The committee on Counties, to which were referred the petitions of sundry citizens of the counties of Coles, Clark, and Jasper, praying the formation of a new county, report that they have had the same under consideration, and find one hundred and ten names attached to the petitions praying for the formation of said county; they also find from the returns for the election of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, at the last August election, that the aforesaid counties gave an aggregate of 1713 votes. Your committee have no evidence before them, that notice has been given, in any of the above named counties, of the intention of the petitioners. For this reason, together with the small number of petitioners, compared with the number of votes given in the said counties, your committee are of opinion that the prayer of the petitioners ought not to be granted. They therefore ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.2