Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-27
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.
The important proceedings in the
Legislature on the ed inst. the Reg

The important proceedings in tn
Legislature on the ed inst. the Reg
ister summarizes as follows:
The regular order was adhered Il
quite closely in the House yesterday
House files and Senate messages wer'
taken up in their regular order
Therefore many Of the bills were un
important. Senate File 136, appro
priating $l5,250 to the hospital TO
the insane, was taken up, and supple
mented by House File 1856, which ap
propriated only $ll,75O. The Hous,
File was passed. Tho. bill to to,
dining and sleeping cars not owned
by roads operated in the State wa
passed. The bill providing certain
text books for schools was laid on thu
table indefinitely. The bill fixin6
salaries of district attorneys at 5000
and taking away their fees was tn,
occasion Of considerable discussion
and finally passed. The bill abolish
ing attorneys fees of ten per cent. II
cases Of foreclosure of mortgages and
written contracts was passed. It ap
plies only to contracts, mortgages
&C., hereafter made.
The Register further says:
The bill appropriating $4,000 fol
rebuilding and furnishing the Deal
and Dumb Asylum was the occasion
Of a long and spirited debate in thu
House yesterday. An effort wal
made to refer 1t to the Committee on
Public Buildings, in order to make
delay. But the motion did not pre-.
vail. Messrs. Updegraff and Carson
had warm and spirited encounter
After q prolonged debate, the bill
was ordered to engrossment, and
there it remains at present.
Dies MONIES, March 26.-In joint
session, last night, the following per.
sons were chosen as trustees Of the
various State institutions.
Regents Of State University-H. G.
Bulls, A. T.. Reeve, John F. Dun
combe.
For State Agricultural College-H,
g. Little, John N. Dixon, George HI
Wright and VIM. McClintock.
For Insane Hospital at Mt. Pleas
ant-Timothy Whitney, Mrs. s. r
Rider, d. D. DAVIDSON and L. E. Eel.
lows.
OF College for Blind-Jacob Spring.
er, George Morehouse and VIM. FL.
Westbrook.
For Feeble Minded Children al
r. s. Woodrow, j. M.
Hiatt and D. M. Baker.
For Asylum for Deaf and Dumb
Alfred Hebard, Fred. Teale and Jno,
H. Stubenrauch.
For Hospital for Insane at Inde-
pendence-Lewis II. Smith and Dan'l
Hammer.
For Normal School at Cedar Falls
Il. D. Lewelling and N. w. Boles.
Of Orphans Home at Davenport
G. c. Horton, s. P. Bryant and John
P. Irish.
Reform School at Eldora-Thos. E.
Corkhill.
The joint session adjourned at $3.50
=. m.
In the Senate, to-day, the follow.
ing bills passed: To authorize an
increase of levy for State taxes
to % mills on the dollar, which
was defeated in the House
to restore capital punishment for
murder in the first degree, the
same bill which passed the House
relating to government Of Anamosa
penitentiary to provide for the pub
LEGATION Of school laws.
A resolution of thanks was adopted
to the President and President pro
tenn of the Senate, clerks and various
The Senate adjourned sine die at
IL 80 o'clock.
In the House the following were
passed: To authorize cities and towns
to receive first mortgage bonds in
stead of stock for taxes voted in aid
of r. RS. relating to penalty for non
of taxes in cities acting UNI
der special charters; In relation to
abolition of Supervisors districts; re-
lating to evidence in criminal actions
to permit deputy sheriffs to empannel
juries; for free distribution of school
laws to school directors in relation
to lost instruments and proceedings
The two Houses were unable to
agree on the features of the revenue
bill and at IL 10 the House adjourned
sine die.