same back; and recommend that the bill be amended by striking out the first section of the bill, and when so amended recommend its passage.
The report was concurred in, and the amendment was adopted.
THE SPECIFIC APPROPRIATIONS.
On motion by Mr. STUDABAKER the pending matter was passed over informally, and the specific appropriation bill [House 69] was read the first and second times by title only under a dispensation of the rules - yeas 39, nays 1 - and referred to the Committee on Finance.
[The bill, House 32, was also included in the motion, and it was read the first and second times by title, and referred to the Committee on Corporations.]
Mr. COBB moved to amend by adding, in the proper place, the following: "And that $5,292 50 be and the same are appropriated to pay Messrs. Talbott & Costigan for private property and fixtures in and about the Northern Prison, such as railroad trucks, brick yards, pitts, brick wheels, blacksmith shop and tools, wheel barrows, wells, pumps, tressels, pikes, spades, mortar beds, stone, sleds, &c., a full catalogue list of which has been furnished the Board of Control, and all of which is now being used by the Board of Control of said prison."
On motion by Mr. MELLETT the amendment was laid on the table.
AUDITOR'S LABOR SAVING BILL.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the House bill, No. 48.
On motion by Mr. NEWCOMB the eighth section of the bill was amended by striking out "forty," and inserting "thirty" cents.
On motion by Mr. WILLIAMS the bill was considered as engrossed, and read the third time. - The bill then failed - yeas 23, nays 17 - for want of a constitutional majority.
THE MILITIA.
Mr. WOLFE, from the Committee on Military Affairs, returned the Military bill [House 63] with sundry amendments, recommending its passage.
The report was concurred in.
OWEN COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT.
On motion by Mr. CONLEY the House amendments to his bill [Senate, No. 24] were read and concurred in.
RATIONS FOR VOLUNTEERS.
Subsequently the House amendments to Mr. March's Quartermaster and Commissary bill [Senate, No. 16] were also concurred in.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Was asked and obtained for Mr. Shoulders during the remainder of the session.
ERRORS IN THE SCHOOL LAW.
Mr. TARKINGTON, from the Committee on Education, returned the House bill No. 24, with an amendment, recommending its passage.
The report was concurred in, and so the amendment was adopted.
On motion by Mr. TARKINGTON the bill was considered as engrossed, read the third time, and finally passed by yeas 26, nays 11.
RAILROADS.
The bill [House, No. 53] was read the first time.
On motion by Mr. Newcomb the rules were suspended - yeas 36, nays 3 - the bill read the second time by its title only; read the third time, and finally passed by yeas 29, nays 9.
The House bill, No. 63, was read the third time.
STREET RAILROADS.
The House amendments to Mr. Newcomb's bill [Senate, No. 28] were concurred in.
The House bill, No. 62, was read the first time, and passed to the second reading.
THE STATE PRISONS.
The prison bill [House, No. 39] was read the first time, and passed to the second reading.
DOCKET FEES.
The Senate refused to concur in the amendments of the House to Mr. March's Docket Fee bill, [Senate, 31.]The House bills, Nos. 67 and 70, were severally read the first time, and passed to the second reading.
DAMAGE TO THE STATE FAIR GROUNDS BY THE VOLUNTEERS.
Mr. WILLIAMS offered the following:
Resolved, By the Senate, the House concurring, that the Governor be authorized to settle with, and pay to the State Board of Agricul-
page: 230[View Page 230]ture for the use of, and damage done to the State Fair Grounds by the troops of the State and the United States, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury appropriated to defray the expenses of the war.
Mr. MARCH made an ineffectual motion to amend by striking out all in the resolution relating to the "use" of the grounds.
The resolution was rejected by yeas 13, nays 24.
ADUANCE PAY TO VOLUNTEERS.
Mr. WHITE offered the following joint resolution, [Senate, No. 10,]:
[This resolution was subsequently withdrawn with the intention of again offering it to-morrow.
Mr. WHITE. Yesterday there was a similar resolution passed, but I understand it does not meet the case. By the resolution which passed yesterday I understand the officers and men each get five dollars. The officers say that is nothing at all. It don't meet their expenses in any shape or manner. The officers, I am told, are compelled to loan a great deal of money to the men. In a few days the wages due them by the government will be ready to be paid in, and this is but a loan to the officers to meet their current expenses.
The resolution was adopted by yeas 27, nays 7.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE SCHOOL FUND.
Mr. LINE, from the Committee on Education, submitted the following:
WHEREAS, The auditors of several counties of the State have failed to make their reports to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction as required by the school law, passed at the last regular session of the General Assembly of Indiana - thereby preventing the Superintendent from making his distribution of the school fund equitably, by the time such distribution was required to be made by law; therefore,
Resolved, That we approve of the delay of the Superintendent in making said distribution until said county auditors have made their reports as required by law.
Resolved, That it is of the highest importance to the educational interests of Indiana, that every public officer connected with the school law, either directly or remotely, should be prompt in the discharge of his official duty.
The resolutions were adopted.
PUBLIC HIGHWAYS.
On Mr. MILLER'S motion the highway bill [H. R. 57] was read the third time.
The bill failed to pass - yeas 15, nays 21 - for want of a constitutional majority, (26.)
The Senate then took a recess till 7 1/2 o'clock.
NIGHT SESSION.
On motion by Mr. CONLEY, the Auditor's labor-saving bill, [H. R. 48] which failed for want of a constitutional majority this afternoon, was again put upon its passage on a recount.
The bill then passed by yeas 26, nays 11.
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS.
The general appropriation bill, [H. R. 60] which also failed for want of a constitutional majority, was taken up and passed by yeas 34 nays 14.
LEGAL PUBLICATIONS.
Mr. March's bill [S. 51] was read the third time and finally passed by yeas 34, nays 2.
THE MILITIA
The militia bill [H. R. 63] was read the third time and passed by yeas 27, nays 14-
Mr. MILLER objecting in a few words: because a clause in the bill made this action look like the Legislature had lost confidence in the Governor.
Mr. DEHART came into the chamber as the vote was being taken and voted without understanding the question. He did not think it right to remain upon the record wrong, and for that reason he moved to reconsider the vote just taken.
On motion by Mr, COBB - yeas 20, nays 19 - this motion was laid on the table. The following is the vote:
YEAS - Messrs. Anthony, Bearss, Carnahan, Cobb, Conley, Dickinson, Ferguson, Johnston, Jones, Line, Lomax, Odell, Bay, Robinson, Shoulders, Slack, Studabaker, Tarkington, Williams, and Wolfe - 20.
NAYS - Messrs. Beeson, Berry, Blair, Claypool, Conner, Craven of Madison, Culver, DeHart, Grubb, Hamilton, March, Mellett, Miller, Newcomb, Steele, Stone, Teegarden, Turner, and White - 19.
SPECIFIC APPROPRIATION BILL.
Mr. STUDABAKER, from the Committee on Finance, returned the specific appropriation bill [H. R. 69] with the usual Senate amendments thereto.
On motion by Mr. CAMPBELL, section 41 of the bill was amended by allowing John W. While $3 extra for serving a writ for the Commissary investigating committee.
Mr. CONNER moved to strike out the section subscribing for six hundred copies of the BREVIER LEGISLATIVE REPORTS.
After debate by Messrs. Conner, Ray, DeHart, Studabaker, Hamilton, March, Wolfe, Cobb and Claypool -
On motion by Mr. COBB, the motion to strike out was laid on table - yeas 30, nays 12 - as follows:
YEAS - Messrs. Anthony, Blair, Carnahan, Claypool, Cobb, Conley, DeHart, Dickinson, Ferguson, Hamilton, Hull, Johnston, Jones, Line, Lomax, Miller, O'Brien, Odell, Bay, Shields, Shoemaker, Shoulders, Slack, Steele, Studabaker, Tarkington, White, Williams, Wilson and Wolfe - 30.
NAYS - Messrs. Bearss, Beeson, Berry, Conner, Craven of Madison, Grubb, March, Mellett, Newcomb, Eobinson, Stone, and Turner - 12.
Mr. NEW COMB moved to reduce the amount and the number of copies one-half.
On motion by Mr. CONLEY, this motion was laid on the table by yeas 29, nays 15 - as follows:
YEAS - Messrs. Anthony, Blair, Carnahan, Claypool,
page: 231[View Page 231]Cobb, Conley, Craven of Madison, DeHart, Dickinson, Ferguson, Hamilton, Hull, Johnston, Jones, Line, Lomax, filler, O'Brien, Ray, Shoemaker, Shoulders, Slack, Steele, Studabaker, Tarkington,Teegarden, White, Williams, and Wolfe - 29.
NAYS - Messrs Bearss, Beeson, Berry, Conner, Culver, Grubb, March, Mellett, Newcomb, Odell, Robinson, Shields, Stone, Turner, and Wilson - 15.
Mr. MARCH moved to reduce the pay of Doorkeepers to $3 per day.
This motion was laid on the table by yeas 22, nays 20.
Mr. MARCH moved to reduce the pay of the pages to $2 per day.
On motion by Mr. CONLEY - yeas 21, nays 20 - this motion was laid on the table.
Mr. RAY made an ineffectual motion to increase the amount to be paid the Secretaries for indexing the journal to $75 each.
On motion by Mr. JOHNSTON, the amount as increased to $50 each.
The other committee amendments were severally concurred in.
Other amendments were made and rejected, when -
Mr. STUDABAKER demanded the previous question.
The demand was seconded by thirty Senators.
The bill then finally passed by yeas 31, nays 10.
PAPER, PENS, PENCILS, ETC.
The PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a report from the State Librarian of the number of sheets of paper, quills, pens, pencils, &c,, drawn by each member and officer.
And then the Senate adjourned.
