The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-02-24
LEGISLATIVE.

In the Senate, nearly the entire day was
devoted to discussion of the bill to regulate the
taxation of church property The bill was ordered
engrossed for passage The bill giving the State
Agricultural Society 81 600 annually and 50 OOO to
pay Indebtedness failed to receive the requisite
majority. In the House, bills were passed max
ing taxes first liens property assigned to credit
ors; authorizing township clerks TO administer
oaths: also, amending the law in regard to mutual
insurance companies. The bill olishing the Wis
itng of schools by County SupeIintendents was
ordered engrossed. The bill to make education
compulsory was tabled after long discussion.
ON the 10th, the Senate spent the entire
session in discussing the bill resuming tn lands
granted to the McGresor & Mississippi RIVER Rail
road Company. but adjourned without final a"tit n
The House discuss the proposed amend nents
to the code relative to proceedings OF grand uries,
etc. There was no session in the afternoon. The
session in the evening WAS devoted to the discus
sion OF financial re6oluticna
In tie Senate, on the 18th, several peti-
tions were presented asking for the repeal of the
Railroad Tariff law. A bill was passed to a second
reading repeating most of the Railroad Tariff law
and making five casscs Of roads; gra ting passen-
ger rates from two to five cents per m,e increas-
ing lates local freight; prohibiting cOn- olida-
ton of roads and pooling of nings: directing
the classification of roads, according to net earn
iEgs for 1876 within the Stlte-Class A, 5000 per
mile; Class Is, $1,000; Class &, $1,uuO; Class ID,
$1,000. any sum over the cost Of operation;
Class Z. those where the gross earnings don't
exceed the expenses. The Soldiers orphans
bill was taken up, pending the consideration OF
which the Senate ad gourned. In the House bill
was passed to the effect that. after indictment and
before trial. defendant sha be furnished with the
substance of the TESTIMONY of the witnesses be-
fore the Grand jury. and witnesses not before the
Grand Jury may be called on the trial. giving the
defendant one days notice thereof large num-
ber OF petitions presented asking FOR the re-
peal OF the Railroad Tariff law. Sundry bills were
ordered to second re:dng The bill appropn-
atng 81 i0Go for the Centennial Exposition passed,
when the House adt ourned.
On the 18th, the Senate occupied the day
In the discussion Of the bill re-granting lands to
the McGregor & Mississippi Railroad Company,
and adjourned without vote. The House passed
the bill to encourage fish culture. The bill to re-
store capital punishment was the special order. A
motion to table was lost-3l to 63- and its consid-
Grafton was postponed for one week. Bills were
passed-allowng juries in contested will cases;
reducing the number of school directors from Six
to five. The House resolved to adjourn on the
18th 10 Wednesday, the 23d.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the land
grant bills were made the special order for the
2Sd The House bill appropra'ng $4,000 for the
Centennial passed without amendment. The Senate
adjourned until the 23d In the House there was
hardly n quorum present. The Speaker having
announced that he might be absent, f. Ii. Thayer,
of Clinton, was elected Speaker pro tenn. and
sworn in. No other business was transacted be-
yond the Introduction of q few bills. The House
adjourned until the 23d.