Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-20

- - BETWEEN FIRST AND wATEE.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 2
LegtslaiI e ummaFy.
MONDAY, December is
II SENArEs--The joint resolution 70
the relief Of Mr. Geo. w AtcheF wa
passed.
se Mr.. Barker sintrodnced9a kasoIusio
that the Senate il opposed to the taxin
of the properly Of white men for The I'd
ueation Of colored chil9ren, which, afte
considerable discussion, was passed.
. The following Senate bilis were pas
sed
3l5-Prohibising4he carrying of bras
kDueks, or slung shot, under penalty o
fine and Imprisonment ;6 ~
3Il--Legalizing tho a9ts of Deputy
Sheriffs 10 certain cases.
2g4-Amending the act relative to
y Justices of the Peace, so as to allow i'm
prisonment for non-payment of costs,
and also 10 provide for the imprison-
ment of females for fine and costs.
The following House bills we're pas
27-AmendiAg that part of the act de
fining misdemeanors and prescribing
penalties therefor, WHICH relates to- no.
torions leWdness. g. AF "a
3l-Legalizing the sale of school
lands In Lake county. q sra g-esias
32-De6ning what shall be partition
fence. ~ sa5 ,s4p-s
~ 32-Amending the liquor law so as to
prevent the sale of liquor on Sunday and
election days.
4, 52-To provide for uniform assess.
ment of personal property in the differ
ent townships of the various counties.
53--To provide for uniform mode
of doing township business. 80
5S-Amending the act relative to in.
terest on money, so as to discriminate
between interest paid and that promised
to be paid, so that interest above six
per cent. already paid can not be recov.
cred rl
@ 62-Authorizing towns to plant shade
trees at the expense of adjoining prop
perty. .sst fl.s I3 1qasa9
64-Amending the Practice Actin re-
sard to issuing Of executions on judg-
ments of long standing. aaaR
67-Allowing attorneys to hold lien
ongthe judgements. csc II
75-Empowering railrogds to build
branches to coal mines. Hisa5 d ~
79-Amending the road law--raising
the Communication and amount to be paid
for labor to $3.50 per day, and making
Y the tax % cents at discretion. a
= In the afternoon the vote by which the
resolution concerning the education of
colored children was passed, %as recon
sidered, and the resolution was referred
TO the Committee on Education o4sA
a.. The following resolution was passed
by an unanimous conseps: ..-z-uas
ResotCed That in the opinion of this
Senate the children of negroes within
this State should be educated as the
children of Democrats are.
The following bills we're passed: -
House bill No 389-Consenting to
the building of a dam ACROSS the st.
Joseph river at Eikhart.
Senate bill No. l40-Annexing part
of jay TO Blackford County.
A long discussion arose on the ques-s
tion of concurring in the amendments to !
the bill repeating the Soldiers Relief |
law.
House met at 9 o'clock.
The Committee on Ways and Means
reported the General and Specific Ap-
preparation bills, which were recommit-
ted. for amendments. c1 40I@ l-@@j
Governor Baker transmitted to the
House, through the Speaker, the Nine
teenlh Annual Report OF the esBlind
Asylum.
After sundry motions, one by Mr. Coff
roth, to take up House bills on third
aadiDg, prevailed, and the following
ere passed:
\ s No 2lI-Amending the act for the
disposal by common carriers of unre-
claimed freights and baggage.
No. 238--Allowing foreign guardians
to take the personal property of wards
in this State
No 234-Repealing the act to ascer-
tain the salaries of certain officers,
clerks Of courts, &c. N
The bill to repeal the law. enforcing
the 18th Article was rejected by vote
of ayes =, noes
No. 253-Changing the terms of courts
in Morgan and Monroe counties,
No. 154-Providing for the working
If roads upon or uear county lines.
No. 266-Authorizing The issue of fee
bills for costs accruing before County
Commissioners. --.-
No, 240--Relieying County Officers
from penalty, under the Rheep-killing
dog law passed March 2, 1865,
No. 263-Making it misdemeanor
lor conductors to allow trains to stand
across streets or roads longer then ten
minutes. vtr ogar L.g
No. 23-Perfecting the law upon the
ubject of ditching and draining swamp
,nds.Ak q 4I.6 W@EA
Mr.. Browns locomotive engineers
was laid over until afternoon.
6NcIr. Petit introduced q concurrent
..aolution asserting theright of Mexico
30 be governed without foreign mercena-
- Intervention. rs
At12:15 the House adjourned.
an The Hcuse met at o'clock.
The railroad engineers bill was made
the special order for this morning atten
o'clock. .rgsg.lA aaETL
The House insisted on three commits
sioners in the Morgan raid bill, amend
ed by the Senate to one.
Mr.. Buskirk offered resolution to
suspend the rules, read all the Senate
bills twice by title, and refer them to
committee of four for q revision for the
Mr. Brown made an elaborate argu-
ment against the constitutionallty and
equity of the resolution.
After some discussion the resolution
was adopted by avote ofayes 90, noes
%. and under the resolution all Senate
bills were read and referred.
- The Speaker announced the following
committee on Conference upon Cths
Morgan raid bill: Messrs. Newcomb
Dnnham and Prather T
Grizzlies House was called to or
, der at o'elock9nE lhl
The Speaker announced the following
select com mittee on the Buskirk resolu
ton, to which the Senate bills were re
ferred. Messrs. Baskirk, Cowgih Hen
ricks and Gregg.
The general incorporation bilp wa
then taken up, and after an amendmen
regarding the election of Counciimer
was read the third time and placed upo
its passage. The vote resulted; aye