REPORTS FROM THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
By Mr. STUDABAKER: Returning Mr. Dickinson's bill, S. 25-see page 30-with an amendment, recommending passage.
By Mr. SLACK : Returning a resolution inquiring by what right the darn across the Calumet river, at Blue Island, in the State of Illinois, is maintained: reporting that the question submitted is one of intricacy, that the Committee have not the time nor means to investigate the subject satisfactorily, and recommend that the subject matter of the resolution be referred to the Attorney General, whose opinion thereon will no doubt be satisfactory and conclusive.
By Mr. CRAVEN: Returning Mr. Line's bill, S. 54-see page 69-recommending passage, with an amendment that no allowance be made only upon a claim filed, accompanied with a certificate of the clerk of the court, that the convicted party is insolvent; and an additional section that such attorney shall receive no compensation except as provided in this act, and on failure to appear, shall receive no fees, and the court or justice shall appoint a substitute, and that all other instructions be laid page: 193[View Page 193] upon the table. Also, returning Mr. Wilson's bill S. 42-see page 30-recommending that it lie on the table.
Mr. RAY, from the Committee on the Organization of Courts, returned Mr. Conley's bill S. 42-see page 69, recommending indefinite postponement.
Which reports were severally concurred in
