The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-04-14

P~10sssCO lOx VIC vlOlottOu VI OIuHu0uCSd
to enable cities and towns to take privat
property for public use in certain cases
for the protection Of birds; for the relic
Of Patrick Hamel; to define the rights Q
church corporations in certain cases; +
amend the law In relation TO contract
between railroad companies and thei
employees. The committee on investi
CATION Of charges Of corruption reporte,
without duplicating any members dis
honorably.
| SENATE, April 5.-AmoDg the bills o.
general import passed were to provide
for the prohibition Of the sale Of wine
and beer In counties by vote thereof; to
amend Chapter two Of the Revision; to
amend the laws Of the Twelfth General
Assembly in relation to Circuit courts;
for the protection Of birds.
The House passed numerous bills,
among them ~ follows: For the pro.
lection Of fish; to provide for the support
and education Of the blind, appropriate
ing go, Ol6.54, and 5000 annually for
two years; for the erection Of school
districts from territory within the linn
it, Of other counties; and to organize the
new county Of Croker.
Senate, April 8.-Bills were passed to
enable municipal aud public corpora
tions at their elections to adjust their
indebtedness; creating Department of
Insurance; making appropriations for
the Agricultural College aud farms; and
making an appropriation Of $4,000 to
pay the expense Of the proposed Soldiers
Reunion.
House.-But two new bills were intro
duced; and the following among Others,
were passed: To locate county seats in
certain cases; to protect the peor.u of
Iowa from impiricisr.i- and 20 elevate
the standard Of :..Ae medical profession;
70 encourage scientific attachments In
dentistry; repeating Section 1882 of
Article of the Revision. The proper
officers were instructed by resolution
to transmit to the widow of Hon. A.
Conner, deceased, all the perquisites of
January 10 to date.
April THE Senate passed bills con
stitu.ing township Trustees Board of
Equalization in the matter Of assess
ment for their respective townships; to
amend Section 40, Chapter As of the
Revision, in relation to revenue; to
provide for the publication Of the State
Geological Report; 10 authorize counties
to establish and maintain High Schools;
and others not general.
The House, by resolution, fixed the
compensation Of its officers and en-
ployees as follows: Chief Clerk, s. per
day; LIST and ID assistant Clerks, 81;
enrolling aud engrossing Clerks, ST.;
postmaster and assistant, each So; door
Keeper, Sergeant-at- arms, Janitors and
paper folders each s. per day; Messen-
gers, So. Bills passed for the taxation
of express and telegraph companies;
and to enable towns aud cities to aid in
the construction Of railroads.
April S.-The following bills passed
the senate: For the relief Of settlers Oh
Des Moines river lands; to regulate the
compensation of District attorneys; for
leasing convict labor; to amend Section
1874 of the Revision. The Senate con-
CURED in the House amendments to the
Supervisor bill and the bill to provide q
State Capitol.
This was probably the day of the ses
sion in the House. The Capitol ques
ton, SO long in allegiance and SO evenly
balanced, was TO he decided. Before
being put upon its passage. the follow
ing amendment was adopted:
rs. No money hereby appropriated
shall be paid out until the Census Board
shall certify to the Treasurer Of State
that the resources of the Treasury, with.
out increasing the rate of taxation art
sufficient to meet the proposed disburse
ment, after other appropriations are al
| lowed.
The final vote upon the passage of "A
Bill for an Act to provide q State Capt.
tol," resulted in 81 yeas and 46 nays
two being absent, SO the bill passed
Bills were also passed to increase til.
compensation Of county Treasurers; I,
amend Chapter ll6 Of the Revision; t.
change the Supervisor system; to ap
propriate So, 900 for the several Orphans
Homes: aud others.
Arrl The House passed the bill
anpgoi mating Sl5, 900 for the Soldiers
Reunion; providing for the care an,
protection of the insane; aud others.
Senator Salisbury is credited with til
statement that the negroes Of Delawar
have too much sense to vote with til
Democrats next fall; and that the latte
must shrek "White Mans Party,
aud shame thick headed, ignoran
white men, If there are any such. VIII
now vote the Republican ticket, int
going with them.
Last Saturday five men were drowEe
in the Iowa river, at Belmont, Wrigh
county. While attempting to cross tn
river on q flat-boat, they We're draw
under the mill dam by the eddy Of III
water and capsized. Their names wer