The Lincoln County herald., 1870-04-28
WhatIt Did.

What II DID.
After the Adjournment of the Lcgisla-
ture of this State, tho Jefferson City
Tribune thus summed up the doiugs Of
THAI body: N
The Legislature like birds of prey and
passage, have come and gone. The scss
sion has lasted eighty days. 1t has cost
over $4,000 per day "a total of GAO.
600. The printing and miscellaneous
expenses will swell the cost to over $780,.
900.
The question with the people will be
"What have wo got for our money ?"
Have we had uny amendments to our
assessment laws? Not ono. Fraoklin
can still return her hogs at 81 65, while
Montgomery, right opposite, seturns hers
at "a 93. Howard csn return her sheep
at 90 cents, while Phelps retu; ms hers at
S2 II Dunklin can return her neat
cattle at Sc IS, while Pemiscot, right ad.
joining, returns hers at $22. The farmer
in Clinton can have bis mules assessed at
s36 SO, while the farmer in Buchanan
has his returned at 500 SO. St. Louis
has her no es and bonds assessed at two.
thirds their value all othes counties
have their notes and bonds returned at
par value. How is it with the Pcniten-
tiary? 1t proved that it costs the State
! SIC, 600 per annum, or $100 for each con
vict, while other peuitentiaries return q
net profit Of $50 to each convict. Yet
nothing has been done to make it better.
SlO5, 600 have been appropriated to the
Penitentiary, and that is ala.
How about Registration The Joint
Committee reported bill requiring evi
dence to be produced before a man was
disfranchised. The House rejected this
proposition, and passed bill saying that
Registrars should not hold office, and
should not draw pay for more than thirty
days, nor more than $50 for Office ex.
penscs. and that negroes should be regis
tered. Coming into the Senate an hour
before adjournment, it was adopted, for
the reason that it was better than noth
ing.
How about schools? The law is worse
than it was before, for il allows an addi-
tional tax for High Schools.
How about the Flndins Bill The
Fund Commissioners still have the right
to keep the State funds on deposit as
long as they choose.
The question is where does all this
blame belong? We snswer: 20 the
House. The House refused to psss the
three fanding bills passed ty the Senate
The House refused to pass the registra.
tIon bill recommended by thc Joint Com
mittee, The House voted for $15, 900 to
the improvement of Black River through
one county, yet neglected to make any
appropriation to the Usage which touches
ten counties. The worst legislation Of
the House was in reference to the school
bill. AS originally passed, it gave 5000
school directors 81 for each days attend
ance, and allowed them to sit as many
days as they thought proper, ghis was
finally struck out. But even as their bll
now stands, it increases the pay OF super.
iutcn lents at least s35, 900, d taxes the
people S65, 900 for a set of recosd books
that are as useless as . last years al
manac.
On nearly every important questiou
the House has voted both ways. 1,
voted once in favor of giving the asri
cultural college lands to the public
schools. Then it voted to give them tc
the State University. 1t voted in favor
Of reso'ut to adjourn on the 2lst
Then it craw6shed, and voted down rail
road bills, Then it backed out, recon
sdcred, and voted fo- them. Everything
by turns and nothing long, it Is despised
even by itself. We now come back tt
the question "What have the people 20
for their money! We answer, thaa in
addition to the above they have got IS
laws in reference to town charters 22
&C in reference to corporations 20 acts
in reference to Probate Coarts and Courts
of Common Pleas, and ten or 6ftcen act
in reference to times Of holding courts
The rest are Of little value. The tota
number Of acts passed, 232. Concurren
resolutions, l8.