Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-12-19
Indiana Legislature.
IN SENATE DECEMBER IA.
THE REDIsTRIcrISa R11.1.

THE REDIsTRICTING BILL,
On motion of Mr.. Dwiggins, Senate
bill No. 146, to redistrict the State, was
taken up, and read the second time. The
bill is as follows:
AN Act to fix the number of Senators
ana Representatives in the General AS
sembly of the State of Indiana. and to ap-
portion the same among the several coun-
Ties OF the state, and declaring an emer-
gency
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State of Indiana.
that the General Assembly of the State,
OF Indiana shall consist of fifty Senators,
and one hundred Representatives.
SEC. 2 That the said Senators shall,
be apportioned among the several coun-
ties as follows, to-wtt:
The counties of Posey and Gibson shall
elect | Vanderburg, 1; Warrick and
Pike, l; Spencer and Perry 1; Sullivan
and Knox, l Davies and Greene, 1 Mar
TN, Orange and Dubois, l. Crawford and
HARRISON, l Floyd and Clarke, 1 Wash
lngton and jackson, /; Lawrence and
Monroe, l; Brown and Bartholomew, 1;
Scott and Jennings, l; Jefferson, L;
Switzerland, Ohio ond Ripley, /; owen
and Clay, l; Morgan and johnson, /;
Putnam and Hendricks, /; Pike and
Yermlllion, l /; Fountain and Warren, 1;
llppecanoe, Il Benton, Newton, Jasper
and White, 1; Lake and Porter, /; La
porte one, L; st Joseph and Starke, L;
Marshall, Fulton and Pulaski ;Koscius-
ko and Whitley, 1; Elkhart, /; Noble
and Lagrange, /; Steuben and Dekalb, 1;
Allen, l !; Adams and Wells, 1 Hunting
ton and Wabash, 1; Grant, Blackford and
Jay, l Miami and Howard, 1; Gass,
and Carroll, Il Hamilton, Upton and
Clinton, | +; Boone, 1 Madison and Della
ware, Randolph, 1; Wayne 1 Henry
and Hancock, l ; Fayette and Union, 1 =
Marion, 2; Marion and Shelby, / Dear
born and Franklin, 1; Montgomery, 1;
SECTION 8. That the Representatives,
shall be apportioned among the several
counties of the State in the following
manner, to-wit.
The county of Posey shall elect 1 Glib
son, /; Vanderburg, 2; Warriek. /, Pike.
l; Spencer, Il Perry, 1 Sullivan. I:
Knox, i; Davies. 1 7; Greene, 1; Harrison,
l; Floyd, l; Clark, 1 Washington, /:
jackson, |; Lawrence, L; Monroe, /;
Brown and Bartholomew, 1: Jennings, /;
Scott, Jennings and Decatur, /; Jeffer.
son, l Ripley and jefferson / Ripley, I:
Switzerland and Ohio, /; Decatur, [:
Rush, L; Vigo, 2; Owen, 1 Clay, / Nor.
gan, l.; johnson, L; Putnam, 1; Hen
bricks, Il; Putnam and Hendricks, /:
Parke. L; Vermillion, / Parke and Mont
gomery. 1; Warren, / Fountain, 1:Tip-
pecanoe, 2; Benton and Newton, / !; Jas.
per and White, (; Lake, : Porter, 1 La
porte, St. Joseph and Starke, 1 /; Mar
shall, ) kosciusko and Fulton, /; Full
ton and Pulaski, /; Kosciushe, /: Whit
ley, 1 Elkhart. 1 Noble, / Lagrange. 1.
Steuben, |; De Kalb, 1; Allen, 2; Adams
and Wells, 1 Huntington, 1; Wabash. /.
Huntington and Wabash, 1 Grant. 1 Jaw
l; Miami, l Howard, 1 ; Cass, l Carroll.
l Hamilton, l hamilton and Tiptoa. /.
Clinton, 1 Boone, l. Montgomery. 1.
Madison, l; Delaware, 1 Blackfora and
Hancock, l; Henry and Madison, /; Fay
ette and Union, Marion, 4 Marion and
Shelby, 1; Shelby 1 ; Dearbon, /; Frank
lin, Noble and Elkhart, /; St. Joseph.
l /; Miami and Howard, 1.
The fourth and fifth sections simplv re-
peal all laws in conflict with this act and
declare an emergency.
Mr.. Dwiggins moved that the bill be-
MI. Williams moved that the bill be re-
[erred tc committee of one from each
district.
Mr.. Friedley, of Lawrence, moved that
Mr. Williams motion be laid on the table.
Carried-yeas %, nays Il.
Mr. y Brien hoped the motion would
De Withdrawn. He was not ready to vote
On the bill.
The previous question was ordered
yeas %, nays IA.
During the call of the roll several Sena.
ors, who had been cut off from speaking
'y the motion for the previous question.
got their word in on an ostensible expls-
1ation Of their votes.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed.
oy the following vote.
YEAs-Messrs Resrdsley, Beeson.
Brown, Bunyan, Chapman, Collett, Dwig-
flns, Friedley, Gooding, Hayworth.
dough, Howard, Hubbard, Miller, Neff.
oliver Rhodes, Sleeth, Taylor, Wadge.
Mr.. President-22
NAYs-Messrs Armstrong, Bird, Bow
nan. nan. Carnahan, Cave, Daggy, Dittemore
5iessner, Gregg, Harvey, O'Brien, Sar-
lighausen, Smith, Stroud, Williams-15s
The bill is distastefnl to Democratic
senator's, and there was quite a disposi.
Ion manifested to bolt, or block all leg
Station by dilatory motions and speech
making.