Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1852-03-11

HOUsE.-MOnday, Feb 23-Ths following bills were
passed:
bill to authorize and regulate the general business Of
banking;
A bill providing for the drainage and sale of the
swamp lands;
bill to legalize the acts of school commissioners in
certain cases;
bill to allow administrators, guardians and execu
tors to compute interest annually notes, lost
Tuesday, 24.-No session.
Wednesday, 25.-The House met and after short
session adjourned over to Friday.
Friday, 26.-Aher a short session, adjourned well
come the coming of Kossuth.
Saturday. 28.-The following bills were passed.
bill to regulate the toll of grain mills, and prescrib
ing the duties of millers
bill providing for the sale of the stock owned by the
State in the Madison and indianapolis railroad company
and
bill attaching Boone county the LIST Judicial Cir
cult and fixing the time for holding the courts in said
county.
Gov. Kossuth and suite were introduced the men,
bers of the House
Monday March 1.-The following bills and joint res
olutions passed.
Joint resolution in favor Of the claim Of Col Fran
els vigo
Senate joint resolution in favor OF the suppression Of
the Slave Trade and the Colonization of free negroes
and
Senate bill regulating the time of holding the Circuit
Court in the 18th Judicial Circuit and for regulating the
empanneng of traverse jury in the county Of Allen.
session called, after the adjournment, to make
preparations for conveying the remains of the Hon. Hen
ry Hostetter to his family residence.
Tuesday, 2d.-A bill for repairing the State House
was passed.
A committee was appointed to ascertain the damage
done by the late fire in the State Prison.
Wednesday, 3d-A bill for the punishment Of crimes
by imprisonment the county jas, by fines, both
A bill for the regulation of weights and measures /;
and
bill to authorize the Circuit Court of the county of
Clinton sit weeks if the business require it,
passed
Thursday, 4th.-The following bills passed:
A bill to establish some general regulations in relation
to Incorporated companies;
bill to authorize incorporated companies to build
marine railways, &C.; and
A bill to establish Courts of Common Pleas.
Friday, 5h.-The following bills passed:
bill toallow Trustees to receive donations of land
SC. for benevolent and religious purposes;
The revenue bill; and
Senate bill for recognizing the Board oil Trustees oil
Indiana University, Sc.
The House amended the Senate resolution to ad-
ourn the 10th of March to again the Goth of
April, and appointed Messrs. Owen, Gibson, and Sto-
a committee the part of the House to revise and
codiGy the laws during the temporary adjournment
Saturday. CHA bill to amend the act Incorporating
the city of Indianapolis was passed.
The Hon. John W Davis resigned his office Speak.
er Of the House.
Monday. March S-The Hon. VIM. H. English was
elected Speaker Of the House.
bill introduced and passed for rebuilding
tain buildings destroyed by the late fire at the Penen
tiary.
Lucien Barbour, Esq, was elected law COM
missioner fill the vacancy occasoned by the resgna
tion of Jonathan A Liston Esq.
Messrs. N. c. Browning Johnson Mccullough, Jo-
seph McPheters, John l. Morrison, Michael Malot,
Thomas M. Adams, P. J. X. Murphy, VIM. NJ. Dunn,
John Benoit, Jacob Helwig, and George Evans
elected trustees of the Indiana University.
Tuesday, March 9.-Among other unimportant bust
transacted this day the passage of resou
ton pay the door keepers SO per day.
Wednesday, March 10.-The House met at O'Clock,
and Immediately thereafter adjourned TO again
10Th day of April