, 1865-01-13

execution. Mr: Websier.t to amend chapter 50 ol
the Revised Statutes, Mr:Lnsfng, to amend The
act Ielat1ys to Commissioners taEe acinow'ed.!-
meuts- hi. Strain, nresolutlqn that the Commit
tee on the Pepftentiary be authorized to employ q
clerk, send for books and papers, and examine
witnesses IN regard to the StAtc Pcnitsnhary.
SPE1soF1E1n, Jan. 12-Thc Speaker laid On tbs
table the reportof the Stats Auditor: Two thou
sand copies were ordered printed.
The Scnato resumed the order Of bills on third
reading. The following passed:
TO incorporate the Maisrillcs Bridge Company
To incorpo5ste The Hancock County Bridge Gem
70 amend The charter Of the Illinois Central In
iaeofpo5stc The Sal; s; 9sas 2aag nS1s; Company
ToanthoIfze de- COMMITTEES Of Jasper, Clark, Cum
helland aud Crawford to raise MONEY for bouaties
- iasoipetsts osss ihe a Sterling Bridge Company
The act Incorporating tho Northwestern Mutual
ti,' Insurance, On motion Of Mt. Ward, Was RECON-
The Governor sent to tho House the following
reports Of Aajutant General Fuller, Engineer
the progress Of the geological survey. Cores
ponde1ce In relation to the National Cemetery at
Gettysburg, Chaplain Of the State Pcni.cntiary,
lation to the claim OF Illinois against the United
States for two cent Of the proceeds Of the sale
Of public lands. The Governor fndorses Norris
argument that the claim Of the State fs just, and
recommends that the Legislature take such stcps
as are requisite to prove title to such claim. Ono
Thousand COPIES ofthe latter report were ordered
The following bills were presented and referred
in the House: To repeal Che law recording ts-
trays; reduce back taxes OF tho town OF Gilman,
lroquoe county; 10 restrict the changes of Ueffue
In criminal cases, an act relating 10 Judgment and
@ e5scqtinnA; 70 1neoEporate tho Cairo and Mound
City Railroad Company; fn relation to the forma-
ton and equipment OF volunteer companies; to
regulate the fires on railroads; to amend the
charter of the town OF Dixon. In relation to fen
ces and Enclosures; to amend the township organ
ization act; to Incorporate the st. Louis Rea'
Estate and Trust Company; TO incorporate Il
Chicago Society drbeiter Fdrfen; in relation t
cages; to amend school law; to make appropria /
tons for State Institutions for 1865 anil
1866; to incorporate Republic Insurance Com
rnDy, Chicago; 10 increase fees Of Constabes ands
Justices Of The Peace; IN relation to Justices {
the Peace OF Cook county; to incorporate the Full.
ton F0nndFy and Manufacturing Company; to glv.A
County Courts concurrent Jurisdiction to punish
liquor eelers and TO amend revenue law Of 1Sa5;
to protect fences; to authorize citizens Of Syca-
more to aubacribe additional stock Of Sycamore
and Portland Railroad; for preservation Of game,
In the Senutc the bill providing for the payment
In gold or its equivalent in EFecnbacks, the sala-
ries Of officers, Is before reported, came up. Mr.
Ward moved to rc-comuIt1 t1ost-ayes2-Ward and
Akers; nays 10. 1tf. Ward asked consent to
amend SO as to except the Judge Of the Cook Cir
cnit Mr. Eastman objected: The btu passed
Green OF Marion, Hunter, lansing, Lindsey, Mack,
I}ichardson, Mcconnell, Metcalf. Peters, Reilly,
Richards, Schofc1d, Strains, Westcott, Worcester,
Mckay, Ovens, Allen, Cohrs, Ward, Webster.