divided into ten classes, each to perform a tour of duty in turn. When bands of Indians are found roaming or hunting within the state, except where stipulated by treaty, the go. vernor may cause them to be removed.

REDEMPTION.-All land sold for taxes of which the state has become purchaser, may be redeemed before January 1, 1835, upon payment of the taxes with 15 per cent interest, and all expenses.

REVISION OF LAWS.-A person is ordered to be appointed to revise the statute laws passed since 1825. ROADS.-The evidence necessary to sustain an indictment against an overseer of roads, is declared to be, 1. evidence of his appointment, 2. that he was notified, 3. the legal assign. ment of hands to work upon the road, 4. and that the road under his care, is not kept in repair. Sheriffs are ordered to notify overseers of their appointment; justices of the peace are to make assignment of hands to work upon the roads, and clerks to furnish to grand juries and district attorneys, the names of the overseers, and a transcript of notices and assignment of lands, which are made evidence.

TAXES. The rate of taxes is fixed at 12 cents on $100; a poll tax of 37 cents is laid, and all stock in corporate bodies, except hospitals and literary institutions, is made taxable. Improvements on land not taxable, are to be also exempt from taxation. All taxes improperly paid, are to be refunded by the county clerk. 12 cents on $100 are imposed as a tax on merchandise, except the produce of the state received for sale, and 50 cents fee to the clerk for issuing a license to each vender.

VENUE.-Where a circuit judge is indicted, the venue may be chan ged to another county by the public attorney: also where the judge is of kin to, or owner of the person indicted, or where the public mind in the county is so prejudiced, that a fair trial cannot be had.

Forty-eight divorces were granted. Two colleges, two literary asso. ciations, two steam-mill companies, and three towns were incorporated. Two lotteries were granted.

Acts were passed organizing the counties of Carroll, Clinton, Greene, Lewis, Morgan, Pettis, Pulaski, Ripley and Warren, and several acts defining the boundaries of other counties. The governor was au thorized to pay off the state debt. A state penitentiary was ordered to be erected. Twenty-four private acts were passed.

Resolutions were passed, approving of the principles and doctrines, laid down in the veto on the bill rechartering the United States Bankdisapproving of Mr. Clay's land bill, and "instructing the senators, and requesting the representatives of the state to use their best exertions to accelerate the extinction of the federal title to the public domain in the western states, by a general pre-emption law, by graduating the price to the quality of the land, by granting donations to the poor and actual settler, and finally by ceding the lands to the states "-also asking of congress aid to remove the sand bar in the Mississippi, in front of St. Louis, and additional protection against the Indians. Also, a resolution authorizing the governor to appoint three persons to form a system of common primary school instruction throughout the state.