The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1866-01-25
From the DIRTY State Register.
-rrr Legislative Summary.

In the Senate, bills were intrduced pro-
viding for the taxing of costs to private
prosecutors i'm criminal cases the same as
i'm private cases; for disposing of dockets OF
Justices ofthe Peace i'm certain cases; to
encourage manufacturing i'm this State; to
provide fot t!:ssng dogs and protecting
sheep; for legaIizing the acts of certain No
taries Public; 10 disqualify parties from
testifying i'm certain cases; to orepeal Section
1856 Of the Revisiot of 1860; to repeal Sec
ton 2 of Chapter 4s of tile Acts of the 10th
General Assembly; to repeal Section 3,
Chapter ~ of the Acts of the 9th General
Assembly; to amend Chapter l52 of the
! Acts of the 9th General Assembly; to
amend Sector 1924 Of the Revision of 1850;
: to amend Section lO3 of the laws ofthe 9th
General Assembly,; to amend Section 500 of
the Revision of 1860: to amend Section 3l74
of the Revision of 1860; to amend Clause
%, Section 3l2 ofthe Revision of 1850; and
bill to extend the right of suffrage to coll
Ored colored citizens. A Joint resolution
favoring the striking out of the word white
from the Naturalization Laws of the Uni
ted States, was adopted.
The report ofthe Secretary Of the State
Agricultural Society was received and or
dered printed. q
In the House bills were introduced to
punish attempts to commit offenses pro-
hibited 10y law; to amend the law relative
to fixing the sites IT school hoists; to pro-
tect the earnings of married women; to ex-
hn r,ft III
amend the Code in reference 10 poll tax; to
require County Judges to keep fee book;
in relation To fine construction of 4 bridge
across the Missirpi River at Mct;repsor: to
amend the Code hy removing the limita-
ton TO the power of Boards of Supervisors
to make appropriations; to ants>orize the
transfer Of the relief fund of the several
counties; to amend the Code by making it
the duty IF :ft tohniv Clerk rather than
the County Judge. to enter the delinquent
road tax; TO amend the law relative to the
descent ofrcai properly; to require inStru-
ments affecting real estate, tt, be recorded.
Among tn" resolutions was one hy Mr..
Tisdale i'm favor of u national bureau Of
education, and one by Mr.. Brown of Van
ernnent. which last il made the special or
der for Friday mt 10 o'clock in Committee
of the Whole House.
In the Senate, petitions were offered re-
lativa tn ,.l,nr.-i,'G th" svr'tcm of collecting
county taxcS--t memorial on the same
subject fr hi the City Council Of Clinton.
Bills were intr,Hurr'l tu make Judges Of
the Supreme and Djstri is Courts com
missi"n"rs of iegsi inquiry. and to define
their duty; concerning the removal ofpar-
titon fences; to authorize ShcrifIs To ad-
minister Oaths i'm certain cases t0provide
where actions may bc brought i'm Justices
courts: for the relief of ID. Is. Hills, Aid
de-camp on Gov. Eirkwoods staff i'm 1862;
for Narious amendments to the Revision
of 1850; TO amend chapter So of the revis-
ion of 1861, relative to corporations ether
than those for pec-hiary profit; to cuiet
the title of certain parties to lands in Clin-
ton County to legalize the articles of in
corporation of the Norwegian Lutheran
College OF DEBORAH, Iowa, and to legalize
the acts of Incorporation of the city of In
dependence. Buchanan county.
The subject of the contested seat from
the 3lst District, occupied the chief part of
the afternoon.
In the House bill was passed for the
payment of the claim of Fuller, Warner x
Co., for putting H"stinS Apparatus in
Capitol building. Bills were introduced
for taxation Of railroad companies: for IA
thorizing Justices To employ clerks in cer-
tain eases; authorizing the Clerk of the
District Court to enter satisfaction, of
mortgages in certain cases: TO regulate
practice in Snits for divorce; to amend the
estray law; to hrovide for compensation
of Attorneys i'm State cases requiring rail-
road companies to huild good fences con-
cerning limitation Of actions i'm suits at
law; nmendat0ry oftbe law for LAYING ont
County roads. Resolutions were adoI ted
for tw" additional stana,ng committe. s.
on Commerce and Soldiers Orphans
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