Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-08

DEs MONIES, Fcb...s


Tho number of bills introduced this |
session are wonderfully numerous.
The whole number will foot UP now
nearly 100. OF this number the Sem
ate is responsible for about one-third,
while the House has, Of course, to
father the remainder. Probably ono
hundred and fifty bills have been dis
posed Of now, by passage and in
definite postponemcnt, so it will be
seen that there is little prospect of an
adjournment within three or four
weeks, although a. resolution to adj
journ on the 10th ofthis month passed
the Senate and the House tacitly con-
cured on the subject. 1t is now gen.
orally conceded that the General As
sembly will not adjourn before the
25th Of this month.
The Senate passed bill in a cer-
tain manner recognizing the efforts OF
Prof. Henrichs' in his efforts TO learn
something Of the climatology Of the
State. 1t appropriates $1,000 each
year for the next two years, for the
necessary expenses Of making OBJ
servations. none OF which money shall
be paid to Prof. Henrichs' for his
labors. II also provides that 1000
copies of his quarterly report of OBJ
servations shall be printed by the
State printer, and shall be distributed
partly by the State and partly by
Prof Hcnrichs.
! A bill compelling every person
owning land in the State, to set out
one-tenth as many many shade trees
along the highway as he has acres
for ten years, thus providing that in
ten years there will be as many shade
trees on our country roads az there
arc acres in the State, failed TO pass
| A bill was passed providing thai
hereafter no child shall be sent TO thu
Reform School, under seven or over
/ sixteen years of age.
| The Senate passed bin preyiousl.
passed by the House providing tina
the secretary and treasnrers of schoo
districts shall receive ono per cent. OF
the money collected for school pur'
poses. An amendment was made
which provides that this shall not mp
ply TO independent school district
containing a population OF 5HD o
over.
A joint resolution was passed in
structing our members in Congress
from this State to use their inflncn c.
to prevent the passage of an act OK
tending The time TO certain patents Il
Wheeler Il Wilson sewing machines
and also to prevent the extension o
time TO any of those patents whic!
grant monopolics to such compallie;
thereby increase the price of thes
machines fifty TO hundred per CEN
The bin to abolish the systcr
of commissioners in connection
with the Anamosa penitentiary
and provide for the election of a war
den by the General Assembly ha
passed the Senate. Ii has alrcad
passed the House. 1t met wit
considerable opposition in bot
branches, moi on account of the re:
: provisions Of the bill, but because
, recognizes that penitentiary as q dii
trfet institution, and the friends {
the Fl. Madison penitentiary conten
that there is no necessity for this III
stituiion at present.
The House has had under discnt
sion a resolution for the appointmer
ola committee to investigate into tn
! management of the Anamosa pen
l tertiary. Some members are maxim
2 desperate fight upon this institr
!, ton, and think there has been som
mismanagement in the institution
There, however, appears to be b,
little reason, il any, for this charg,
The resolution was tabled by q vOt
: of 81 10 rs. This it is thought will sto
| the fight on this Institution at tn
, present session.
, The House has been spending til
: afternoon in the discussion Of capt.;
, punishment, hut has reached no d.
e cision. CAL.