Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1869 — LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY. [ARTICLE]

LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.

XLVI GENERAL ASSEMBLY j Krtnlsr Tuesday, February 18. Skn' avk.—The Senate soM'ion was j consumed in Committee of the Whole, in (liacussiou of the “Omnibus Educational bill.” Noconclu- ; sion readied, when the Senate adJ Jeuroed. Hoi '-r. —Messrs. Welbodi. Admire, Thderwond and Hamilton, ! submitted petitions representing i that there are 120 Homeopathic J physicians in tho State, and have thousands of patrons, and that any bill looking to the erection of a Medical College should, in justice, provide for a Department of Homeopathy. Messrs. Stewart, Furnass, Vatcr, Admire, McFadinand Milliken, presented petitions praying for retrenchment, and as n step in that direction asking a reduction in the fee* of county officers. Petitions were received asking for a prohibitory liquor law, to prePbnt railroad extortions, on gravel roads, on the education of colored children, for teaching German in our common schools, and in refererence to our common schools. House Bill No. 230, an act abolishing the office of Prosecuting Attorney for the Court of Common Pleas, and transferring the criminal business to the Circuit Courts, wrs indefinitely postponed, t • ■ -■■■■- Wkonesday, Feb. 17. Senate. — A number of petitions were presented for a Homeopathic Department in the proposed Medical College. The claim of W illiam Hannntuan for $2,700 for services as Military Claim Agent. The Senate voted Aaron Houghton, the sitting member from the counties of Pike, Dubois and Martin, is not, and that Win. 11. Montgomery is, omitted to the seat Mr. Montgomery was sworn in. Senate hill No. 256, was introduced and passed. Tho afternoon session was consumed in the discussion ol the “Omnibus Educational” bill.

Hoisk.—A number'bf petitions were presented -for a prohibitory liquor law; fora chair of Homeopathy in connection with any Medical College that may be erected by the State; for a reformatory for girls and women; for Morgan raid claims. House bills introduced: No. 253, to amend section 1 of the artble for the incorporation of cities and towns. No. 254, to establish the 26th Common Pleas Court. No. 255, to save pending suits, affected, by the act to repeal sections 43 and 44 of the act prescribing who may make a will, etc. No. 256, to so re-district the State as to admit of the election of five Supremo Judges. No. 257, to amend section 1 of the Supervisors’ act. No. 258, to amend section 20 of the Supervisors’, act. —[relative to road assessments.] No. 259, to amend section l of the act to provide for the protection of fish, so as to extend the time. No. 260, to provide for the publication of the proceedings of County Commissioners, Township Trustees and Grand Juries, in two papers representing two political parties. No. 261, to make a special appropriation tor tiie House of Refuge. No. 2C2, to amend sections 3 & 8, of the act regulating PetroleumolL . No. 263, to repeal the act of March 11, 1867, to amend the Evansville City Charter. No. 264, fur the repeal of the death penalty, and to promote the cause of humanity in the Stale. No. 265, to repeal the act to provide for the protection of fish. No. 266, creating a Board of Immigration. defining their duties, and declaring the time when the same shall take effect. Mr. McFadin, of Cass, submitted a resolution in favor of attaching two townships ol Carrol county to the county of Cass. No. 267, to authorize the Auditor of State to adopt a uniform system of book-keeping, such as now in use by the Township Trustees. No. 268, for the preservation of the Indiana battle flags? military relics, trophies, etc. No. 269, declaratory of the common law, as to the duty of railroads and other commou carriers, in relation to the transportation of freights, and to prevent exorbitant rates, etc. House Bills passed — No. 3, 293, 244. House bills 175 and2£3».w«*vrtiidefinitelvpostponetf:"' . The 1 louse devoted the afternoon to the discussion of the bill appropriating for the construction of a Normal School building at Terre Haute, and to the amendment of the Registry law*. The House refused to order the former bill engrossed. The latter was engrossed. J Thursday, February 18. Senate. —A resolution to print one thousand copies of tbe address of Professor Daniel Read, made before the members ot the legislature jpn Wednesday evening, was adopted.' Senate bill No. 178, to fix the time, for holding the courts in the First Judicial Circuit, was amended and passed. Senate bill 13$, to amend the lawconcerning the relocation of county seats, was passed. The afternoon session was consumed in committee of the whole in discussing the Omnibus Educational Bill. Horde. —Bill* paased— House bill ld», for the relief of u/jririkJL- J® - -ari. ‘Y A JJ!*>N , • ft<fi Eli

Nicholas Morcback and his sureties from the payment of a judgment J against them for public moneys that were stolen from said Morehack while acting as, a township officer. House hill 05, to amend section 15 of an act to incorporate manufacturing and mining feoippanics. House hill 45, to amend sec. 351 of an net to revise, simplify and abridge the rules of practice in civil eases. House bill 83, to amend sections Isl, 17 and IS of tbe act regulating the fees of officers, with an amendment increasing ihft pay of jurors from $1,25 to $2,00 per Jiem. House bill 34, to enable incorporated towns to lav out streets and alleys, and to make improvements, etc. House bill 56. prohibiting prize fighting, prescribing penalties, ftc. House bill 18, to amend sections 2 and 4 of the act for the incorporation of building and loan associations. House bill 94, to amend section 29 of an act defining felonies, prescribing penalties for officers accepting undue rewards or bribes. Friday, Feb. 19. Senate. —The following Senate bills were introduced: No. 257, provides for the erection of a Governor's residence. i No. 268, to allow parties to a partnership to bring suit in tbe name of the firm in pertain cases. No. 259, to authorize the Governor to issue a patent to Samuel Cooper for certain Michigan road lands in St Joseph county. The biU passed. No. 260, to increase the fees of County Treasurers for collecting delinquent taxes, and providing a penalty for a failure to collect when they could have done so l>y duo diligence. No. 261, to allow incorporated cities and towns to erect buildings for fire and other purposes on the docks or banks of canals. No. 262, to provide tor the verification of certain facts concerning hills of exchange or promissory notes. No. 263, to authorize Notaries Public, Clerks, Justice*, and other officers to administer oaths connected with claims for pensions free of charge, and providing a penalty for violation. No. 264, supplemental to the act requiring surviving partners to file inventories and appraisements. No. 265, to amend section 16 of the Supervisors’ act. No. 266, to amend section 68 of the Civil Practice act. No. 267, to prevent the destruction or larceny of mortar or stone. No. 268, to fix tho times for holdingcourts in the Filtli Common Picas District, Bill passed. Severn! House bills were read a first time and referred to committees. House bills No. 59 and 244 were passed." The resolutions reported from the Committee of the \V hole, upon the financial features of tho Governor s message, were discussed. A resolution was referred to the Committee on Rights and Privileges, instructing them to inquire into tbe authorship of a certain letter published in the Cincinnati Commercial , signed “Jargo.” A proposition from W. Henderson and J. S. Bradley, to pay SBO,OOO for University Square, was laid before the Senate. A discussion upon the proposed constitutional amendment, to prevent the assumption of any of the Wabash and Erie Internal improvement bond; was pending when the Senate adjourned. House.—Petitions were presented praying for a chair of Homeopathy in the proposed Medical College; for a prohibitory liquor law; for the reduction of salaries of county officers ; for damages sustained by the Morgan raid; for opening of public highways; for tbe repeal of the Gravel Road law. A communication from the State Board of Agriculture, recommending the purchase by tho State of the geological collection left by the late David Dale Owen at 830,000. Bills passed. —Senate bill 133, authorizing the removal of county seats on the petition of forty-five percent, of the inhabitants of a county. Senate bill 81, House bill 256, Senate bills 268, 178, 259, 222; joint resolution No. 10; Senate bills 56, 138, 27, and 119. House Bills Indefinitely Postponed.—No. 141, 207, 81, 7 26 Willard asking an appropriation of $5,000 for his relief, was reported against and disallowed. House adjourned until Monday. Saturday, February 20. Skxatk.—The resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution with reference to the old Internal Improvement bonds was laid over until Tuesday next. The following bills were introduced: Senate bill 269, to amend section 5 of the act regulating the lees of officers. ! Senate bill 270, : to provide 'for certain claims for ditching, out of the general swamp land funds. Senate bill 271, to prevent drunkenness; providing for the registration of habitual drunkards, and providing a penalty for selling intoxicating liquors. Senate bill 272, to incorporate the Indiana Homestead Company. Senate bill 273, to authorize the issuing of arm's and accoutrements j to regularly organized military j companies. a MoxdajTV Feb. 22, j Senate. —The following Senate

bills were intrpduced: No. 274, regulating the fees of County Clerks in relation to Administrator and Guardians. No. 275, to amend the act for the the Incorporation of Insurance Companies. No. 276, for the relief of the heira of Richard Donovan, deceased. Senate bill No. 6, to amend sco. 1 of the act declaring abandoned certain unfinished railroads, waa passed. ! Senate bill No. 174, to provide for : the measurement of corn and hay in 1 bulk, was indefinitely postponed. ! The Senate then adjourned in honor of {he birthday of Washing- ' ton. Monday, Fob. 22. House.— Mr.-Wildman, of Howard, by consent, submitted a claim Of the Lafayette ft Indianapolis Railroad, amounting to $496, which waa referred to the Committee on Claims | without reading. Senate joint resolution No. 7, instructing our Senators and requesting our RepresenUtives to use their influence and votes for the repeal of the Tenure-of-Office act, waa rend a third tirno and passed. Ayes 59, nocs 8. Senate bill No. 123, to amend seotion 17 of the act M the organization of County Boards, etc., failed for want of a constitutional majority. Senate bill No. 94, touching the consolidation of railroads, and declaring tho effect ol the same, with amendments, was passed. Senate bill No. 96, prohibiting certain officers of courts and counties from practicing law, failed for want of a constitutional majority. The House thon adjourned in resucot to the memory of Washington, of whose birthday this was the anniversary.