Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-02-14
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correspondence OF the Bulletin
When the General Assembly con-
vened, the new code, as reported by
the Commissioners, was not all
printed, and members had been in
formed that it consisted of 27 titles,
but in fact, as now all furnished,
there are but 26 titles. Now 20 of
the thirty days limit are passed,
but proportionate part of the work
Of the code has not been accom-
plished, though both Houses have
been working industriously.
Titles l, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, s, 8, ID, Ia,
Is, 16, 20 and 26 have become law.
Is has once passed both Houses
and now awaits the concurrence of
the Senate in six important House
amendments. This leaves ii titles
not completed; of these, $ titles
have passed the House and now
await action in the Senate, "a and
% are untouched; 24--being "crimes
and their punishment -includcs the
law abolishing capital punishment,
and may take some time; but % is
in relation to evidence, is short,
and will be early disposed of.
The Senate is now working on II,
the school law, and have done con
sinerablc tinkering on it already
The House has had up 10, which
includes railroads, for day and a
half and we have witnessed the
same old fight we saw last winter,
the city members trying to break
down the tax law passed last winter
which gives to the interior its pro-
portionate share of the railroad tax,
and Mr.. Hall was extremely abusive
and Irish ill-mannercd in their
treatment Of the opposition, but the
opposition wasted no time in useless
rctort but contented themselves
with casting their votes according
to their convictions, and III that
way doing nothing to retard work.
Upon the question of regulating
tariffs, the House is now vigorously
fighting. The O'Donnel bill has
been introduced and has Il decided
ma ority in that branch. 1t is the
same bill passed by the House last
winter but which miscarried in the
Senate. The point upon which the
House has wrangled the last day is
what is known as the Keables,
or Understanding amendment,
which requires roads to carry at
same rates over equal distances on
every portion of tho route. This
amendment caused the defeat of the
tariff bill last winter. 1t was pass
ed in Illinois, where the Supreme
Court has decided it demonstrations
al. 1t is manifestly just, but it can
not be adopted by this Assembly
this winter.
The House is still a week ahead
of the Senate, which is in great
measure due to the extraordinary
fitness and ability of Mr.. Kasson as
presiding officer. The House does
its work on the code IN committee
of the whole, and Mr.. X. is chair
man. lie will, by his ripe knowl-
edge of law, his quick perception
and his parliamentary tact, save the
State many thousand dollars. and at
the same time materially aid in Civ
ing to the State a code of which We
need not be ashamed.
The law requires that all laws
passed, after being enrolled must be
signed by both presiding officers in
presence of their respective Hous-
es. This will keep the Assembly
from adjourning day or two after
it has finished it's work, waiting for
the enrolling clerks, for everything
that is law must be enrolled or
written out in fair, clear Land,
faithfully compared by the enrolling
committee with the bill as passed,
noting all amendments and crasurcs,
and this copy is signed by the Gov
ernor, President and Speaker, and
deposited in the archives, and is
the law of the State, while the print.
ed books are a copy. There arc
now nine enrolling clerks busily at
work and by the last of the week
there will be 20. And in this one
respect the State is peculiarly fortu-
nate. Ed. Wright, the ex-Secreta
ry, has the general supervision of
the enrolling staff, which ensures
rs accurate work rs it is possible
to get, considering the impcrfec-
tons of human nature.
1t is a good thing for the State
that the railroads issue free passes
to members this winter, for it in
surcs working Senate and House
on Saturday and Monday.
A bill he's been introduced in the
Senate providing for the publication
and distribution of the new code,
which looks as though that body
had some hope of finally wading
through its present labors.
MooDy Grow.
Gov. Carpenter has appointed Jos
Eibock. Esq, late editor Of the Clayton
County Journal to the post of Commits,
sion"r for Iowa at the Vienna Exposition
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