The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-10

Notes of Indiana Territorial Leg.
fsiatuec Seventy Years Ago.
lRisisg sua Rscerdcr.l
At the second session " the second
lndia&a Territorial Legislature, held at
vincsHncs In 1903, Jesse Is. Thomas Was
~ frst Speaker Of tho House Of Repre-
sentatives, hut hsviug boen elected by
that Legislature = delegate 70 Congress,
was succeeded " Speaker by 0cHcraI
Washington JohWes,n. John Rice Jones'
Wrs President OF thw Council, and W.T..
liars Henry Harrison WINS Governor.
T'n amount of busincss transacted wss
mot large, but Il received careful copsld-
crati0a.
Among the enactments Of that sessiou
was cne forming tho county OF Harrison
ont OF the c0untics If Knox and Clark
land establishing Corydon a. the county
seat. Tie road law, which had provided
that all males betw cen fifty and twent =
one years of age should work on tie
lrcad. wss amended % xs to e.trsce al
'hc.wccu nfty sud eighteen yea Of age.
Catherine Moore. 0f Clark cs,..ty, set
forth si'at o.sc John Prince, to whom ric
nasi bern married, lad run throug. her
property, ili treated her; and that she
being in .rrIolu and iis.rcs sed condi-
|tion. Eavins Lear! that John Prince had
married again, had married Que Robert
*. Moore. She now feared that her last
marriage was unlawtal. aud prayed thcl
Legislature to lcgalixe said marriage,
which II did.
C....-I.....~ i.~tt..s al
ractiscd la ~. Chair county, IUdianal
Territory, which Is now embraced inI
Sae State or Illinois, seventy years ago i
60 that the roughs Of our large cities canl
not secure patent on that agrcesblel
rasstin,e Of theirs. party ofroughs inI
81. Clair county broke up mn clection.l
NE. Jazzot. one Of the Judges Of the clcc-I
tion, sent an express 10 the Governor forl
Aid at cost cf twenty -four dOllars,I
which the Legislature refunded 10 him.
There are probably many tndisnIansI
who do not know that slavery existed inl
IndisWa at that time. At tho session OF
the Legislature here referred 10, IN actl
was passed infiicting penalty Of thirtyl
dollars upon any one permitting "sIsvesI
~ servant of color tO the number oil
three o. more 10 assemble In his, her or!
ti.cir house. clubhouse, yard or shed, fOr'
the purpose Of dancing or rtvcling bys
night or by day" II was also made thcl
sluty of ali sheriff., Corcuers, Judges.
Justices Of Che peacc, to commit auChN
sls~cs 70 The jail. and order oacl 70 BE-
whipped not exceeding thirly-niuel
ss,ilps on his or her hare back. on sbcl
rrAt dsy. unIess 1t shall happen on Sun I
dgv. then on the Monday follOWis,s.l
Tie sct was worthy Of Mississippi NJ
Arkansas ia shcir darkest davs. audi
doubtless afforded the copy for brutal
laws IL some of tie slave States. 1here'
was one rcdccming feature about II, thet
sabbath was regarded. which - morel
thar T. done by those who enact lawst
for car government.
That Legislature was hard on horse'
thicvGs. u enacted . Law punishing
wivs dcati amy ono who stole horse.
lnaIe, galding. mulc 90 ass. OF sny one'
rcocivins tiso sa,,e, Sncwing q TO bel
psJoss. The act wrs very 0host and tol
The p01nt, indicating that the Legislature!
IOsant exactly what Il salo.
ISe Appropriation Bill of that osssionl
viewed IL the light % tas present day, is|
quite = curiosity. a contingent fund OF
ono hundred dollasS was plscod 10 thel
hands Of the Governor, statement OF,
the expenditures from which ho Wa0 rel
qulred t. lay betOre the Legislature al,
rs ucxt session. The Territorial Au.l.
ilitcr wasallowed s,ne hundred and iifty.
dollars fr year's service; and the,S
Treasurer one hundred dollars, and thcI,
Attorney General one hundred and fityl;
dollars for the same term. Rctcr Jones':
\ 10. were allowed fourteen dollars and
Iifty, cents for stationery Samuel Hayes
was allowed four dollars for firo wo0d,s
Euni; shed u that session. Knox county,,
received fifty d0llsrs for rent, and Elihui,
S,owt wsS 10 he paid filty dollars for,
prNing Ia h;s weekly papers thu jour-
.sls az besh houses, when tho work vas
completed.
Tho nssmbers Of both branches wercls
allowed two dollars for each and every,
lays attendance, and two d0llars fGoI;'
svcry twenty miles OF travel to and tromls
heir homes. The Secretary Of thcLs
Council ana the Clerk of the House wereII
,~ch allowed three dollars and q nv csntas
p~r day Cor their services. Jonathan,
y especially mentioned - As-Is
sistart Clerk 70 tho two houses, aud was|i
dollvns per day for bic ser- !,
picos. ThUrc was hat one DoorkeeperII
1.-The Two houses, and be was allowedls
| dollar and 4 halt . day. Lis not prob
lbe thNt.on this sum no set up, % did a|v
ate Congressional Deorkoepcr, for a
bigger man than old Grant,
Mr.. John Rice J0nct, whe wae Prosi1
!cnt os She Council. and Wr. General
Johnson, 6peafer Of theIt