The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1853-02-19

authorizes the governor to settle with Thompson
and Foreman, Of London, and TO take W one mil.
lion, or nearly that amou Mt. Of state bosds which
I they have lien on Ii authorizes the governor
| 10 settle with the above named gentlemen on
such terms a. he may think Jus. and proper after
examinations and 1t also giva, him the power
/ to issue liquidation bonds. Ii requires the semi
annual interest gu the said liquidation bond. TO
be paid out of the general funds Of the state rev
enue provided, that these bonds shall not be IS
/ siad for more than $3.50 600 on the first day ui
January, 1881; that the bonds shall bear semi
annual interest n, the rate Of SIX per csrt
House bill to amend the school law in relation
10 examination OF teachers. Di>penses with the
, provision which requires all teachers to be ex
smined by he sehos, commissioner. Passed
House bin to vaclts certain alleys in the town
. ofO,wcs,. Passed. Adjourned
Wome--Mr DEMO on leave, offered \ resoln.
tian, that the judiciary committee be instructed
to prepare and report bill 80 eitec,Ually protect
the rights and interests of lab1rers on railroads
against the frauds aud defaults Of railroad con.
tractors !cpted
Senate bill for the relief Ct tie securities Of
VIM Compiler late sberitfoi Peoria Co Passed
Mr.. c. left Peoria some four wears ago. with some
$4,000. hall Of which he paid over to The state
and with the balance went to 81 Louis anl MAS
never Afterwards heard Of. His securities had
paid up all to abou; IS 500, and from the balance
the bill relieves them.
Senate bill to repeal an act TO amend an act
for tho improvement of part Of the Illinois river
aal for hydraulic purpose; approved Feb. II,
/ 1881. lhs ia the bill replean5 the river tax
&c
1 Senate bill for an act to amend chap 81 Of the
( Revised Statutes entitled judgments and Exc.
cation Passed. Supposed TO require the pub
! LEGATION of .perilf's sales in newspapers.
I Mr. Gallon, from committee on Mane law,
submitted report, showing the number Of pei
tions for the repeal OF he present quar-, law, and
substituting license law at 6l2I, for the Mairc
law, 2llsS males, 5S26 females. That the
! prayer Of the first petitioners had already been
answered in part, by tho repeal Of tue quart law,
That the house ia twice refusing to entertain \
bill in accord ,nce with the prayer OF the last
named petitioners had failed to treat with proper
consideration their constituents and fellow ca
z,ns. 50 respectable in character and formidable
in number That while the petitions for the
Maine lav came mostly Ten the north, and the
opposition from the south, vet the committee de-
precated sectional prrjudres or hostility between
{ the extremes OF the beloved state upon any sun
! jcct That diversity u sentiment must be eN.
pected spon th. as other subject, in agreat state
where TIE circumstances Of eduraiion and sssoci-
sons are different yet th, subject is Of sufficient
| Importance, should demand consideration a. TO
! what Is best for Us and posterity That sll al
NIT the fact that the ,fstiie IN iuioXratng drinks
!, great evil, that tue annals Of crime and pau
peri.m human woe and degradation have long
since attcsted this fact. Nor is tic absolute ne
csssity Of legislation to regulate or control the
traffic subject Of controversy The only question
i between the license system and the Name law
plan, That to lesi-lats IN advance Of public sen.
tnlehI is not polite ut proper, and that such
law AZ the Maine law should no. pass except TO
be referred to the people, but they are at l0-s
to know the objection that could be urged against
en'ru'tins to The people . satj-s; 50 completely
within The comprehension OF every man ~ The
state. That several states had adopted the
Maine law, and the state Of Anne had vlnicatsi
It 10y returning an overwhelming majority op.
posed to rs repeal to the legislature. That the
committee ara 10 ways 'urplt,i to find q zoe
OF Their fellow ci'lzrnS pctuou'ns fer the law,
when they have learned the good results Of its
operation where 1t had been tested That the
freud, of Temperance IN asking for the suppress
sion of The trahc, will not cease those moral
efforts which have been the great effort Ci this
great reformation, that they only ask that these
great implements be taken ont Of their way