MUSTER ROLLS.
Mr. SMITH offered the following:
Whereas, the muster rolls of eleven Indiana Regiments of the war of 1861 are now kept in the Adjutant General's office on sheet paper in a torn and disordered condition, and are liable to be totally destroyed; therefore
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring therein, That the Adjutant General is hereby authorized to purchase the necessary book or books in which to make a registration of said rolls, and shall have said record made as soon as possible.
On motion by Mr. BROWN, it was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
On motion by Mr. SPANN, Mr. Bundy's bill [S. 50] to legalize the incorporation of the town of New Castle, in Henry County, was read the second time.
On motion by Mr. BUNDY, the Constitutional restriction was suspended, by yeas, 39; nays, 2, and his bill [S. 50] was considered as engrossed, read the third time, and passed by the Senate by yeas, 39; nays, 4.
On motion, it was ordered that when the Senate adjourns it adjourn till to-morrow at 10 o'clock.
On motion by Mr. COFFEY, his bill [S. 41] changing the time of holding Courts in Bartholomew and Brown Counties, was read the second time, the Committee report concurred in, and ordered engrossed for the third reading.
On motion by Mr. GARRIGUS, his bill [S. 165] to legalize the Kokomo, Greentown and Jerome Gravel Road Company, was read the second time, the Committee report concurred in, and ordered engrossed for the third reading.
On motion by Mr. HENRY his bill [S. 151] to amend Section 7 of the act providing for the incorporation of Building and Loan Associations so that the loan may be repaid at any time, was read the second time, the report of the Committee concurred in and the bill ordered engrossed for the third reading.
On motion by Mr. HART, his bill [S. 37].to amend Sections 49 and 53 of the property amendment act of December 21, 1872, was made the special order for to-morrow at 10 o'clock.
On motion of Mr. SPANN, Mr. WILSON'S bill[S. 131] to amend Section 16 of an act providing for the incorporation of Companies for the purpose of constructing bridges for railway or common roadway purposes, or both, over rivers and page: 90[View Page 90] streams forming the boundaries of the State or a part thereof, approved March 2, 1875, so as to enable cities to indorse and guarantee the bonds of such Bridge Companies, etc., was read the second time, the Committee report concurred in and ordered engrossed.
On motion by Mr. KAHLO, his bill [S. 108] to amend Section 3 of an act touching the laying out and vacating towns, streets, alleys, public squares and grounds, or any part thereof, the making out and recording of plots, etc., approved May 20, 1852, and to legalize the acknowledgement of plots of cities and town plots, and of additions thereto and the records of the same, was read the second time, and the report of the Committee thereon concurred in.
Mr.GRUBBS explained that the present law requires plots to be acknowledged before Justices of the Peace or Recorders, while this bill proposes simply to change so that these plots can be acknowledged before any officer authorized to take acknowledgement of deeds; and in addition it proposes to legalize the record of certain tracts or plots acknowledged before notaries public.
The bill was ordered engrossed.
Mr. MENZIES moved to reconsider the road by which Mr. Wilson's bridge bond city guarantee bill [S. 131] was ordered to be engrossed for the third reading. He thought the Senate was going at too much of a break-neck speed with important legislation. This bill may grant extraordinary powers to cities, and its provisions should be carefully scrutinized before it is put beyond the reach of amendment by ordering its engrossment.
Messrs. Spann and Garrigus demanded the yeas and nays on this motion, which, being ordered and taken, resulted--yeas, 27; nays, 4.
No quorum voting--
On motion, the Senate adjourned till to-morrow at 10 o'clock, under an order adopted heretofore.
