The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-01-28

| of the present militia law, and providing
for a more perfect organization of the
militia, providing for the appointment OF
officers, &c. Read twice and ordered to be
printed.
To amend an act authorizing county
agricultural societies to purchase and hold
real estate. This is the bill passed at the
extra session of 1858, but which was not
published with the acts of that year.
To fix the times of holding the courts in
the 7th Judicial Circuit, and repeating all
! laws now in force on that subject.
Read twice and referred to a select COM
mittee composed of the Senators represent
ing the 18th judicial Circuit.
To amend the 9Th section of an act au-
therizing the sale of county seminaries and
property pertaining thereto.
To legalize the listing and assessment of
property in the cities of this State, and for
the collection of taxes in certain cases.
To limit jurisdiction in civil actions to
the county in which one or the other of the
parties liable to Judgment resides.
| To provide for oral argument and speedy
decisions of cases in the Supreme Court, and
to repeal all laws in conflict Herewith.
To amend the 4th section of an act for
| the protection of wild game and defining
the time when the same may be taken. The
| trapping of prairie chickens in the month
of August, as the present law permits.
Mr.. Wagner's bill to reorganize the mill
tia WAS read second time and referred.
Mr.. Landers's bill providing severe punish
ment for the violation of election laws and
regulating general elections was read sec
ond time, laid on the table and ordered to
be printed.
Mr.. Landers's bill to prevent illegal vot-
ing and defining the residence of voters,
was read a second time, and discussed
Amendments were offered, and the bill and
amendments were referred.
All the other bills on file on second read
ing were read and appropriately referred
or ordered to third reading on a subse-
quent day. The number of bills was quite
large, and their reading occupied nearly
two hours.
A discussion was had on a resolution in
structing the committee on finance to in
quire and report the number and amount of
warrants drawn on the State Treasury
without authority and over and above the
appropriations made for special purposes.
Messrs. Wagner, Claypool, Beeson, New
CONT, Robinson, and Steele commented Sc
verely on the practice of issuing warrants
for claims against the State when the ap-
preparations were exhausted. Mr.. Ray
spoke in extenuation of the Auditor Of
State.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Shoulders presented memorial for
the repeal of the new county law. Re-
ferred.
Mr.. Conley introduced a bill for the re-
peal of the game law.
Mr.. Claypool was added to the finance
committee.
Adjourned.
HousE.-The following petitions were
read and referred:
Relative to the location of the county
seat of Newton county, asking for such
amendment of the law as will enable it to
be changed without great cost.
To repeal the law providing for tae
formation of new counties.
To abolish the Office of County Treasu-
rer lessen the fees for collecting the reve-
nue., sc.
Asking a change in the county line be-
tween Orange and Dubois counties.
From A. ]. Gray, stating his appoint |
ment by the Governor to visit other States
to demand and arrest fugitives from justice,
in the duties of which he had passed three
months, and expended 5000, for which be
claims compensation on che promise of the
Governor that the General Assembly |
would pay him.
To SO amend the Game law as to allow
qHails to be killed between November l and |
March l of each year.
The committee appointed to invite Mr. |
Lincoln to visit the General Assembly on |
his way to Washington City made an in
formal report, stating that he had accepted |
the invitation and would be here some time |
between the 9Th and l 5th of next month.
The following resolutions were adopted |
Directing an inquiry into the expediency |
of allowing compensation to justices for |
trial of criminal cases.
To inquire into the expediency of so |
changing the road law as to require that |
road taxes should be expended in the dis |
tricts where they are collected.
Directing an inquiry into the propriety of |
requiring keepers of stations to procure a |
license, which license is to be appropriated |
to county Agricultural Societies.
Declaring that the duties of the State |
Trustee of the Wabash and Erie Canal had
become almost nominal, and directing an
inquiry into the expedency Of reducing his
salary.
To inquire into the expediency of requir-
ing the township assessors to meet the tax
payers at their respective places of voting
in said townships, and at such meetings
procure from them the lists of their prop
erty for taxation purposes.
Directing an inquiry into the expediency
of expanding road taxes by letting out the
work to be done on roads to the lowest
bidder.
To inquire whether the school districts
should be made bodies corporate and
whether the management of schools should
be taken out of the hands of the township
trustees.
To inquire whether it is expedient to re-
serve the original township lines and estab-
fish the corners of such lines, where such
survey may be deemed necessary by tie
County Commissioners.
By Mr.. Wells Directing an inquiry into
the expediency of authorizing justices to
hear evidence and try civil suits in the alb
5ence of the plaintiffs. j
To inquire into the expediency of so
the law relative to the construc-