Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09

"a. DIS Morn rs. Feb. 1

SIS ~ ss@ssss IN q lies MON ES. TcU. 70
The. House has been working very
hard in the absence Of the Senate, but
has busiad itself with principally
brushing away the rubbish SO that il
will not clog the wheels oflegislation.
Local bills,of a private character, have
been disposed Of, indeed, all day Sat
urday nothing but these bills were
tackled. To-day bills of a more gem
eral interest have been attended to.
The prospect Is that from this time
forward both branches will attend
strictly to business and tend to- their
knitting. The House holds two ses-
sions day and Senate will probably
follow their excellent example.
The following is a full exhibit Of
! the demands TO be made upon the
State Treasury for State institutes and
State Capitol building;
State Capitol Binding $500, OO0
Insane Asylum at Mt Pleasant 42,SS7
dcnce 10000
State University .,sss $4,000
Agricultural College $4,000
Fl Madison Penitentiary - SO, COG
Anamosa . s.ses ~. 10000
Deaf and Dumb Asylum ~ $4,000
Blind Asylum 10000
Reform School at Eldora 10000
Cedar Falls Orphans Home 1890
Davenport /" 1880
.o.c ooz
Total ~. $S6y,96l
The above is about correct, and
shows that there is twice the amount
called for that can be had without in-
creasing the tax levy.
Tho woman suffrage amendment
comes up for final consideration to-
morrow. tits not known whether
there will be a lengthy discussion or
not As there have been none of
those short haired women that hither-
to hnve bored the members with their
suffrage rant there is good prospect
that the resolution for submitting the
question: to the voters will pass. If
these women that have hitherto been
SO bountifnl in attendance upon the
sessions had been here the present
session there would have been but
little hope for those who look for
ward 10 the day OF universal suffrag &c,
or the time when all the ills and
wrongs of government would he
cured and righted.
To-day, in The House, the bill chang
ing the Code and allowing the Mayor
to appoint the City Marshal, (making
him Chief of Police,) City Engineer,
City Solicitor, and Superintendent of
Markets, provoked much discussion,
Speaker Gear coming down from the
chair to advocate its passage. Not
much opposition was developed but /
predict that before il is reached i'm
the Senate. and BY the time the effect
Of the bill is known throughout the
State, petitions will come in asking
that it be not passed.
The City Council. in this city, to-
day passed resolutions which are to
be presented in the Senate, asking
that the bill do not pass.
1t must be confessed that it gives a
great amount of power to. Mayors and
| it is very questionable whether that
power should be increased at pres
cut.
The bill IN relation TO compensation
of County Surveyors created more
lively discussion, than any hitherto
considered. Among the abler and
more liberal members there was .
strong desire to increase the salary OF
these officers considerably /; they were
not successful in all, but the bill pass
ed providing a salary of VA da J
when employed and 80 cents for ,
copy Of field notes. 1t was desired t.
increase the per deim to IS but thi
met with very determined opposition
The District Attorneys also came il
for their share. of the attention of tn,
House, bill coming up to make tn.
salary 5000 with fees, which would
make, on an average, about $500
The widest difference Of opinion pre-
4 walled in this, some wanting ii mad,
considerably higher while other
wanted 1t as much lower. The Hous
refused to engross the bill fora thirt
/, reading and II il killed for all ;practi
cal purposes. CAL.
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