Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-02
DEs MONIES CORRESPONDENCE.

Dies MOINKs CORRESPONDENTS.
4 good thing for COstaty 1rcosurcrs--
Numerous Bills EatsodNcea MAKING
= appropriations - CoNnty Supc,vt-
sors' a'e, diem. 4
~ DEs MONIES. Jan. q.
The tendency on The part of the
members OF the Legislature to get
down to work daily becomes more
apparent. Yesterday the House held
two sessions and to-day the Senate
was in session until ono o'clock. The
House however, does not dispatch
business with'tlmt systcmand rapids
~ characteristic of the present Sem
ate, as consequence the latter has
done more than the House in the way
of consideration ofbills. The Senate
to-day considered the bin 10 incrcase
the salary of County Trcasurers. The
bill provides that that officer s hall
receive 8 per cent. for the collection
of the first. $4,000 collected, l per
cent. for all between that and SlO0. 600
and one-half por cent. for the coilcc-
ton OF I'LL over the last sum named
But in order 10 equaliae the salary
somewhat il further provides that
this shall in no case exceed s., 800 q
year, and in counties where it will
not amount to $1,000, then the Board
of Supervisors may appropriate moi
more than $500 to make it reach that
amount. There is a very general
disposition to Increase the salary and
the bill will pass with no very mate
rial alteration. II was ordered print.
cd this morning and made special
order for next Tuesday.
The threc-card-montc bill was also
discussed ut considerable length. Tho
fight over il is in relation to one clause
which provides that the conductor
shall have the power to eject any per-
son from his train whom he knows oil
has good reason TO believe is three
card-lnonte man." This latter clause,
it is claimed, gives the conductor too
much power over the passengers. On
the other hand, the members of The
Committee who reported the bill
claims that the clause is n preventa-
tive in that il empowers the conduc.
tor to eject a man before he has fleeced
some one. This is what the fight was
over this morning, but the Senate ad.
jonrned before any decision was
made. and the farther considerations
was postponed until next Tuesday, al
half past two o'clock.
Senator Arnold introduced a bill
this morning increasing the salaries
of State Auditor, Treasurer, and Sec.
rotary of State from S2.2O0to SO, 500.
Senator Wright introduced a bill
Tor an appropriation of $4,000 to
complete and repair and run The
State Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
Senator Rothcrt presented a bill
and memorial asking for an appropri.
alton of 5000 for the State Agri.
cultural Society. SO they come. and
it will more than exhaust the ingentl-
ity of the assembled sOlons ..to make
both ends meet"
A bill was also introduced to-day
to regulate the salaries of members
of Boards of Supervisors. The bill
provides that said officers shall receive
81 for each day while in session, 2. sc
per day while in committee WORK. and
six cents per mile as mileage, pro-
viding that in counties OF not more
than 10000 inhabitants they shall moi
receive compensation for more than
twenty days, in counties of 10000 up
to 10000 for not more than thirty
days, and in counties of twenty TO
thirty thousand for not more than
forty days, and all counties contain
ing a larger population for more than
forty-fivc days. =.
The House has favorably consid-
cred the bill providing that in
no case shall the widows or or
phans of soldiers ever be sent
to the poor house. This is well, for
we would indeed be guilty of base in
gratitude were these persons, left
needy and not maintained in these
homes and literally provided for.
The people in the northern part of
the State are daily sending in petit
tions i'll reference to the McGrcgor 4
Sioux City Railroad. This road
has forfeited its lands in not
fulfilling the considerations upon
which the grant was rendered, but
there isan effort to make re- grant to
to the same company on its compile
ting its road by the last of 1879. An
other portion of the citizens of the
northern part of the State desire that
these lands shall be transferred to the
Iowa. Dakota Il Black Hills II. II.
Petitions arc daily presented asking
these two things and il win worry
the Legislature to justly settle the
question.
DIR. Thrall, of Oilumwa. Introduced
a resolution in the State Medical AS
ISOLATION opposing State support Of
scctarian and professional schools
This was what the friends ofthc med
ical department have been fighting
for years and of course opposed. The
resolution was adopted by vote of
90 to %. This will have q very tell
ing influence on the Legislature. and
will probably knock the medical de-
partment as the boys say, "sky high"
CAL.