Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-12-09

BY Bennett: OF inquiry in relation to a
polishing the courts of csn,non pleas, in
ereasing the number Of eircuit courts, fdse.
A REVENUE ri,cussIoS.
/ BY Gooding: That it is inexpe,lcint ct
this session Of the General Assembly to
enact a law requiring County Auditors TO
put on the duplicate State tax for 1858.
Cooling AMI Murray ADVOCATED the res
olution. People were overbrdencd with
taxes, times were hard and the great mass
of our population were unable to meet a
State levy for The present year. usi elna
Slack. darlington, Stndabaker. VIII
liams. Heffren, johnson. Bobbs and Bee
son. made speeches Of some length in op-
position to the resolution They were In
favor of levy for 1888, and opposed to
increasing the indebtedness Of the State. sr
Anthony, Line, Steele, Green Weir.
Cravens. Cooper, Robinson, Jones. Turn
err, and kinley, argued in favor of the res
olution, on the ground that tax for 1888
would be attended with inconvenience and
trouble to such as had already paid their
taxes, and that new a?praisement should
be made. in order to equalize the burden,
before another levy is ordered.
Brown said his constituents were as
ready 70 pay their taxes now as at any 9th
err time, but the question appeared to he
turning as 10 whether the levy should lie
made under the old or new appraisement.
The people of his district wonli be salts
fled with either loan or am assessment and
levy. rlf--s rr Y7tsf.~ afsnt etIoI
On motion of March the resolution and
pending amendments were laid on the ia
bic.
by Mcclure: That the Superintendent
of Public Instruction inform the Senate il
one township library has been set apart for
the use of the inmates of the Penitentiary,
as provided BY law. anil if not, the reasons
for withholding the saTe.
DIVORCE BILL.
On motion Of Conner the order Of bust
ness was suspenlc !, and the bill to amend,
the divorce law. introduced by him, was Ia
ken up and referred to a select committee
of five.
Weir offered an amendment instructing
the committee to make one year, residence
Necessary before making application for
divorce, and for striking cut the emer-
gcncy clause ...-...,.f t..,
March called for division of the qucs.
ton. lie opposed striking out the clncr-
gcncy clause. Ii that was stricken out ono
half of New York and Massachusetts would
be here. before the act could take effect
beseiginy our courts for divorces.
The first clause Of the amendment was
adopted.
The instruction for striking out the C.
Emergency clause was not agreed TO.
Resolutions still being in or.ler,
BY Anthony: That the judiciary Com
mittec inquire into the constitutionality o.
increasing the State deb, and report to the
Senate in relation thereto.
RILLs INTRODUCED.
by Studabake. In relation to the pro
lection anl management Of the school fun,
arising from the provisions of the Hal
section Of the Alternating the State Danl
of Indiana. 49,
BY Rice: Amending the act rcSulatin:
general elections. s.s
BY Mclean: Amending the act in rela
tioA to sales OF property under execution.
BY Weir: Allowing the formation of
and defining, limited partnerships.
BY Bennett: Amending the practice act
By Lomax: Amending the common
school law. .tn
BY Blair: Amending the acts provilin;
for uniform mode OF doing township bu
sincss. ...'f 49, 81