The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-01-17

Order by 1gwtenant O4yern0 HekereS
i, and the nH erlators w e sv Urn u.
The fojsoxine -gends&en-~1Sre nomf1a
mated for officers of the Senate:
~ Major o. NJ. Wilson, of Marion. and
y ohm v. Kelso, of Floyd. were nominal
ed for Principal Secretary, General +
N Brown, of Randolph and Frank
Cunuihghkm. of Marion, for Assistant
s:SecretagYs DR., So homQson.=ofs
Wabash, and James II. Carr, of HaE-
cock, for poork eeper. %
~ aIcssrs Wilson, brown and Thompson
49, 1890; :, sssoR Il s?ir-s0sf tS4 y
~ The Doorkeeper ~as Instructed to
furnisl, each member with copy OF
Gavin & Hords statutes, and OF the
journals of the regular and special
sessions--35 TO 10. s1sz'1S, &'J -'5'0
A committee on Legislative apportion-
ment and another on Congressional ap-
portionment, to consist OF eleven ~ en-
bers each, were added to the standing
committees of the Senate. Also com
mittee on immigration.
I'm the afternoon the Senate voted TO
each mem Der and Chairman OF commit
tees and the President, an amount Of
stationery not exceeding twenty dollars
IN value, and to tie secretaries whatever
mig at be necessary Three copies each
Of the daily city papers, and three of the
weekly kolks6LoH were ordered for each
member Il Mr.,B ennet int reduced Senate
bill No. l, apportioning the State into.
Con gressional districts. Mr. Thompson
introducedIS. No. 2Jaregislry bill. Mr.,
Bell2my introduced rs. No. g. bill to
regulate the fees of prosecuting attor-
neys.a .s..lrffg-g ,-as.- z 5-t fo 81. s#ate
HoUsE-!The House was called to
order at half-past ten by Hon. Cyrus t.
Nixon. and the smemb ers sworn in by
HonseJ ehus i. Elliott, of the Supreme
Court. Ninety eight members we're
present. .Mr Branham was elected
Speaker, alr.a Nixon. Principal, and Mr..
Kennedy, Assistant Clerk, and Mr.. Cam
bell, Doorkeeper; being the nomineeslo of
the Union CAUCUS. I'd r@ga 9ssife foog'
In the afternoon a joint resolution was
. introduced, ratifyirg the constitutional
amendment; "a resolution asking our
Senator'S and Representatives in Con
gress to use their influence to h ave am
act passed compelling the Secretary of
the Treasury TO redeem the interest bear.
ing debt of the United States, firsts a
bill to spportion the State into senatorial
and representative districts was intro
riuced: also, one providing for the regis
tratio1, Of voters. Several minor meas
ures were pres ented.r7sao Qua
~ vaE9D 81 ta JANUARY, IL, 1867 I
- SENATE Mr. Bennett, of Union,
offered a joint resolution, ratifying the
amendment to the Constitution of the
/. United States. Passed to second read
ing i' 1silI' '.1.- va ,. ~
Mr. Cullen, of Rush, introduced bill
establishing a Home for disabled soldiers
and sean,en. Passed to a second read
ing.
Mr.. I,ellamy, of Switzerland, intro
duced bill amending the act which
defines the relations between master and
appreiitice The bill m axes eight hours,
instead of ten, a days work for an ap-
! prentice. Passed to a second reading.
Mr.. Cullen, of Rush, introduced a bill
to provide for taking care OF the property
of confirmed drunkards. The bill pro
yides that the court, before which any
person may be convicted of confirmed
| drunkenness, may appoint a guardian
for him. The inebriate may reclaim his
/ rights on showing total abstinence for
twelve months. Passed to a second
reading 1H9F 90. s' e- 5's4itai3
Mr. miles, of Laporte, offered a joint
resolution appointing a joint committee
of five Senators and Representatives, to
confer with view TO the establishment
of house of refuge for juvenile often
ders.e- Passed to second reading / =
Mr.. Bennett, of Union, Introduced a
bill to apportion the State for Legisia-
tive purposes. Passed to second read
ing. ~ '-''58 81 nai@s
IS We notice that the members of the
House from this county in our present
Legislature have been assigned the fol-
lowing positions on the standing commit
tees; = Mr.. Peelle is chairman on the
organization of Courts of Justice and
is on the joint committee on State Lii.
brary; Mr.. Foulke is chairman on Fed
eral Relations, and is also. on the com
mittees on Temperance, and Sinking
Fund; Mr.. Martin is on the committees
on Fees and Salaries and Agriculture 9
In the Senate, on the 18th, Mr.. Brown
of Hamilton, presented a petition from
sundrv citizens, asking that negroes be
admitted to pro rata division of the
School -Fund--referred to committee on
education. A resolution was referred
to committee on Benevolent Institutions,
asking for an appropriation to complete
hospital for the incurable insane. -
Mr.. kinleY introduced a bill to make
eight hours days work, also. bill to
apportion congressional representation.
The House agreed to take three copies
of the indianapolis dailies for each men,
Der end TIVE copies of each weekiy-S20
of postage stamps to the members of
conasitsee of Ways and Means. and $40
to leachs member of the other stand
ing committees, and each member of the
House $40 worth of stationery and
postage. stamps. 1850 sdaa s~99--sI
AsWAsHIseros dispatch says Govern
ment has received information from Vera
Cruz that several transports have already