The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-01-30

terry lots an annual appropriation for
State Horticultural Society for the pro-
lection Ofgafne passage Of more EN-
cjent Insurance law establishment of
| reform school resolution asking the
Governor IL the u. s. Government had
| refused pay and clothing expenses Of
the Cd and Sd Iowa Infhntry. Bills
were introduced for the establishment
Of county Boardsof commissioners to
change number Of County Supervisors
to where population was 70, 900 or less;
| 5, from that to 25p0O, and an additional
member for each additional 10000 in
habitants limiting the time Of bringing
actions at law; Creating the office Of
county Auditor Regulating the collec-
ton and disposition Of Jurors fees in
Civil Suits; Allowing road Supervisors
So day for services rendered; PrOvid-
ing for printing 5000 copies Of Adjutant
Generals Report, and distributing the
same.
The Senate Joint Resolution provid-
ing for the printing of the Inaugural
Addresses In various languages read and
adopted. Joint Convention assembled
for election Of officers, the result being
rs follows: For State Printer, +. NJ.
Mills Of Polk county, 100 votes; w. =.
staue e,. Of Polk county z votes, blank !.
county ito WIN. Lee Of Johnson coun-
ty ~, blank /. For Warden of Iowa
Penitintiary, Martin Kelsey of Lee c0un-
ty, los John G. Kennedy of Lee coun-
ty, q; blank l. Certificates of the cleo
ton Of Frank M. Mills, j. s. Carter and
Martin Kelsey were signed By the pre-
siding officers and read by the Clerk
At the close Of the Joint Convention
Messrs. Dudly and Caldwell OF Wappel-
10 were granted leave ofaLsence by the
House until Tuesday morning.
Jdu. ed. In the Senate petitions
were presented relative to improvements
In prison management whereby prison.
ers may be set to work ;,asking for the
repeal of the ''transfer law" relative to
! the appointment of short hand re-
porters for the purpose OF reporting evil
dencc III the Distric Courts ofthis State
asking remuneration of one Hoag for
services as commissioner to locate the
Capital in 1917 asking the establish
ment of Reform School for Juvenile
offenders.
Bills were introduced to provide for
more efficient collection Of delinquent
taxes to provide for the sale Of real es-
tate for q less sum than the amount of
taxes, costs and penalties due ; for the
protection 0f fruit and ornamental trees,
shrubs and flowers; to amend Sec. 4296
of the Revision of 1860, in the relation
to the resisting OF officers to prohibit
members of Boards OF Supervisors be-
coming bondsmen for county officers;
to repeal Chap. lis OF the laws of the
llth General Assembly, aud enact law
providing for the publication of the pro-
ceedings OF the Boards of Supervisors
to provide tlfat no persons shall be conf
potent to serve on u jury more than one
term in two years; to require juries to
fix the punishment OH rendering ver-
diet OF guilty !; to repeal Sec 1856, Chap.
2l2, of the Revision Of 1860 to amend
See. S9l Chap. ~ of the same !; to repeal
Sec 1916 Of the same to require clerks
of Boards of Supervisors to make re-
turns to the Governor Of the location Of
the graves of the deceased soldiers; for
! the assessment of improvements on real
estate; for the better protection of deeds
and mortgages for the purchasing of
tools to work roads, and for the more
efficient working of roads. a rcsolu-
+, ton increasing the number Of Senators
, on the Railroad Committee from 8 to Is.
In the House several petitions were
presented for a license law, and a resO-
luton was introduced by Mr.. Irish de-
claring that the present liquor law
should be repealed and license law
enacted instead. Mr.. Trusdell offered
resolution declaring that the sale of
spurious liquors as II beverage 10 crime,
aud that IA law entirely prohibiting the
same should be enacted and State con-
stabulary created to enforce the law
Bills were introduced limiting the value
of homesteads exempt from execution
to 5000; for payment of witnesses fees
In State cases where defendant is insol-
vent giving clerks power to issue exc
cutions for costs for collection of de-
linquent taxes to establish Normal
schools changing the time when taxes
become lein repeating stock laws
The visiting committee were directed
to make thorough Investigations of the
treatment of orphans at Davenport.
January o5d.-In the Senate commit
tees were appointed to visit the various
public institutions of the State. Petitions
were presented asking that Congress be
memorialized with reference to declar-
ing the Iowa river an unnavigable
itream and asking the passage of u
( more stringent liquor law. Bills were
introduced to provide for the registry of
electors and to prevent election frauds !;
to release to A. A. Reynolds the right
to certain lands in Iowa; to repeal Sec
tons LOGS, 1869 and 1910 of the Revision
Of 1860; to amend Sec. 1102, Revision of
1860; to amend Section SOL, Revision of
1859, relative to time of meeting of
Boards of Supervisors; to provide for
| the putting at labor prisoners in custody
Of Sheriff. to amend Section 27i2. Re-
vision OF 1860, and to provide for rcor-
Ganizing Boards of Supervisors. Rcso-
lutions were adopted requesting the
| Governor to communicate any informa-
ton he may have in relation to whether
the McGregor Railroad Company has
complied with the requirements Of the
law 80 far as to entitle it to the benefits
OF the land Grant; requesting the Gov
| ernor to furnish to the Senate Il COPY of
the report of the State Gcologist together
with that of his Assistant, also the scrap
book of the State Geologist containing
his published letters; instructing the
Judiciary Committee to report whether
there is any further legislation necessary
to enable counties to contribute by loan
or otherwise TO thelcanstruction of rail-
roads in the State; instructing the Rail-