NEW BILLS
Were now introduced and passed to the second reading, having the following titles, viz. :
Mr. Branham : [283] To provide for payment of the interest on the debt of the State of Indiana, due January 1st, 1 3 8 61-[appropriating the sum of $10,075].
Mr. Frasier: [284] To amend sections 1,2 and 3 of the act to provide for the relocation of county seats, approved March 6, 1855, and to provide for the disposition of grounds heretofore used for county purposes, and to provide for the repeal of the proceedings of county commissioners.
Mr. Cameron: [285] To apportion Senators and Representatives for the next six years.
Mr. Gresham: [286] To provide for the compensation of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, and repealing all laws in conflict therewith. [$1500.]
Mr. Wilson: [287] To amend the assessment act of June 21, 1852.
Mr. Veatch: [288] To provide for the protection and arrest of felons.
Mr. Branham: [289] To provide for the investment of the sinking fund in Indiana five per cent and two and a half per cent stocks.
Mr. Orr: [290] To amend the act for the better protection of religious meetings, agricultural fairs, and other lawful assemblages of the people.
Mr. Bryant: [291] Supplemental to and amendatory of the first section of the act to enable trustees to receive lands and donate and convey the same for the benefit of schools, churches, Masonic and Odd-Fellows' lodges, &c., and for the construction of schoolhouses, churches, &c., approved June 17, 1852.
Mr. Veatch: [292] For the establishment of a State Normal School-[Prepared, he said, by the late Superintendent Rugg.]
