The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-12-07
Legislative Summary.

But little was done in the Senate on Fri
day morning.
Conner, from the Committee on Corpora
tons, reported bill authorizing the fo1Iua-
ton of joint stock companies, for the pur-
pose of building towns.
A bill TO prohibit tippling houses, to pre-
vent drunkenness and crime, and to regu-
late the tariff in spirituous and malt IL
quors. This bill is very stringent in its pro-
visions,
There is another bill pending before the
Senate which provides for licenses for the
sale of spirits. These bills are before the
Committee on Temperance, who will, doubt
less, perfect a BILL and report it to the
Senate
Mr.. Heffren offered a bill preventing the
circulation of foreign bank bills or notes of
less denomination than SIS.
A bill to extend to borrowers from the
several trust funds of the State, further
time for the payment of sums due from
them, was read third time and recommit-
ted.
In the House sundry reports were made
from the Judiciary committee, the most i'm
portant of which was Branham's bill for the
election of United States Senators, and re-
port against the State sub-treasury system
as inexpedient and recommending the in
definite postponement of the subject.
Various resolutions and bills were intro
duced. Among others one providing the
time and manner of electing United States
Senators. 1t provides that the vote be vive
voce, and the person receiving &c votes
shall be declared elected. But if there be
no election on the 10th ballot, the person
receiving the highest number of votes shall
| be declared elected. Other provisions relate
to the mode of verifying credentials, &c.
Mr.. Blythe introduced a bill to legalize
deeds and mortgages certified to by Circuit
Judges prior to the distribution of the Re
vised Statutes of 1853.
The bill to repeal the prohibitory laws OF
1855, passed the House by the following
vote:
AYEs-Baird Black, Blythe, Bowman
Boyd Boxley, Branham, Carr, Cavins
Clark, Claypool, Clayton, Clements, Com.
stock, Cotton, Davidson, Davis, Dobbins
Dougherty, Durham, Duvoll, Early, East.
ham, Edwards, Firestone, Fordyce, Clifford
Gregory, Griffin, Hall of Rush, Hamilton o
Boone Hancock, Harvey. Harrison, Hart
ley, Hunter, Johnson, Jones, Jordon, Kelly
Kempf Knowlton, Lawhead, Lewis, Nc
Lain, Major, Mansfield, Massey, Merrifeld
Miller, Murray, Martin, Nelson, Newton
Parks, Parrett, Prosser, Bitter, Robinson
Row, Rynearson, Scott Sherman, Shields
Shockley, Shull, Smith of Miami, Smith o
Perry, Snyder, Stanley, Stanfeld, Stiles
Stinson, Sullivan, Summers, Tebbs, Thomp
son of Elkhart, Thompson of Madison
! Treadway, Turpie, Usrey, Waterman
Wheeler, Whetzel, Wildman, Wood, MI
Speaker-e8.
NAYS. - Austin, Brotherton, Colgrove
Collier, Hall of Grant, Hamilton of Wayne
: Jefries, Mellett, Nebeker of Vermillion, Ne
beker of Warren, Whiteman.
| Edwards resolution in reference to levy
: ing State tax, was carried by the following
} vote:
AYEs.-Austin, Baird, Blythe Boxley
+ Branham, Crotherton, Cavins, Clark, Col
r grove Collier, Comstock, Cotton, Davidson
Davis, Duvoll, Edwards, Gregory, Griffin
! Hall of Grant, Hail of Rush, Hamilton c
e Boone, Hamilton of Wayne, Harrison
D Hunter, Jeffries, Johnston, Mansfield, Mel