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SENATE.
+ SENATE CHAMBER, Tuesday, Jan. %.
The Senate met at 10 O'Clock.
Bills were introduced % follows:
BY Hartshorn, b bill for an act pro-
for revision or the laws relating Ia
fish and game. sae2 q e"sF
BY Bestow, 1 bill for an act TO pro.
vide for an Investigation Of the dis.
eases Of swine. The bill provides for
the appointment Of { commission
to investigate the diseases of
swine, and gives full direction for tie
work the commission shalt do, and
appropriates the sum OF ak thousand
dollars for its expenses for the next
BY Foster, ! bin for IN oct u au.
thorize cities, Incorporated towns
and townships, to establiSh and main
rooms. The bill provides th1s he
city council Of any incorporated city
shall have power to levy tax not ex-
ceeding one mill on the dollar for the
support Of free public library.
| By Shelley, bill for an act to es-
tablish = court Of common pleas In
counties Of certain population, and
10 define the powers and jurisdiction
thereof. The provisions Of the act
are made to apply to oil counties hav-
2 population exceeding $1,000 inhab-
itants, and all provisions Of the law
applying to the district and circuit
cnS, rfe- "a o~tnuNn1 - xhn - ~. -.
ganized court Of common pleas pro-
vided in the bill. .s-,t
By Maginnis, . bill for an act pro-
vidfng that all notes given to insur-
ance companies shall state upon their
face that they have been taken for
such insurance company, and that
they shall not be cOllectable unless
the company shall have fully COM
piled with the laws Of this state.
BY Teale, bill for An act to reduce
the number Of grand jurors necessary
to form legal grand jury. The bill
reduces the number Of grand jurors
to seven members, and confers the
same powers upon them as upon that
which has heretofore constituted the
grand jury.
By Dows, bill for an act to amend
section l and 2, chapter LA, laws Of
the Sixteenth General Assembly. The
bill provides for the esta ablishment Of
superior courts In cities having 5000
Inhabitants or more,
BY Hanna, bill for An act to allow
criminal defendants to testify in their
own behalf. go
BY Chase, . bill for an act to amend
Sec. 1895 of the code, limiting and de-
fining the extent to which property
claimed 90 homestead property shall
be exempt from execution. It pro-
vides that In no case shall the value
Of homestead exceed 5000 and de-
fine the extent Of ofhomestoads in towns
and villages.
By Chase, . bill for an act provid-
ing additional terms and conditions
upon which foreign insurance COM
panies are authorized to transact
business IN this state. The bill pro-
vides that all foreign insurance COM
companies doing business In this
state shall first bind themselves to
conform to the same laws which reg
ulAte companies formed In this state.
By Carr, bill for an act to author
-ize cities and towns to regulate the
sale Of coal oil. The provisions Of
the bill extend to oil incorporated
cities and towns and authorizes the
appointment of an inspector in each
who shall test al illuminating coal
oils and reject al which do not sus-
tain test Of l50 degrees hre heat.
By Chase, q bill for an act to repeal
section 1888 of tue code, In relation
to tho payment of Witnesses for the
defendant in criminal cases and TO
Rv Chase a hin for an Art sunnla.
mental to the code providing for
special jury docket In the District and
Circuit Courts and defining the terms
upon which civil causes shall be tried
by jury.
The Senate took up the considera-
tion Of House messages and concurr-
ed in the resolution to meet the House
In Joint convention for the election
of United States Senator. t-
On motion Of Senator Lara bee, the
Senate agreed 10 take q ballot for
United States Senator to-day st IL 30
o'clock q. m.
RESOLUTIONS.
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rasoInt;or ,h.t tha Sey.ta wou,S uaat
the Hnnsa IN io;nt convan1ion ~ IN
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Of elactinc Slate Printer state Rinder
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tion Of 4 warden Of the Anamosa
Penitentiary until the report OF the
warden was received and read and
the resolution was rejected. 3
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ELECTION OF o. 3. SENATOR.
At IL 80 o'clock President Camp
bell announced that the hour had ar,
rived for the election of United
States Senator.
Senator Rumple nominated Hon.
VIM. B. Allison, Of Dubuque county.
Senator Shelley nominated Hon. D.
=. M MHier, OF Lee county.
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