COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Mr. BROWN, by leave, returned from the Judiciary Committee the Wayne county county seat bill [H. R. 227] with a recommendation that it go upon the files.
Also that the bill [S. 134] to give the Prosecuting Attorney the opening and close in criminal cases, be laid on the table because a House Bill pending accomplishes the same result.
Also that the bill [S, 161] upon the subject of postponing the collection of rail- page: 332[View Page 332]road taxes, in certain cases, be laid on the table, because the same is covered by other bills now pending.
Also that the bill [S. 180] to revise, simplify and abridge the rules of pleading and practice in civil cases, be passed.
Also that the bill ]H. R. 385] to authorize aid to railroads by counties and townships, be passed.
Also that the bill [H. R. 7] providing that; Justices of the Peace shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction in certain cases of misdemeanors be laid on the table.
The reports were concurred in.
