Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-04-05
The Iowa Legislature.

missioners are known, JOINS.
The Iowa Legislature.
THURSDAY, March 28th. :
The House bill to tax railroads, after
modification by providing for three Com
missioners, passed the Senate by 80 to
10. In the House the Tcalc bill to pun
ish in damages those who sell or give
away intoxicating liquors, passed by a
vote of Sc to SO.
FRIDAY-The Senate passed the Nor.
NAL School bill, after reducing the ap.
preparation to $40, 900, and also refused
to submit the woman suffrage amend
ment to vote of the people by, Yeas
%; Nays "a.
HOUSE Bills were introduced-by
Mr.. Written, to amend and supplement
the act of the 9th General Assembly
relative to collection Of damages caused
BY intoxication; by Mr.. Bereshcim, to
appropriate $27, 900 to Deaf and Dumb
Asylum.
Bills were passed = changing the
name of the institution for the blind, to
Iowa College for the Blind, and appro-
priating $72 500 for its enlargement, and
for the purchase of musical instruments
and printing press and material; the
bill to appropriate $1,000 to the State
Agricultural Society; the bill to require
independent district to publish receipts,
expenditures and estimates, before
election of new boards of directors.
SATURDAY, March 80.
SENArE-The bill empowering the
trustees of the agricultural college to
give diplomas was passed. also the bill
forbidding clerks of courts to act as
| justices, jor practice as attorneys was
passed. The bill limiting the jury terms
of the Circuit Court was lost.
MONDAY, April LIST.
SENATE-The joint resolutions against
Civil Service Reform was indefinitely
postponed.
The bill relative to cattle guards on
railroads was amended and passed. By
its provisions any person owning pro-
perty on both sides of q railroad may,
by notice, require the company to con-
struct crossings with guards. The bill
to regulate and provide for the payment
of city indebtedness was passed.
HoUsE-Bills were introduced to
give sub-directors control of schools
houses; to allow District and Circuit
Judges to interchange; authorizing tho
employment of short hand reporters in
Circuit and District courts.
TUESDAY, April and.
SENATE-The bill to enable mutual
loan associations 20 raise funds to loan
their members to build homesteads was
passed, also the bill providing that in
all independent districts president and
secretary shall be annually elected in
addition to the directors, the president
to be member CT the board.
The special order, the House bill to
tax railroad property was taken up.
On the motion by Mr.. Beardsley, to
strike out the first section, which makes
the census board, the board of assess
ment, the vote was yeas IS; nays 80.
Pending further consideration Of the
bill, the Senate adjourned.
HoUsE-The vote by which the bill
to fix the fees of justices and constables
was lost, was reconsidcred, and the bill
passed. The Senate Immigration bill
appropriating $4,000 for such purposes
was passed with the amendment that
no part Of the appropriation shall be
paid to agents.
The Capitol bill was taken up, and
amended SO as to make the appropriation
800, 900 for 1872, and $3.50, 600 for each
year thereafter. On the question of order.
ing the bill to third reading, long
discussion was had, and it was. finally
postponed one day, so that the. commits
sionen might be named in the bill.
At subsequent caucus Of the
Republicans r. s. Finkbine Of johnson,
and John G. Foote of Burlington, were
nominated as commissioners. The
Democrats held . caucus and nominated
Peter A. Day. of johnson and Maturin
L. Fisher Of Clayton, as the Democratic
"WEDNESDAY, April Sd.
SENATK-The bill for taxation of rail
road property was the subject under
consideration. An amendment that rail
road property be assessed at its true
value was adopted. An amendment re-
serving elevators, coal and lumber yards
and stock yards for local taxation, offer
ed by Mr.. Richards, was rejected by 20
to %. A motion to strike out that por-
tiop which cancels past taxes and those
now due was rejected, by Is to 80. The
bill then passed by . vote Of Al %.
The Senate, on q motion to reconsider,
adhered to its determination to adjourn
sine die, April 10.
HoUsE-The bill to amend the Revi-
sion, 90 as to make the law preventing
swine and sheep from running at large
of general application throughout the
State. was passed.
The Capitol bill was taken up and
amended by naming the Governor, John
G. Foote, r, 8. Finkbine and Maturin
L. Fisher the Board Of Commissioners
An amendment by Mr. Duncombe. limit
ing the cost of the building to 81 $50. 900
was lost, 81 to IS. A similar amend
ment, by Mr.. Campbell, to contract the
building at price not exceeding : $780,
600. also failed. Other amendments in
the same direction met with . similar
fate An amendment, by Mr.. Aims
worth, that no money shall be paid out
pptl tleYs is an excess in the treasury OF
other appropriations, apd without iu-
crease Of taxation, was carried by . vote
If Ak to 40 The bill then passed by q