The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-02-26
LeQtsIafIye Proceedings.

The bill giving the SupreIne Juuges S1f
500 per annum, and 81, 500 to the Circuit
Judges, and $500 to Prosecuting Attorneys.
was passed by the following vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Anthony, Beeson, Bennett,
Blair Brown, Cobb, Conner, Culver, Good
ing, Green, Hamilton, Hendry, Hill, Kinley,-
Mclean, March, Murray, O'Brien, 0deli,
Rice, Slack, Steele, Stevens, Studa-
baker, Thompson, Turner, Wagner and
Williams-28.l ~ 1cfN
NAYs-Messrs. Bobbs, Carnahan, Conley,
Cooper, Craven, Fisk, Hargroye, Hehren,
Jennings, Johnson, Jones, Line, Lomax,
Mcclure Miller, Robinson, Shoemaker,
Harrington and Wilson-l9. sE
The bill requiring surviving partners to
give bond and inventory of the property
and interest in the partnership of a deceased
partner, to be returned to a Court having
jurisdiction, was passed in the Senate by a
vote of AS to O. bill abolishing the office
of Attorney General was ordered to be en-
crossed. A bill was read the first time, fix
ing the Governors salary at $4,000, and al
lowing the members of the Legislature 81
per day, and II cents mileage. The propo-
sition to subject the State Bank and
Branches to taxation by the following pro-
vision That the capital stock and real es-
tate of said bank and branches shall be sub
| iect to the same rate of taxation for State
| and comfy purposes, as the capital or
property of individuals is taxed, which tax
shall be paid by the bank or branches-fail-
ed, by the following vote, by which it will
be seen our Senator voted against,it.
YEAs.-Messrs. Anthony, Beeson Bennett
Blair, Brown, Conner, Cooper, Cravens, Gull
yer, Green, Hamilton, Heffren, Hill, John
ston, Jones, Murray, Odell, Rice, Steele, Ste.
vens, Harrington, Thompson, Turner and
Wagner-24.
| NAYs.-Messrs. Bobbs, Carnahan, Cobb
Conley, Craven, Fisk, Cooding, Hargrove
Hendry Kinley, Lomax, Mcclure, March
Miller, O'Brien, Robinson, Slack, Williami
and Wilson-19. r-..s .-ts. ...
The bill abolishing the Office of public
printer and letting the State Printing to the
lowest bidder, passed by vote of 81 to IA
The temperance bill passed with this pro
viso-Mr. Carnahan voting in the mega
tive: "a
Nothing contained in this actshal be so con
strued as to pIohibit the sale or barter, il
any quantity, by the manufacturer, of vim
or cider manufactured from fruits grown il
this State, by the manufacturer or any othe
person; provided, that said manufacture
!, shall not sell or barter such wine or cider t.
be drank, or suffer the same to be drank il
his house. clubhouse, yard, garden or in an.
of his premises.
In the House Mr.. Blythes bill author
izing the formation of canal companies wa
engrossed for third reading A bill t
allow the redemption of property sold unde
execution within one year after sale, wa
rejected. A bill to prohibit throwing th
carcasses of dead animals into the stream
or bodies of water, was passed The bi
submitting to vote of the people the ques
ton of calling Constitutional Conventio
passed by vote of Sc to SO. A bill wa
read and referred to prevent banks, corpc
rations and individuals from taking grea
er rate of interest than six per cent, undo
color of exchange.