AFTERNOON SESSION.
The following described bills were introduced, read the first time and referred:
By Mr. CARTER [H. R. 525]: To amend Sections 1 and 7 of an act in relation to the formation of limited partnerships.
By Mr. McDOWELL [H. R. 526]: Requiring County Treasurers to account for interest received or promised to be given, and the disposition to be made of such interest. [Such interest to be paid into the County Treasury as a County fund to be used for the repair and construction of roads, bridges, etc.]
BUREAU OF STATISTICS.
Mr. Kenner's bill [H. R. 232] to establish a Bureau of Statistics for the collection and dissemination of facts concerning agriculture, manufacturing, mining, emigration, transportation, social and sanitary conditions, etc., was read the third time.
Mr. KENNER said--The Bureau of Statistics under this amendment will be of inestimable value to the State of Indiana.
The bill passed--yeas, 66; nays, 14.
INCORPORATIONS.
Mr. HUSTON's bill[H. R. 420] concerning corporations, was read for the third time.
Mr. FRAZIER said it merely corrects other acts on the subject of corporations for the purpose of getting it all together; the several laws on the subject of corporations is compiled in one. There is no radical change from the law as it now stands.
The bill passed--yeas, 68; nays, 8.
CRIMINAL COURTS.
Senator Comstock's bill [S. 276], concerning Criminal Courts, was read the third time.
Mr. MORGAN moved to amend the bill--Section 8--by adding the following: "Provided, however, that the said Criminal Court in Vigo County shall cease to exist after the third Monday in November, 1882."
Mr. MORGAN--The bill before the House was prepared by the Revision Commission, codifying in one law the various statutes creating Criminal Courts in Allen, Marion and Vigo Counties, and repealing the laws at just creating these Courts. The Governor has first approved the House bill 17, creating in Vigo County a Superior Court and abolishing the Criminal Court after the third Monday in November, 1882. If this bill be passed as it is now, being the latest statute, it will in effect repeal the clause in House Bill 17, abolishing the Vigo Criminal Court on and after November, 1882. In other words, it will give us three Court in Vigo County to continue indefinitely, while the law which we have just passed, and has been signed by the Governor, give us three Courts only until November, 1882. Therefore I hope no gentleman will vote against the amendment.
The amendment was adopted, considered as engrossed, and the bill passed--yeas, 69; nays, 2.
CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE.
Mr. FLOOD'S bill [H. R. 377] regulating the presentation of claims to the General Assembly [to file an itemized statement verified by affidavit with the State Auditor] was read the third time. He said the object of this bill is simply to revise the methods by which these claims which are brought to the attention of the Legislature, may be put in shape, that this body may have the evidence necessary to form correct conclusions in the consideration of such claims.
The bill passed--yeas, 56; nays, 11.
L. S. SHULER AND T. R. JONES.
Mr. Carter's bill [H. R 479] for the relief of Lawrence S. Shuler and Thomas R. Jones was read the third time.
Mr. CARTER said some years ago a judgment was rendered in the Clarke Circuit Court, against Shuler and his bondsman, and in the absence of Shuler the other parties agreed to pay $1,500, and the further agreement was made that the remaining bondsmen, who were then still living, would make the amount $300 each. The two bondsmen who were there and made the agreement have paid theirs and the other one is not able to pay it. Mr. Shuler is himself absolutely paralyzed. It is also claimed if Shuler had been there that judgment would not have been rendered against them.
The SPEAKER (Mr. Ridpath)--This is a matter which affects one of my constituents. This bill is to release two gentlemen from the liability of a judgment. As a legal proposition, the credits on the bond have been already released, from the fact that two parties to the judgment have paid their part of the judgment by an agreement with page: 153[View Page 153] the Attorney General, and the other part of the judgment was not a part of the agreement. Old man Jones lives over in my District. He is old and unable to pay the judgment.
The bill passed--yeas, 71; nays, 1.
BILLS PASSED.
Mr. Frazer's bill [H. R. 443] to legalize the incorporation of the town of Syracuse, Kosciusko County, was read the third time and passed--yeas, 71; nays, 1.
The bill [S. 374] to legalize the proceedings of the Board of Trustees of the town of Bedford was read the second time by title, the third time by sections and passed--yeas, 76; nays, 0.
POLYGAMY.
Mr. Edwins offered a joint resolution that our Senators and Representatives in Congress be requested to use their influence to secure the passage of a law to prohibit polygamy in any of the States or Territories of the United States, as this body looks upon it, as not only unchristian, but grossly revolting in its tendency.
On motion by Mr. MEREDITH, the resolution was referred to the Committee on Federal Relations.
CITY MARSHALS.
On motion by Mr. GIBSON, the bill [S. 232] defining the jurisdiction and powers of allowing City Marshals certain fees in addition to their salary, was read the second time, the third time by sections and passed-yeas, 74; nays, 8.
COMMON CARRIERS.
Mr. Gillum's bill [H. R. 382 to regulate the carrying of baggage, packages, freight by railroads, steamboats, canal-boats, Express Companies, hack and stage lines and other common carriers, was read the third time and passed--yeas, 74; nays, 0.
BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS.
Mr. Gregory's bill [H. R. 387] to create a Board of Visitors for the Benevolent, Penal and Reformatory Institutions, to examine into management, conditions, etc., was read the third time and passed--yeas, 53; nays 35.
Then the House adjourned.
