The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-02
LEGISLATIVE.
ON the 23d the Senate reasseu bled ,

On the 23d the Senate reassembled pur.
suant to adjournment. Bills were passed to sec.
ond reading-repealing the law admitting State
University graduates to practice in the courts of
me me State without preliminary examination au-
thorlzlng the bringing of suits before Justice Of
the Peace in counties where the defendant resides
The bill to enlarge the powers OF the Trustees of
the the. Soldiers Orphans Home, and pro.
The State. was passed. In the House. q
large number of bills passed to second reading.
I! resolution inviting Susan B. Anthony to address
the House in the evening was tabled-53 to 3D.
The opinion of the Attorney General, relative to
the womans suffrage amendment was read, in
which he declares that all previous legislation on
lnls amendment is Illegal and unCons titutional;
that the Constitution cannot be amended by a
joint resolution, but must be by regular enact
menI of law.
In the Senate, on the Oath, an amend
ment to the Constitution aboishing the Grand
Jury was ordered engrossed. The bill to prohibit
the sale Of liquor of all kinds ordered en-
grossed-20 to ~. A motion to reconsider was car
ried, and on the final passage of the bill the vote
stood-25 to q. Not being a constitutional ma
jority the bill was lost The Railroad Committee
amendments TO the Railroad Tariff bill as viii
tend to promote justice and the general
welfare, Of the State. In the House,
tify in his own behalf was tabled. Bills were
passed -legalizing the acknowledgment of deeds
by deputy county officers; to extend the time of
OF visiting schools by county supcrinendcnts; TO
prescribe the mode OF drawing jurors; TO accommo-
dale scholars living at remote distance from THEN
own school house: requiring township clerks to
post notices OF election and receipts and expendi-
tnres. The resolution providing for woman
suffrage amendment to the Constitution passed by
vote of 81 to 40.
lN the Senate, on the 25th, the resolu-
tons memorial zng Congress for the repeal of the
Resumpt on act were indefinitely postponed. The
resolutions on the same subject, adopted by the
House, were tabled. A large number OF petitions
were introduced in the House for the repeal of the
Prohbnory Liquor law. and to provide for n Ii
cense or local option. The House skirnished most
OF the day on the bill to restore the death penalty
In the Senate on the Goth the House bill
for the encouragement of fish culture was discussed
at length. and passed after the adoption of an
amendment cutting down the sum appropriated TO
$500 he Woman Suffrage amendment to the
Constitution was placed on file. The Capital Pun
ishment bill passed to thi d reading. Bills were
passed empowering cities under special charters
10 construct sewers; House bill prob biting Road
Supervisors ION cutting down trees in the high
ways which do not obstruct travel on private
land, except with the consent OF the owner In
the House sundry bills passed to their second
reading. Discussion was resumed on the Capital
Punishment bill and occupied the morning ses
sion. and on the motion to strike out all after the
enacing clause, the vote stood: Ayes, ~; noes. 40
it being a test vote under call of the previous
question. The question next being on the order
Ing of the bill to be engrossed, the motion pre-
vailed ayes 40; noes, a.; absent or not voting s.
motion to reconsider this vote made, pend
ing which the House Mt 12:45 adjourned. In the
afternoon an amendment was adopted leaving the
jury to atx the penalty.
In the Senate, on the 2Sth ult., several
bills to amend the liquor law indefinitely
postponed. Bills were passed-requiring County
Surveyors to record their field dnotes, and fixing
their salary at four dollars per day; prohibiting
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