The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-02-04
Legislative Proceedings.

On Tuesday, in the Senate, bill was re-
sale of 10000 acres of land belonging to the
State University. The report was concur
red in The Committee on Corporations re-
turned the bill to incorporate the Indiana
School of the Practical Science, recommend
ing that it be laid on the table, because of
its being in conflict with Sec. Is, Art. 9, of
the State Constitution, which was concur
red in. ~ .-
A message from the House announced
the passage of joint resolution, instructing
cur Senators and requesting our Represent
atives in Congress to vote fer the admission
Of Kansas into the Union without regard to
populsti slavery, &C. This resolution
was, when it came up for consideration, laid
on the table, as many members said, to get
rid of it. The Senate spent most of the day
in discussing the temperance law. A large
number of Senators declared themselves OPP
posed to a tax license. No definite vote
was taken on the question before the Senate
adjourned.
In the House the number of new bills in
troduced and referred has reached 1911 In
the Senate the number is about 140-mak-
ing an aggregate Of 23l billsunder consider
alton in the Legislature.
The bill to repeal the act establishing
courts of Cancellation, was rejected in the
House by vote of SO to Al.
Mr.. Blythe's bill prescribing the manner
of selecting petit Jurors was taken up, and
Mr.. B. said the law left now too much discre-
ton in the hands of the Sheriff Under this
bill 100 names were selected by the officers
named and put into the box, from which are
drawn PANEL of "a, and from these names
again in the box the Sheriff must make up
the jury These "a constitute the PANEL,
as the twelve do now--and they receive pay
as now
Mr.. Dougherty could hardly support the
bill with the provision to pay PANEL of
twenty-four.
Mr.. Blythe. This was the cheapest. 1t
very rarely happened that all the panel ap-
pear. In criminal cases many are challeng-
ed. He yentured that in such cases the
present mode was three times as expensive
as that proposed. He gave reasons. But
even if it were more expensive, the good
proposed was hardly to be placed in COM
parison, &c.
After further discussion, under demand
for previous question, the bill was rejected
by vote of 81 to 25.
The House spent most of the day in the
discussion of the temperance bill. The
minimum license was reduced to $50, ant
the County Commissioners to be allowed {
discretion to demand from $40 to ST, 900 fol
license. The bill after being engrossed ant
read by sections, was finally passed by {
vote of SO to %, as follows
YRAs.-Messrs Baird, Blythe, Boyd
Boxley, Branham, Brotherton, Carr, era
vens, Clark, Clayton, Clemans, Comstock
Dougerty, Duvoll, Early, Edwards For
dyce, Clifford, Gregory, Griffin, Hall of Rush
Harvey, Harrison, Hartly, Jones, Keefer
Kelly, Kempf Knowlton, Lawhead, McLain
Major, Mansfield, Massey, Mellett, MerrI
field, Murray, Martin, Nelson, Newton
Parks, Prosser, Row, Scott, Sherman, Shields
Shull, Smith of Miami Smith of Perry
Stanield, Stiles Sullivan, Thompson of Mad
ison, Turpie, Wheeler, Whetzel, Wood an,
Mr.. Speaker.
NAYs.-Messrs. Austin, Bowman, Col
grove, Collier, Cotton, Dobbins, Firestone
Hamilton of B., Hamilton of w, Hunter
Jeffrits, Lewis, Miller, Nebeeker of Wal
rem, Power, Ritter, Robinson, Rynearsol
Shoekley, Thompson of Elkhart, Treadwa
and Whiteman.
H@- "A trial between Latta's and Shawk
steam FIRE engines took place at Cincinna
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