Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-04-19
The Iowa Legislats ,ro.
THURSDAY, April nth.

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from its vote by which Il substitute for
the House bill abolishing capital punish
ment was passed. The bill to allow
counties to vote two mill tax to pur-
chase and improve fair grounds was
passed.
Pending consideration of the House
resolutions for adjournment April 23rd,
and extra session. the Senate adjourn
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In the House Il substitute for the reso-
luton relative to an EXTRA session was
offered by Mr.. Pratt, and lost.
The original resolution was then
amended so as to make the extra session
commence on the third Wednesday Of
January, and limiting it to thirty days;
per dim to be allowed only when in
session, no mileage to be allowed and
providing for adjournment of present
session, April %. The resolution was
then passed by vote of so to A..
The Anamosa penitentiary bill passed,
so to 80 The vote by which the Nor
NAL School bill was lost, was reconsid-
ered but the bill was again defeated by
vote of 48 to As.
The Reform School bill was lost by
one vote. A reconsideration was moved.
A bill to amend the Bridge act of the
present General Assembly, striking out
the provision of $40 per lineal foot and
limiting bridg e appropriation to $25,-
600, was passed. The bill providing for
separate assessors in townships in which
cities are located was passed
FRIDAY, April 18th.
The Senate resumed consideration of
the House resolution for adjournment
and an extra session. The vote on the
amendment to adjourn April 2Sth, was
reconsidcred and the amendment voted
down. A motion to strike out all pro-
vision for an extra session was also
lost
Bills were passed; amending bill re-
quiring Mayors of cities to pay over to
school fund certain funds collected;
making additional appropriations to
Soldiers Orphans Homes; fixing weight
Of bushel of undried fruits; for the
preservation of fish; and prohibiting
sheep and swine from running at large.
The resolution to adjourn April 23rd.
was adopted after an unsuccessful effort
to change it to the 10th.
In the House the Congressional appor-
tionment bill as it passed the Senate,
was passed; also the bill authorizing the
Agricultural College to give diplomas;
and the bill providing for the election
of one township trustee each year to
hold Office three years.
SATURDAY, April 18th.
No session of the Senate.
In the House the following bills were
passed; providing for the reorganization
of the State Historical Society; provid
ing for the payment of bonds, issued
under the recent act of this General AS
sembly authorizing cities and counties
to compound indebtedness; providing
for furnishing discharged conVicts with
transportation to their homes; prohibit
ing appropriations for seotarian and
ecclesiastical purposes.
The joint resolution apporting Ma
turin L. Fisher, and Mrs. Prudence Ap-
pelham, Trustees of the Insane Hospital
ut Independence, was adopted.
The compulsory school bill was in
definitely postponed.
Bills were passed; providing that CON
ditional sales of personal property shall
be acknowledge and recorded like mort
cages of real property; amending the
law of venue, 30 that in actions on ne
gociablc paper the venue shall be limited
to counties where makers of the paper
reside; making railroad companies re.
sponsible for. willful wrongs by EN-
ployes.
MONDAY, April 18th.
No session in the Senate. .,4
In the House number Of bills were
passed. a3.e.
A Joint resolution was offered by Mr.
Dayis, providing for the relaying Of
the corner stone Of the capitol, and the
substitution on if of the word iowa"
for the names Of the old commissioners.
Adopted without opposition. s
TUESDAY, April 10th.
In the Senate number of bills of
minor importance were passed.
The bill to regulate rdilyoals By re,
curing that they shall be the common
carriers of each other, and allowing the
Hss Of the track Of one road by another
company, in paso Tho company awning
it cannot or will not caggt tho freight
required, was taken uP and after an
effort to amend it, destroying its force,
was passed. 4
The bill to fix the compensation Of
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