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t848---VOL. 20, NO. 40.
IOWA LE6ISLATURE.
DEs MONIES, March l3.-A numbe,
OF petitions on both sides of the rail
road question were presented and re-
ferred to the Committee on Rail.
roads.
/ Bills were introduced as follows
From Committee on Appropriations
appropriating $500 for improve.
ments in the Boys Reform School Al
Eldora; appropriating $2,735 for
payment of Indebtedness incurred In
putting in heating apparatus and 9th.
Ter deficiencies in the Hospital tor the
Deaf and Dumb at Council Bluffs :
from Retrenchment Committee, fix.
ing the salary of Register of State
Land Office at 81, 600 per annum, and
Deputy Register 81, 600 per annum
to amend code relating to furnishing
supplies to State Penitentiaries to
fix compensation of the Clerk Of the
Supreme Court at 5000, with $1,000
for clerk hire; from Military Com
mittee, to amend chapter 946 of the
acts of the Sixteenth General ASSEM-
bly,, relating to the admission of chill
dren to Soldiers Orphans Hon 9 !:
from Judiciary Committee, in rela-
ton to books to be kept by clerks of
court; to provide for furnishing q set
OF Supreme Court reports to counties
OF Emmett, Ida, Buena Vista and Lee !:
to amend chapter 80 of laws of the
Sixteenth General Assembly relating
to grace and bills of exchange; to
amend code to permit the incorpora-
ton OF Boards Of trade.
Senator johnson introduced bill
for rcdistricting the Congressional
districts of the State. II makes no
change except in the boundaries Of
the I'D and 4th districts these dis
tricts to extend westward from the
Mississippi river instead of north and
south. The third district will con-
sist of the counties Of Dubuque, Del
aware, Blackhawk, Bremen, Grundy,
Butler, Hardin, Franklin, and
Wright. The fourth district to be
composed Of the counties of Clayton,
Fayette, Alamakee, Winnesheik,
Chickasaw, Howard, Floyd, Mitchell,
Cerro Gordo, Worth, Hancock, and
Winnebago. b
The revenue bill came up az special
order and the remainder of the ses-
sion was consumed in its considers
ton by sections and it was defeated.
The bill to repeal the section of the
code relating to the support of con-
victs in penitentiaries at Ft Madison
and Anamosa and to enact substi-
tute therefor was taken up. This
bill reduces the support fund of Ft.
Madison peniteutiary from s. 80 per
month to $3.50 per month, and the
support fund of Anamosa penitentia-
ry from SO per month to $3.50 por
month. q
DEs MONIES, March I4.-Young
presented petition of 500 citizens Of
Cass CO., against the repeal of the r.
r. tariff law.
The following bills were introduc-
ed:
From the Appropriation Commit
tee appropriating $61, ,874 to addition
al penitentiary at Anamosa for the
purchase of building and grounds of
Mitchellville Seminary for q Girls
Reform School and providing for the
removal Of the inmates thereof; to
appropriate $4,000 for repairs and
support of the Penitentiary at Fl.
Madison; to promote fish culture in
Iowa.
From Committee on Agriculture to
authorize the purchase of receipt
for the cure of hog cholera.
BY Senator McCoid to amend sec.
8, chapter 68, of the laws of the 18th
General Assembly in relation to fix
ing maximum rates for transporta-
ton Of freight and fares.
The following bills passed making
it unlawful for officers of State Insti-
tutions to contract indebtedness in
excess of appropriations or to divert
funds from the purpose to which the
same were appropriated, and provid-
ing punishment therefor.
An act in relation to first, fifth and
seventh Judicial districts of the State,
subdividing the same and providing
for the appointment and election Of
Judges of Circuit Courts therein and
defining the powers and duties. there
of.
The Railroad Committee was in
structed to report the House Commits
sion bill to tho Senate tomorrow
morning by a vote of 27 ayes to 81
nays. Adjourned until tomorrow
q. m.
In the House the following bills
passed: To legalize certain corporate
acts of Charles City, Iowa to permit
Q majority of the people Of incorpor-
sted towns and cities and townships
to vote taxes in aid of railroads; re-
lating to draining of wet lands to
permit city councils to fix the salaries
Of all officers and that all fees shall be
paid into the treasury.
Bills were were introduced relating
to the consolidation of independent
school districts; to authorize county
auditors to issue subpenas, and Civ
ing boards Of supervisors power to
compel attendance Of witnesses.
The appropriation bills next came
up as the special order and the fol-
lowing were considered and passed
To appropriate 81, 500 for improve
ment in water supply of Reform
School at Eldora appropriating ST.
225 for the support Of the Soldiers
Orphans Home at Davenport.
DEs MONIES, March 15.-In the
House the bill authorizing males over
IL and females over II to teach school
and prohibiting payment to teachers
without certificates. Passed.
The bill providing for the restoring
of old and dilapidated records Of
deeds and mortgages passed.
The bill authorizing supervisors to
construct macadamized or plank roads
and charge toll thereon passed.
Bills providing penalty for loaning
county funds by the Treasurer or d.
verting them to his own uae and au-
thorizing their deposit in banks ON q
bond given in double tho amount by
the bank was passed.
The appropriation bill granting
$23, 800 to the Asylum of Feeble Min
ded children passed.
The bill appropriating S23, 800 to
the State Normal School at Cedar
Falls was taken up, pendine which
the House adjourned.
In the Senate the House bill pro-
viding . fixed salary for officers of
cities Of first class and all fees to be
paid into the Treasury was passed.
The bill to prevent false statements
Of business by insurance compsny's
passed.
The bill reducing the monthly sup
port Of penitentiaries was passed.
A resolution was adopted instruct
Ing the Judiciary Committee to inves-
tigate alleged Indebtedness of Kelsey
the late warden at Anamosa Peniten