Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-24

and the senate un0nlmOuY ke40e8I.
ed him to address the Assembly, on
the subject, in the Hall Of tie House,
ON the evening of the 10TH.
In the House, on the 18th, another
petition, asking law providing for.
shutes for fish-ways through al dam >
across streams, was presepte the
people seem to feel considerable in
terest in this subject; and we hope
their wishes will be needed. The
House occupied most Of the day in
consideration Of the great Railroad
Property Taxation bill, but did not
reach vote on it.
In the Senate on the 18th, the bill
to provide for an additional Peniten-
tiary near AnamOsa or SlcGregor
was postponed until the ed inst
The bill to provide for the funding
of County indebtedness was made
the Special Order for the morning Of
the 2ith inst.-A bill ito provide
information concerning the blind"
was passed unanimously. Its pro-
visions arc not reported. Senate also
passed unanimously the bill provid-
ing for the appointment u Commits
sioners in other States.
In the House, same day, the bill
.'to improve the Tax system in this
State, and to avoid errors in the
assessment of real estate' passed by
vote Of 50 to %. Mr.. Keables voted
aye, and Dir. Durham was '.abaent
or not voting" We don't know
what the provisions Of the bill are;
but certainly some measure is needed
to effect the end it proposes. The
bill to increase the compensation OF
County Treasurers was read twice
and placed on flea bill to amend
the Liquor Law SO as to permit
Counties to vote on the prohibition
of the sale of ale, wine or beer within
Fsh~;- limits was discussed for good
part Of the day, and finally passed
the House by a vote Of SO to 81. Mr..
Keables voted nay; and Mr.. Durham
was reported "absent or not voting
In the Senate on the 18th, the fol-
lowing highly dignified proceedings
were had, as we find reported YER
batim in the Register:
Senator Wolf presented a "Pcti-
ton" consisting OF halfpint flask
filed with wine, whisky, or some
other fluid, "corked" with "A wooden
stopper, with ~ key of wood through
the lower end of the ''cDrk ,"inside
the flask. The petition naturally
suggests the question, how was the
key got in its place? and further,
how can the fluid he got cat without
breaking the flask: Senator Wolf
asked that il he referred to the Conn
niittec on the Snppressiopof Intcm-
perance, and after they ma exam
ined IL carefully, that 1t be placed in
the possession Of the President Of the
Senate. 1t was SO referred.
After this remarkable effort, the
Senate adopted a Resolution to adj
journ on the 18th Of April. Judging
from the above report only, the LIST
of that month would have seemed
much more appropriate.-The Ale,
Wine and Beer bill, which passed
the House on the 18th, WAS referred
by the Senate to the Committee on
Intemperance.--TheS Special Order,
the bill To establish a tariff Of trans
portation rates ON railroads, was
taken up and discussed for most of
the day. \ substitute was proposed;
but there were only 10 votes for it
Senator cathc.rt among tlSeIn--snd
80 the substitute was lost. Finally
the bill was made the Special Order
for the morning Of the 24th inst.
In the House, OH the 18th, the bill
to allow District Attorneys "A salary
of 81, ZOO was read twice and referred
10 Committee. So was the bill to
allow the Census Board to compro-
mise and collect unavailable balances
and accounts with defnulting County
Treasurers.--The Senate bill ITO
provide information for the blindn
was passed by vote of 50 to Ia
bill ito empower School Boards to
enforce SeIool-house sites" was
passed by vote OF 20 to 93.-The
greater part Ut the day was put in in
discussing the subject OF Railroad
taxation. The "H0pkirk BILL"
which provided that railroad proper
ty should be taxed on its assessed
valuation, the same as other proper.
ty, was lost, by vote Of ~ ayes to 56
nays. The yeas and nays on this
vote are not reported; 80 we cannot
tell how our members voted. The
bill reported from Committee