The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-01-17

App0ftiOniDg the Dtale IOr the next -
j years for Legislative pHrpuaes. This bill
gives Posey and VsndeFbursh a joint Sena
tor, Posey one representative, Nanderbu re-
one, and the two counties one jointly. "
To SECURE the moneys due for license t
county treasures. f-.-. ID
Amending the roth section of the act to-
the valuation of taxable property, the elee-
ton of township assessors, &c. -.
Amending the 9th section of an act for
the encouragement of agriculture. This
makes the meeting of the State Board two
day previous to the meeting of the General
Assembly, u sr' t- 5a
Authorizing justices of the peace, judges
of courts and mayors OF cities, to admins
ter oaths generally. ---
| Supplemental to an act providing tor the
relocation of county seats, the erection of
1 county buildings, &c. Z fE
! Enabling persons objeeting to the location,
| vacation or changing of public highways to
demonstrate against the same. p
The Senate, as usual, wasted several hours
in talking about subscribing for newspa-
pers, and brought up where it always does,
by subscribing for several papers.
Dir. Corners bill, relative to making
deeds to purchasers of property sold for
| taxes by county Auditors, was ordered to be
! onRrOSS6u anu Todu u IulFQ LlIn6 lO-IuOFTOW.
Mr.. Newcomb's bill, enabling married
women, under age, to join their husbands in
! conveying real estate, with the consent of
the Common Pleas Judge, was considered
! as engrossed and ordered 10 be read q third
time tomorrow. 7rr 1.--Ts- E
All other bills, on second reading were
appropriately referred. -a-at5-F =
A message from the House inviting the
Senate to join them in the election of a
United States Senator at TWO o'clock on
Wednesday was taken up and concurred in.
The House message for appointing joint
committee to invite Abraham Lincoln, Presi-
dent elect, to visit the Legislature and escort
him to the Capital of the State, was taken
up and concurred in.
Mr.. Line Dem offered resolution for
raising a select committee, whose duty shall
be to inquire into the expediency of amend
ing the Constitution of the State. Adopted.
The committee consists of Messrs. Line, Ray,
March, Ferguson and Claypool. Three
Democrats and two Republicans
The Senate, On invitation from the House,
went into the Representatives. Hall and par
ticipated in the counting of the votes for
Governor and Lieutenant Governor and the
Inauguration Of those officers. The Senate
then returned to their Chamber, Messrs.
Gov. Morton to the Presidents chair. The
body then adjourned. C#h4at
HoUsE-The Senate was invited to go
into the election of U. S. Senator as above
mentioned
Mr.. Pitts of Posey introduced resolutions
defending Indiana from the charge of OBJ
structing the operation of the Fugitive
Slave Law; demanding" the repeal Of
the personal liberty bills and all other multi |
flying laws North and South recommend |
ing the amendment of the Fugitive Slave !
Law in accordance. with the provisions ofthe !
Crittenden Compromise and ordering the |
sending Of the resolutions " to the Govern |
or OF every slave state in the Union, South |
Carolina and Mississippi inclusive Re- |
ferred to Committee of -.
A resolution vas adopted by ayes 81, |
noes I6-aftcY iscussiou--inviting the |
President elect TO visit the Legislature on |
bis way to Washington, aud appointing a |
committee to confer with him and escort |
him from the State line TO Indianapolis
On motion Of Mr.. Packard, so much Of /
the Governors Message as relates TO foreign |
aud domestic insurance companies, was re-
ferred TO select committee of eve. /
s Mr. Bgudy (Rcp.) offered a joint res0ln
erved that DO State has a right to secede
and that secession IS treason that Indiana
has not interlered With the execution Of the
United States laws aud that any State hay
ing laws doing so ought to repeal them
speedily; that Indiana opposes any interfer-
ence with the laws or institutions of sister
States as she would oppose interference
with hers that while she would deplore
the necessity to use force against treason,
the laws must be executed and the Union
preserved rendering the men and means of
the State TO the President for that purpose.
Referred to committee of %.
The following bills were read first time
and passed to second reading.
To amend sections IS, 238 ahd APO of the
Practice act
So repeal the act establishing Courts of
Cancellation.
To amend section % of the act providing
for the valuation of real and personal prop
erty, &C., &c, so as to allow the indebted
ness of the tax payer, to be deducted from
the amount of his entire taxableS.
To prevent the emigration of voters from
one county to another and from one town.
ship to another, for the purpose of frandu-
lently voting. ~
To repeal the Game act.
To amend section Of the Game act.
To fix the compensation of the Speaker
of the House at six dollars per day. but not
to apply to the Speaker of the present Gen
eral Assembly.
Joint resolutions, instructing our Senators
in Congress, and requesting our Represent
atives, to use their best exertions to pro-
cure pensions for the surviving soldiers and
widows Of soldiers, of tie war of 1912.
Passed unanimously. Yeas g.. ff5s.
Joint resolution, instructing our Senators
in Congress, and requesting our Representa-
tives to procure homestead to every actu-
al settler, of 100 acres Of land from the
public domain. Passed unanimously. Yeas !
&c. t.5 t-.
To create the 10th Judicial Circuit, out of
the county of Marion, and fixing the terms
Of its courts.
Joint resolution, to authorize the Auditor
Of State to issue warrants TO the members
and officers of the General Assembly, for
the amounts certified by the Speaker, due
them for stamps, mileage and their per