Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-01-26
EoNa- Legislature.

PousE, 1Hnrsaes Morning Jan. .Oth--
Oh melton OF Mr.. Morton, the resolu.
ii n ofth;s House, passed on the l,h inst,
10 Tie .fect that his House viii go into
joint Convention :or the election of U. 5.
Senator and Supreme Judges So soon as
the contested seals in the Gen. Assembly
are disposed %, was recinded ALI the
wings voting for, and all the democrats
against recihtiIg.
Mr.. I,,t.ham Introduced bill fixing the
time Of o,ding courts in the several judi
cial districts.
Mr.. Clifton introduced s.bill in relation
to ssbtlers ON The Halt breedtract.
: Mr.. Smythe introduced illrelati,e 10
the management ofthe School fund; passed.
~ Mr.. Bcnham introduced . bill making
appropriations for the Public Buildings a,
Iowa City. e,, esI
g f~. McManus introduced bill author.
misg Geo. T. Davenport and others 10
taild a. fridge across, the Wabsepinicon,
was Rad the third time and passed; also,
a bill relocating the county seat Of
Davis county; also, p ea4ggs.
A bill fixing :he time Of holding courts.
The Whale of the afternoon was taken
mp III hearing the arguments in the klns7
man case. tr5Y E,.s.5axs 81
2 o'clock p MIR. Clifton introduce
ed . bill relative to the pay Of Jurors IN
Lee county, which was read three times
and passed.
MIR. Kent introduced a, bill fof the in
corporation Of the town Of Fort Madison,
which was read three times and passed.
Mr.. Cochran introduced bill for the
location Of road from Keokuk 10 Mon
roe Ci.y-read three times and passed.
A bill relative to the printing Of the
laws and journals, was passed. 80
Adjourned. 8
:SEsArE, Friday, Jan. 2lst.-The follow
ing bills were seyerally read = third time
and passed:
A, bill to authorize general incorpora.
tons;
Joint resolution relative to the printing
aud distributing of the laws.
A bill to authorize George Davenport,
and others to build bridge across the
Wabsepinicon. 5s
A bill to amend an act to incorporate
the city Of Davenport. .7
Adjourned.
HousE.- Friday, inn. 2l.-On motion
Of mir. Lyons, a hill permitting the citi-
zens of the town Of Fairfield 10 repeal
their charter, was read third time and
passed.
Mr.. Clifton introduced bill amendato-
nv Of an act entitled an act for the limita-
ton Of salts and avoiding vexatious law
suits.
Mr.. Goodrell introduced billto sutho-
rize the school directors Of Brighton,
Washington county, to levy tax for school
purposes-read three times and passed.
Most Of the time of the House was oc-
cnpied in the discussion of Mr.. Kinsman' s
right to his seat.
9 o'clock p. JM.-Mr. Olmstead offered
the following:
Resolved, That the Senate DO requested to
meet this House on Monday, the 24,h inst,
Tor the purpose Of electing two u. S. Sen.
.ioxs ona OH &C lattice and TWO xAssocIafe
Justice Of the Supreme Court Of Iowa
laid on the table by strict party vote, all
the wings voting against it.
The House proceeded in the conside ra
tion of the case of Mr.. Kinsman; when j.
C. Hall, Esq, counsel for Mr.. Kinsman,
appeared within the bar and made some
further remarks, in which he was follow
ed by Mr.. Hebard. After some further
remarks BY Msssrs. Lefhngwell, Cochran,
Clifton, Bonham and Smyth, the question
was called, and onthe adoption fthe res
olution declaring Mr.. Kinsman's seat va.
cant, the ayes and nays were demanded
and were as follows: 49,
Ayss.--Messrs. Anderson, Blair, Coch-
ran, Clifton, Comstock, Edmundson, Good
relI, Hebard, Holland, King, McManus,
McPhcrin, Morton, Rathburn, Sells,
Steele, Updegraif, Wright, Williams and
MIR. Speaker-2o, all wings.
Nays. --Messrs. Bonhaln, Bailey, Day,
Green. Hardy, Kent, Leach, Leflingwell
Lyons, Matson, Montague, D'Brien, Ohm.
stead, Reynolds, Smyth, Sergeant, Weyand
and Wil!oughby-ls. =
Mr.. Goodrich moved that Kinsman be
allowed his per diem until the close Of the
ses>ion-laid on the table.
Adjourned. .-s' 4i'.. 5'>
SENATE, Saturday Morning, Jan. 2sd-
A bill 10 compensate the agent appoin
ted to select the University lands; and
A joint resolution TO appoint an sgen
to superintend The Peniten'iary,