The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-03-26
T.EGTST.ATIvE SUMMARY.


LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.
March 17M.-In the Senate various
reports Of Committees were presented.
Bills were passed to provide for the edu
cation and support OF the Deaf and
Dumb; to provide for the erection OF q
building at Council Bluffs, for q Deaf
and Duinb Asylum; to enable municipal
and public corporationsa At their elections
to settle, adjust ind compound tneif in
-debtedness, aud to provide for the issue
of new bonds, and for the payment Of
such new bonds By the levy Of specific
taxes, and for this purpose altering and
amending existing charters and laws;
and 10 establish ana organize a State
ReforU School for Juvenile offenders
most Of the day was spent in perfecting
the last panied bill.
In the House, the Committee on
Whites Manual Labor School made
report in favor of accepting the PROPOSE
tion Of the Trustees to open the Institute
for temporary Reform School, and
estimate that an appropriation OF $1,000
will bu required to place the building,
&C., In suitable condition to serve the
purposes of {: Reform School. The Sem
ate resolution to adjourn sine die on the
9Th of Apri, next, was concurred in;
substitute for S. F. 50, to amend Section
a9i; OF tire Revision Of 1860, in relation
to Jurors. was referred to Committee on
Judiciary; protection Of game, after
amendment, passed-yeas GA, nays y;
II. T. 12S, a bill to amend section i95
and 49i, in relation to foreigners voting,
was laid OH the table. 4 bill for an act
to amend Chapter l72 Of the laws Of the
9th General Assembly, relating to
Schools, was passed; also, a bill in reia
ton to County Superintendents visiting
schools; II. F. ll9, a bill for an act to
amend an act approved April o1fh, 1866,
also passed; II. +. III, an act to amend
the acts Of the 9Th General Assembly in
relation to teachers certificates, did not
pass.
M.y-ca 18Th. I'm the Senate, resclu-
tons were passed requiring both Houses
to meet in joint convention on Thurs
day the 10Th instant, Mt O'clock p. NJ,
for the purpose of electing trustees of the
| various State institutions, in which
{. ,ere are now, or shortly will be vacan-
cies; requiring the Committee on Char
liable Ii. stitutions to report the humble,
| of Bibles ne, 'essary to supply the variou:
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| Charitable ms. itutions Of the State, an,
the most econornl, cal and practical wa,
of furnishing the Sd me; and to max.
Council Bluffs "Port OF Entry" A
resolution memorializing Congress OF
the subject of making land grant to the
several States for the estaIlishm ent and
maintenance of Normal Schools. Narl-
Gus petitions We're presented. \ Bui
| was presented to provide for the resuinp-
| ton Of all the right lands, &c., conferred
| upon the Cedar Rapids & Missouri II. II.
II. Co. Il resolution relating to provid-
ing testimonials for Iowa Soldiers was
indefinitely postponed. Bills We're
passed making an appropriation for the
institution for tho education of the
Blind; and to allow incorporated cities
aud towns TO regulate or prohibit the
the sale of Intoxicating liquors. sss .gg
a great portion OF the day was con-
sumea in discussing the bill for an act
making an appropriation for the several
Iowa State Orphans Homes of the State
and resulted in recommitting the bill.
The House coneurrca in the Senate
resolution to meet in joint convention
on Thursday March 10Th, for the pur-
pose OF eiecting Trustees of the State
University, and State Agricultural Col
legc and Farm: House File lis, q bill
for an act for the support Of the Deaf
and i amb was referred to the Commit
tee on Charitable Institutions /; House
File -, bill 10. an act providing FOR the
erection of an Asylum for the Deaf anu
Dumb, at Council Bluffs was referred to
the Committee on Deaf and Dumb, with
orders to have it printed; Senate File 81,
was referred To the Committee Oh incor-
porations IL. +. 2722, u bill for an act to
provide for the taxation of the shares of
National Banks, was taken up and
passcd-yeas IS, nays mono.
.Ntrch l9h.-In the Senate bills were
introduced To provide for the payment
Of salaries Of officers and wages of en-
! ployees Of the Penitentiary and for the
genera! support of the C0nvicts to
amend Section Ill Of the Rev Of 1850 in
relation to eXempting from taxation
certain property belonging to edacation-
al Institutions. s resolution favoring
the adoption Of 4 system OF Normal
schools ia this State was ofarel n a
test question, and was lost by Il vote Of
~ to27. The bin 70 provide for tie
erection Of q state House was discussed
nearly al. day, aal the f.tther consider
alton Of It pa tpoacl till "Wednesday
next, at ten O'Clock.
In the House, bill for an act to quiet
title to certain lands in Webster county.
was passcd-yeas ., nays none. The
special ortler-being a bill for an act to
regulate insurance companies, was taken
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