AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House was called to order at two p.m. by the SPEAKER, who announced the special order, being the consideration of Mr. Heller's motion to reconsider the vote by which Mr. Wilson, of Ripley's bill [H. R. 73] to fix the per diem and mileage of members of the General Assembly at $8 a day, failed for want of the constitutional majority.
Mr. WOODARD moved a call of the House, which was ordered, and 85 members responded to their names.
Mr. BRANHAM moved to dispense with further proceedings under the call; which was agreed to.
Mr. KIMBALL moved to dispense with the special order and take up his railroad bills 151 and 152.
The motion was rejected.
Mr. LENFESTY moved to lay Mr. Heller's motion to reconsider the vote by which the mileage bill [H. R. 73] failed to pass on the table.
Mr. OFFUTT demanded the yeas and nays, which resulted--yeas, 32; nays, 67. So that motion being rejected, the question recurred upon Mr. Heller's to reconsider the per diem bill.
The motion to reconsider was agreed to, and the question again recurred on the final passage of the per diem bill [H. R. 73.] The vote (which was taken without debate) resulted--yeas, 51; nays, 40, as follows:
YEAS--Messrs. Anderson, Baker, Billingsley, Buskirk, Cauthorn, Cobb, Coffman, Cole, Cowgill, Eaton, Edwards of Lawrence, Gifford, Gregory, Gronendyke, Hardesty, Hedrick, Heller, Henderson, Hoyer, Isenhower, Johnson, Jones, Kimball, Lent, Martin, Miller, Odle, Offutt, Ogrlen, Peed, Reeves, Richardson, Riggs, Rumsey, Schmuck, Shirley, Strange, Teeter, Thayer, Thompson of Spencer, Tulley, Walker, Wesner, Willard, Wilson of Ripley, Wood, Woodard, Wolflin, Woollen and the Speaker--51.
NAYS--Messrs. Baxter, Blocher, Branham, Brett, Broadus, Butts, Clark, Claypool, Cline, Crumpacker, Dial, Ellsworth, Eward, Furnas, Givan, Glasgow, Goble, Goudie, Hatch, Hollingsworth, King, Kirkpatrick, Lenfesty, McConnell, McKinney, Mellett, North, Pfrimmer, Reno, Rudder, Satterwhite, Scott, Shutt, Smith, Stanley, Tingley, Thompson of Elkhart, Troutman, Wilson of Blackford, Wynn--40.
So the bill was finally passed the House of Representatives.
RAILROAD RETURNS--TAXATION.
On motion of Mr. KIMBALL, his railroad returns bill [H. R. 151] to amend the act of March 11, 1867, was taken up, the question being on the third reading.
Mr. BRANHAM. All the change proposed to be made in the late law is this: it proposes to change the time of making their reports to the Auditor from the 10th of January to the first Tuesday in February. It also fixes a penalty. Hitherto the law has been without penalty, and the
On motion by Mr. STEELE, this motion was laid on the table.
Mr. NEFF, as a general proposition, was opposed to the creation of new circuits, but was satisfied some relief is needed in the district affected by this bill, and for this reason alone he should favor its passage.
Mr. DWIGGINS demanded the previous question.
The demand was seconded by the Senate, and under its operations the constitutional requirement was not dispensed with--yeas 30, nays 11--two-thirds not voting in the affirmative.
INDIANA UNIVERSITY.
Mr. SCOTT made a motion to suspend the regular order, that the bill [H. R. 37] making an appropriation of $8,000 to pay a deficiency created in 1870 and 1871 by the Indiana University at Bloomington might be taken up.
The motion was agreed to, and accordingly the bill was read the second time.
Mr. TAYLOR moved to amend by adding an appropriation of $100,000 to the Purdue University. He urged the adoption of his amendment, giving reasons therefor, among others, that this would in all probability, be the last time that the Institution will ask for State aid.
This amendment was opposed by Messrs. Dittemore, Orr, Daggy and Harney.
Mr. DAGGY made a motion that the bill and amendments be referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures.
Mr. TAYLOR asked and obtained leave to withdraw his amendment.
page: 254[View Page 254]On motion by Mr. BROWN the motion to recommit the bill was laid on the table.
Mr. SCOTT moved to dispense with the constitutional restriction that the bill may be read the third time now and put upon its passage.
The motion was agreed to by yeas, 34; nays, 10.
Accordingly the bill [H. R. 37] making an appropriation of $8,000 to the Indiana State University at Bloomington, to pay a debt incurred in the years 1870 and 1871, was read the third and last time in the Senate.
Mr. HARNEY declared that he would have to vote against the bill, not because of unfriendliness to the University, but because he opposed the principle embodied in the bill.
Mr. FRIEDLEY of Lawrence [Mr. Dwiggins in the chair] spoke in favor of the bill--hoping it would meet with no serious opposition.
The bill was then finally passed by yeas 37; nays 5, with an amendment of title.
The PRESIDENT pro tem., announced the special order, being Mr. Chapman's drainage bill [S. 88.]
EIGHT DOLLARS A DAY FOR MEMBERS.
On motion by Mr. BROWN its consideration was postponed until two and a half o'clock, p. m., in order that the bill [H. R. 73] increasing the per diem of members $3 may be considered now.
On motion of Mr. DITTEMORE, the bill [H. R. 73] fixing the per diem of members of the General Assembly at eight dollars per day, and five dollars for every twenty-five miles travel, was read the second time.
Mr. DITTEMORE moved to dispense with the constitutional restriction, that the bill may be advanced at once to its final reading, and passed to-day.
Mr. HARNEY understood by the Treasurer that there are over sixty employes in the Senate, and there should be some restriction to this evil placed in this bill.
Mr. BROWN demanded the previous question.
The Senate seconded the demand for the previous question, and under the operation thereof, the motion to dispense with the constitutional restriction was not agreed to--yeas 28, nays 17--two-thirds not voting in the affirmative.
VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS.
Mr. STEELE made a motion to suspend the order of business that the bill [S. 3] to authorize voluntary accociations to borrow money to complete unfinished buildings might be taken up.
The motion was agreed to.
Accordingly the bill [S. 3] to amend section 4 of the act of February 20, 1857, concerning the organization of voluntary associations, and repealing each act repealed by said act, was read the second time.
Mr. STEELE moved for a dispensation of the Constitutional provision that the bill may be passed to its final reading in the Senate.
The motion was agreed to by yeas 41, nays 2.
Accordingly the bill was read the third time and passed by yeas 46, nays 0.
TWENTY-THIRD COMMON PLEAS.
Mr. RHODES made a motion to suspend the regular order that the bill [S. 68] to amend the second section of the act of May 11, 1867, creating the Twenty-third Common Pleas District--affecting the counties of Tippecanoe and Warren, may be read the second time.
The motion was agreed to, and the bill being read--
He moved for a dispensation that the bill may be pressed to the final reading now.
This motion was agreed to by yeas 41, nays 2.
Accordingly the bill was read the third time and passed by yeas 45, nays 0.
Mr. BEARDSLEY, by leave, introduced a bill [S. 145] in relation to the organization of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and regulating the number of assistants to be employed by each of the officers thereof.
[The author says this bill will save $20,000 each session.]
It was read the first time and passed to the second reading.
And then came the recess till two o'clock.
