The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1865-12-21
xxxxiv INDIANA LEGISLATURE.
SYNOPSIS OF PROCEEDINGS.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. Is, 1868.
GEN

SENATE
A message was received from the
Governor transmitting the report Of
Hon j f. Mcdonald on the fraudulent
per cent. bonds.
A resolution instructing our Senators
and requesting our Representatives to
labor for the enforcement of the Mon
roe Doctrine, was introduced and refer
red to the Committee on Fedora. Rela-
, tions.
The following bills were passed
2Sl-Raising the salary of the State
Librarian to 81 200.
174-For the protection Of wild game.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Burton. from a select committee
reported in favor of allowing Nathan
Brown $4,000 for his discovery of the
secret Of the milk sick, appointing a
Board of three Commissioners to inquire
into his claims
4 report was made from the Commit
tee on WAYS and Means, recommending
the passage OF the bill giving colored
children the privilege of the Common
School Fund, which was made the special
order for this evening at seven o clock.
The special order for the morning was
the location of the A grcultural College,
upon which different gentlemen present
ed the claims of the various localities
In the afternoon the session of the
House was consumed in the argument
upon the location of the Agricultural
College. When vote was reached,
Tippecanoe county mustered 81 and
bloomington 43 votes.
Mr.. Petit submitted substitute for
the location of the College by a commit
tee of five to be appointed by the Gov
crnor. Tie House adjourned with this
propositinpending-
THURSDAY, December IL.
SENATE.
House bill No. 125, providing for the
relocation OF county seats, was mcnded
and passed.
The Agricultural College bill was dis
cus,ed at length and postponed till
o'clock.
The following bills were passed
247-To authorize plank and other
road companies to enter upon adjacent
lands and appropriate materials for con-
staueting the said roads.
263-For the relief of Assessors and
County Auditors who failed to make an
enumeration of dogs.
Bills pass d.-270-Regulating the fee
of officers raising County Auditors
fees for recording from ten to fifteen
cents per hundred words, and combining
the count to the face of duplicates. and
raising County Commissioners salaries
from 50 to per day.
2Il--Authorizing Justices of the Peace,
Notaries Public, Judges. Mayors, Clerks
of the Circuit and Common Pleas Courts
4 pfi tn nm ,1is tor hE
273-Lcgalizing the acts of the State
Board of Equalization in 1864. This
bill places on the tax duplicates $4,000,
600 in property, left Off by a bubble of
County Auditors.
2I3--Authorizing the adjournment of
Circuit Courts in certain cases
3O5--N acating streets and alleys.
HOUSE
Reports were made from various com
mittees, among which was one from Sc
lect committee, in favor of the passage
of the resolution to amend the Constitu-
ton, giving females the elective fran
chise.
\ concurrent resolution was passed
asking Congress to change the terms OF
the Agricultural College grant.
The Governor transmitted the report
Of Hon. J. f. Mcdonald, in investiga
ting the Stover fraud, There are S409,-
geo yet outstanding of the fraudulent
issue. ..
4 bill was introduced apportioning the
State into Legislative Districts.
Mr.. Griflith's bill to amend the char
ter of the town of Hunting ton was pass
ed.
Fillihusteriug votes on the location Of
A ryt.icIrItural CpIlama hill ro.,J.oJ
the rejection of Mr. Pcttit's substitute.
the Battle Ground, and Richmond as To-
cation, and the recommitment of the bill
TO n select committee, to perfect the same
for its location with the State University
at bloomington.
\ bill was passed to change the pres
ent school law, regarding physiology
and United States history. allowing IL
censes to be issued by Examiners, at
their discretion.
The bill regulating mutual insurance
companies, called forth some discussion,
was passed by a vote of ayes 50 noes
IS
FR,pAY, Dec. Is.
HOUSE.
Governor Baker transmitted his veto
to Ii. b. No. IL, for the investment of
the Sinking Fund in the stocks OF the
State, presenting his objections at some
length to the same
Bill abol shing the Board of Sinking
Fund Commissioners, amended as to
allow the investment of the moneys in
Government bonds, if the officers so de
sire, instead of State stocks, and in that
shape passed the House by vote of
ayes -, noes 50.
Mr.. Branham' bill to allow railroads
10 change their lines in certain cases