The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-11-02

stare ilNfAiA ahN iite NiNit nfilCfs Crru
lpying apartments ~ ,he present sini,
hopre. AZ required by tllr nef under
nAiel ilis board was organized
Alter rereiriug MANY propositions
lfhc property known as the McCras
f'nrk. ~ ihe corner ~ Tennessee aff
,afRri sifrrts. waS selected for che usi
gi siH officers rix: State lhrafian
state agricultural board. state gc0logisf
lena a1iuant general
M hpr the bid wnre opened for tn
sllc u tir Old state house, Oh cxanina
liin NJ waS found iiiat in tho opinion N
the npari \ was moi for Che bcS; inicfeA
~ fsc state 70 accept ans of said rropo
siisons. hut 20 leave tifc disposition ~
me building open fof tie present.
AZ every step N ihe progress Of ON
duties W. have bccn aamori~hcl tbai
lone DC lle niosi important Duties 0f ihf
icomml-sioi i. to select plan fuf a new
state house tlat Shall in aii respects
make fitting capii0l building Tor ths
state of Indiana.
seeing the great need of new stale
house. Tho legislature. AS tas back as IN,
year 1879, resolved, THAT necessity tx.
iSis iur lhe building Of q ncw state capi.
Iol for iMe stale of Indiana. and al.
pointed q joint committee of three meni-
brrs 81 each house. consisting of Hons
Harvey ID. scott. G.. vi. Chapman, H.
ward Ming. -. q. gNnAam. M X. Slater
aud l.. w. GiAzebroOk. iO which was ad-
dr4 ie supervisory ere OK Governor
Hendricks ana Licn.enant ! q 0yrrnor
ScNt1n. ;o advertise eur aud select pian
lor "A ncw slate capitol TWO wears
thereafter, on ihe zsth day ut january
1873. sal4 committee, ia iheir report "
I'hc legislature UPON that subject, usel
The following lan4nage relative 10 the
|neca ~ new stale llOpse. to-w5f:
NJ y Cur committee would he ashamed
10 believe iha; Indiana ii no rn0r ic
Ibuild a decent .afn house. on that snnf
governor could not tra honest mpu
enough ia tAe Slate 40 N.4Ai -e eouss
en;rusi Tic work. TINE economy doe
not consist ~ refusing ~ spend money
when needed. hii VA rs jualciOns appli-
|ration /" useful purposes.
~If the stale government Il ncw wof.
maintaining. as surely aN a-iee ,iiii III
|ls. ihcl Et \, provin aAiuent. decent
tnA safe punilc buiiiings sa which it
transact ruliir business.
Every Instinct I'D state l0vn ami siHtr
pride rrgca thlt nur w l. arau in-
ann prosperous c0nnruA iff. rruS
Ahurc territory daiir taii he rfrh cutn-
mercr nf ihp ensf ard Mtsi. stAs. NJ in-
mediHtels provided VITA ! decent state
Aanse.
A our committee cAn not rprsua "
themselves iiaa ~ intelligent baAs XVI
representative msn as iiiU.c WhN e8M-
pnse tax. pres nl AeFsa assembly caH
base hni doubt A~ IN the Mccrssiit lcr a
new Staie house. fhNt iac ,iitsfi4t
hailaiu1 L. totally inaNrunaie t0 ilis.
pGhisr service II csilcMrrd hv fhc net
lhas nearly All hrr pubic oaircrs hare
teen compelled lo and quarfrts ci~r.
wherr. and thal esen Tie legislative
department J. compelled 10 rras rooms
for a. commisiccs At aotcls or wherever
they can IA had; nm lie fact iAni lhr
present structure X k tlapidAird ana
ilF yerlilaica ani wArmed a. to ~ nm-
healthy ana unsafe aud hy Tic flrt tsAs
the invaluable reeartl> XII ne ssaic arc IAN
building -0 inii.mahp n ii~ character
thaf IN 4 single hour ihsS nay uc ire
pafahls DESTROYED bs iiFe
Iii view nj al these facts. and ihr
great want of nrw stale cApilnl. the
general assembly. al H. session ~ ISL.
passed lhe act Of March III. 1877. WAich
imposed upon ihe rNprrtrr ~ ihp state
ihr lniy NJ appointing commissioners
~ cayct new state house. amI IA the
close ot said session abandoned My oid
state hoHsc and made arrangements With
Tic county commissioners nf Marion
county te occupy 4 portion of ile neM
coart house AZ Vie next session of tho
general assembly.
Ii Will therefore be observed. that ihr
legislatures of tlle wears ot 1873. 1s7S
and 1877 declared the old house nsale.
untenablc and useless. and tiat Y nsW
state house should hc erected. aud tu
SECURE that Object passed The said aci hr-
fore referred u, authorizing and direct
inn Tho stats house commissioners fo
erect new state house.
Dv the middle 81 December next ihr
examination Of the new plans submitted
for new state house. nnder tie adyer-
iiscment Of September ~ 1877. will be
commenced. and II Is believed that tho
competition will he such as 20 enable
the board 10 secure plan that will meet
All the requirements OF the law: and iii
IL expected that the work Of putting ila
The foundation viii be commtnrca ly
lie lst or June next, and that during
1sTS sufficient work will bc done fo en-
haust an the appropriations made for
that wear. The commissioners, having
no appropriation on moneys nt their
for state house expenditures
and none III anticipation until thccountyl
|trcasurcrs pay the state treasurer the
reflections Tor that object AZ their SET
element III May next, have been cont
|pcllcd 60 give their vouchers for the
|amount Of expenditures IN anticipation
Of said collections.