The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-21
IOWA STATE NEWS.
THE LEGrsLArURE.

THE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.-On the 11th, bills were in
Fe1uced-to prohibit the sale Of wine and beer
by the glass, and to abolish wine and beer sa-
p The places Of holding elections: to O. vest the
htle in the heim OF deceased patentees. A reso-
luton was introduced not TO pay the oficen,
for Sundays, which was referred to the Commit
zee on Compensation of Public 0fices. The
following were passed: 1he bill in relation to
ton relating TO settlers on the Des Moines River
land; the bill in relation to fees taken for exam
ming teachers Ct Normal institutes. The bill fo1
branches In public schools was ordered engrossed,
President Campbell announced special COM
mittee to con.ider the bill to regulate the prac-
HOUsE.-The House adopted, after a
lengthy discussion, a substitute for the financial
resoiutions adopted by the Committee of the
whole favoring a currency convertible into
com; the gradual resumptlon OF specie pay
the payment of all debts, public and private: OPP
posing contraction until demanded by the wants
| OF trade and commerce. etc.
SENATE.-On the 18th, bills were in
troduced-to exempt all tracts of land of five
| porated towns, from taxation for municipal pur-
| Poses; To- establish Central Section of the Iowa
Mssther saEyiSs @ at i1ws City md sPpoiatinf4 a4
| Township Trustees Boards of Equalization; to
extend aid to the State University bya levy of a
University tax Of one-tenth of e mill on the dol
cult, and for the election of an additional Judge
for the of
moval Of Wardens Of the Penitentiaries.. The
to teachers Of special @ f branches Was passedysss
| 50; nays. IA. The bill for the organization of q
Board OF State Charities came mp for discussion n
18th inst. The bill changing the number Of Al
| dermen in incorporated towns by decreasing
them to six. and providing for the election Of
two each year. was taken mp and passed-yeas,
HoUsE.-Bills were INTRODUCED
regulate the publication of the proceedings of
the Boards of SUPERVISOR; to amend the code to
provide for the collection of taxes; for the pro-
tection and propagation of fish; to abolish the
salaries of District Attorneys; to provide for a
stay Of execution in the foreclosure of chattel
mortgages; to provide for auditing witness fees
eating liquors; to amend the code in relation to
assignments for the benefit of creditors; to define
the rights of creditors in attachments and other
marriages; to prevent frauds by warehousemen
and others; to define the rights of creditors un-
der chattel-mortgages; to define and punish the
der verdict in certain cases. The Silver ques-
ton came up again, on the resolution to instruct
Senators and Representatives to favor the imme-
voted down and referred to the Committee on
Federal Relations The bill to reduce grand ana
petit jurors to seven members was lost.
SENATE. the 18th, bills were in
troduced-to regulate the collection of debts by
ter up judgments; to repeal the law relating to
indemnifying bonds; to restore capital punish
ment for murder in the first degree; providing
Trustees and other officers Of State institutions to
be interested in any contracts with such institu-
tions and to punish the yiolator Of the same; to
establish the office of Fish. Wardens providing
that the State tax levy may be increased to two
and half mills on the dollar. Sundry local
bills passed; also bill to reduce the compensa-
ton paid to shorthand reporters.
HOUSE Bills were introduced-to
promote fish culture in Iowa; to provide for
Board of Railroad Commissioners; making ap-
gIopriations to the Insane Hospital at Mount
Pleasant; to provide for the security of life and
properly from the dangers of coal and kerosene
oils; to provide for the construction and main
fsnance OF bridges on county roads: to estab-
tion to revenue, and taxing express companies;
to establish the action of detlnue; relating to
the publication of delinquent tax lists concern
bill passed, to provide for the destruction of
grasshoppers and their eggs. The bill to tax the
loans Of foreign insurance companies was taken
up on third reading and after lengthy debate
recommitted to the Committee on Ways and
Means.
SENATE.-On the 14th, bills were in
troduced-to authorize the establishment of an
Electric Department in the State University; to
further protect the rights of the holders of ware
house receipts; making an appropriation of
S23,5O0 for the Asylum for Feeble-Minded Chill
dren at Glenwood. Reports from the Visiting
COMMITTEES to the Blind Asylum, the Anamosa
Orphans Home, submitted and ordered printed.
A resolution WAS adopted, directing the Commit
tn fba yrfr
ing the pupils of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum to
the Blind Asylum. The bill regulating the fees
of attorneys appointed to defend criminals
passed-yeas Al; nays.3.
HoUsE.-Bills were introduced
relation to the protection of fish and game; to
amend the law in relation to mechanics liens;
to protect manufacturers in Iowa from double
taxation; to amend the code in relation to the
tions for the support of the Iowa Reform School;
making an appropriation for the Penitentiary at
Anamosa; to provide for taking the census of the
eases among swine; to require the plaintiff to
give security for costs in suits in Justices Courts
in relation to the limitation of actions for prop
erty sold for taxes. Sundry local bills passed.
SENATE.-On the 18th, bills were in.
troduced- to provide for the protection of ceme-
other States, and conveyances executed; to re-
peal the law giving compensation to attorneys
appointed by Courts to defend persons charged
resolution for the appointments of a committee to
inquire into the expediency of consolidating the
Agricultural College and State University. The
University and the Agricultural College were re-
ceiyed. A very large number Of bills were in
definitely postponed or laid on the table Bills
were passed-prohibiting Justices of the Peace
relating to lost instruments and actions thereon;
relating to the trial of issue of fact in an in
dictment.
HoUsE.-Bills were introduced -rela-
ting to the payment of county warrants; confirm
ing the diplomas Of the Medical College at Keo--
occupying of streets: in relation to compensation
to members of City Councils; in relation to grad
ing streets and alleys; granting townships the
to provide for the dis ihution of the laws to
county officers. The hi.l in relation to probate
jurisdiction passed. The principal part of the
special order being the resolution to adjourn sine
die on March IA. The resolution was laid on the
table.
SENATE.-On the 10th, bills were in
the code to extend the pro-
vision of the Liquor law to the State Agricultural
ns g Se M.
the dictionary index and its Improvements tor
county and other public records; to prescribe the
punishment for violation of the Prohibitory
Liquor laws. The resolution to hold two sessions
a day was defeated. bill passed to tax pro-
prietors of telegraphs.
HoUsE.-The bin to repeal the Usury
law was defeated. Bills were introduced-top pro-
tect hotel and clearinghouse keepers; to change
the time for closing the polls on election day; to
change the time of meeting for Trustees of the |
Hospital for the Insane; TO amend the law rela-
tive to the propagation of fish, TO- amend the
code in relation IT, the duties of attorneys and
diction upon justices of the Peace in all sums
under $25 was passed.