The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-27


salary OF but $3, 600.
Mr.. Fisher insisted that Senators
were indirectly increasing their own
pay by voting themselves stamps, DC.
and. therefore, inconsistent IN object
ing to raising the too small salary OF
the Governor In similar way. a
Mr. Rice did not think that the
Governor had ever read this law Of
1865, or he would not have drawn
S.. 900 for house rent, when he pays
only about 81, 200 for that purpose.
A prominent trait In his character
was to see corruption wherever 1t
might appear IN his horizon, and he
certainly had no right to draw more
than 81 900 of this So 900 appropri
alton.
The bill was passed Yeas 27,
nays IA.
Mr.. Rice, by leave, offered the fol-
lowing resolution:
''ResolUeI, That the resolutions of
the Senate in relation to the corre-
spondence of Lieutenant Governor
Cumback with Governor Baker, and
the proceedings of the Senate in re-
lati0n thereto, be expunged from the
Journal of the Senate, and that the
Secretary of the Senate be directed to
write across the face of said resolu-
tions and proceedings expupged by
order OF the Senate" and after re-
marks for and against nsi1eriug the
resolution at this time, by Messrs.
Rice, Turner, Carson, Hanna, VOL
colt, Fisher, Bradley and Hooper, on
motion of Mr. Hanna, the considera-
ton of the resolution was postponed
aud made the special order for Tues
day next, at 2 o'clock p NJ.
On motion of Mr.. Bradley, the bill
to encourage the, construction OF
le7ies. dikes and drains, aud the re-
clamation of the Welland overlooked
lands, was read the third time. The
bill was passed "a, nays D.
Mr.. Fosdyck's bill supplemental te
the act of March II, 1867. author
izing cities to sell bonds to ereet.and
complete unfinished school buildings,
was read the second time, and passed
by 81 yeas to 8 nays.
Mr.. Jaquess' bill to amend section
4 of the act Of May 20, 1882, for the
incorporation of manufacturing and
mining companies, was read the third
time and passed, no one dissenting
Mr.. Hooper's bill, defining who
shall be competent witnesses in any
Court in this State, wasread the third
time.
Mr.. Hooper explained that the bill
provides that the wife may be COM
petent witness as to her own property,
permits both parties In admInlstra-
tors suits to testify, and strikes out
the last provision in the law of 1S67
under i IS operation.
The bill was passed by q yeas TO i
nays.
On motion of Mr.. Turner, for Mr.
! Lee, the constitutional restriction was
dispensed with, and the House bill
supplemental to the act Of March D
1889, authorizing the incorporation OF
purchasers Of roads, was read ano
passed by the Senate, by 35 yeas to
nay.
The bill to enable cities 10 keep in
repair roads leading to cemeteries
the Senate by 81 yeas to nays.
On motion of Mr.. Morgan, the
House bill, creating the Twenty fifth
Judicial Circuit, Vanderburgh Crimi
nal Court was carried TO the fna
| EGd0lu& anu Jd-SCAs O1 y JCdto ~ =
nays, under dispensation of the con
stitutional restriction, with an amend
ment of( title creating the Twenty
eighth and Twenty ninth Judiela
Circuit, including the County Of JEFF
ferson, and establishing a Crimlna
Court therein.
This House bill, to enable incorpo
rated towns to make Improvement
therein, &C., was read the third time
and passed the Senate, by yeas 81
nays 3
The House bill defining what coun
ties shall constitute the Fifth J udicla
Ciredit, was read the third time ant
passed, by 33 yeas to 4 nays.
SUMMARY OF SATURDAYS PROCEED
INGS.
The Senate was only in session
during the morning, and transacted
no business OF general interest.
The only thing Of importance don'
by the House was the passage Of Mr.
Overmyer's bill, entitled "a bill Il
regulate the standing of the medica
profession" 1t proposes to make /
unlawful for any person to practic
medicine in this State who has not at
tended two courses of instruction
and graduated at some schoo
of medicine, and who Is not
person of good moral character
except where such person has bee.
continually in the practice of medi
cine for period of ten years or more
The penalty for the first violation is
fne Of not less than fifty dollars no
} more than one hundred, and 70
! a second violation, Imprisonment j
, the county Jail for thirty days in ad
/. dition to the fine. Practitioners shal
, be licensed by board of censors, az
= pointed by duly incorporated Stat
: medical society or an association; an
the full name of such person sha
, be registered in the Office of the Re
!. corder of the county IN which th
4 person resides or proposes to praC
tice. &c.
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