WORK FOR COMMITTEES.
The following described Senate bills and a joint resolution was read the first time and severally referred to appropriate Committees.
The bill [S. 135] to legalize the acts and proceedings of the Board of Commissioners of Blackford County, and other persons, in relation to the drainage of wet lands in said County.
The bill [S. 32] to amend Section 2 of an act concerning the organization of voluntary Associations.
The bill [S. 27] to amend Section 1 of an act to provide for the election and qualifications of Justices of the Peace, defining their jurisdiction, powers and duties in civil cases, approved March 9, 1852.
The bill [S. 28] prohibiting the sale of pools.
The bill [S. 36] to amend Section 26 of an act for the settlement of decedent estates.
The bill [S. 44] to amend Section 10 of an act touching contempt of Courts.
The bill [S. 76] authorizing and legalizing the recording of land patents.
The bill [S. 23] to protect the elective franchise.
The joint resolution [S. 2] requesting Indianians in Congress to use their influence toward the repeal of so much of the acts of Congress as confers special jurisdiction upon the Circuit and District Courts of th United States of suits by and against National Banks, resident of the State, without regard to the amount involved in such suit.
The bill [S. 108] to amend Section 3 of an act touching the laying out and treating of towns, streets, public squares, etc.
