Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-08

The House passed bills making sppropri.
alton for furniture and maintenance of pu-
pills Of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Coun-
Gil Bluffs +; authorizing tiles to establish toll
bridges and issue bonds therefor; the Sen
ate bill providing for commissioners to cod
ify the laws also resolution by Mr.. San
born asking an increase Of money Osder
post offices.
APRIL 4.--In the Senate bills were pass
ed to locate county seats, in certain cases !;
to define the duties of County Auditors in
road cases, PROVIDING for appeals, &C.;
amending the Revision relative to tenants !:
to enable independent school districts to
borrow money to build school houses. The
Joint resolution Tor an amendment to the
Constitution, so that colored men shall be
eligible to seats in the General Assembly
was passed, yeas So also resolutions on the
death of Gen Thomas. The Senate refused
to recede from its amendments to the rail
road tax bill, and Committee of Confer
ence was ordered.
In the House the bill defining the liabili-
ties of landlords for the property of guests
was ordered engrossed. A lively deb tie
was had over the bill amending the registry
Law. that no new names should be added to
the lists within five days of the election,
and that witnesses to qualili atoms of vo-
tiers shall be freeholders or householders
The bill finally passed, yeas GO nays 81,
Bills were passed authorizing municipal
corporations to punish violators of ordinan-
ces and bylaws; allowing cities and
towns to take private property for public
use in certain cases. The Committee to
investigate charges Of un lue and corrupt
means to induce Mr.. Heacock and other
members to vote for the Capitol appropria-
ton bill made a report which was placed
on (ile 1t will be found in another column
ArEIL 3.-The Senate passed bills au
thorizing foreign guardians to rec, i've the
property of nonresident minors; to protect
birds; to appropriate $4,000 to Orphans
Homes; amending the Revision relative to
liabilities Of husband and wife; also in re-
lation to divorce and a'imony, and also the
code of civil practice. The T.tes DIES
Morris land grant was given to the Dubu-
que, Bellevue & Miss. railroad company.
In the House the bill f the preservation
Of fish, requiring the owners CT mill dams
to provide shutes in the same, and impos-
ing a penalty for netting or seinsg fish
from March LIST to July lst was taken up
and passed. The special order, max
ing an appropriation of $4,000 for
improvement of the blind Asylum at Vim
ton. and $4,000 per annum for the support
of the institution, vas discussed at length
and passed, also the bill appropriating 49,
00O for the industrial school of the institu-
ton. A long bill Of l2S sections amending
the school law, was reported by the Com
mttee, and considered section by section
until late hour, when it was indefinitely
postponed by decision vote. An appro.
pirate disposition of it. The committee Of
conference on the railroad tax bill reported
that they could not agree, and a now COM
mittee was appointed consisting Of Sena-
ators Beards!ey, Couch and Traverse, and
Wilson, Dudley and Wright
Of Alamakee. Bills we're passed for the rel eff
of Harrison Co., for robbery Of safe; provi-
ding for the formation of scho.l districts
from territory lying in adjoining counties
for the organization of the county of Crock
,r in the north part of Kossuth county.