, 1873-03-06
INDIANA.

Specfdt Dfsuateh to The Chicago Tribune.
1nn1ANAro11n, nferch 5.-Tho bill to ratsc row
mont for tho years 1879 and 1874, 1t conts on tic
e100 for oaoA yoar, and 80 cent? poll tax, WAS
paancd-yoas 90; naye, ~.
Ogdcn and Canthorn, in which Botne bittor por-
RonnliteB woro uHed which resulted In tho latter
hurting copy Of tho statutes at tho head Of
the former, whom tho formor aoizod Q chair
Tor. Il tMa point the belligerentn. vere
surrounded by tEoir friends, which rendered |
personal collision impos.iblo. subsequently,
both gentlonon apologfzcd to tho House, hands |
responded to by tho House with round Of up
plnuno.
uon. Kimball proposed that tho House should |
down, md, II necessary to that result, to pormtt
little blood-letting, but tho motion was not
ngreod to. A motion to reconsider tho Railroal
bfl, to regulate froights and pasaage tolls WAS
lost.
Tho Senate Foo md Salary bill was taken up,
amondoa in aomo unimportnnt points, aud passed
BY yeas 81 nays, ?: ). :. .o,..., ,,,,o a,opo oon
Cured in.
Tho Specific Appropriation WAS ordered en-
CROSSED, read 3 third timo, and passed.
Tho acnoral Appropriation bin was a1so pass-
ed, with an amendment providing that tho ofii-
from tho county fund only upon filing, Vouchers
giving itomizcd statcmontB, accompanied BY tho
oath Of tho officers,
Tho following bills passed.; Allowing p5oae. e
In information md affidaviti presenting qualiti-
catonu OF petit jurors choking of professional
Jurors, md regulating tho order Of buslncss In
The death Of tho doorkeepor, ". T. Lockhart.
= victim Of smallpox, WAS announced,
/ BENATE.
a number OF claims Wero passed upon.
| 4 number OF bills were reported from COM
| mfttapB. with recommendations
4 joint resolution was ndoptod instructing
Senators ind requesting Representatives. to use
their influence to preyont tho passage Of q law
now pending. before oongross requiring tho
publishers Of weekly nowapapcra to prepay
portage on their papers in tho countios whore
The House bill to provide for the public print
ing was amondcd 90 as to incorporate the prln-
cipal features Of tho Senate bill, md passed
yoas, DO; nays, /. ....
Tho bill to prohibit persons holding executive,
municipal, or other offices Of trust from making
free use OF railroad pasHea under seve1o pcna1-
tics, waa indefinitely postponed.
Tho bill to abolish Courts Of Common Pleas
and establish tho Office Of Surrogate WAS laid on
tho table.
The Secretary Of state WAS directed to soil At
public auction, on Monday next, all the furni-
turo used in tho committee rooms Of tho senate,
and place the proceeds in the State Treasury.
The bill doflning the dutioB OF tho Attorney
General, and fixing his compensation at $3, QUO
por annlm, and 10 per cent on all sums collectod
less than $500, md por cent on all suma In ox-
cess Of that amount, was passed.
Tho bill to protect the ballot-bo1, Beouro fair
election, and deano folonies, was passed.,
Tho HouRe amendments to tho Foe aud SALARY
bill Wero concurrod in.
The bill to fix tho saarioB OF officers Of bonev-
olent Institutions passed also the bill to mako
gonoral endowment OF doeda and mortgages
evidence whom the original Instruments aro loat
| or destroyed; also to authorize cttioa with o
population OF II, 600 or moro to make loans not
exceeding per cont Of tho value Of tho taxable
property. auoh loan8 to bo nnado only for tho pur.
poge Of procuring money to pay tho Legitimate
exponsea Of the city.