The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-02-04
From the Daily State Register.
Legislative Summary.
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@FT LIES MONIES, january " 1854.
In the Senate yesterday, the President an
nounced the Committee'on Judicial Districts,
of which Senator Hunt. of Clayton county,
is Chairman. The bill providing for the ap.
pointment Of An additional Judge of tn e Su /.
preme Court was taken up. and after consid.
cradle debate was passed by vote Of thirty
two to eight. The measure Is urgently asked
by the present members Of the Court. which
probably account. for this decisive majority.
The bill to repeal Oh. 1872 Of the Laws Of the
E'gth General Assembly, known ~ thu zap.
praisement Law" was made the special order
for to day at 2 o'clock. There was lively
discussion on the bill to amend 1856 of the
Revision of 1850 and it was ordered engross.
ed, etc. The President appointed Mr. Gray
on the Joint Committee to visit the State
University and Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
Considerable miscellaneous business was
transacted in the House. The Senate bill
abolishing the Office of Surgeon General was
passed after considerable discussion without
any opposing votes. The feeling is quite
prevalent, however, that the Office might be
made beneficial to the interests Of the SOL
diers, and it is not improbable that an at
tempt will be made to create the Office anew
and attach to 1t new duties. making it q
working field office. The substitute for the
Treasury note bill was passed with but two
dissenting votes. This leaves the State Bank
Notes out in the cold and provides for the re-
ceipt Of Treasury and National Bank No es
for taxes. The bill to prevent offences against
public health was also passed. Several other
bills were under consideration but no final
action was had on them. Mr.. NOR intro
duced resolution looking to complete re.
vision of the School Law. 1t is ma de the
special order for 10 o'clock this morning.
FRIDAY Jan. 29th-Mr Saunders intro.
duced in the Senate YESTERDAY q bill provii-
ing TOT pe@-;-.-r survey from La Sale,
ILL.,, to the Mississippi River He also pre-.
scented memorial, signed BY Judge Dillon
and other citizens Of Scott county, recon-
mending tho measure provided for by the
bill; and also memorial to the same effect
from committee appointed by the City
Council of Davenport to present the views
of the city to the Legislature. This is
matter Of great interest to the citz,ns Of
Iowa. Our action in the premises may have
an important influence upon the future
wealth and prosperity OF the State. Mr..
Crookham's bill repeating the infamous
law of 1851, which deprived certain free
persons of their liberties, the bill firing
the per diem of Road Supervisors at
81 so. and the bin amending Sec. 261 of
the Revision, were passed. The bill to Gre.
ate the office of County Assessor was in.
definitely postponed, and the Salary hill
was taker from the table and referred to tho
Committee Of Ways and Means. The az
ternoon session was devoted to discussing
the bill to repeal the Appraisement Law(ss
3360-74 Rev. 1t was lost by vote Of 81
yeas to 10 nays and the vote was recon.
sidered.
The House was occupied most of the day
on the School question. The discussion on
the comparative merits of the sub-district
and independent district system will be
found of considerable interest to all who
are interested in onr common schools-and
this includes all. The action of the House
on this question is decidedly adverse to
any radical change of our present system
Mr.. Hildreth introduced bill providing
for connecting the Agricultural College with
the State University at Iowa Citv, which
was laid on the table and ordered printed.