The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-01-28

reports of Committees, and the intsoduc-
ton Of resolutions. Prom ,nent an ,ny the
resolutions offered was, one by Russell. Of
Jones, providing for. the appointments of a
committee Of Ave to CO operate with SIN.
liar committee on the part Of the Senate,
to,inquire into the expsdency' of erect
ing and endowiny' an Orphan Asylum for
the education ofths children of those who
may die h, the military or naval service Of
the country. A connendable interest is
manifested inthls subject, and the 'Legisla-
tures SEEMS dis5,sei to rec,gniza the 'obli-
cations of tie State t, her soldiery, by a
J prompt and large, liharafity in this direction,
. Mr.. Runyon's bill providing for three add:
tional Trustees of the Blinl Asylum, and
limiting the term ofssrvce 9th. ,Trnstees
to four years, was passed. An interesting
and animated disca.sio, took p'ac, on the
House substitute for the Senate Treasury
Note Bill, after which tn e bill was recon.
mitted to the commi t ,e.
| I'll ss,,g,s 81 Friday, January, %, 1864.
|
/ Mr.. WooLsoN introduced bill in the
Senate yesterday to provide for the invest
ment of the perrnanent School Funf in Uni.
ted States Coupon bonds and making
detailed provision for the management of
the fund. Mr.. s,RooKHAM introduced bill
to create the iioffice Of County . Assessor,
whose duty it shall be to assess all the real
4 estate Of his county! Several other bills OF
4 less general interest were introduced. There
was resolution offered by Mr.. KNOLL in
relation to lhe publication of the laws in
certainnewspapers, which resulted in an in.
q teresting. aud spirited discussion Of the
merits Of the policy proposed, between
Messrs Jennings and You've, md the tab:
ling Of the resolution-all of which with
more fully appear by reference to our re-
port The supervisor system was up on n
= resolution but nothing was done which
decides the comparative strength Of its
4 friends and opponents Bat few bills were
introduced in the House and none of para
4 mount Importance. The usual pnmber o
resolutions were offered, but no bushes was
completed The scalp bounty bin was un-
. der consideration, short time and then ra-
. committei- The bill providing for the dis
tribntion of the aAdjut4nt Generals Report
I was discussed for some tins but without ar.
irving at any conclusion = : ''a st1'" y
! Saturday, Jan. 90 1854 In the Senate
yesterday Mr., Patterson introduced bill pro.
viding for the f3rm,tion of additional Judi
cial Districts in the n,rthea stern part Of the
4 State. Mr.. Hesser. bill to exempt the
homcsteads Of Iowa soldiers from taxation
and release their honsstea1s frpm the lien
Of accruei taxes. NJ GARRISON, a bill to
provide for the erection Of an Agricultural
! College building Several other bills were
INTRODUCED. one passed, ana the bill to give
the Clerk of the Board Of Supervisors, the
lcastiny ypte in cases of a tie in the vote of
the Board was iniefnitel, postponed. ID
/ The House was occupied for some time
on the bill providing Tor the distribution Of
the Adjutant Generals Report, The bill
wa, finally passed and its provisions will he.
i found in our report. Mr.. Oliver introduced
"a bill providing for canyassipg- votes for,
State Senators and Representatives in DIS
tricts containing more thai one county;
Mr.. Hildreth, a bill p-,vidiny 70: p ,bic,tion
lin County Papers, of laws Of general and To-
teal interest, (tha Secretary Of State TO be, the
umpire); Mr.. Hale, "a bill furthsr defniny
the duties Of DISTRICT Attorneys; Mr.. Fry,
bill to restrain .p.rsons from carelessly
leading or drivin, stock across bridges
maintained at the public. charge and Mr..
Holdrdge, a bill for the relief o the Iowa
soldiers. No other Business Of interest was
transacted. -a.l ,.sr..,,-. 80.
Saturday, Jan. %, 1854 -Jn the, Senate
I Mr.. Brayton introiuced bill Yesterday pro
! viding for the rascertainmrnt Of citizens en-
titled, to the right Of suffrage, and for pre-
venting fraudulent voting. Mr.. Stubs
another bill making provision for the relief
| ofsoldier's families. Mr.. Nc Junkin bill
to provide for q change of venue in prelimi-
mary examinations. Several other bills were
introduced; ten reports from the Judiciary
Committee on varions bills were made, and
six reports from other Committees.
| In the House petitions were presented
from members Of the bar in Lee, Das Moines.
Henry and Polk Counties in favor Of an in.
crease in Judges Salaries Qlite a discus
sion arose on the bill providing for restrain
ing stock from running at large, which will.
be Of interest to our Agriculture. readers.
The bill was finally referred to a committee
consisting Of one from each Congressional
District. An important resolution was intro
duced by Mr.. Russell of Jones, urging our,
Congressional Delegation to use their inf1u-
ence to have the claim Of this State against
the General Government for SWAMP Lands
sold by the latter since Sept 28th. 1850 rec.
ogiizsd. Considerable discus sion was elicit
ted by this resolution which was finally re.
ferred to committee on, public lands.
Thirty-Eightls Congress.
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