The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-03-04
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r1a1I-ross was = position from Elder &
p,IbIic Ptsl' Lomitted, offering to do the
,rassbt ling at 80 per cent. below the
prices paid the State Printer, fol-
= I'd by a concurrent resolution to give
them the printing on the terms proposed,
which was referred to the Committee on
Public Printing.
Petitions were presented in favor of the
Crittenden proposition, which were re-
ferred.
Committees reported in favor of the bill
for the relief of Joseph Moore; in favor of
the bill regulating the fees of county treas
urers; amendments to the bill amending the
law prescribing the duties of county treas
urers; laying on the table a bill regulating
the fees of county officers; amendments to
the bill providing fees for district attorneys;
in favor of the bill amending the act rela-
tive to the duties of justices of the peace;
all OF which were concurred in.
Bills were introduced for the relief of
William Hockey, and in relation to the Ii
censing of pilots at the falls of the Ohio
River. aT -
The bill for the regulation and discipline
of the State Prison, having been made the
special order for 10 o'clock, it was taken up
and discussed, with certain amendments
proposed, until the hour of noon, when the
report Of the committee presenting the bill
was cOncurred in.
Mr.. Wolf made a majority report from the
Printing Committee, in favor of abolishing
the office of State Printer, which, after an
animated discussion in reference to some
personal reflections in the report on Thos.
A. Goodwin, was rejected by a vote of 25
to 10.
An evening session was held, during
which communication from the Auditor
of State was presented and read, stating
that warrants to the amount of 81, 400 had
been issued on the colonization fund since
the organization of the Colonization board.
A bill was introduced amending the act
for the government of the State Library,
after which the Senate cleared its files of all
House bills on the first reading.
Committees made additional reports, en-
| bracing amendments to the bill revising the
! school law reporting back the bill enabling
railroad companies that have not finished
| their line of roads to complete the same,
and lengthen or shorten their proposed
roads a substitute for the Senate bin pro-
| viding compensation to owners of animals
/ killed on railroads ; in favor of the bill re-
lative to the width of State roads; in favor
of the bill amending several sections of the
/
bill providing a Court of Common Pleas for
the new County of Newton in favor Of
the bill relative to the erection and repair
of bridges over streams on the boundaries
| of counties laying on the table a Senate
| bill amending the general road law relative
! to the laying out and vacating highways !;
! laying on the table bill providing for
maintaining highways on the line between
Indiana and other states that it is inexpe-
dent to legislate in reference to having a
complete record made of the settlement of
estates laying on the table bill amend
ing the license law; laying on the table a
| House bill giving notaries public similar
powers to those exercised by justices of the
peace, all of which were concurred in.
A House bill for the formation Of Agri.
cultural Societies was recommended to lie
laid on the table; and a House bill in refer
ence to the powers and duties of Justices of
the Peace was reconsidered after its indef-
mite pOstponement was recommended.
report from the Committee on Swamp
Lands looking 10 the investigation OF
frauds, was discussed nearly all the after
noon, when it was recOmmitted
The Temperance Committee made two
reports, one against the amending of the Ii
cense law, and another, from the minority
making it obligatory on parties to pay their
license money before the license is issued
and taxing license against property where
liquor is sold illegally. The majority re-
port was concurred in. The Temperance
Committee made two additional reports
against the expediency of further legisla-
ton on the subject of temperance. g. -.s