The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-03-22
FROM THE cAP1GA1.

| u rRoK THE oAP1GA4. 1
= :Ds xors,s, Iowa, March lssh. lsse
Co9respondence or the Advertiser.
According tothe resolution adopted by
both House and Senate, no BILLS have
been introduced this week, except very
few reported by some of the standing
committees. And those BILLS which
have been introduced, are not of general
interest or great importance, and will be
mentioned hereafter, in case the Legis-
latufe takes favorable action upon them.
| The following bills have passed the
Senate: ITO increase compensation OF
Road Supervisors to 81 per day." ITO
authorize the Auditor Of State TO collect
certain debts due the school fund.-" ITO
increase the salaries of the Treasurer Of
State, the Register of the State Land
ONCE, and the Superintendent Of Public
instruction, to 81, 500 per anuum;" ITO
increase the compensation of Township
Assessors to So per day." ITO pre-
vent the killing of game between the LIST
Of January and the LIST of Aug'at;" ITO
amend the law providing for the publ
cation of delinquent tax lists;;" "To pro-
vide for the settlement of certain land
grant claims;'' ITO abolish the Office of
Assistant Adjt. General" ITO amend
the law in relation to estrays;" and ITO
| provide for the education and support Of
the blind" y .-
The House has passed the following
bills: "To change the name Of 1ndepen-
dent School District Townships; ITO
amend the law in relation to the num-
Der of, and manner of appointing, the
Trustees Of the Agricultural College and
Farm" "To authorize incorporated cit
les to grant the use Of their streets for
the construction of horse railroads" ."To
provide for surveys of land In certain
cases." ITO provide for the publication
and distribution Of the laws enacted by
the Eleventh General Assembly," ITO
authorize the Auditor of State to collect
certain debts due the school fund.-" ITO
provide for the payment Of the bonds of
the State of Iowa, maturing January LIST,
1882 and "For an act limiting the
charges and defining the duties Of Rail-
road Companies" ia&@
The railroad tariff bill excited an in
tense interest. The enemies of the
measure among them were some
of the ablest and most influential men,
bers of the House-employed all the
tactics of parliamentary law and usage,
and exerted their utmost ingenuitzto
secure its defeat; but all their exertiOns
availed them nothing. After a long and
animated discussion, the rejection of two
substitutes proposing system of three
commissioners, and the defeat of motions
to postpone, to recommit and to refer to
a special committe, the bill was ordered
to third reading, under the pressure of
the previous question: The bill came
upon its final passage, Friday afternoon,
at half past three o'clock. "A motion
was made to adjourn, which was voted
down. Then motion was made to post
pone the further consideration of the
subject until Saturday morning. This
motion was also defeated, and the previ- !
JUS question demanded. A call of the
House was ordered, and unexcused alb |
'entees brought in. The previous ques-
ion was sustained, and the bill at once
,ut upon its passage. The result of the
oll-call was So yeas, and 80 nays. Mr..
Sherman was necessarily absent, but |
lext morning asked, and obtained, the
privilege of recording his vote in the
Affirmative. After the Speaker had an
the vote, and declared the bill
oessed, a motion to reconsider was made
md laid upon the table. This settles the
natter so far as the House IL concerned, |
unless the Senate should return the bill |
with amendments. .5fs.'.r.4 -
The bill providing for the payment of
State bonds, maturing January LIST, 1858,
elected a very spirited debate. This bill
provides for the payment Of the bonds,
by borrowing 500, 900 from the perma-
nent school fund. The State is to issue
to the school fund, bonds payable in 20
years, and bearing eight per cent, inter-
est, per annun, payable semi-apnually.
There are now nearly $780, 900 of the
school fund lying in the State treasury
being invested in U. S. bonds-and over
$4,000 lying idle in the county treas
uries of the several counties in the State.
The State will therefore only have to
draw in about $l0O, 900 of the fund now
lying idle, in order to provide forr the
payment of these bonds. faa III III
The House has laid on the table the
Senate bills increasing the compensation
of Road Supervisors and Township AS
SCISSORS. And it is. probable, that most
of the bills relating to an increased COM
pensation to officers, will meet a similar
fate.
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