POOR FARM SUPERINTENDENT.
Mr. Compton's bill [H. R. 292] to amend Section 31 of an act for the relief of the poor, approved June 9, 1852, was read the third time.
Mr. COMPTON said there is no change in the old law except that Superintendents of the Poor Farm are required to give a bond of $1,000. It also give the County Commissioners discretionary power to raise the bond from $1,000 to $5,000.
The bill passed--yeas, 69; nays, 0.