The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-01-27

| LuMBER-First and Second Clear, $4,000
42OO; Common Boards. Si1 O06l2.0l; Fencing
$H,O0@l3.00; "A" Shingles, S2.J0G3.OO; Lath
$1.7a92OO.
EAST LIBERTY.
LIVE STocK.-Beeves-Best, S6 0066.5O: me-
dunn, S5.O095.t0. Hogs-Yorkers, S7.OO67 10;
Philadelphias, S7.30@7.40 Sheep-Best, $3.50
| &c 90; medium, S5.00Gl5.25.
LEGISLATIVE,
| SENATE.-On the 18th sundry bills
were ordered to a second reading. A joint res
oution for striking the word white from the
Constitution read and referred. =. Adjourned
to meet in joint convention.
HoUsE.-Resolutons were adopted re-
questng the Committee on Suppression OF In
temperance to report bill requiring dealers in in
toxicaing liquors to make sworn reports requir-
ing the Committee on Roads and Highways TO re
port what bridges should he but AT the expense
Of counties: for amendment to the Constitution
forbiddinG the establishment of sectlran schools;
ordering the printing of Gov Carpenters message
and Gov. krkwoods inaugural address i'll the
Bohemian, Swedish, Norwegian and German
languages. -. Both houses met in joint conven.
ton and canvassei the Senatorial vote. II stood
as follows: krkwood. 1GS: Leiiier. Sand Samuel
j. kirkwoOd was declared duly elected In
lont convention. subsequently both houses
elected +, ?. clarks"n, Site Printer; II; A.
Penitentiary. Adjourned.
SENATE.-On the Goth several petitions
were presented asking for chair Of Homeopathy
in the university. Bills 10 tax telegraph com
panics. the Pullman Car Company and express
companies, and to increase the salary of District
Judges to 5000, were passed to second reading
also TO tax goods sold by travelling agents from
other States. ...Adjourned
UOUsE.-Bills were passed to a second
reading-auhorizin an Executive Council; to
increase axation not 10 exceed two and a half
IN lis; to make each county responsible TO the
State for all taxes collected: to increase assess
ments of property 10 it's true valuation; 10 pro
vide for the enforcement of tax liens; empower
ing cities and towns to extend their corporate
limits where the population exceeds $500 per
square mile; TO amend the + ish and Game law; 70
allow criminals TO testify in their own behalf; to
increase he number of Grand and Petit Jurors; to
make the owners of .respassing stock liable
for all damages; TO require al! testimony on pre-
llmlnary examination TO be written out; to IN
crease the salary of District Judges to $1,000; to
extend aid to the State University by adding 10 the
State tax One-tcnth mill; to prevent paHperism;
providing that persons receiving children from
asylums in other States must adopt the same; re-
curing Supervisors to superlntend the building of
roads; 10 provide for State Board o; Charities.
....A resolution was adopted authorizing an in
vcStigat!on Of coa-mine~ in pes Moines US TO en-
crnachmcnt upon the State grounds "A joint res
ou!ion asking Congress to restore the old Postage
law was referred. Ad onrned.
SENATE.-On the 2lSt petitions were
presented-to tax church property; asking that
counties be permitted 10 vote aid to railroads ask
ing for the passage Of law to reduce criminal eX
penses in courts Bills were passed to second
rcading-tO resume lands granted to the MCGrcgOr
& Sioux City Railroad; to elevate the standard Of
the medical pro essiou and protect the people from
quackery: relative TO assignments iO' the beneht
OF creditors; TO destroy noxiOus weeds i'll high
ways TO repeal the law taxing jurors. fees as COSTS
-hEEsl
sureties -. The joint resolution for the abolition
of STAN ps on bank checks and to amend the Postal
laws in respect to newspapers was concurred in
Adjourned.
HoUsE.-The Judiciary Committee re-
ported adversely on the bill providing that three
fourths Of jury may return verdict. The Ways
andMeansC Committee reported in favor OF reimburs
ing Bremen County for the robbery of its safe.
A bill ordered engroSsed fixing fees of wit
nesses at 81 % per day :. Bills were passed to
second reading-to amend the Liquor law: to re-
quire twO-thirds vote to relocate county seat;
to resume al lands granted 10 the McGregor ~
Sioux City Railroad Company; providing that fam
lilies children of Iowa soldiers shall not be sent to
the county Poor House; to require County Auditors
to keep lists of county. city, township and school
officers; to prohibit hitching horses to shade or
ornamental trees in the streets or highways
bill to promote fish culture. and appropr-
ating $4,000 therefor; providing that Dep
uty Sheriffs may aid in drawing jurors;
recurring all able. bodied men to work on
".
that the printing ofthe taxlists shall be let to the
lowest bidder: to prohibit railroad ticket-scalpers
and punish the same: to increase the appropriation
for bridges by counties, according to population
to authorize the State Auditor to settle revenue
accounts with counties; to establish State Board
OF Educational Examiners; to define the lawful
fence of rails. boards. or wire Adjourn I'd.
SENATE-On the 22d, committees were
appointed to visit the State institutions the Pen-
tent ary the Orphans Home and the Deaf and
AsyI IN rein bnfo he
instant; the Insane Hospital, the Reform Schools,
the Fish Patching House. and the State Univer-
sity, between the a6th and 31st instant. and the
College for the Blind. between the 1st and the Sd
Of Fe'runry. The Quakers submitted protest
against the passage OF law restoring capital pun
ishment. :. Bills were passed to second read
ing-to allow cities and towns to vote aid TO rail.
roads on the petition of one-third of the voters;
relative to the labor Of the Anamosa Penitentiary
conyics, and to establish reform school there; TO
punish the sale OF liquor without the prescription
OF doctor by fine of from $50 to 500; to
fix the salary of County Superintendent Of Schools
at three dollars per day; to compel owners of land
along public highways TO set out at least one shade
tree FOR each acre. for ten years; to provide Su-
perior Courts in cities of more than 5000 pOpula
ton. The Judiciary Committee was directed TO
report bill to tax money loaned by insurance
companies. The Railroad Committee in
structed to report bill on the Railroad Tariff law
The Committee on State Board of Charities re-
ported back their bill with sundry amendments
The bill relating to jurisdiction of justices of
the Peace was fled. A resolution was presented
to amend Art. / See. 2 Of the Constitution. Ad-
journed.
HousE.-The Committee on Constitu-
tional Amendments reported adversely the
proposition to make Senators elective by the peo-
pie. An appropriation was reported for the Ana
mosa Penitentary Bills were passed TO second
readingLprovidiig that no person shall be eligible
to the office Of County Superintendent of Schools
who has not frstcas certificate, or has actually
been teacher within the three years next pre-
ala lofo th,r nj
insurance companies to the State Auditor; to tax
loan aud building associations by assessing shares
Of stock; to provide for the satisfaction Of liens on
real estate, the property Of debtors first to
he exhausted then, next, the realty alienated
in inverse order OF alienation: to exempt mort.
gagged property from taxation to the amount of the
mortgage; to require petition signed by 100 cleo
tors for license to sell liquor to compel the at
tendance of witnesses in criminal cases before q
Justice Of the Peace, without fees; to authorize
cities to levy special tax for sewerage OF not
more than two mills on the dollar: to compel
School District Treasurers to make financial re
ports on the first Monday in September; to define
lawful fence; to provide that any person point
ing pistol or deadly weapon at another shall on
conviction, be fined not exceeding 800; to allow
Township clerks to administer oaths; to authorize
thce constructions Of cattlesways across public high
waSs;to allow cities and towns to settle and ad'
just their iablltie by renewing their securities
and bonds. ...Adiourned
In the Senate, onsthe gath, several peti.
tions were presented to- tax church property and
establish Homeopathic Chair in the Medical Col
lege Bills were introduced to provide for Board
Of the Board Of Supervisors. Bills were intro;
duced in the Hohsss to establish State Board
o. Health 3 70 transfer the funds derived from
;segersl reyspaa Maud; (os. an appropriation te
CATION sstion. jeiat iesontba was adopted requirns
fofrnited % States senator, ii, being decided thai
thalornier election was sfntalid sbeeanse not held