Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-04-01
IONAdLRGlsIATURE.

DEsxoyNEs, March %.
The Senate yesterday passed the following
bills: .3a gia3T1l baa9 0gbG ac adj =
| A bill tolprovide for the publication of th
laws of this session in German newspapers
and appointing Theodore Gullich, Of the Bur
lington Tribune, translator.
IA bill lito separate the offices of Count,
Treasurer and Recorder. a9aYog 4..i ID. sg'
"A bill for y the q purchase of the, ,Cspito
building, and the Valley RAILROAD bill.
Captain Moore, from sthe Senate Specia
Committee reported I substitute for the bill
to increasa ther compensation aof soldiers. -
The substitute progides that ,the counties
shall levy . tax Of not less than two mills or
the dollar, to be kept as separate fund from
all other county revenue. aud to be dIstrib
uted under direction Of the Board Of Super
visors as the qex'gencies Of soldiers familie,
may indicate Is proper and hun. me. It was
passed-3S TO- i6..2A aiH' = it9H' 1910 .'s''a
The Railroad tax bill came mp to day. Mr.
Woolson irsde an able speech in favor Of it,
M Hunt replied to him. He moved to table
it, which was done II to 16-and tis dead
The IBoyse passed the bill providing for
he.pubFcktion and distribution Of the Adiu.
tant' Generals report for 1864, and q bill loca.
ting the executive Office at Desmoines,. and
fixing the Governors salary at 81, 800. 'l'
The bill defining, the duties and fixing the
compensation of County Superintendents
was 50 amended as to leave the duties and
pay to be fixed by the Boards of Supervisors
in the several counties. 10 sr7
The bill authorizing Boards of Supervisors
to increase the salary Of District Judges to
81 800 wes lost.
The gold bill had its last parliam entary
kick to-day, and ths State will have no specie
for sale this year.y.AsqD.~ i 81 'ie4-
.i- "'e "a Drs MONIES, March "a.
The Senate has been engaged on questions
Of order, protests, and the Cedar Rapids rail.
road bill, most of the day, without arriving ut
any important results on either. It takes up
the railroad bill again in the morning.
An amendment is pending to restrict the
company from taking title to lands under the
grant, over twenty miles west of the western
point to which it may be- cou.pleted. a5a.g
/. The bill authorizing railroad companies to
build bridges over the Mississippi and Mis-
souri, Rivers, was referred to select commit.
tee. '
The House passed bill requiring all in
surance companies organized under the laws
OF this State, to have q paid up cash capital
of $25, 200 before doing business. The House
also passed the Senate bill to exempt the pro-
perty of the American Bible Society from tax
alton, and the bill to prevent violations Of
public peace growing out Of combinations
known as strikes for wages, and the Senate
bill to facilitate the constructing and opera
ton of railroads by leases from one company
To tha
nuisances near fairs and public meetings.
DEs MONIES, March 25.
The Senate yesterday was In Committee
all day, the Committee having under consid.
GRAFTON the House Omnibus Railroad Bill and
the Cedar Rapids Railroad Bill. The Omni-
bus Bill was indefinitely postponed by vote
of g. to II, The Senate refused to inde6-
nitely postpone the Cedar Rapids Bill by q
vote of II to 28, but the bill has gone to the
foot of the list of bills on file. Several mem
bers have left for home and the Legislature
will adjourn on Tuesday next, and the chances
that the bill will come up and get through
both Houses are slim.
The House passed bill taxing railroad
companies FIVE per cent. on their gross re.
ceipts; bill granting the Cedar Rapids
Railroad Company the right of way through
the streets of Clinton and Lyons, and Mr..
Moore's Senate Militia bill. 4 substitute for
the Capitol Building bill was adopted. Mr.,
McNutt's joint resolution, congratulating the
State Of Louisiana on her reorganization as a
: :':- =: s:.:e, s:.tee was ADOPTED.
Dss MoINEs, March. 26.
The Senate passed the following bills yes
terday: House bill for paying soldiers from
the time of enlistment to the time of muster
ing into the United States service House
bill creating the 18th Judicial District House
bill locating the executive Office at Des Moines,
and fixing the Governors salary at $2,500 ;
bill providing for the publication of the Ad.
jutant Generals Report for 1866 and 1856,
and about twenty other bills. The bills to
repeal and modify the County Supervisor
system were indefinitely postponed.
The House reconsidered the five per cent.
railroad tax bill which it passed yesterday
and after an earnest discussion Of several
hours the bill was put on its passage and was
lost by vote Of "A to Al !; also passed . bill
authorizing real estate to be sold at tax sale
for less than the amount of tax, a. due in
certain cases !; also passed the Senate bill re-
curing Clerks of District Courts to certify to
pension, bounty and back pay papers for q
Zee or ten Genus ana tne cehsse OIL seperat-
ing the omces OF treasurer ana recorder
also tne oenaee Iesoiuuon ASKING congress
lot An extension o' tue tune 20 ound iano
grant f"ifoaos'
5 .l3S.le -. .ssDEsxoINEs, March 27. II
The proceedings of the Senate Yesterday
were as follows Mr.. Crookham' . bill to pre-
vent drunkenness and, disturbances on
election days passed by 81 to IL; House
bill fixing per diem of jurors at So; rail.
road bridge bill passed with amend.
ment giving stheslocation Of abutment to
County Board Of Sqperviaors; bill fixing the
price Of publishing notices required by law
tosbe published, at 81 q square for the first
insertion, and 50 cents for all insertions after
the first: House bill regulating the loan and
management Of the school fund; House bill to
provide for the collection Of certain school