The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-03-12


passed to provide fof' The publication and
distribution Of the lsws Of the 18th Cen
eral Assembly |; and to provide for estab-
fishing Circuit Courts throughout the
State. Petitions were presented asking
the enactment of more stringent pro-
hibitory liquor law, and for the enact
ment of license law. The majority Of
the Committee on the Suppression OF
Intemperance reported substitute for
the very stringent bill introduced by
Senator Parvin, for the more effectual
prevention of intemperance and the
whiskey traffic in general. Minority
reports were also presented. Bills were
introduced to amend Chapter 100 Of the
acts Of the Ninth General Assembly rel
ative to liabilities of Railroads for dam
ages by running over cattle, &C., &C. to
declare certain written Instruments not
negotiable; and for the protection of
game. The Senate went into Committee
of the Whole TO consider the Township
Collector bill, made some progress, rose,
reported and asked leave to sit tomor-
row. Report adopted. A resolution
was introduced and adopted, instructing
our Senators and Representatives in
Congress to secure, if possible, an extern
sion Of time, and enlargement Of the
land grant made to aid in the construc-
ton Of Railroad on the 43d parallel.
In the House the bill to provide for
the claims of members of the 1st Iowa
Infantry for services and horses, was
passed. Bills We're introduced to au-
thorize counties to fund certain accumu-
lated indebtedness; to authorize school
districts to borrow money to build school
houses. The forenoon was mostly occu-
pied in considering the State House bill,
which was at length ordered engrossed
and read q third time to day. The
consideration of the Supervisor system
was postponed until the 18th inst. at 10
o'clock. Resolutions were introduced
to prohibit partnerships of District At
torneys; to create the office of County
Assessor; against the reception of new
bills after the 18th inst. except from
! Committees; relating to manhood
suffrage; in favor of memoriallzing
Congress for daily mail along the
Mississippi river during navigation; to
allow no one to practice medicine with
out a diploma. The substitute for the
original bill regulating the tolls of grist
mills was considered and referred back
to the Committee. a.. s.
March 6th.--In the Senate various
petitions We're presented. Bills were
introduced TO repeal Sec. 6, Chap. So, of
the Laws OF the 10th General Assembly;
to amend Chap. 50 Of the Laws of the
10th General Assembly; to increase the
compensation Of Township Assessors !;
to prevent the publication and sale, or
gratuitous distribution of nortrums in
tended to prevent conception or procure
abortion to amend Chap. 81 of the Acts
Of the 18th General Assembly, and to
provide for the Iowa Soldiers Orphans
FaIIT0ads 70 provide FOR dividing
counties into Supervisor DISTRICTS to
make an appropriation for the State
Agricultural College and Farm; the
bill to provide for ''districtingn counties
| and to re-organizc Boards Of supervisors
was discussed nearly all day and ordered
ensrossed, and read third time to-mor-
row. The Senate went into Committee
Of tho Whole to consider the Township
Collector bill. After some amendments
were made the committee rose and re-
ported back the bill to the Senate, re-
commencing the adoption of sundry
amendments.
| la the House bills were introduced to
amend the laws relating to cst.ays: to
tolls on bridges; concerning acknowiedg-
ment of deeds, &c. to fix per diem o.
assessors. The Senate bill providing for
the establishment of independent
School Districts, was passed; the Senate
bill providing for the Improvement of
the State University, was also passed.
| A communication from the Governor Of
Illinois to the Governor of Iowa, asking
IA state appropriation in common with
some of the other States, TO require a
fund for the erection of monument to
the memory Of Abraham Lincoln, was
referred to the Committee on Federal
Relations. The original resolutions of
the House upon the Grant. Stanton and
johnson embroglio were adopted as a
substitute for the Senate resolution Oh
the same subject. a bill, the effect of
which is to require County Trcasurers
TO make quarterly returns, was passed
| The bill relating TO the visitation of
schools BY County Superintendent was
| ordered engTossed.
March 7M.-In the Senate bills were
introduced to amend Sec. 72l, OF the
Revision OF 1860; authorizing County
Courts to render Judgment in certain
| cases for allowing suits to be brought
in the township where the plaintiff To-
sides; to amend Sec 2l03 of Revision Of
1860 authorizing Boards Of Supervisors
to appropriate certain sums OF money
for ccnotaph purposes. Numerous re-
ports were made by committees. The