NEW PROPOSITIONS.
The following described bills were read the first time and referred:
By Mr. O'NEAL: The bill [H. R. 475] for the relief of Allen Luckton, John J. Peter, Henry Edrith and John Holiday, on account of loss of money.
By Mr. RYAN [H. R. 476]: To remove restrictions of commerce by abolishing wharfage and dockage.
By Mr. WILSON [H. R. 477]: To prohibit the infliction of corporal punishment on the person of pupils by the teachers of Common Schools of the State. [Teachers are authorized to expel pupils for habitual idleness or such conduct as would require corporal punishment.]
By Mr. AKIN [H. R. 478]: Concerning the bonds of administrators, executors and guardians. [The bond must be signed by the member and each assurety in the presence of the Clerk of the Circuit Court.]
By Mr. MILES [H. R. 479]: For the relief of Thomas M. Jones and Lawrence S. Shuler. [Amount, $15,000.]
By Mr. BAKER [H. R. 480]: Regulating the publication of Sheriff sales, providing for the notice by the Sheriff--duties, etc., in regard to the same. [Parties concerned in a suit can choose the paper in which a Sheriff's sale is advertised.]
By Mr. BAKER [H. R. 481] for the protection of game. [Prohibiting the killing deer only at specified times of the year.]
By Mr. CARR of White County [H. R. 482] concerning witness fees. [When witness fees are paid in, it is the duty of the County Clerk or Justice of the Peace to notify the claimant. The person notifying shall receive for his service two cents.
By Mr. BERRYMAN [through Mr. Sinclair] the bill [H. R. 483] to amend an act concern Circuit Courts. [The Counties of Clay and Owen to constitute the Fifth Judicial Circuit; Johnson and Morgan Counties the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit; the Counties of Shelby and Marion the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit; the Counties of Hendricks and Putnam the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit.]
