Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-03-11
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From the South Bend Free Press.

the Free Press of the week preceding. lie
having since returned home, has furnished US
with the following statement of soma of The bills
passed during the las, week of the ses sion, which
being of Importance we lay before our readers
Tho revenue bill evyng a State tax of 20
! cents on the hundred dollars valuation and 80
cents poll tax, passed The Senate it came from
the House. without amendment. Efforts raise
! it ) cents higher in order speedily absorb
! the outstanding Treasury Notes, were unsuccess.
! fu!.
! bill passed preventing negro and mulatto
! children from attending common schools, except
hen allowed by the written authority Of the
school trustees,
The bill which passed the House, reducing the
pay Of members Of the meat Legislature to s. 90
per day and leaving the present session al $500.
| as formerly, failed IN the Senate tho maj orny Of
that body conending that II was moro Just TO re-
ducc the pay Of members Of the present thon OF
a succeeding Legislature; and tina, at any rate the
House had prov ed its insincerity by endeav oriug
! TO mete out to others that measure which they
would not thems elves consent TO receive.
A bill introduced ia the House to allow ten per
cen, intcres, 10 be taken BY written agreement
between parties, was lost, 80 10 10.
The bill pending in the Senate for abOIIshIng
CT pitaI punishment, was laid on the table, IN
sequence Of lack of time, thoroughly to discuss
II. Had II been offered at an carrier stage OF the
session than Ii was, the compromise amendment
| of MIR. Parker, which provided that the jury try
ing the case should nave the power elueF 10 OF
der convicted murderer to be hung or 10 be lm-
prisonad for life (Which considered virtu-
ally an abolition OF capital pnnishmen) would
have been adopted, and the bill then passed by a
large ma iority. In that event the prevailing D
pinlon was that il would also pass the House.
The new Revision Of the Statute having re-
stricted the jurisdiction o. Justices OF the Peace
TO their own townships, the Representatives from
those Counties which had the last session
pressed their wish otherwise, introduced a bill
providing tina. their comics should not be affect
ed by that part Of the Revised code. but that the
lstlces ilr sdiction therein should be left as ii
WIS formerly. St. Joseph, Of course, was incIu-
ded in this bill
The Revision makes important change IN
the criminal code relative to the crime Of muir
der. 1t divides 1t into two degrees.-lhe hrsi,
deliberate and rrcmeduate, to be punished with
DEATH the second. pmrposely and maiiciousfy, but
1rittout rremedi'ation deliberation 10 be pun.
ished by Imprisonment for life. This change
unanimously approved Of
The Revision OF which 10000 copies TO
be printed, Will not be ready for distribution till
November High praise has been bestowed on
II, and the Revisors by all the members OF the
Legislature. Two thousand copies Of it have
been ordered 10 be printed in the German Ian
guage on certain conditions.
A bill passed providing for the election by the
people, Of Prosecuting Attornies IN each judicial
circuit after the expiration Of the terms Of Office
Of tho present incumbenis. The candidate
be licensed TO plead in the Circuit Court.
A worry important bill, called ia bill to require
the Bank TO continue specie payments, and TO
enable 1t to maintain them," passed tho House
by 81 to 81. and the Senate by % to 81 1t pro-
vides that after June lst, discounts made by
The State Bank and Judgments obtained therefor,
there shall be n stay of execution for q mont tbs,
but no apprdiSement-that IN indlv Idual contracts
made after June next, the parties may, by writ.
ten agreement, take the contract from under the
Of bo Of Ia hat IN n If
the defendant, cannot obtain replevy bail for u
months stay, his property shall sell on that cred
it-that no renewal of old loans from the Bank
shall bring them wilhin the provisions OF this act
&c. &c. The vote, on its passage, 10 both
branches, was by means q party DIVISION, as
in the House some 90 Locus voted for IL, and in
the Senate the 81 opponents to II were in politics
IS L0cos and Wings.
The AMI Reputation Joint Resolution offered
by Mr.. Parker IN the Senate. passed the Senate,
by ayes % noes 7; but failed In the House, per
haps for lack of time to discuss it. In the Sen
ate, lis % friends composed Of II Wings
and | Loco; and its 7 Opponents oil locos. MI
Bright, the Loco candidate for Lieu euan, Cover
nor, though in the Chamber, adopted Mr.. Van
Buren's favorite plan OF mon committai' and re-
fused vote either way.
a bill passed for the purpose OF encouraging
agricultural improvements IN the County of 81
Joseph and upwards of a dozen others. pro.
vidas that all agricultural Improvements on land.
Up 10 the amount of $500 IN value, shall be ex-
empted from taxation for County and road purPos-
es.
Mr. Defrees from the State Bank Committee.
reported bill to ensbe the Bank to collect pres
ent debts, which provided that on oil debts here.
tofore owing, contracted before June next,
BY individuals to the Bank, if judgments have
been. or shall be- rendered on the same, and SUI
ticen, bal! is, or has been given Tor eiay OF exc
cution, such Judgments shall stand on the same
footing as prescribed by The Bank bill noticed a,
/ boye for contracts made after June; Prortdea
that no execution shall issue If the debtor snail
every ninety days, for one year pay h'e per cent
- ,he ,-;ncinal and interest thereon, and after
The said one wear. shall. every three months, pay
ten per cen, on the principal and interest on the
residue until the whole be paid This caused