The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-02-13

insanity; to prohibit super .isors from
employing attorneIs;. to prevent bettin,
on elections; to repeal the act requiring
owners Of thrcshing machines to guar,
against accident; TO prevent stock from
running Mt lafgol 10 regulate compensa
ton of school Jircctors, were laid upor
the table. AbiH requiring the clerk I,
give public notice of the drawings o
jurors, was passed. A bill providing
for payment by the State of jurors ane
witness fees, in criminal cases, wher,
defendant Is insolvent, pessed to thirt
reading. The bin requiring the earl,
completion of the c., X. /. & r. r. II.
was warmly discussed till adjournment
February 7h.-In the Senate, various
petitions were introduced. Bills wer,
introduced to amend Sec. 0 Chap. liz
acts of the 9th General Assembly; to re
peal Sec. Chap. Ia, Of the laws of til,
9th General Assembly. The bill to pro
vide for establishing Reform Schoo
was discussed, amended Mt length, anC
recommittcd. The bill to legalize the
organization Of the Independent Schoo
District of Epworth,. Dubuque county
was passed. Also the bill to amend Sec
2642 Of the Rev. 50 ~ to permit certain
counties in the S. w. part of the State
to attend the Des Moines instead of Dav.
export argument-term of the, Supreme
Court, was passed. .-a..,. ...
In the House, aside from the presen.
tation of few petitions, the morning
session was consumed i'm discussing the
bill requiring the early construction of
the G., IL. l. & =. II. II. The bill re-
quircs the construction of the road with
in two years-conlirms the transfer of
lands granted to the old Company on
condition that the proceeds of the sale
OF same as well as those from the recent
sale of 10000 shares of the capital stock
OF the Company he applied directly to
the construction of the road, it also c
serves the right the State to limit by
general laws, the rates for freigh,s, and
requires written acceptance of the
terms imposed by the bill to lie flied
with the Secretary. of State. In the at
teFnoon bill was introduced to increase
the per diem OF members of the General
Assembly and defining the duties of its
officers. Referred to Committee OH
Compensation OF Public Officers. The
remainder of the day was consumed in
discussing The merits of the bill before
the House at the noon adjournment.
February sM.-In the Senate, various
petitions were introduced. Concurrence
IL the X. Concurrent: Resolution reia-
tive to restoring to the L. S. District
Court, the same jurisdiction as that now
exercised by the L. :. Circuit Court.
Mas referred. Several unimpor,ant bills
We're postponed indefinitely. The bill
to provide for succession i'm the Office
OF Justice OF the Peace, was passed. The
bill to provide for the selling Of real
estate ut tax sales for less than the sum
of the taxes and pci.aitie, due thereon,
was discussed at length, amended and
ordered engrosscd.
In the House, petitions were present.
ell for rcsuning lands OF Des MONIES
Valley Railroad-for Il law prohibiting
employment Of incorporate or incom-
petcnt locomotive engineers; to cstab-
lish mall route from Carinda to Coun-
cal bulls; far more stringent election
Jaw. DISCUSSION was resumed TO the /
bal TO provide for the carly completion
OF the e., X. |. x L. II. r., but no vote
was reaehed upon the question, whether
u subject tariffs to regulation by special +
or 10y genera! law. Bills were intro !
duced relative 10 game law: to regulate
the taking of fish Il bill to allow t'oun-
ty Supervisors To grant licenses To sell
liquor was tabled; 4 bill T. prohibit the
sane OF ale, Wine, cider or lager beer. t.
be drunk on premises whc!e sold. was
referred 10 Committee on intemperancc
t1brua1y l0h.-In the Senate ueti.
tions were introduced relative TO reroD. !
nizing the State Medical society as n
body corporate; to enable corporate
ooulcs to adjust, settle and comIolnd
their Indebtedness. Various visiting
committees were appointed Bill wer,.
introduced t, provide fpr regulating the
sale OF Malt, Spurious and N!nous Iiuu-
Drs; aud TO provide for the appointluent
Of Public Administrators. A bill Ia
amend See. .7to Of the Rev. OF 1850 hy
striking out the word white. was i.
us to extend to jcjtyglcs Tho
benefits Of the provisions of the Section
and thus amended it was passed. The
House amendments to the bill 10 provide
or the early completion Of the G., r.
Y l.. X. X, were discussed and finally
adopted by unanimous vote. So the bil
awaits only the approval Of the Governor
o become a law.
~ the Iouse a remonstrancc was Of
cred against the repea. OF the act proyld-
ng for the pub ication Of tile Law in
'ounty papers. Petitions were read ask-
ilS ana IN The construction of the Mus
atine, Upton and Anamosa Railroad.
skiing legislation to quiet titles to Dies
homes river lands: asking The c,tob-
OF Courts OF Quarter Sessions /,
ne OH requiring The early completion :
the T., Il. l. +. r. H.. Mas BROUGHT
vote and passed. Bills attachin. !,
zee, Van Buren, asid Henry counties to ,
re Argument District OF Des noines
uhject to the order Of the Supsn,na
curt; TO reimburse Appanoose and !,
thef counties; To resume lands granted
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