Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-03-19
THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

MARCH Sin the Senate to-day bills were
indefinitely postponed-for taxing church and
other public property; for registry OF county
warrants; making counties, like individuals,
subject to penalty for delinquent State taxes,
the penalty being ] per cent for the first
month and 2 per cent. for each additional
month. Bills were passed--to legalize acts of
r. G. Ransom, Notary Public; to amend sec
ton 1875 OF the code, providing two terms OF
court instead of one In the Thirteenth Judicial
District; authorizing corporations to levy
and collect taxes from lands within city
limits for road purposes, though such
| lands be used for horticultural and
agricultural purposes. The Visiting Com
mittee to the State University reported
It's condition and recommended reduc-
ton OF the Presidents salary TO $1,000,
Judge Miler's salary to 81 600, and other re.
auctions amounting to $4,000 Bills were
introduced in the House-appropriating $4s,-
000 for a reform school; to provide for the
consolidation of the Soldiers Orphans Home;
for the construction OF cattle ways across
public highways; amending the code In relation
to Jurors fees, allowing twenty-five cents for
every additional six hours, to be taxed as
costs In the case to legalize the sale Of certain
school lands In Decatur County, Iowa. The
bill to reduce the salaries of State and county
officers was discussed, and referred without
vote. A bill was passed requiring the Board
Of Supervisors to remit penalty OIL personal
taxes where the County Treasurer has failed
for four years to collect the same by distress
and sale, and the same shall not be a lien upon
real estate owned by the delinquent at the
time of releasing. An evening session for the
consideration OF local bills continued TO a late
hour, and a large number of bills were passed.
MARCH Elm the Senate to-day bills were
introduced-to appropriate s44,9S3 for the
completion Of the Anamosa Penitentiary, and
$2s, 900 to build a laboratory at the State Agri-
cultural College; providing that testimony
given before investigating committees shall
not be used against the testator in court; pro-
viding for the publication OF expenditures of
the independent school districts. Bills were
passed--to quiet the title to certain lands In
Hamilton and Webster counties, now In
litigation between settlers thereon and
the Dies Moines River Navigation Com
pany, the object Of the bill being
to bring these matters into court and
make test case, the State to pay the cost !;
compelling railway companies to transport
the cars Of all intersecting and connecting
roads ut reasonable terms. A great part OF
the forenoon was spent In discussing a bill
providing for the abolition Of the Offices OF
State Printer and State Binder, which was
finally lost upon being submitted to vote -.
In the House, the entire morning was occupied
with discussion Of the bill to repeal the Herd
law, no vote being reached. Bills were intro
duced and referred--to release the lands
Of Caspar Wergur, of Chickasaw County !,
TO legali.e the town Of Northampton, Chicka-
saw County; to constitute the several Town
ship Clerks general supervisors in their several
districts, and define their duties The after
noon was occupied by the consideration Of the
Railway Tariff bill, and motion to amend
section 4 by providing that not more than
SIS per cent. of the established rates shall
be charged on class A roads for O distance OF
300 miles or over was lost, as were also motions
to make the rates the same az the Illinois tariff,
and to adopt that tariff for all distances over
200 miles.
MARCH THE Senate to-day passed
joint resolution memorializing Congress for q
ship canal from Rock Island to Hsnnepin, ILL.,
Bills we're passed--legalizing the plating and
surveying Of towns and cities where original
plats are lost and not acknowledged or re-
corded; providing for the punishment of per-
sons found with burglars tools in their pos
session with intent to commit burglary; legal.
izing assessment and tax sales Of property in
the city of Fort Madison; authorizing
the Board of Supervisors of Polk
County to extend the time fixed In
the contract donating swamp lands
Of the county to the Des Moines & Minnesota
Railway; legalizing the acts Of the City Coun.
ell Of Mount Pleasant concerning taxes; legal
izing Judgments for taxes levied by counties