The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-02-23
Legislative summary.

WEDNESDAY, Feb. -SENATE.-Memo-
rails were presented asking for aid for the
Indiana Historical Society, and asking that
the Indiana Commissioners to the Peace
Congress be instructed to vote for the Crit
tenden proposition or some other compro-
mise equally fair and honorable, which
were referred. - ts-- - - W. a.
Committees reported in favor of a bill
amending the general banking law in ft-
vor of bill amending the liquor license
law recommending aid to the Indiana
Historical Society, and submitting a bill
for that purpose in favor of the bill chang
ing the times of holding the court of COM
mon pleas in Shelby county, all of which
were concurred in.
The committee on Education reported a
lengthy bill, amending the school law, which
was read twice under suspension of the
rules and ordered to be printed.
Bills were introduced to amend the prac-
tice Act fixing the time of holding courts
in the sixteenth Judicial Circuit; to legalize
deeds of conveyance to real estate, and de-
barring married women in certain cases; to
amend the act fixing the salary of Common
Pleas Judges, so as to raise the salary from
one thousand to twelve hundred dollars; to
repeal an act for the location and building
of the Northern State Prison to amend the
act in relation to general elections, all of
which were ordered to a second reading
The bill to perfect the titles to railroads
sold under foreclosure of mortgages was re-
ferred to a select committee.
The House Lean Bill was again put on its
passage when it failed for want of cons1i-
tutional majority. The greater part of the
morning session was spent in discussing the
bill, and IN taking aye and noe votes ON
dilatory motions made by Democratic mern-
bers. Another vote was taken, when the
bill passed. .lE-l4 So
A communication from the Attorney Gen-
eral, relative to the dam over the Calumet
River in the State of Illinois, by which
3d. 900 acres of land in Indiana are over
flowed, was presented, read and ordered to
be printed .s...s zf.
a resolution of inquiry adopted, re
lative to the necessity of further legislation
for the purpose of carrying out the proyLs-
ions of the act of 1859, which increases the
salaries of public officers.
The bill to provide compensation to owE,-
ers of animals killed on railroads, was dis
cussed at some length, and re-committed
for further amendment
Democratic members consumed large
portion of the afternoon in making foolish
and frivolous motions, and demanding aye
and noe votes on them.
The House bill to appropriate $4,000
for the expense of the Legislature, was
passed.
HoUsE.-Petitions were presented asking
the General Assembly to instruct the Com
missioners of Indiana at Washington City,
to support the Crittenden basis of compro-
mise, or some other equally fair and just
from Sons of Temperance asking the repeal
of the present liquor law. These petitions
were referred. a-s-a-
Reports from committees were made, de-
claring it to be Constitutional to apportion
the State into Senatorial and Representative
Districts, in the absence OF an enumeration
of the white male citizens over 81 years OF
age. The report was concurred in. The
Joint Resolution proposing amendments to