The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-04-25
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ILLINOIS
LEGISLATURE.
TILE SENATE.

me sENAlE
SrRINGPIELD, HIS, April 23.-The special
order this morning in the senate was Mr..
Herdman's BILL 2S5, for an act to amend
section s31 of division of an act entitled
An act to revise the law in relation to Grim
inal jurisprudence, the same being in re.
lation to the crime Of rape. The bill pro-
vides severe penalties,
The bill was ordered to a third reading.
The second special order was the consid-
Grafton of the bill to appropriate $13,0S7
to pay the owners of lands which were
damaged by the construction Of the Little
Wabash at New Haven, the question there
on pending being notion be reconsider
the vote by which the bill had been reject
ed.
Mr.. Mcdowell explained the bill and the
claim and showed that it was just
The motion TO reconsider was carried and
the bill was then passed.
On motion of Mr. Hamilton the Senate
went into executive session to consider un-
confirmed park commissioner appointed by
the Governor. Mr. McCrea was confirmed
by the a vote of 40 for to against. The
noes were Messsrs. Fosdick, Kelly, Fuller
and Niece.
The bill to appropriate $3.50 to purchase
an Illinois coat of arms to be deposited a
Mt Vernon - Washington's tomb - wa.
passed,
The bill to appropriate $4,000 each tC
Thomas Pcnniwell and James n. Wilson
for the loss of their arms in handling piece
of state ordinance at Decatur the occasion
being a soldiers reunion, was passed.
The bill to appropriate $4,000 to buy
the famous "tour acres" for state hous,
purposes was taken up and read thirC
time. Constitutional objections were mad,
and the bill was defeated by vote OF /;
yeas to so nays,
The senate adjourned until 10 o'clock to
morrow morning.
House bill SOC with an emergency claus,
was passed as follows: That any total alb
stincncc society in this state organized I'm
der any law Of this state, may at any regula
or called meeting Of their society, elect any
person as a member of such society, withou
regard to age OF the applicant for admission
to membership by having at least three
tourths majority of the members present Al
such meeting voting in the affirmative fol
the election of such person.
This bill especially rclatcsto Father Mat
thew temperance societies
The militia bill (housc bill 700, provid
ing an entirely new militia code was passed
Yeas 100; nays, 81. This closed the fore
noon
After dinner the following bills were read
a third time and passed:
House bill 40l forbidding shcrifs and
.jaicrs from taking or permitting prisoners
to be taken out of Jail during incarceration
| for misdcmcanors.
House bill 2jl, amending the tenth Sec
ton of the law Of 1872 in relation to the
descent Of property, by striking out the FOL
lowing words: "a marriage shall bt
deemed revocation of prior will
The bill amending the good timc-law'
for convicts, providing that when persons
are sent to the pcntcntary a second tint
the good time shall be reduced one-hali
and on third conviction convicts shall MOI
be allowed any extra time.
Also the bill providing that the Defendant
in execution shall be given notice that he
may have hearing on the trial of the
garnishmcnt.
Also the bill amending the assignment
law providing that debtor upon the con
sent of a majority Of his creditorsin amour
and number may be dismissed from turth
or ,,s,,vnnt nrocecdinus,