PETITIONS.
Mr. JENKINSON presented two petitions for legislation to protect sheep from dogs, which were referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Mr. BINGHAM presented petition from Jennings county, for amendment of the road laws, so as to make parties liable for costs who petition, for a road which has been previously reported against as not of public utility;which was referred to the Committee on County and Township Business.
Mr. KENDRICK presented two petitions by J. N. Ray, for amendment of the law creating agricultural societies and the State Board of Agriculture, with a view to prevent fraud, secure economy, and elevate the moral tone of our annual festivals.
Mr. FISHER. As one of the members of the State Board, he did not feel called upon to send an unsealed note to this petitioner. But he wished the petitions to be referred to a select committee that will thoroughly investigate the State Board. If there was iniquity there, as in the petition proclaimed, the people ought to know it. There ought to be investigation, that it may be known precisely who is in fault. He would make no motion himself, because it would not be proper for him to be placed on the Committee.
Mr. KENDRICK knew nothing in relation to the justness of the charge in the petition. He presented it as he would all papers handed to him with a request to do so. He also was in favor of a thorough investigation. It was due to the board and the country.
Mr. HAWORTH said, in behalf of the petitioner, that Mr. Fisher was not included in his charges.
Mr. FISHER. There was no more active man on the board than himself, and if rascalities are there, he must be implicated.
page: 215[View Page 215]Mr. STOTSENBERG proposed that it should to the Committee on Agriculture, and it was so referred.
