The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-12
ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE

Since our last the following bills have
passed both houses of the Legislature and be.
come laws:
Bill 70 facilitate the release of sureiies of
guardians,
Bills to provide for the disposal of unclaim,
ed money in the hands Of guardians, admin
istrators, executors, &c. 1t provides that
such money shall be deposited in the county
treasury.
Bill allowing treasurer of commissioners
Of highways . per cent. on moneys passing
through his hands,
Bills for the better preservation of game.
| THE bill makes it unlawful to kill prairie
chickens and wood.cock from the 10Th ofJanu
airy to the first OF September; deer ard pleas
ants from Feb. 1st TO October LIST; quail from
Feb. lst to Nov. lst, and forblds catching
them with snare, net or trap at any time; and
makes other stringent regulations tor the
protection of ducks, brants, singing birds, &c.
Bill appropriating $5l ,453 IS from the state
treasury for the completion Of the Copperas
Creek dam, in addition to the surplus canal
revenues.
Bill to aid recovery OF claims for losses
against fire Insurance companies.
Bill requiring persons intending to marry
to obtain license from county clerk only.
Bill to punish grain coloring.
The following house bills have passed the
house only during the week:
To punish man for wife desertion. Fine
OF 500 and Imprisonment 30 days.
Bill to punish waste of money appropria-
ted by the state for public improvements.
I 1t is locking the door after the horse has
been stolen by the state house commissioners.
Bill to provide for fire escapes. 1t requires
a rope ladder to be kept in every room of any
hotel of three or more stores in height
Bill requiring registration at town elections
In Chicago.
Bill to provide for the resurvey of town.
ships and fixing lines and corners.
The senate has spent halt its working time
during the week on the house revenue bill, to
which it is making so many amendments
that it is doubtful whether the house will
take time to consider them.
Both houses have agreed to d final adjourn.
ment on the 22d of May.
The committee that has been spending
some time investigating the affairs of the pen.
itentiary made a report last Friday. They
report the financial condition not as crafty
ing as Is desirable but that this arises mainly
from the general business depression. The
.Erah tad ~, in ca,,.r tl,a
committee think of doubtful legality, but
may perhaps be justifable, rs preferable 10
the alternative of a suspension OF labor The
accumulated assets of the penitentlary are
not at once available, and 10 remedy the fl
nanCIal embarrassment an appropriation is
necessary The internal economy of the prison
and its crowded condition are referred 10, and
the opinion is expressed that & new peniten.
tiary is necessity. The report highly com.
mends the humanitarian policy Of Warden
NcClaughrey and Deputy Warden Hall, and
credits them with the excellence of the discl-
pllnary and sanitary condition Of the prison
The female department, under the care of
Mrs. Judson, matron, is entirely satisfactory,
anu hppcdIS W uc oSIiSuotdIhluS' lHC IaoOIS
of C"aplhin Bri,coe are commented as de-
serving the highest praise. The hospital is
in the best possible condition, but an addl-
tional ward is necessary for the reception OF
those cOnvlcts having contagious diseases.
of the prison is such as 10 merit general APP
The report states that the general management
prevail The entire committee sign the re-
port Mr.. Pinney, however, dlsagrees with
the portion recommending the appointment
OF a state agent, and thinks the investigation
of contracts and purchases has not gone far
enough.
Among the items Of expense which the
commissioners ask the state TO allow ard pay
the report objects to the following, with 9th
ers: $50 charged three times for $40 over
coat to a discharged prisoner; $50 charged
twice in same way; $lSj tor whisky bought
on occasion OF a visit from the commission
ers; Sl6450, for more whisky under like cir
cumstances S2l for more whisky; SD, then
$2i, then $3, then $1,000, then @2l, all for
more whisky. Also $42 81 for extras" on
the occasion of visit from John A Logan,
said extras including more whisky tilberts,
walEuts oranges, lemons, pulVerlzed sugar,
ice, ice cream, grapes, NC, &H.
The trouble with President Hares appears
to be that he has never learned lnr important
art of saying one thing and meaning another.
He is an old-fashioned man with an old.fash-
toned prejudice in favor of truth. He actual