Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-02-27

thereof, and their respective powers and duties,
and matters properly connected Herewith, ard for
the establishment and regulation Of township
Libraries This bill is reported in lieu Of the seve-
raj bills referred 10 the Committee. 1t has the
sanction Of Mr. Rugg late and Mr.. Fletcher pres
ent Superintendent of Public Instruction 1t was
laid on the table and two hundred copies ordered
to be printed The House bill authorizinga loan
of So, 600 from the school funds of the State was
passed after long debate, the Democrats, with
one exception, voting against it,
HousE-The House. by unanimous consent,
agreed to hold two sessions per DAY. Messrs.
Prosser. COoprider and Edson presented petitions
favoring the Crittenden amendment, and Mr..
Fisher pnesenteda memorial from the Grand Di-
vision of the SOnso Temperance. praying for the
repeal Of all laws on the subject Of temperance,
and the enactment of one law distinctly defining
a nuisance. Mr.. Veatch from the judiciary Com
mittee reported that law districting the State
for Representative purposes, without the pre-
scribed constitutional causes, would be constitu-
tional. The conventional interest bill, with Mr..
Branhan's amendment, which makes the rate
six per cent and strikes out the usury clause, was
passed after considerable debate. Bills were in
trOduced running the House number up to 252-
number were read a second time and referred to
committees. and two or three were passed. An
effort was made to get final report from the
Committee of Thirteen on the state of the
Union, but without success
THURSDAY. February 81, 1851.
SESArE.-An Intellectual effort was made to
the motions made. and make it give true skel-
eton of the proceedings The special order being
the consideration Of the minority report of the
Committee on Federal Relations, its consideration
postponed until Tuesday next. The Judi
ciary Committee reported on number of bills.
Mr.. Sllck's bill allowing county courts to hold
courts of Cancellation was indefinitely postponed,
after debate Mr.. Hamilton's bill to perfect rail.
road titles; Mr. ClaypOols, concerning the ST.
preme Court Reporters; Mr. Stacks bill, concern
ing Common Pleas Courts, and that in relation to
Common Pleas juries and the bills in relation to
Michael O'Brian's heirs-advertisemen of land
sales--to amend section l63 of the practice act,
were all passed The bin to reduce the salary of
the President of the Board of Sinking Fund Com.
missioners from $1,000 to 81 500 was inde6
nitely postponed by vote of yeas sc. nays 6.
HousE.-The vote on the passage Of the bill
limiting the taxing powers of County Commits
sioners. was reconsidered and the bill takes its
place in the calendar. Petitions in favor Of COM
promise were presented by Mr.. Stotsenburg, from
Floyd county, and by Mr.. Packard; by Mr. Ran
dali, from Noble county. against sheep killing
dogs, and by Mr.. Anderson. from Elkhart county,
asking for law declaring that worthless seed
stock shall not be commcle The Committee
on WAYS and Means reported it inexpedent to
appropriate money to build an iron fence around
the Governors Circle The order of business
suspended, and the reports of the majorit-
and minority of the Committee of Thirteen were
taken up Mr.. -Stotsenburgs amendment calling
for convention of the several States was read
and voted down, and the question then being on
the adoption of the resolutions reported by the
majority Of the committee, they were adopted BY
a vote of So to &c: present. and refusing to vote.
6. The minority report then considered, and
rejected by party vote
FHIDAr, February -. lssl-
SESATE.--A memorial from the contractors Of
the Jacksonville pententary. praying for relief,
was referred. Mr.. Newcomb's bill for the
relief of trust fund borrowers, was returned by
the Committee on Finance. and recommitted,
with instructions to strike out all parts of the bill
but which refers TO any fund but the sinking fund
Mr.. March's bill, concerning interest on money,
was returned with a recommendation that il lie on
the table.but after some debate the bill and report
were laid over until tomorrow. Mr.. Shoulders
madean Intellectual effort to get an adjournment for
the purpose ofattending the Union Convention. A
number of bills were returned by the committees,
and the reports upon them were generally concur
red in.
HoUsE.-The bill to amend the game law of
1857 was reported from the committee to whichit
was sent, with an amendment to the section re
latng to phesants and quails, striking out the lst
of October and inserting the LIST of November,
The report, after short debate, was concurred
in Mr.. McLean's bill to repeal the amendments
of the last session to the city corporation law was
ordered to be engrossed. The Senate's concur.
rent resolution for a joint committee 10 report on
the gradual liquidation Of the State debt was
adopted. and the Speaker appointed Messrs. Bran
ham, Fisher, Grain, Clifford and Brett on the part
of the House. A number Of Senate and House
bills were read second time, and fourteen new
bills were introduced and read a first time.
SATURDAY. February -. ISL
SEsArE.-Petitions of citizens of Indiana, with
out respect to party, asking the General As.
sembIy to instruct the Commissioners appointed
by the Governor 10 the Washington Convention
to cooperate with the friends of compromise on
the basis of the Crittenden propositions, or somc
other basis equally fair and honorable; and that
our Senators i'm Congress be instructed, and our
Representatives be requested. to support some
compromise on that or like basis, were pre-
scented: BY Mr. darlington, from meeting
lately held in Brown county; by Mr. 0dell, signed
by l3e citizens of Democrat township, Carroll
county; by Mr.. johnson, signed by 500 citizens
of Indiana, residents Of portions Of twenty coun-
ties; by Mr. Wolfe from Clark county; by Mr..
Studabaker, from Jay county; by Mr.. Claypool.
from Union county; BY Mr.. O'Brien. from Dear
born county; by Mr.. Ray, the proceedings Of the
Union State Convention held in this city yester-
day, without respect to party. and asking that
the two resolutions which relate to the expression
of the opinion of the Constitution without regard
to the duty of the General Assembly of Indiana
be read; by Mr.. Wagner. the resolutions adopted
at the Convention of the soldiers of 1912, and of
the Mexican war, held yesterday in the Hall Of the
House; numerous other petitions were presented
two or three in regard to the Temperance law and
they were all referred
Messrs Miller, Wagner, and Hamilton were
appointed committee to examine the condition
ofthe vaults and safes of the State Treasury
and to report their conditions TO the Senate The
Judiciary Committee reported adversely TO the
claims of those who advanced money for the
support of friends in the Insane Asylum. A bill
was reported from the select committee on that
subject, providing for the erection by the State
ola monument to Hon. Jonathan Jennings, the
first Governor of Indiana. A minority report
was also presented. After much discussion and
the offer of an amendment to appropriate s., 900