Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-03-05

o NSiifcu from the Bank
nc amendment to the bill reported /,
tue committee provides, that on 60
2, the term of Office of the present sink;n'
una commissioners expiring on the srs
OF January, 1859. there shall - -, 'ne mrs
the people fve Commissioner eu "
/ place of these. subject to the SAM 49,. .''
and liabilities as the present. In .o u.lr'
zlng counties. the Congressional Town~l:
fund is not to be taken into consideration
Auditor Of State is to distribute funds :,
counties. County officers to loan them :.
now directed by law to loan other scboo
funds.J The bill passed; ayes 76 noes II
The bill reducing the number of TOWN
snip trustees to one, and chanq;no
mode OF doing township business. passed.
The bill to reduce the width of Michigan
roaa south of Logansport from 100 to GO
leet' passed The bill to require the Clerks
to keep record ofall moneys paid into his
oihce' to pay them over to hls successor
q &c. was lost on its passage. Kerr made
!" report relatlvet to the legality of the char
ter OF the new State Bank
The report states that the comm;sts.
did not consider any matter Of corrunt;on
IN procuring its passage, but only oucs-
lions affecting its constitutionalitv as tbev
appeared from the Constitution. and the
house and Senate journals. As to the
power OF the General Assembly to repe.I
the charter, the committee report that after
! It's acceptance it becomes contract. that is
oinding on subsequent legislatures. be-
cause they cannot impair the obligation of
contract. 1T can only do SO, by consent
oil the bank corporation. AS to objections
arising from fraud in the procurement of
us passage, the committee believed they
should be adjudicated upon by the Courts !
One thousand copies were ordered to be
printed. Ayes 65; Noes IL.
The bill to raise State revenue for 1887
and 1888 was taken up The blank wa,
filled with Is cents on each 500. ITbe
poll tax is 80 cents The rules were sus.
pended and the bill passed-Ayes II:
noes A. On motion of Humphreys, Senat.
apportionment bill was taken IN. and
amended by substituting the House hill
when 1t was passed-Ayes So; Noes 25-
Larue stated that he voted for the bill not
because he approved its details, but he was
desirous OF facilitating the passage of some
OIL through committees of conference
Other Republicans voted for it for the same
reason.1 The message from the Senate on
this subject for appointing committee of
Tree conference was taken up and concurrod
IN and committee on the part of the
House appointed, consisting of Humphreys.
Blake, Hayden, Wagner and Smith. of
The Temperance bill was
taken up. and read third time. The
question being on its passage, it failed for
want of constitutional majority Av.s
'o; Noes 32. The bill to amead section
% OF the act relative to ditching and drain
ng the swamp lands, was taken up. rules
suspended, bill read second and third
ime and passcd-Ayes sc; Noes l.
Another vote was taken on the passage of
he temperance bill. when it again failed
or want OF constitutional majority; ayes
g; noes &c. Sherrod moved to rccoos;dc,
he vote by which the bill to authorize the
ew State Bank to locate five additional
ranches, and to take from it the power to
'sue circulation on deposites. was lost on
IS engrossment. The previous question
'as demanded. and the question being.
hall the main question be now put? twas
ccided in the affirmative-Ayes AZ: Noes
0. Adjourned.
SArJnDAr, Feb. 90.
SESArE.-Nothing, whatever, beside
ne or two Intellectual attempts to get ont
the difficulty the President had got the
enate in by refusing to announce any vo.e
which the namc Of Leroy Woods is
1t called, was done. The Ncgrocrsts, it
ems have determined to rule or ruin
arty with them. is everything, the inte-
st of the country nothing. Very we'll.
'e hope there will be no yielding to such
rants on the part of Republicans. They
in the right and it win never do to give
~ for any such corrupt party.
HousE.-The bill taxing the real estate
plank-roads &c.. passed. The
l to enable persons whose wives are in
ne to sell their lands, passed. fThe num-
: of insane wives will increase rapidly
m henceforth.
Conduit made report from the Com
ttee on the Benevolent Institutions, rela-
e to the past and present condition of :
Blind Asylum, and the necessary an
'priations for the ensuring two years
ey state that they regret to be compell-
to say that the finances of this Institu-
A. pursuant to the appropriations made
law, have not been managed as good