The weekly Ottumwa courier., 1864-03-31
JUNIOR
EcSi.sanye ssinl mary

The Senate yesterday was in committee
all day. the committee having under con-
sideration the House Omnibus Railroad Bill
and the Cedar Rapids Railroad Bill. The
Omnibus Bill WAS indefinitly pos 'ponei by
a vote of twenty six to seventeen. The Sen.
ate refused to Indefinitely postpone the Ce
twenty three; but the bill has gone to the
foot Of the list of bills on Gle, several mem
bers have left for home and the Legislature
will adjourn on Tuesday next, and the
chances that the bill come up and get through
both Houses are slim.
The House passed bill taxing railroad
companies per cent on their gross receipts.
a bill granting the Cellar Rapids Railroad
c ompany the right Of way through the
streets of Clinton and Lyons and Mr..
Moore's Senate Militia bill. A substitute
for the Capitol Building bill was ado tied
Mr.. Nc Nuts joint resolution congratula.
ting the State of Louisiana on her reorgani-
zaton al a free State, was adopted.
SATURDAY. MARCH 25. 1854.
The Senate Yesterday passed the follow.
ing bills: House substitute for Tally War
Claim bill; House bill f,r paving s,lliers
from time Of enlistment to time Of muster in
TO the u s. Service; House bill for compi-
lation and publication of road laws; ReSo-
ntions asking for establishment of various
mail routes; Resolution endorsing the Adj
minissration of Abraham Lincoln; Bill pro-
viding for laying out private roads; Bill
providing for public,tion of Abjutant Gen
erals Report for 1865; Bill legalizing ac-
knowlel elgenent Of certain written nstru.
ments; Bill to inhict penalty for carelessly
driving stock over public bridges, and ma
kirg drovers and others liable for damages
to the county; 18th Juiicll D strict bill,
ai,pted amend nents to House School Law
bill. and passed it; Bill fixing salary of the
Governor, ani locatin, the Executive off e
at Das Mones; Bill prov,dn, for distribu
ton Of the Adju'ant Generals Report for
1854 and the l4th Volume of Iowa Reports
Also iniefnitly 20 stponed bills to mo iify
and repeal the Supervisor system, the IL
cense law bill and the House bill regulating
tolls OF ,nillers The bill, to enact penal',
for s,i)ny was lest on its passage. Some
other matters were also disposed of.
The House did as follows: Passed Sen
ate Joint Resolution requesting onr Goa
gres,ional Delegation to uss their Influence
to have the time extended for constructing
land grant railroads; substitute for bill to pur
chase Capi al BliitiHg was referred TO a Sc
lect committee Of seven with instructions tt
report Tomorrow, paassed bill authorizin,
the prin Ing OF 5000 copies of Adjutan
Generals report for 1856; passed bill 70
. selling real estate for taxes for less than the
amount of tax in certain cases; the railroa
tax bill which passd Thursday was recon
! sdered, amended and lost by a vote of Al
T to Al; refused 10 concur in Senate amend
ments TO House Lincoln resolutions and ad
hered to that portion recommending re nom
: ination Of Mr. Lincoln: passed Senate bi
requiring clerks of District Courts to cert
5 fy and attach seal to pension papers, g.
, for ten cents; passed Senate bill separtin
Offices Of Treasurer and recorder with amend
ments, ard did some other things.
SATURDAY, March 26.-The Senate pro
! ceedings yesterday were a, follows: Nj
a Crookham's bill to prevent drunkenness an
disturbances on all election days held by ,t
/. ipeople Of tho State Of Iowa; House bill a,