The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-02-28
Legisla.ive summary.

MONDAY, Feb. 25th, 1861,
STANDARDIZATION were introduced asking
for an amendment to the liquor license law,
and for the protection of fish in small lakes
from seiners, which were referred.
Bills were introduced to amend the title
of the act concerning promissOry notes, so
as TO include bonds and other instruments
of writing for the relief of Joseph Moore
supplemental to an act providing for the
election and qualification of supervisors,
which were severally ordered to a second
reading.
The report of the committee recommend
ing an appropriation of $500 for erecting a
monument over the grave of Gov. Jennings
was concurred in, and the resolution look
ing to the pay of the Commissioners to the
Peace Congress, and the payment of Indi-
ana's proportion of the expense of the Con-
gress, was agreed to.
The House joint resolution, for the ap-
pointment Of a committee to investigate the
books and manner of keeping accounts in
the State offices, passed.
The Senate mbezzIement bill was recon-
ritted, with instructions for its alteration
so as to make it apply to county and town
ship officers only-the bill of the House, al
ready passed and approved, being applicable
to State officers.
Bills were passed amending the act for
the licensing of the sale of intoxicating
liquors, so as to admit of appeals from the
action of county boards to amend several
sections of the general election law and to
amend the general appraisement laws so as
to legalize the poll assessments heretofore
made by county boards.
The bill for the protection of fish failed,
and the bill regulating the fees of district
attorneys was recommitted with instructions
to strike from it all relative to the pay of
attorneys out of county treasures.
The files of the Senate were cleared of all
bills on a second reading.
HoUSE.-Petltions were presented relative
to the sale of liquors to minors; relative to
road taxes for the protection of sheep
against dogs; to instruct our Commissioners
at Washington to support the Crittenden
propositions.
These petitions were referred.
Bills introduced to provide for the taking
of the opinion of the people of the State on
the Crittenden proposition; to amend section
Z of the act relative to the report Of fines
| by the clerk to the County Auditor; to pro-
| vide for the salary of the Attorney General !;
to provide for the payment of the Indiana
! L
and 10 of the act regulating sales of liquor,
| and to repeal various sections of the same
act to provide for the opening of roads
running in different townships relative to
mortgaging lands to the school fund con-
cerniug partition fences relative to the
discipline and government of the State Pris-
ons; to authorize the Bank of the State to
close the Plymouth branch and relocate the
same to amend section l9 of the act for
the more Uniform mode of doing county
| business; to regulate the practice in the
/ Circuit and Common Pleas Courts on ap-
| peals from Justices of the Peace relative
to putting gates on private roads; to pro-
vide for the mode of electing United States
! Senators
| Reports from committees from the tenn
perance committee against any material
| change in the character of the existing liq-
uor law. but reporting a bill to amend
several sections of the act, report concurred
in, and bill passed a second reading.
Resolutions offered asking the Auditor
of State to report relative to the unaccount-
ed sums of the st. Joseph county swamp