The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-03-05

HoUsE.-Reports were made allowing H.
P. Garter a claim of $2l, George Davis
Sl4 so, and against the claim of n. F. Gun
ningham for $40, the House concurred
therein; against further legislation against
trespassers on farms, COncurred in !; against
IL bill allowing county seats, with old build
ings, to be removed on petition of two
thirds of the voters of the county, report
concurred in bill reported back requiring
consent of the owners Of land to kill wild
game thereon, and engrossed bill for the
better protection of religious and other
meetings reported back and engrossed, and
being amended so as to require liquor sell
ers, &c, not to sell-within two miles of the
meeting; bill to refund money enormously
paid on saline lands engrossed; bill engross-
ed 10 amend section II of the act relative
10 the destruction of books, records, &c;
bill laid on the table TO amend section 10
of the act for the more uniform mode of
doing county business; against the claim of
J. McFaddin, report concurred in; against
the expedency of further legislation on the
subject of weights and measures, report
concurred in; bill relative to cutting bitches
on other persons lands and assessing DANA
ges, indefinitely postponed; against the pnr-
chase of David Dale Owens cabinet of min
the treasury, report concurred in; bill en-
crossed to provide for the collection of
rents, &c, Senate bill engrossed to ascer-
tain the number of sheep killed by dogs !;
House bill to require dogs to be licensed,
and the payment of the value of sheep
killed by dogs, &c, reported back dis
cussed and passed, ayes So, nays %; against
| providing for the education of idiots
| at this time on account of the condi-
| ton of the treasury, cOncuTed in; against
repeating the law licensing the sale of in
toxicating liquors, report concurred in !;
joint resolution passed directingthe Attorney
/ General to bring suit for the fees, sc, kept
! by the State officers contrary to law ayes
| 90, nays 2; Bill engrossed to amend section
/ 6 of the act relative to manufacturing com
panies bill engrossed to legalize certain
acts of Incorporated towns; bill engrossed
TO amend section l of the act relative to
! the construction of gravel and other roads
/ bill indefinitely postponed to amend section
/ 2, 3 and of the act Incorporating cities
/ bill to increase the compensation of Mem
/ bers of the General Assembly and it's Off
| GERS to s. per day, laid on the table plan
reported to pay off the State debt, by levy
/ of cents tax for the present year, and Of 5
/ cents each year hereafter, the fund to be
| invested in State Bonds, report concur
red in +; bill relative to county Surveyors,
reported back with an amendment, making
/ their compensation as now allowed by law /;
/ the amendment was adopted and the bill
! engrOssed against reorganization of the
| I'd Judicial Circuit, report concurred in :;
/ against gi sing to the Prosecuting Attor-
! MES of the Courts of Common Pleas. the
| same salaries now given to the Prosecuting
! Attorneys ofthe Circuit Courts, report con-
CURED in bill to increase the salary of the
/ Common Pleas Judge, to 1900, reported
| back with an amendment reducing it
| to $1,000; bill and amendment laid
on the table bill engrossed to invest the
/ Sinking Fund in State bonds; bill to amend
section ) of the act defining and Furnishing
mIsdemeanors, reported back, amended and
| engrossed; bill laid on the table to amend
! section of the act relative to Justices; bill
! to provide for the salary of the Attorney
/ General, laid on the table bill engrossed
to amend sections 6S4 and 6S8 of the prac-
tice act Senate bill to amend section 40 of
the act relative TO opening and repairing
roads reported back ard amended to lay
on the table the bill to take the opinion of
the people of the State on the Crittenden
and Border State propositions, at the next
April election bill so laid, ayes So, noes
80; Bill to repeal the 38th section of the
act incorporating railroads, which makes an