The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1866-04-05
Special Dispatch to the Hawk Eye.
From Des Moines.
Des Moines, March

/ Mr.. Fellows alone voting no.
Z TIE Senate passed the House bill regard.
| ing soldiers Orphans Home with amend.
! mcnts, such us the House will hardly con.
eur in.
The general appropriation hill passed
the House.
The joint convention of the General AS
scmbly to-day elected the following nalnetl
persons Trustees of the Iowa Agricultural
College,:
First District, s. w. Williams; Sec>S,d
District, J. ID. Wright; Third District, y.
.. Stevenson; Fourth District, j. c. Cusey;
Fifth District, d. X. Brooks; Sixth Dis
trict, II. A. Morgan; Seventh District, ii.
NJ. Thompson; Eighth District, John Rus
sell; Ninth District, =. Melendy; Tenth
District, John CARRIER; Eleventh District,
B. F.. Cue; Twelfth District, II. w. Hum
phrey.
Also the following Bank Directors and
Commissioners.
Directors-L. w. Sherman, i. +. Edg-
ington, G. NJ. Woodberry.
Commissioners-Phil veile, William
Breckford, J. A. Graham.
Mr.. Brown of Louisa, is worse, there is
no hope Cor his recovery.
...-. LATER. .-.-..---. ....
The Senate recalled the Soldiers and Or
phan's Home bill, reconsidcred all of its
amendments, and passed the bill as it
passed the House.
&c.,. -... Des Moines, Apr. 2.
Hon. n. r. Brown, OF Loufsa county,
died Saturday night, and was buried yes
terday afternoon. The funeral sermon
was preached in the Hall of Representa-
tives, by Rev. p. p. ingalls,.
The following Senate bills have passed
the House:
Bill authorizing actions to be brought in
the name of the State for the recovery of
swamp land indemnity fund misapplied
by r. G. Orwig.
The Senate passed the proposed amend
ment to the State Constitution, with an
amendment striking out ''nor any person
who has obtained exemption from draft by
fraud." The House concurred i'm the a.
mendment.
The following bills passed the House.
Bill to enlarge the rights Of married. wo-
men.
Bill legalizing acts Of the boards Of SUI
pervisors Of Webster County,
Bill appropriating thirty thousand dol
lars to equaliZe soldiers bounties.
Bill amending certain sections ofthe law
in relation to ioaning the school fund.
Bill for laying out private roads.
Bill legalizing the accounts of Majors OF
the Iowa forces in the military service OF
the United States.
Bill limiting the time in which the branch
es OF the State bank may call into circula-
ton, to three years.
Bill in relation to Mill dams. ....
Bill eXempting soldiers from Military
duty.
Bill relating to Imbecile and Idiot per-
sons.
The House concurred in the Senate a.
mendments to the following bills:
Providing for the publication of laws in
two newspapers in each county, yeas 60,
nays ii; relating to distribution Of the Adj
jutant Generals report.
General appropriation bill.
The, following House bills passed the
Senate:
Locating q Deaf and Dumb Asylum at
Council Bluffs.
Refunding money to the "a and Sd Iowa
Infantry.
Relating to Land Grants.
Appropriating sol 900 for completion of
Agricultural College.
Defining the duties Of Railroad compa-
MES. f,
From the State Register.
Des Moines, April 2.
The Senate on Saturday evening concur
red in the report of the Swamp Land in
vestigatiOn Committee, after voting down
an amendment to reimburse the suffering
counties. ....
The bill providing for the publication of
laws and proceedings of Boards of Super
visors in county news papers; and the bill
relating to the lands Of minors or insane
persons sold for taxes, were amended and
passed. ..-. .........
Yesterday, the Senate passed the general
appropriation bill.
The House Constitutional amendment
was read and adopted.
The following are among the bills pass
ed:
To locate the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at
Council Bluffs. ..
Refunded to the End and Sd Iowa Infant
ry money expended for clothing. .......
Granting lands TO the Sioux City & st.
Paul r. r, Co. ,t..... ......,....; .
The Representative appropriation bill.
The McGregor K. II. bill. r..
The Arsenal bill. w..
In the House, OH Saturday evening, the
reports Of the Investigating Committees
on the Swamp Land indemnify and on
the American Elnigrant Company were
adopted. ,........ ....., ..... .5.... +
were concurred in, among them is the
school bill. ..,...,.....r $685..
Yesterday, the House dispatched the
usual heavy amount of business Of the last
day of the session. -. -. ..I .... D.. ...
Among the bills passed were. .#
TO amend the law relative to deeds of
trust. .. .a..~ ~. pH
Apportioning the State into Representa-
tive districts. .,...t F..
70 enlarge the rights Of married women.
h TO retire the circulation Of State Bank
money.
Explanatory of the law relative to the
loaning OF the school fund.
The law relative to mill-dams.
To change the manner Of choosing Town
ship Trustees.