The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-12-21
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
WEDNESDAY, December 20, 1865.

W fDNkSDAf, DeceMOer ~, 1909
The roll-call having determined quorum
II members present
On the motion Of Mr.. TEACHER. the read
ing Of the Journal Of yesterday was dispensed
with
Mr.. GROVES said he was reported in the
newspapers this morning a. not voting i'm the
affirmative on the passage of the Sinking Fund
bull. lie was present and did vote in the af-
iirmative.
PETITIONS
Mr.. SULLIVAN, Of scott. presented Tenn
peranee Memorial. which was referred with.
ont reading.
The SPEAKER laid before the House the
memorial Of I. l.. Hubbard and Others, loyal
citizens Of the State of Indiana. protesting
against the pardon ofJcfferson Davis and other
rebel leaders 10y the President Of the United
states.
IL was referred % the COMMITTEE on Federal
Relations. ~ W
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.
Mr.. BRANIIAM. from the COMMITTEE on
Ways aud Means. returned the Commis SION
err state Debt sinking Fund bin II. Il. 2ss
with the cngrossed amendment Of the senate
thereto. recommending that the House DO not
concur In the senate amendments.
Mr.. BU>kIRk. from the special Omnibus
Committee, returned most Of the several bills
from the senate referred 20 them under the
special Rule adopted last Monday. distinguish
ing from amongst them and recommending and
suggesting 20 the House that bills Of the follow
iug numbers are Of general importance, and In
the opinion Of the Committee ,.enand the
prompt and earnest attention Of the lIousc.
viz 3a3, -. 3i5, las. 30o, 30. 2iO, 81, 80,
Isl, - 24s, go, al. Pea. al5 sld., VI. stated.
al>o, that within the next half hour. the Com
mittee would be- able % report on all the bal.
snce Of The bills from the senate which was re-
ferred TO them.
PRISON SYSTEM
Mr.. sTRINGER submitted the following:
B,g Rs'o'rsi " n. Bosse Of Rs9r-seriavrs q
he state 81 lndlsna (h- Sease eeaSgrriag th,e!nl
ths the -se ts "a raei 10 spooni committee
eonsisd ofihr.e comp'teni business men, whose d.
Il h al be g. VIA tins Prisons NSrh sni Spu'h,
AID "a rongs aves gate the DO X. sni sans Of the
same. 10 compare the ~orknss % the prison
sy.ser IT. 10 ugurAon With n. work ug. " the
late system eGrtng the past ten years making slh Ia
vestgstons and presenting such facts and nsurss -
shAl enable the General tsseEhy Of the sfsie
lesislaie ineiiigeBty relation prison AFFAIR, and
that IN q EeiT duty 10 rep@-t at The regular
son q he General Assembly ofthe state q Indiana
Mr. NEvCOnB mAyed fhht he eoncNrnt
resalut IA he postponed and N saa the special
order for Thursday morning AZ II o'clock
Mr.. >TRlNGkR hoped that would not be
done. N0ICEs: " II can be just ~ We'll passed
them
The motion was sgreed 10.
SINKING FUND.
Mr.. COwGILL submitted the following;
sseo>d. ~ the House Of Representatives. ltse n
ale ooucuu q That the Attorney General Tor tie
s,s BE Z. inonire ~ At amount = orcts ave
been derive the BosFd % Snkirg Fund Go nisso
member therref. IN squeeze - snv -
APP ican un,u'horied % sny oney. o-io7Sing
10 "A stalking % ana 70 be snds that saeh pfohts
Q the benefit Of said Sirkinz Funi Conn
soucr-, any mruoer th-reof, 70 bfiis sut IN the
name u the stAie OF lbs SAM
ON motion by Mr.. NEwCoMR. il was post.
ponel aud male the special order for to-naor-
row III O'Clock. tlslAt ffftfH
THOMAS y. HOW'LL
Mr.. FoULKE submitted . preamble snd
I resolution, reciting that Thomas y. Howell