The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-09-18
DOings Of the Special Session.

The special session of the Ninth Gen.
eral Assembly adjourned on the 1lth
inst. at 10 o'clock a. m., after sitting
eight days. The business for which the
session was called was dispatched with
commendible promptness-the mem bers,
for the most part, laying aside personal
and political considerations aud address.
ing themselves to their duties.
Among the more important matters
enacted by the Legislature, were
l. The passage of law accepting the
240, 900 acres of land donated by Con-
gress to the State for agricultural pur.
poses, aud authorizing the Governor to
appoint q Commissioner, at a salary of
81 per day, to make the selections imme-
diately, before other States come in and
get their lands ahead Of US. 1t is proper
to state that said Commissioner bears his
own expenses out of said four dollars per
day.
2. The passage Of a law authorizing
the electors Of this State now in the mil.
itary service Of the State or United States
to vote. The law provides that all Iowa
regiments and detached companies shall
have the privilege of voting at the next
general election in October, and that the
Governor shall appoint one Commissioner
for each regiment to visit them in the
field aud canvass the vote. Said Com.
missioners receive no compensation ex.
cept ten cents mileage going and coming.
This law, in all its bearing, is one of the
most important character and will be re.
ceived by our soldiers as a proper nppre-
citation Of their rights and services.
3. The passage of law legalizipg
the county bounties voted by County
Supervisors to men enlisting in their
respective counties, and authorizing the
levy of a special tax to meet the same
4. The amendment of the law enacted
at the last regular session, which pro-
vlded that the property Of all Iowa vol
unteers not above the rank Of Captain,
should be exempt from levy aud sale
during the time they remained in ser
vice. The law is made now to apply to
all our soldiers, Of whatever rank.
3. The passage Of law authorizing
the Governor 10 appoint an Assistant
Adjutant General at salary Of $500 per
annum. This was very necessary meas
ure, as the business of the Adjutant Gen.
erals Office has increased threefold in the
past six months.
6. The passage of law placing ten
thousand dollars at the Governors dis
posal, to be used for the benefit of our
sick aud wounded soldiers, and placing
twenty thousand dollars more ia the
hands of the Census Board, to be drawn
upon by the Governor whenever they
shall deem it necessary for the public
good
T. The passage of law authorizing
the Governor to equip force of not less
than five hundred men to operate Oh the
northern frontier against the Indians
said force to be paid as regular soldiers,
and be kept in the service as long as the
public exigencies may require.
Also, the passage Of a law organizing
one company of mounted men in each
county on the southern border, part OF
which shall keep continual scout along
the line, and prevent any guerrilla incur.
s'ons-thosc only being paid who do ser
vice.
8. The repeal of the dog law, and pro-
viding that those who have registered
their dogs shall be credited eighty cents
of the dollar on their school tax
The Assembly indefinitely postponed
a proposition to exempt from military
duty Quakers and others conscientiously
opposed to bearing arms. They found
that they could not open the door and
exempt one class Of citizens, without ex-
tending the same principle to all who
claimed exemption for the same reasons,
and that number began to be rather un-
patriotically large toward the close the
consequence of which was, as has been
stated, that no exemption was granted to
any.