Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-14

whose nature cannot be judged from
the reports at hand.
The Senate on the 7th, by vote of
IS to Z, passed the House bill "to
constitute Township Trustees,a Board
of Equalization for individual assess-
ments in their respective Town.
ships. Senate passed unanimous
ly bill bill Ito to amend Section t037 Of
the Revision of $780," and a bill
changing the Code provisions In
regard to time Of payment Of money
from County treasures into the State
treasury.-Two or three other bills,
amending the Code, were passed;
provisions not reported.--A bill
|ssto provide s~System Of Common
Schools" was discussed at length, and
passed by vote Of 26 to 17.-Also
passed, a bill "tO authorize Counties
to establish High Schools"
The House, same day, passed u bill
fixing the pay of its various clerks
and employees at salaries ranging
from 50 to s. per day.-The bill
"in relation to the penalty on certain
taxes" which, if we recollect right,
affects merely the Railroad Bond
Counties, passed by vote Of II to 81.
Mr.. Keables voted for It, and Mr..
Durham against 1t. BY the way, we
have noticed that our two Represen.
tatives have differed on numerous
points during the session.--The
bill to appropriate money to pay
expenses OF the great Soldiers Re.
union was read twice, and referred
to Special Committee consisting of
all the soldiers in the House-an
eminently sensible idea.--The
House concurred with the Senate on
the amended bill for the taxation of
railroads which therefore went to
the Governor Senate bill for
the taxation Of Express and Tele-
graph Companies passed the House,
"a to II.
In the Senate on the 9Th a bill was
passed, changing the name Of Osceola
County to Lincoln.---The Senate
refused to concur in the report Of the
Conference Committee on the ques-
tiOn Of taxation of railroads.
Joint Resolution memorializing
Congress n sslation 10 Dec Moines
-s~o- '~..,ls and the rights OF settlers
was unanimously adopted.--'Senate
passed the House bill for the relief
of settlers on Des Moines river lands.
BILL passed fixing the salaries OF
District Attorneys at $SoO.---The
House bill providing for the com
pilation Of the Road Laws and the
distribution of 10000 copies of them
among Township Clerks, Road Su.
pervisOrs &C., passed unanimously.
"A bill for the relief Of Jasper
County for moneys stolen from the
County safe passed by vote of 3G to T.
And after the final passage of the
Capitol bill and the Supervisor bill
referred to elsewhere, the Senate
adjourned till Monday.
In the House, same day, a Com
mittee Of Conference was appointed
on the appropriation for the Insane
Hospital at Independence.--The
House bill to increase the c0mpensa.
ton OF County Treasurers to 81 500
passed the House by vote Of 56 TO "a
On the final passage Of the Cap
itol bill, Messrs. Durham and Kca'
bIes Of course both voted aye. The
vote stood 50 to As, with but absent
or not voting. the final pass
age OF the new Supervisor bill the
vote stood 50 to 36. Messrs. Durham
and Keables both voted aye.--The
House bill to amend Sec. 100 OF the
Revision, relative to the semi-annual
payments OF County Treasurers
passed by vote Of 70 to 6.-The bill
for new system Of government fol
the State University was lost, 45 t.
4O.-The Senate bill to enable
Independent School Districts t.
borrow money for the erection oI
SchooI-houses passed the House BY
vote Of u to 5.-The Senate amend
ments to the bill creating Township
Trustees Boards of Equalization wer'
unanimously concurred in.--Tht
Senate bill making additional appr0
priations OF $25, 1000 for the Soldiers
Orphans Homes passed the House
unanimOusly.-T Senate bill 1T
improve the tax system In this State
and to avoid errors In the assessment
| of real estate" passed House by vott
| Of 78 to 6.-Senate bill for the relie
Of Jasper County passed House BY
vote OF 80 TO 2.-SOme other billi
were passed, but reported only BY