, 1881-03-01
HOUSE.
ELEVATED III BUSINESS.

the unpleasant md ttee;s,etly uncomfortable
preliminary pulling aud blowing wllicl, re-
suit from tho tiresolnc climb UP tile long
stairways.
AFTERNOON SESSIONS.
Durfce, of Macon, arose after tho reading
OF tho Journal and sent mp n resolution pro-
Wiling for afternoon sessions, to commence
Mt 2 p. III. from md nftcr date.
Baldwin, Of Bureau, md Underwood. of
Pike, objected that afternoon sessions ut this
stuge Of tho business would interiors with
important committee work. LATER IN, when
tho committee work WIS further ntlynItcctl,
afternoon sessions would bo proper and even
necessary.
Cronkrtte, Of Stephenson, moved rs MI
amendment tllat tho afternoon SESSIONS begin
at a:D y. III. The amendment WIS accepted.
Pearson. 0f Madison, moved as Il further
amendment TINT tho afternoon sessions COIL
ilenco from al,d after Tomorrow.
After some further discussion. IN tho
course Of Which the genera! expression OF
opinion seemed to be tllat
THE TIME Fol. TWO SESSIONS
4 day had not yet arrived, Baldwin, Of
BuTeaa, moved 10 refer tho resolution 10 Tito
COMMITTEES OF, Rules.
I1errlngton. Of knne, wanted squire vote
on tho dirEct question.
The motion to refer went through, by voto
Of 60 to 81, ai,d afternoon sessions wcro
abandoned for the present..
sEcoNN i.i:ADiS0.
The following bills Werc read a second timo
a,Ml ordered to third reading:
a bill changing the terms of court III Ver-
million County to April, August, mld Dccol,-
bor.
a bill giving county authorities tic power
to Gull elections for the purpose Of iilltng
vacancies in tho Offices OF Justices Of tho
Pcacu ard Constables.
CHICAGO PUBLIC 11nrARr.
When 1loekwell's bill, amending tho Tub
lie Lib rary law was reached,
@plerson, iof Madison, sull that, inasmucl
us tho Sonnte had passed ono uill on tho
same question. thcro was 10 uso of ordering
this to third reading.
Rockwell said this bill was good one,
AID tho Senate bill was not satisfactory to
tito ooi County people.
o, S. Cook, Of, Cook, intlmated tint this
WINS tho satisfactory bill.
The bill WIS I|nally ordered TO third read
ing III the following shape:
A HILL for IN net to uinc,1l Sec OF am net ito
authorize eitcs, Incorporated towns. md
townships to establish at,,i ,nn,t,tain fren pi,i'
o liprar!ea m. and rc@aslins- @ roons," approved und
SEcTiON T. ijc Il ftgcttd. etc., Tint Sec. I oe
"An aat tuGuthosIze et:!ss: Incorporated towns,
nn ,i, fraro 10 ~; au lily
md in force Nnrct, I, 1S1,. 10 noi1tirsi 10 t,at
TUG snmo shall M rcati as Follows: ,r, A.. ,,,..
fo',nclI n ca, trtmrnur,sd c.tv M shniI ,mrS ,S
powor tu estnbstsh and ,flatntan Il public library
aa1d reasiig N'on tor tho so na nGmo!lt @ nf ny
to cxces. ou nil on thu do,Iar' i' %nlly l M M una
In citloa u over lu91 ini'nhitants not IN Gxcucl
ofic t nat OF ZIG I'LL ora IT, IT, uDar annny on
lic luyell nnd collected tu iikO llluilnrr
with Other gcheral taxes Of sAtd city,
III tho s ~ anM',nI tax II, rit,os ~ mvrr iiH,v,
inhnbttants iuiy. il scetncd necessary, be in Ok:
cess Of the gggrcgatc aIaol1ilt u txes, III lntcd
ton ~ mi ~; cttIcs md i vllupns." nnr,vri Xiii IL
lS5..
sg9: !; Whersna ,, i is desirable to enable ne
anpronrjaton Il in tho curreut N Tx ]oyy iop t,ao
napport 81 tho iPlbio I,lnlry Of Chlcugo. ~
enacrsGncy taercl9ro cxlsts, and ttls nct sl1ai!
passagc. '|''>@ ~ N ''@'o' '>'
KNOCKED OUT OF TIME.
Tho bill drawn by tho judiciary Commit
tee. on tic suggestion or tho Supreme Court
Judges, amending the low relative to criml-
nal Jurisprudence, was read secol,tl time
and discussed Mt length by Rockwell and
Collins, Of Cook, Thu latter gentleman
clnllned that tho bill would keep II man III
jaIl eighteen months, whilo tho State WAS
skirlnislIing nro,tntl for witnesses. lie cared
nut WHO backed such n bill or from wtlcnce
It cmanate.l. and moved TO strlku out tho
enactlng clause.
White, Of Cook, was In favor OF tho mo-
t1or. There WIS no llso filling tho iails II,
Cook County with criminals ullI keeping
thcn there for months only To be discharged.
Rockwell said tho bill WIS Intended to
cure d
DEFEcT IN THE LAW,
at present q cri,nnnl must be brought to
trial within three TERMS which In Cook
County ,ncals three months, and In other
counties much longer tine. III, cuses where
great crimes Ind been committed 1t touk
time TO procure Witnesses. It wns IN many
Instances nj, 1mpossjbItity to brll,r cases to
trint IN Cook Coltutv, rho lima sho,,ll hn
nyt"n,l.l irho Iii sho,,d bo m oros,,l1v '.,,,.
siS,,s,', @''o o''' ''o"''' Nv s*N'eA''''' IVA
slueFed'
Tho member from Cook nntle good fight
for tho bill, but, by vote Of yeas 81 to .l,lys