The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-02-13

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ed thsl uithdsswn ~ ~. s.ss I. s,
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and rseonnsnd III adep1ion q ~ latts
part Of his rssolation. II committee Tie
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HOUGE.
IEuRsDAY, Ysb. 10 a. n.
Mr.. Foster oGefo1 the foaloNine.
Received, That . connltteo of three b
appointed, whoee duty Il shall be 10 rspor
amsndnsnts o ~ Code 81 Iowa 70 thi
House, in order Inst ~ sans nay bs nad
70 conform 70 the provisises q ~ new con
stitutioa. ADOPTED, and Aessss. Foster, Ma.
honey and Randolph appointed.
By Mr.. Lundy:
Rs0Ivsd, That oil the farmers who occu
~ sests on this Asof By virtue Of their cleo
tion, be and they are hereby declared sntitle(
70 vote on I'll questions, properly stated b,
The presiding o4esr, provtdsag, however
that they abstain from and felinquish ii
right to participate in any debate, or in sny
other manner intruds upon the rights Of TIL
legal gentlemen Of this House. rGrea1
Ir. Foster said this low-livsd ding VI.
probably made in answer TO . statement b,
had made yesterday, in which he had bssz
miSundsSsto0d He made explauatiop and
hoped that gentlemen would not misinterpsi
his remarks. li
Mr.. Harmon wished TO know II The gen.
tlsman from Powsshiek applied the EXPIRES.
sion sslow-Iived" to him. II he did. b
wished the House to understand he oosld
take care Of himssf.
Mr.. Foster said be did not yet know whe
introduced the resolution. ~ -
Mr.. Mahoosy EARNESTLY srgsd ns0bsss q
lot the whole subject drop. ga
Mr.. Stssetsr said the object for which tn
resolution had been introduced had been %.
eomplished, (laughtsr] and hshoped ii weuld
BE- Withdrawn.
Mr. Lundy, with leave, withdrew thsssse.
luton. W
The greater part Of the day was occupied
in receiving reports Of committees, and thu
Introduction Of resolutions in regard to o.
tablishing committees &c.
gsa SENATE. ~
a FRIDAY, Feb. So . m.
Mr.. Rankin reported back bill authorizing
counties owning swamp lands to appropriate
them towards the construction Of railroads,
recommending ito passage. It was, after
some discussion on some Of ito provisions,
passed-yeas q, nays 5.
Mr.. Anderson reported back the bill fe-
fsrsd to judiciary committee in regard 70
homestesds, with = Recommendation that il
be indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Saunders did not think It should be
thus disposed Of, nor did be think it was q
bill that would satisfy him, or meet the case
proposed. 1t was necessary that there
should be some maximum limit fixed upon
the value Of homesteads.
Mr.. Thompson thought that the code
made sufficient provisions in regard to homo
steads.
Mr.. Loughsidge was in favor Of allowing
be their value-if not 20 exempted, he
would prefer the repeal Of the law. A
Homestead was sacred to ito owner, what
ever ito value, and because its value should
exceed BY few dollars . certain limit, it
would be wrong to wrest it from the family
which had been the home Of their fathers.
Mr.. Davis, of Clinton, thought that - the
present law was liable to abuse in regard to
the value Of the property that might bs put
ON the half acre exempted now, it would bs
we'll to send it to the Judiciary committee
with instruction to report bill. ~
Mr.. Neal thought the operation Of the
present law was not uniform, and that there
should be change 90 ~ to secure greater
equality. g. ~ -.Hs
Mr.. Neal moved ito reference to select
committee Of Eve. Carried, e77rt
Msssrs. Davis, Of Clinton, Neil, Saunders,
Thompson end Loughridgs were appointed.
Mr.. Davis, Of Polk, on leave, presented .
bill in regard to procuring specimens Of Or
sociology, mounting sno prsssrvmg
the same by the State, and appropriating
q, 200 for that purpose.
Joint memorial from the House for grant
Of land to construct the McGregor's, ST. Pc
ters' and Missouri River r. r. was taken nm
and passed.
- HOUSE. .2
FRIDAY, Feb. $40 A. NJ.
IMPEACHMENT OF CLACCErr.
The Special committee to whom was 70
ferrsd certain memorials and petitions call
ing in question the Official conduct Of Thorn
~ W. Claggett, Judge Of the first judicial
District, and asking that he b impeached
Of high crimes and misdemeanors, have had
the same under consideration and ask leave
to
That they find no cause Of impeachment,
and asked to be discharged from the further
Of the subject.
Mr.. CLARK, of Dubuque, said he thought .
brief explanation Of the reasons which led
to this action of the committee would be
more satisfactory to the House than entire
silence. In addition to the charges which
had been preferred against the Judge, the
committee had received numerous remon-
strances from citizens Of that portion
Of the State against the impeachment
With the committee these remonstrauces
had no weight, aud did not influence them
10 their conclusion. They had nothing to
do with the facts, but were merely express
Dions Of the opinion Of those citisens. The