FEES OF COUNTY OFFICERS.
The bill [S. 58] to amend section sixteen of the act of March 2, 1855, (raising the fees of jurors to two dollars per day, etc.) was passed to the third reading.
The Senate joint resolution [S. 2] directory to the Auditor of the State, for a list of those county officers who have filed a statement of their fees perquisites and emoluments in obedience to an act of June 3, 1861, coming up on the first reading--
Mr. STEPHENSON said this would impose on the Auditor a large amount of work, that would not avail anything in legislation at this time.
Mr. WILDMAN and Mr. MONROE concurred with Mr. Stephenson. The law under which statements of these fees were to be filed was very defective, and liable to misunderstanding, etc.
Mr. ZOLLARS insisted on the passage of the resolution as demanded by the pressing necessity for retrenchment.
The joint resolution failed in the House for want of a constitutional majority--yeas 45, nays 40--as follows:
YEAS--Messrs. Addison, Admire, Barnett, Beeler, Bobo, Britton, Cory, Cox, Cunningham, Dittemore, Dunn, Fairchild, Field of Lake, Field of Lagrange, Furnas, Gilham, Hamilton, Higgins, Johnston of Montgomery, Johnson of Parke, Johnson of Marshall, Jump, McBride, McFadin, McGregor, Millekan, Miller, Miles, Mitchell, Mock, Montgomery, Neff, Odell, Osborn, Pierce of Vigo, Ruddell, Shoaff, Skidmore, Sleeth, Stewart of Ohio, Vater, Williams of Union, Zenor, Zollars and Mr. Speaker--45.
NAYS--Messrs. Baker, Barritt, Bates, Beatty, Bowen, Breckinridge, Calvert, Carnahan, Cave, Chapman, Chittenden, Davidson, Davis, Fuller, Gordon, Hall, Higbee, Hutchings, Hutson, Hyatt, Lamborn, Logan, Mason, Monroe, Pierce of Porter, Ratliff, Sabin, Shoemaker, Smith, Stephenson, Stewart of Rush, Sunman, Tabor, Underwood, Vardeman, Welborn, Wile, Wildman, Williams of Hamilton and Williams of St. Joseph--40
So the Joint Resolution, [S. 2] failed to pass for the want of a constitutional majority.
Joint Resolution, [S. 3] instracting Senators and requesting Representatives to use their influence to secure relief for Battery F, United States Artillery, that suffered shipwreck on the Pacific coast, July 15, 1868, while being transferred to Alaska, was taken up and passed the final reading--yeas 81, nays 1.
