, 1873-04-10

DENTISTRY.
The House passed. by 80 to IS, the bill regulat-
ing tho practice Of dental surgery, in spite Of
objections that it was getting up "corner in
teeth" and all that kind OF thing. The bill ro-
quiros dentists who may hereafter attempt to fix
teeth to have a diploma from somo college or the
been in the business ten years in other States
can practice hero unquestloued.
JACKSONVILLE WATER-woRKs.
Tho House passed tho bill to cedo one and a
half acreB Of land from the Jacksonville Insane
Asylum to tho town for watar-works site. By
au accounts anything that will bring water to tho
place will DO u godsend to the public insttu-.
tions. The bill provided that Observation-Disclosures
pay for the land, but docs not say whore the
money will 60. 1t will probably .be turned into
the treasury Of tho Asylum. .-..-
$50 COOK COUNTY CoNsrApLEs. -.....-
Mr. Oleson, OF Cook, out Of tender regard for
the Constables Of Cook County, desired that they
should have remuneration for certain serTlces
which they we're supposed to have been doing
gratis, and his bill passed, with clause reading
as follows:
For commissions on sales not exceeding SO, 10 per
cent and the Of that amount, per cent In
Constsbe sna be settled by the PARTIES or paid or
when the property levied Rhau not be sold BY reason
Of such settlement or payment the Constable Shall be
allowed commissions on amounts not exceeding $40,
10 per cent; and tho Of that amount, per
cont constabes shall be allowed reasonable charges. @
to be fixed By the Justice for removing aud tating
care Of property levied on BY them.
JURISDICTION OF JUSTICES
There being some doubt as to tho effect OF the
law extending tho juriadiction Of County Courts,
or the jurisdiction Of Justices Of the Peace,
Senator Jacobs introduced q bill, which has
passed the Senate, providing that "Justices Of
the Peace and Police Magistrates shall have ju-
.risdiction in all cases where the action Of debt
or assumpsit will lie, and the amount in contro-
ecutions in behalf Of the people for assault, or
assault and battery, and ARRAYS, and IN all other
cases Of misdemeanor, or concurrent jurlsdic-
ton with the County and Circuit Courts, where
the punishment in By fine not exceeding 's20o."
l. RAILROAD sQUABBLE. -:
A bill to amend IN set entitled "An act to
provide for the Incorporation *o{ associations
that may be organized for the purpose Of con
structing railways, maintaining and operating
tho same, for prescribing and defining the du-
ties, and limiting the powers Of such &C. Gorpera- %
1877" introduced By Senator Lee, and ordered
to third reading to-day, is intended to cure de-
fects in the organization OF railroad companies
which might bo affected by the adoption Of the
tween the adoption Of the new Constitution and
the passage OF the general Law. Its immediate
application is as follows: There was supposed
defect in the Organization Of tho Chicago,
Lafayette. & Indiana Railroad, ~ organized
vile l. Yincennes Road, organized under the
general law, discovered the haw, and attempted
by it's right OF eminent domain to condemn the
Chicago L. Lafayctte Road after it was equipped
and running: The bill aims to 1egalize the otisl-
nal organization Of the Chicago l. Lafayette
Road, protect it's franchise from the raid Of the
Danville l. Vincennes people. ,.. -
CHANGING OFF.
The people OF tha County of Hallatin being
dissatisfied with the Twenty ty-Fourth Judicial Cir
emit. to which it was attached by the Apportion-
ment bill, Mr. Youngblood got = bill through the
geuste detachiug it therefrom aud Anne1ing it
to the Twenty-Fifth Circuit. If this is not spe-
cial legislation, what is ?'''--'- -
DOWN IN 4 CoA-E1NE.
Altar many failures, the Senate passed the
bill prohibiting boys under "a, and women OF any
age, from working in coal-mlnes.
>' D1BsECTISd MATEnIAL
The House bill providing for the appropriation
Of the unknown dead to the uoes OF surgery, M tor
Quinn ratified away his tongue in q humanitarian
speech asainst the bill. He believed the "worth-
less 1emains' Of doctors should be d1sseeted for
the benefit Of science. If it Was good thing,
why ysss mot t 1P e. 2 sa xs1s
c,11iosities. and it would be good thing
to cut them up, and not single out the
unfortunate poor., The, gentleman - was
witty, although the subject was grave:
Mr.. =, :. Snow believed tue bil . deseIvea
tories, that they might not be inyaded By the
ruthless hand Of tho resurrectionist. It was abb
solute1y necessary tor the study Of medicine and
surgery that bodies should be dissected. Mr.
gentleman from Peoria (Qu1nn), who desired to
wlip man while he lived, but desired to protect
his body when be died. Mr. Collins, physician,
made strong speech tor the bill After speeches
in it's favor BY Mess1s. Rogers and Rice, the bill
passed the House by 101 to 49,: This is progress
which the Senate would do well to initiate. AB
it is only applicable to cities OF over 60 600 In
habitauts, the country members find no objec-