, 1870-03-02
SPRINGFIELD.
In the Convention Yesterday.
Report Of the Committee on Lega-
latlon Considered.
Municipal Indebtedness.


Special Despatch 70 Tue Chicago Tribune.
SPR1narlkLo, March l.
coes1H, CITY, AND TOMS 1NpEB1XDS1ss.
M Aatnoh3, of Cook. offered resolution this
EerLiuR which Is designed to cause conAder1hle
OF !Atdin2 anotR The lfy bcnes by the time that
the os]ecA da accomplished for whloh 1t wAs
introduced Thes. Resolutions cali tor 1a.osms-
uon tfou the Auditor. OF all the registered oouds
which a1e Low In ex!stence, ard which haze been
ts'uea ~ tue various counttes, Cities towns. s.l-
lsEef, aud school tiar:ctst for ali purposes Wns,-
ever. Tae course Which these resolutions ano1!i
take caoie1 10 anal amount Of nllbus,e112R, out
theJ were hfallJ adopted bs large vote. When
the II forIatton u forthcoming there Will BE- NJ
su all aneunt Of light shed Oh the Amount Of honts
soted ~ counttes 1lder The laws Of 1s65-6.
TIE LEGISLATIVE coMH1rTEks REPORT.
At an early hour the convention toek up Tbs
report Of tie Legislative Committee as 1t had been
amended b, the Committee Of the Whole. There
was bet t;le souoie experienced until the seventh
stctlon WAS seschEd. when much the aaue scene
was pftsented ~ occurred In the Committee Of
the Whole, when this sane section Was under
consideration. This section provides for the
doateEs, AID spporsiors them according to the
fractsots oEes tho ratio. The dsc1sson here
latud ACME few heurF, when tho secaon was
nuail} concur1ed III. Tue rest Of the report was
eotc through with up to tho th,r:y~ulnth
ssc;lon, pfcyi,.ice that Subscriptions shanld
not be 1oted 10 Corporations BY municl-
| pAl:1es, ETC., which had bean stricken out
| by The Committee OF the Nho:e, When Mr.
! ssdgwick eGered substitute which woad
revive the Spirit and tnseus Of that section. This
| Was Voted down BY very respectable msjor1ty.
| With lew verbal aitesaucCs and amendments
| the balance Of the report wag concurred IN. At
tie close, Nj. Wall offered an additional aecuop.
to the eject that subscriptions sn2ll not be voted
except BY sona Hde taxpayers. THIS proposition
HrIt-
| hcufe. Ae3ssE. CoobauQh, Brcm~elt and Pelrca
made st1oEg speeches against IT, as did also ether
memberr- Pending 4 yots upon the eec:lon, the
| convention adtourted.
| rAkk COMMISSIONER ArrorxTkp.
| Tic Governor TO- daT re-appoln.e5, and c1n.
| mission was tssued, to David Cole as one Of the
West Chicago PAzt Commissioners. From the
Recommendations fled with the papers III the
Gaze, 1t Is shown that Mr.. Cole hss made nost
valuable AID popular of1cez.
| BONDS REGISTERED.
! SI1ty-tNo tords for u, ,t01 each, Issued under
the act Ct 1S69 by the township Of Bloomington In
aid Of The 81 Louis, Jacksonville Chicago Rail,
road Company, also four city Of Quincy bonds Of
sl.t0e each, Wcrc registered by the Auditor to.
day.
E1EErs1 on STATE sTocK-
For tie paAs Eeven years the lntereat on qp!.e ar
auount OF Safe slock. entered upon the books o.
| the State TreAsuter TO the credit Of oce Ed wast
rieipa, has been awaiting that gens!emans I ordel
Tor pa3ne1t To-day the order came, and 8, s.
Vas paid upon It, the same being the accrued in
teIeat for keyen years pss:
COURT MATTERS.
The United States District and Circuit Cnnrt
Of this district will adjourn for the tern mex
SaicIda}. TIE March term OF the United ststel
District Court will he held Ia Caro- this munth, a
provided by 3 1ecept act OF Congress, which re-
luttea txo terms OF said court to be held At tha
point, ore In March and one In October Of eacl