill to be entitled an act to amend the poor school laws now in force, &c. so far as respects the county of Dooly; which was ordered to be engrossed. Also, a bill to be entitled an act to change the name of William Bridge, of Elbert county. Also, a bill to be entitled an act to remove the election precinct in Elbert county, known as the Academy to the Factory at Anthony's Shoals. Also, a bill to be entitled an act to repeal an act passed the 8th day of December, 1841, to compensate the Grand and Petit Jurors of the Superior and Inferior Courts of the county of Elbert. Abo, a bill to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of Elbert county to levy an extra tax for the purpose of building a Court House in said county. Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Hodges, of Randolph and Mclntyre, from and after Wednesday next, for a few days, on special business. The House then adjourned until ten o'clock to-morrow morning.

TUESDAY, Nov. 20, 1849. Mr. Jones moved to suspend the order of the House, to take up several Executive messages.

The order being suspended, the following messages from his Excellency the Governor, were taken up and read:

By a resolution passed at the close of the last session, the Governor was authorized to borrow $40,000, under certain circumstances. My objections to the resolution were, that in the event of a deficiency, it afforded no relief to the treasury—as it was manifest that the taxes of 1849 would be received in part at least before the close of the fiscal year 1848, and therefore to borrow, would have been useless.—The necessity of a loan could only arise upon a deficiency being certain, at the close of the fiscal year 1849, and before the Legislature could have provided for it. As the resolution in express terms, required the loan to be paid out of the tax of eighteen hundred and forty-nine, it did not, and could not have afforded relief, if the exigency had occurred. The resolution being regarded of no practical use, for that reason was not approved. GEO. W. TOWNS.