The Lincoln County herald., 1872-02-08
Legislative Cuttings.

message vetoing the legal tender resolu.
ton came up in the senate on the 31st
ult. Both sides Of the question we're
warmly defended and the matter laid over
until the following Tuesday.
A bill has been introduced in the SEN
ate to regulate the practice Of dentistry,
and to prohibit those from practising who
arc not graduates Of some dental institu-
ion or school it contains a provision that
the act shall not take effect until Jan.
uary, 1874, thus giving those who are
now engaged IN the dental profession an
opportunity 10 qualify themselves accord.
ing to law.
A bill reported by Mr.. Marshall.
chairman Of the rctrenchmen CON mittee,
reduces the clerical force Of the house
from twenty four in number at cost Of
sl76.5O per day as now employed and
paid, to sixteen in number at cost Of
SS7 so per day. It reduces the other
officers, pages and employees Of the house
from twenty six in number at q cost Of
$95 per day, to fifteen in number at q
cost Of SAT so per day, making total sav.
ing of s120 per day over the present
house and Of 5000 per day over the Kadi
cal house Of the Twenty 6fth general as
sembly- The bill passed. in committee
unanimously, and will doubtless pass the
house without serious opposition, as it
also cuts down the postage which each
member may draw to SIS during the
session.
A bill prohibiting stock to run at large
has been introduced. 1t provides among
other things, that from and after the 1st
day of March, 1873, it shall not be lawful
for the owners of any domestic animals
of the species Of horse, cattle, mule, ass,
swine, sheep or goat to permit the same
to run at largo in any county in the state
that may by majority vote, in the man.
ner set forth in this act, have decided to
be governed by the provisions thereof {;
and all such animals which may be found
running at large in said county after the
first day Of March next succeeding the
adoption as aforesaid may he taken up by
any householder of said county, who shall
keep them up safely in stable, lot OF
enclosure, and shall provide them with a
sufficient amount of food and water until
taken away from him or her according to
the provisions of this act.
The Senate bill, changing the mode OF
selecting grand and petit juries, was
passed on the 10Th. The bill provides
that county courts shall select the names
of not less than 175 persons, having the
requisite qualification of jurors, which
shall be placed In box provided for thai
purpose, and thoroughly iutermixed
and the court, in selecting such names
shall select as nearly IS possible the same
number from each township in the
county, according to population. The
clerk of the County Court, in the pres
ence Of the judges, is required to draw
by lot, from said box, the names of eigh.
teen persons who shall serve as grand
Jury; and also the names of eighteen
more, who shall serve as u petit jury a,
the next ensuing term of the Circni
Court.
The bill also provides that when more
than one name shall be drawn from any
township in counties having eighteen
townships and upwards, then such name
shall be replaced, and the slips again
thoroughly intermixed, and another name
drawn; this process to continue until thu
jury selected shall be distributed among
the different townships in o county, ther
not more than two jurors are elected tt
be selected from each township. No per
son is required to serve more than one
term during any one year. The Sheriff
is authorized to GIL vacancies in the panel
thus selected but vagrants, professional
jurors, and persons having no visible
means Of support, are excluded from serv
ing on jury.
MARKED CONTRAsT.-Scnator Mortol
put himself on the record tho other da,
, as being entirely ignorant of any suol
virtue as forgiveness. Senator Morton
was one Of the "home guards" durint
the war, and though ready to "sacrefic