The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-06-26

The bill proposes simply. to give the company q
night to construct asbranch from le,h stree, Chi.
cago, 10 south Chicago, and TO make the ceri6.
cate or affidavit Of Mr. Schuyler to that effect,
legal proof OF the fact Of the regular acceptance
ITS charter by the company. The charter requires
that each of the corperaors should separately nc.
knowledge its acceptance to make it legal. but
instead ofthis, the ac cknowledgment was made by
Mr. Schuyler alone in behalf Of the COMPANY.
The acceptance IL therefore not legal In trying
suits for the right of way in Chicago this ia.
formality was plead in bar and Judge Dickey
dismissed the suits, stating however, That it was
Competent for the company 10 prove the nc.
ceptinre of the charter by parole evidence But
THIS would have involved the Inconvenience and
expense IN every suit, Of bringing Mr. Schuyler
and other meml rrs Of the company to Illinois
as witnesses 70 cure this nformality. therefore.
and to avoid this Inconvenience, the COMPANY
ask tie passage Of this bill. The taeit admission.
however, on the part nl the company If viola.
tion q" itS charter Is proposed to be taken alyan-
tage by number Of members, who propose 10
make further amendments 20 the charter. and
cure some of those obvious defects which in the
haste Of passing the bill at the last session. were
overlooked The bill was discussed hy Messrs.
Nixon, Sloan aud others until noon, when tho
house adjourned pending he Question.
| In the afternoon the house went into committees
/ on the Terre Haute and illinoistown Railroad
bill, upon which the Afternoon was consumed by
Mcssrs. Allen in favor and LHder n opposition.
in specchifying Lindcr becnme furiously excited
and did his cause more hurt than good, and
when the committee rose. the question was taken
on ordering the bill, and to the establishment and
dIsInay Of the State policy folks the vote stood
Al in favo' Of the bill to "a against it, An effort
was made at once to pass the bill through bot
III order to do 50 it was necessary to suspend the
rules which requires II two thirds vote, which
could not be Obtained. So at nearly 8 o'clock in
the evening, the house was compelled to adjourn,
without deciding this perpleAiny und trouble.
some question.
. THURSDAY June H.,
Nearly the whole morning session of 6e
Il Senate was taken up ina discussion On u bill re.
/ ported from the committee on the Judiciary ito
provide tor II gradual revision of the laws" Tie
bill provides, that the Circuit Judges shall, from
time to time report to the Supreme Judges such
contradictions, conflicts. and defect. generally as
they shall discover in the laws Of this Slate,
when the Supreme Judges shall proceed TO cudiy
and digest the laws ayang themselves Of the
suggestions of the Circuit Judges, and such a..
may be made by their own experience. for all
4 which service, tue Circuit Judges shall receive
blank dollars per anDum in addition to their
present pay. The bill, you thus see, is nothing
less than an attempt, by crcuitous turn around
the constitution to increase the salare. Vi or
Judges.
Mr. Morrison opposed the bill He ncknowl.
edged the necessity Of areyIson of our laws, and
admitted that the salaries Of our Judges were too
low, which as II was intended to increase the
salaries Of the Judges only as long US it lasted.
/ wouli last forever, and no revision of the laws
would ever be accomplished under it. lie also
cOntended that it would violate that provisions Of
The Constitution which prohibited an increase Of
the pay OF the Judges. Bt sides he could see no
Clause in the pr clama,un OF the Goyeinrr under
which the Legislature could act upun this till
Mr.. judd said in reply to the objection ,ha, that
this was a continuing commlss sion that 1t could
not well be limited to time for the reason that
no estimate could be made Of the extent Of tha
work. But there was no danger Oi its c. btnUing
for ever, rs unfortunately for the argument, tie
bill provided for 10 pay until the work was per.
formed, Besides, If the Judges should be too
long about the work the legislature could ut any
time terminate the commission While Mr j
was thus In favor Of the Law, he could not how.
ever, support it at this time. Or tie las, reason
given by the gentleman from ST Clair that the
sS'IVNtN'uib U'' J' t'h~'lNuA4'iiA' NdN'H UP NJ
this sessI"n hot having been named III he Gov.
ernors proclninatlon
Mr Richmond said If 1t were true that the
sa'"''es oi Tue JUDGES were loo low, lie couldn't
see now 'hai Justified an attemp! to evade Tie
No"7"'u'uh oy manifest sHD.ituge' lie dir
n"' rec however mat 'he ou"B's salaries were
W small o''e '''"us"'u uo"aIs -hou'u support
any man year. For himself lie had lived all
JUS u'ts 'o''i'o''a"'y' ana never eApehdiu over
h"i Tue SUN III year ne mad no ooub' those
y"nseS VINO cou'l ho' 'i'.0y slooo a year could
"''u P''"'I 10 take 'hef places
Mr. Palmer said he should be constrained 10
vote against the bill icr the reason which Con.
vnced the Senator hom Chicago, although ho
disllked exceedingly to do so, because 1t looked
like disposition to reward good service niggarj
y. He made no question but plenty Of men
could be found to take the Office OF Judge at the
present salary, but could We get tie best talents
> The fact was notorious that good lawyers could
make more with less labor at their profession
He made no Cunceanent of his object IN al.
yocatlng II measure Of this kind: 1t was to in.
crease The pay OF the Judges; and ii he should 10
spared to take h' seat at the next session Of this
Legislature he hoped to be able to vote for bill
that would accomplish this object lie ridicued
the idea Of the pay being sufficient, Spoke Of
, the great names IN history that had abandoned
the bench and asked Senators to imagine ths
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