The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-02-23

LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.
PREM Isdiaaapous sssslssl.
SENATE. 10.
New bills: TO amend the fse and
salary act 70 amend the Sunday law Il
the working Of coal mines !;
TO revise the statutes; TO aid county
agricultural societieiies; 10 increase the
exemption; TO authorize cities 70 build
water works; TO abolish the death pen
atty; to fund the indebtedness OF cities
TO authorize county commissioners to
construct gravel roads; IN relation 10
loans upon mortgages
HOUSE.
Bills passed: To create the list ju-
dicial circuit; requiring eonstables to
make ret:Irns ON executions within 20
days: allowing dispositions TO be taken
in term time to amend the election law |;
TO enable executors TO enforce Partition.
sESArE.--Februaty IL.
New bills: For the settlement Of de-
cedents' estates; 10 authorize township
trustees to issue bonds to build schooI
houses fixing fees and salaries; for the
purchase os she state fair grounds fpr
the constructions % gszvel roads; 70 au-
,thorize agricultural societies 70 borrow
money on their rerl estate. The bill 10
cure defective sheriff aales was passed.
HOUSE.
The usury law IL still unsetiled, and
the bill has been recommilted TO the
with instructions to amend
lit. Numerous bills were laid ON the
table and many ordered engrossed.
sExATE.--Febrnary l3.
A petition was presented for the re-
moval OF the southern prison 10 Bed
ford New bills: To provide for en-
asylum for feeble minded children fcr
the appointment Of probate commits
sioners fixing the salary oi state libra
rian. Bills were then taken up on
secorS reading.
The house held very long session 20
day, aud transacted great deal Of rou-
time business. the regular order or busi-
ness being reports from standing com.
,sniitees. .Ysryans bill 10 make hus-
band and wife competent witnesses fDl
lor against each other was iudefinitely
10 The annexation of The state prison
grounds 70 Michigan city was passed.
4 sESArE.- February -.
Bills passed: To allow deposition,
10 be taken In term time: 10 establish 4
,euperior court IN Allen county dcclar.
ing abandoned certain unfinished rail.
J. roads exempiing benefits 20 heirs from
lcxecuticn: requiring surviving partners
! 80 file inventories: creating the 42d ju.
dicial circuit; lcgalixing the incorpor.
alton Of The city OF Bloomington.
HOUSE.
There was nothing done in the house
to-dsy but 10 listen TO reports or com
mitlees. The committee on canals pre-
eented q historical sketch or the Wabasl
and Erie canal. AMI . statement VI III
condition. The committee WAS in
structcd to obtain q detailed statemeu
or lis accounts, with power to send fo
persons and papers.
sExATE. February 10.
A petition was presented asking IN,
removal OF the remains OF Govcrno
J Bigger from the deserted cemetery .
Fort Wayne. A bill was introduced
for the consolidation OF the manage
lment Of the two prisons Nunerou
Iconmittee reports were received. New
bills: 10 build new state house.
uotsE.
A bill 10 establish surrogate courts |,
Ievery county in the state was introduce,
by Mr.. Henderson. The prison com
nlittee reported the result Of their IN
vestigation into the affairs 0t the north
'ern prison, with recommendation 10
! fu die plinc Bills passed: Amend
ing the code; making II misdenieano
10 conceal the existence Of chattel mort
) gages for the protection OF fish: regu
lating the hanging Of doors reguIatin,
what animals shall run at large author
izing county commissioners 10 appoiu
two students from each county to alter
Purdue university.
SENATE february Is.
!. Fills on third rca.iin. vcrr fsken =
end passed AZ 'n''oMS Ia relation I
'clan1cs w grnUc M civii cAse.: prt
yi4iry faAi wtan rr.n nv levied upo
Y does hui ' itn ~ rsd = second tim
Z Il may be rlufi and oshcr propert
!. levied upon allowing one new trial an
forbidding appeal from justices whc
the amount involved does not excee
W SIS; permitting men ol ~ aud wome
of l6 years Of age and for,idding the II
ltcrmarriage Of first cousins: requirin
widows OF persons dying :esiate 70 Gle,
In one year; allowing defaults 10
taken on the first day Of the term.
vi House.
Bills passed: Fixing penalties II
y Keeping horse o. ill-famc authnrixiu