Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-27
IOWA LEGISLATURES.

DEs MONIES, March 2O.-In tn
Senate consideration of q resolution
to adjourn on the 2lst inst. was post
poned until tomorrow.
The appropriation bills were iakel
up as special order and the following
passed: Appropriating $4,000 fol
Insane Hospital at Mt. Pleasant; ap
propriating $3,972.25 to State Agri
cultural College at Ames; appropri
ating $4,000 to Insane Hospital at In,
dependence.
In the House almost the entire fore.
noon session was consumed in discus.
sion of bill to further protect the
rights of holders Of warehouse re.
ccipts or vouchers for grain, beef
pork, lard and beef products, which
passed--ayes IS, nays8.
The bill limiting the number of ju.
rors in Circuit Court passed.
A bill llappropriating $3.50 for a sew
er for College for Blind passed.
The presentation of q fine gold
watch and chain, worth 5000, to
the Speaker of the House, Hon. Jno.
I. Stone, was made this morning,
Hon. Fred O'Donnell, of Dubuaue.
making the speech and presentation.
DEs MONIES, March 2l.-In the Sen.
ate tho following bills passed: To
authorize the removal Of the Girls
Reform School to point near Mt.
Pleasant; fixing monthly allowance
for prisoners in Ft. Madison peniten-
tiary at ~ per month; fixing allow
ance of prisoners in Anamosa peni-
tentiary at 50 per month !; fixing sup
port required by counties for Insane
at SIG per month instead of 1920 per
week; the act in relation to revenue
and providing for assessments of prop
erty of the State.
The bill making annual appropria-
tion of $4,000 for the support of State
University was under discussion at
adjournment.
Both Houses reconsidered the reso-
luton to adjourn to-day and fixed
next Tuesday at IL o'clock, as the
time for adjournment sine die.
In the House the following bills
passed: To compel r. Il. Co.'S. to
fence their right of way in certain
cases in relation to taxation and sale
of public lands and lands sold for
taxes; to limit and define the extent
to which property claimed as home-
stead shall be exempt for execution;
to publish all general laws in Stats
Anzeiger as well as State Register and
State Leader +; to apportion the State
into representative districts by re-en-
acting the laws oftwo years ago.
The bill providing for the estab-
lishment of q board of State charities
was taken up aud was under consid-
Grafton at the time of adjournment.
DEs MONIES, March 22.--Senate bill
to appropriate $500 per annum to
the State Agricultural Society was
defeated the bill appropriating $l3,-
800 for maintenance of State Nor
NAL School at Cedar Falls occupied
the attention of the Senate for large
part of the session and passed 81 ayes
l6 nays.
In the House last evening the bill
providing for the organization of q
Board Of State Charities passed; also
the bill to pay VIM. r. Craig $l9, 600
in full for his claim against the State
for building Deaf and Dumb Asy-
lum at Council Bluffs.
In the House this q. m. the follow
ing bills passed: To prohibit and
punish the. sale of malt or vinous liz
quors within two miles of the corpor-
ate limits of any municipality which
has prohibited or licensed the sale of
said liquors within said corporate
limits or within two miles Of where
elections are held ; to provide for the
reorganization Of the State Militia
to prevent the publication of false or
deceptive statements in relation to
business of Fire Insurance Co.'S. re-
quiring Mutual Insurance Co.'S. Or
ganized under the laws of the State
to make an annual statement to the
State Auditor; changing the time of
settlement Of Auditor Of State with
State Treasurer; to lease grounds for
the Girls Reform School at some
point near Mt. Pleasant.