NEW PROPOSITIONS.
The following described bills were introduced, read the first time, and severally referred to appropriate Committees, except those from the Revision of Laws Commission, which were passed to the second reading.
By Mr. COMSTOCK, for the Committee on Revision of Laws, [S. 168]: To amend an act amendatory of the eleventh section of the act touching the relation of guardian and ward, approved March 9, 1867.
By Mr. COMSTOCK, from the same Committee, [S. 169]: To amend an act defining who are persons of unsound mind, authorizing the appointment of guardians of such persons, defining the duties of such guardians; declaring void the acts of persons of unsound mind and providing for their restraint when necessary, approved May 29, 1852. [If the court shall be satisfied by the testimony in open Court of a reputable physician that that such person alleged to be of unsound mind can not, without injury to his health, be produced in court, his personal appearance may be dispensed with.]
By Mr. RAHM [S. 170]:Authorizing the Auditor of State and county Auditors to satisfy mortgages in part, of release a part of mortgaged premises, on payment of the full proportion of the sum secured by such mortgage.
By Mr. SPANN [S. 171]: To authorize any Railroad Company in this State to lease or purchase a part or all of the lines of another railroad constructed or in process of construction, when the lines are continuous or connected, and not competing, etc.
By Mr. WOOD [S. 171]: Defining the powers of Court in certain cases, and providing for the appointment of attorneys to defend poor criminals, etc. [Such person as the defendant may choose, the court to grant resonable compensation.]
By Mr. BENZ [S. 173]: To amend Section 5 of the act creating the Forty-second Judicial Circuit.
By Mr. CHAPMAN [S. 174]: Limiting the time for redemption by junior incumbrances from sales upon foreclosure of mortgages in certain cases- barred after five years.
By Mr. HENRY [S. 175]: For the relief of the estate of a deceased Trustee from a judgment on bond.
