The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-23
LEGISLATIVE.
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In the Senate, ON the 14th, a number of
bills of no special importance were passed. The
House resolution to postpone adjournment for one
week was voted down. The House bill establish
ing Home for Weak minded Children at Glen
wood was killed In the House, the Ihaycr Rail-
road Tariff bill came to final vote
and was lost-3e to 5s A resolution was
passed postponing adjournment for one, week. A
bill was passed establishing Home for Weak
minded Children at Glenwood Bills were passed
authorizing boards of Supervisors to prohibit the
sale Of beer and wine in the counties outside OF IN
corporated cities and towns; appropriat 81 & 0
TO this Reform School, Some excitement was
caused by the announcement just before the ad-
iournmen, that the three ecard monts bill had been
taken from the files Of the Secretary OF State. A
new bill was rushed in and Immediately passed,
and committee appointed to investigate.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the Railroad
bills were indefinitely postponed. A bill was
passed, providing that if any company will agree
to comply with the terms OF the law, and file Il
bond for good behavior in the future, then the
officers and employees are released from all Grim.
inal prosecutions for previous acts, and in civil
suits will only be required to pay for actual dam
ages sustained The Capital Punishment bill was vas
indefinitely postponed. I he vote on the bill
to establish Il Home for Feeble-minded
Children ut Glenwood, was reconsidcred, and the
bill passed; The General Appropriation bll !, was "a
passed. The House Revenue bill WAS indefinitely
postponed. In the House the appropriation bills
to State institutions were passed: as follows State
Agricultural College, $24 coo: Independence In
S21 500; Anamosa Penitentiary, 22,5C0; Mount
Pleasant Insane Asylum, 10000: State Uniyer-
sity. s47.45T; Home of the Friendless, 5000. In
the evening both Houses met in Joint Convention
and elected the following trustees OF the State In
stitutions: Agricultural College VIM. Blain OF
Marion; Burial sherman of Winneshiek. Regents
of State University. C. NJ. Slagle, OF Jeherson d..
N Richardson. of Scott; Thomas P. Parr, OF War
rem Mount Pleasant Insane Hospital, c. 4. Whit
ing. OF Monona; Mr.. Kline, OF Lee. College for
the Blind, j. Il Gay, of Blackhawk; S. IL. Watson.
OF Benton P. +. Sturges, Fsyette County: Deaf
and Dumb, Thos. Officer, N. p Dodge. Independ-
ence Insane Asylum, +. G. Morgan, OF Fayette;
J. s. House. Buchanan; S. E. Robinson. Webster.
Reform School, w G. Stewart, OF Dubuque; Jas.
Moorehead of Linn County.
In the Senate, on the 10th, bill was
passed to create the County Of Grimes ont of the
County of Pottawattamie also to define who shall
hold the office of County Superintendent and
School Director The amendment to the Consti-
tuition to abolish grand juries was tabled. At
twelve O'Clock noon after the passage OF the usual
resolutions Of thanks the Senate adjourned sane
-. In the House. bills were passed-proyidlng that
the President pfo tn of the Senate and the Speaker
of the House shall hold these offices until the next
regular session; providing that women may, hold
the Office Of County Superintendent, and to legal
ize those already elected; to amend the Constitu-
ton by abolishing grand juries; to punish Tor
stoning cars etc. At twelve o'clock, the House,
after the passage of the usual resolutions Of
thanks, adjourned sine die.