, 1872-11-26
POLITICAL
INDIANA LEGISLATURE.
Specia! Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.

NDIANApo11s, Ind, Nov. 25.-The Chair an
nouneed, as the Committee on Congressional
Apportionnent, one from each Congressional
District.
The Judiciary Committee reported back the
bill requiring railroad companies to keep their
principal Office within the State, and that q ma
jority Of the stockholders reside within the State
and along the line Of the road, and recon-
! mended its reference to the Committee On Rail-
roads. Adopted.
A resolution was offered for the appointment
Of Committee Of three to examine the NUM-
| ber Of warrants and amounts issued by
the United States to any person authorized to
receive such warrants on the part Of the State,
and report il like warrants have been received
in the State Treasury. The mover said he did
not refer to any officer, but rumors we're current
that there had been failure toaccount for more
than 100000.
A motion to lay on the table prevailed. be-
cause the resolution was not sufficiently definite.
A resolution WAS adopted authorizing the
Committee on Railroads to ascertain whether
the Terre Haute d Indianapolis Railroad had
complied with certain provisions Of its charter
tain surplus profits, with power to send for per-
Sons and papers.
4 resolution wss adopted instructing the Com
mittee on Agriculture to report upon the expe-
diency Of providing by law for the encourage
ment Of tie growth Of trees, aud to arrest he
destruction Of forest timber.
A joint resolution was adopted requesting
Senators and Representatives in Congress to
urge the improvement OF the Ohio River and itB
tributaries.
A bill WAS presented to amend the net provid-
ing for the making the act for the meeting OF
Presidential Electors conform to the laW OF Con-
greRs fixing the first Wednesday OF December as
the day.
A bill Was introduced defining the offence Of
libel. It h1es the penalty at q fne not exceed
ing $1,000, to which may be added imprisonment
IN the county jail not exceeding two years, One
SECTION reads: .No reporter, editor, Or publisher
aad @ true % report of sny ssalatva asi Judicial ,'f of
public proceedings; or Of any speech or argu-
ment in the course OF same, except upon proof
OF actual malice, but this privilege shall not ex-
tend to ibellous comments or remarks added to
such REPORTS
A number Of bills we're read second time and
referred to appropriate Committees.
A. number OF House blls we're read the first
time.
By concurrent resolution it was agreed to ad-
tournn from next Wednesday to the following
Monday.
The Committee OF Ways and Means reported
back the bill making certain specific appropria-
tions for the Normal School, State Prison South,
House Of Refuge, ETC., amounting to S33, ,49,
which WAS engroBsed.
The Committee on Rights and Privileges re-
in towns may be occupied, By consent Of the citi-
zens and donors, for school purposes. Ordered
engrossed.
The bill to empower town Trustees to employ
town attorneys was indefinitely postponed.
A bill to provide that cities may take stock in,
and otherwise sid railroads. plank-1oads, and
other enterprises OF like character, and issue
bonds, and borrow money for such purposes;
but nc. company shall avail itself Of such aid
until its road is completed and ready for opera
ton. Taa ordered enrrOBHe6.
a bill WAS ordered engrossed which provides
for the admission OF incorrigib1e children into
the House OF Refuge by order OF courts Of COM
petent jurisdiction, at the request Of parents
or guardians, or OF children guilty Of
crimes punishable by imprisonment, one-half Of
the expense to be borne by the county, and one
half BY the State; but, in the case Of parents
who make such request, it able they shal bear
the whole e1pense.
Fourteen bills we're introduced, making 128 in
all; one of which provides for the organization
OF the two Houses OF the General Assembly,
the House to be organized by the Sec
retary Of State, and the Senate by the
Auditor Of State, the State Librarian, and
his deputies acting as doorkeepers, Ill without
extra compensation; and it was ordered en-
crossed, read & third time, and psssed-yeas,
"a; nays, 2.
4 bill was presented providing for the erec-
tion Of soldiers monument in Circle Park, in
this city, appointing 4 Board Of Commissioners,
appropriating $100, 900, and authorizing the
Board to receive donations. Referred to q Select
Committee.
resolution was adopted inqu1ring into the
e1pedienoy Of establishing an Asylum for Inc
briates.
ing from Wednesday to the following Monday.