NEW PROPOSITIONS.
The following bills were introduced and severally passed the first reading:
By Mr. TURNER:[198] requiring county auditors to report to the Sinking Fund Commissioners and Superintendent of Public Instruction the amount of school fund on hand,/ and providing penalties for the violation of this act. [He made an ineffectual motion yeas 25, nays 22-to suspend the order that it might be read the second time.]
By Mr. COBB: [199] to amend section 1 of an act supplemental to "An Act to exempt property from sale in certain cases, approved March 5, 1859;" so as to exclude all kinds of personal property.
By Mr, CONNER: [200] An Act authorizing the drainage of swamplands or wetlands and providing for the assessment and payment of damages sustained thereby.
By Mr. CRAVEN: [201] To prevent officers from taking illegal fees, affixing penalties therefor, and requiring officers in certain cases to receipt for fees on payment of the same.
By Mr. WILSON : [202] To amend section 8 of an act regulating the fees of officers, approved March 2, 1855.
And then came the recess till 2 o'clock.
