The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-04-14

lows; A commissioner instead OF . register 10
appointed in each district to be paid stated
salary insteadyof fee, rs formerly. He Will
be ex-ofhcio assignee In all cases under VI ,Ooo
A debtor may traverse the issue to be tried oy
jury, which shall assess damages The petit
toner shall give security instead Of arresting
on afiidavit. The Judge must cite to appear,
and II not returned, a warrant shall issue for
contempt. The fee of the clerk is limited In
al cases to aceTtain sum, say $ih In case a
suit Is pending for or against the bankrupt, IL
shall proceed to Judgement without interfer-
ence. Trustees will be allowed fixed sums for
services instead oftS The ingalls, bill pro-
vtdes that judsn'ent unpaid fog sixty days
shall be evidences OF insD vency The new bill
excerpts farmers and producers from this de-
claration. All Of the above points and others
are under discussion, and may be amended be-
fore the bill is reported.
The presidential-count bill, which passed the
senate without amendment, provides that the
presidential electors of each State meet and
give their votes on the second Monday of jan
uary, next following their appointment, at
such places as Undergraduates or, the States
may direct; that each State, pursuant to It's
laws existing on the day fixed for the appoint
ment OF electors, may determine prior to the
meeting of the electors, any controversy con-
corning the appointment of all or anyof them;
that such determinatk=s shall ha G--Hlusive
in the count by congress; that no electoral
vote or votes from any State from which but
one return has been received shall be rejected,
except by the Affirmative votes of the two
houses; that, If more than one return il ge-
ceived from State, those electors appointed
by the lawful tribunal of the State shall be
counted; in the event of question as to
which of two State tribunals is the lawful tri-
bunal, the vote of the electors appointed by
that tribunal which the two houses, acting sep
aratey, shall decide to be the authorized one,
shall be counted; that in case of an undeter-
mined contest between two or more sets of
electors of State those votes shall be counted
which the two houses, acting separately, shall
decide to he the lawful electoral votes The
bill also provides that If the counting of the
votes shall not have been completed before the
fifth calendar day next after the first joint
meeting of the two houses, no recess shall be
afterward taken by either house until the
counting is finished.
The bill of exceptions taken in the case Of
Charles j. Guiteau and signed by Judge Cox
has been printed, ana makes pamphlet of
thirty-nine pages. There are thirty-two ex-
ceptions as to matters occurring up to the time
when the case was given to the jury, and ex-
ceptons also to the rulings of the Court deny
ing him new trial, and everything the motion
in arrest of Judgment. They may be summar-
lied as follows:
/. On the ruling of the Court in allowing
the Government to put in testimony as to the
plea Of insanity In rebuttal.
2 3,4, 8, g. To the admission of evidence
concerning Guiteau's borrowing money, col
Letting money for clients and failing to pay
over, and the circumstance about the brass
watch.
T. In the admission of the question and an
swer in the examination of DIR. Fordyce Bar
ker in reference to an insane delusion.
g. In the admission of testimony regarding
more money collected and not paid over.
o. In allowing the question and answer as
to the prisoners ability to distinguish right
from wrong.
10. In the admission of tho letter addressed
to Col. Corkhill. The defense claim it was in
IL. TO the admission of testimony of Gut
teau's former wife that she considered him
sane.
IL. To the admission of the answer of DIR.
Hamilton as to the prisoners sanity.
-. To the admission of the answer of DIR.
Hamilton that there are great many medical
ly-insane people who do know the difference
between right and wrong.
IA, Is, 10, II, Is, 10, "a, 25 &c. 81 2S, 90 Excep-
tions relate to the admission OF the hypotheti-
cal questions of the Government and the re-
plies thereto.
20, 81. 70. To the admission of answers of
various medical experts concerning the pris-
%. To allowing the statement OF DIR. Nc
Donald to go TO the jury that the newspapers
had commenced to notice the fact that the in
terruptions by the prisoner were only when
the evidence was against him.
80 To the refusal of the Court to strike out
from the testimony of DIR. Kempster: ~ ask
ed him whether he considered the Apostles in
sane: He evidently discovered the dilemma he
was in"
81. TO the refusal of the Court, while evil
dence In sur~rebuttal was being offered. to al
low defendant to examine but one witness
James Brooks) named in the affidavit Of Mrs.
Scovile.
3d. On the refusal of the Court to allow DIR.
George NJ Baird, medical expert called by the
defendant in sur-rebuttal, to answer hypoth-
etical question.
To the charge Of Judge Cox no less than thir-
ty-six ,lauses are made the subjects of excep-
ton.