Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-02-20


the education bill, which had cut down
the allowance for travelling expenses
of the Superintendent of public in
struction to 500; making the average
salary of professors of the Agricultu-l
raj College, $500; and the entire
series of amendments to the common
school system, and relating to the
county Superintendent. They will be
submitted to o conference committee,
and will be duly voted.
The salary of the Adiutant General
was made $500; judges of the Su-
preme Court, 1900; clerk Of the Su-
preme Court, $1,000, requiring him to
pay all fees into the State Treasury.
Miscellaneous Legislation-A General
Ha,7y-AdIouynnsent on Thursday
college Matters.
Dies MONIES, Feb. Is.
A great deal of miscellaneous !egis-
laticn was done to-day, principally of
local nature: providing for the form
alton Of Independent School districts,
legalizing irregular proceedings on
the part of town councils, ETC., etc.,
making in all some ten new bills. AZ
fairs were put through with rush, for
it has been finally concluded to ad.
journ on Thursday, at 10 O'Clock, A. M.
There is yet q great deal of work to be
done, but it must be worked upon
rapidly, as the gavel drops at that
hour and the 14th General Assembly
shall be known no more forever.
There is large force Of enrolling
clerks at work. Every title must be
transcribed, and thus to write the en-
tire code, fills every available corner
with clerks, in order that at the hour
of adjournment everything may be
completely finished.
In both houses, to-day, resolution
was adopted directing the Attorney
General to inquire into the value Of
the property decided by Major Rankin
to the Agricultural College; to ascer-
tain ii it be sufficient to fully indem-
nifty the College for the losses created
by him, and il it is not, to proceed &C.
cording to law against all persons liza
BILE; and further to examine into his
bond as State Treasurer, and ascertain
his liability to the State, all of which is
to be reported to the Governor at
the earliest possible date.
The report of the Rankin investigat-
ing committee was up before the As
sembly, and passed with few amend.
ments, these being chiefly the striking
out Of some words Of censure that re.
lated to Mr.. Elliott. The remainder
was adopted, notwithstanding the
showing by President WEIGH that SO
far as it related to the board and off,
GERS of the College, it was spotted all
over with errors, and filed with in
justice" The Senators do not, in con-
versation, deny that President WEIGH
is right but-they do propose with
sublime courageousness to adhere to
what their committee has done.
A bill was finally passed providing
for the printing ard distribution Of
the code. The present revision Of
laws do not 60 into effect until Sept. /,
1873, and it is proposed the code be
distributed about August 1. Fifteen
thousand copies are to be printed, in
all respects similar to the code of 1850
in style and quality of binding, size
material, marginal notes, SC. VIM. H
Sewers is appointed editor and gener.
al manager to oversee printing ar.
rangement sc. With other docu.
ments now found in the old code, it Il
determined to insert the Declaration
OF Independence.
The House refused to concur in the
Senate amendment giving "a, 900 yearly
salaries to judges oftheSupreme Court
After stormy debate on some Of the
other salaries, all the other changes
were agreed TO.
A resolution was introduced and
adopted authorizing the Governor to
appoint delegates to the National Ag.
ricultural Congress to be held at An.
napolis, next June, to be done, howev.
er, at no expense to the public.
A bill for disposing Of convict labo,
was considered but postponed indefi.
nitely.
The Railroad question was pest.
poned for tomorrow, and will, it is
our prediction, be laid upon the to.
BILE. III.