The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-08-06

certificates, as there has been no specific
appropriation made forssthe purpose of
completing the Penitentiary, unless very
recently. And your committee would
here suggest to the Director the impro-
Prlety OF issuing said certificates, unless
upon the presumption that an appropria-
ton will be made by the general govern
ment to pay them, as the Territory will
be unable to do SO. Hany person should
DC willing to receive said certificates from
the Director, relying solely upon an ap-
preparation, which will undoubtedly be
made, for the completion of the peniten-
Itiary. then there will be no objections
ito this course. 80 fp ies3a
| The Director also states in his report.
that there have been nine convicts receiv-
ed; five have escaped, and one has been
discharged-thereby leaving only three
convicts in the Penitentiary. Your com
mittee regret that this should have been
the case, and hope that hereafter the Di-
rector, will use every exertion to safely
secure and keep all prisoners sent to the
Penitentiary, in order that their punish
ment may be adequate to their crimes.
Taking the whole report Of the Direc-
tor into consideration, and believing il to
be too indefinite for the action Of this
body, in many particulars, your commit
tee therefore recommend the passage of
the following resolution:
Resolved, that the committee be dis
charged from the further consideration of
said report, and that the Director of the
Penitentiary be required, at the next ses-
sion of the Legislature, to report full
statement of the amount of money ex-
pended; for what purpose; when paid,
and how much is due for work on the
Penitentiary, and to whom payable, and
upon what kind of contracts; the advance
ment of the work; the quality and pro-
gress of the same; the amount and quality
of the materials used, and all transactions
relating to said penitentiary. + ts..l aasgs
On motion of Mr. Parker, C. F. No. /,
e An act to repeal the acts therein men,
toned" was taken up, and was again
passed, by unanimous vote Of the Coun-
Gil. $500 II ,a,s.,
The following is a copy Of the com
munication of his Excellency the Cover
nor, in relation to said act. .,ag
Executive Department, Iona Territory,
Burlington, July 81, 1910.
70 the Honorable Council of the Legis-
lative Assembly. aft ans as
Gentlemen-I have carefully examin.
ed the bill furnished me on the 9th inst.
entitled can act to repeal the acts there
in mentioned" and being unable to ap-
prove the same, I herewith return it to
the Council with my reasons for disap-
proval. s
The first section declares, ssthat all the
acts of the Territory of Michigan. and
Territory of Wisconsin,, which were in
force in the Territory Of Iowa, on the 4th
day of July, in the year one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-eight, are here
by repealed" The approval of this bill
would repeal some Of the most important
laws now in force in this Territory. par
ticularly the act Of Michigan, to prevent
the exercise Of foreign jurisdiction within
this Territory-as we'll as the Wisconsin
Militia law. The repeal of these two
acts, would, in my opinion, be attended
with great inconvenience. and indeed in
jury. The repeal of the first would sub
iect our citizens on the southern border
to renewed depredations from the autho-
rites of Missouri without law to punish
the aggressors--and the repeal of the
second would disorganize, to a great ex-
tent. the militia Of the Territory: as the
militia law passed by the Legislature of
this Territory, at its first session, can be
viewed only as, a supplement to the Wis
cousin act, and does not provide for
general organization. ias
Further, 1 cannot approve of any gen.
eral repeating law, until we have a COM
plete revision of our laws in this Ter
ritory. No benefit, in my opinion, could
result from such repeal, but on the. con-
trary we might anticipate much incon-
yenience from the want Of laws. to bear
on many important subjects. The laws
of Iowa, as far as they go, repeal all those
of Michigan and Wisconsin that come
in contravention to them. This is as far
as expedience would seem to justify at
this time-unless the acts to be repealed
should be specifically mentioned by their
titles. Very respectfully, 5so-s.
81 ma ss Your obedient servant,
5f144 BIT Is iig. ISL ROBERT LUCAS.
3 GEN. HARRISON.
TrsTiMoNy an AN Orn SornIEp The fol.