AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr. FOULKE offered a resolution for a Select Committee of Three to take into consideration a reapportionment of the school fund, with power to report a bill,
It was adopted, and the Committee. Messrs. Foulke, Johnson and Bichowsky, was appointed by the Chair.
NEW PROPOSITIONS.
The following described bills were introduced, read the first time, and severally referred to appropriate Committees, unless otherwise stated:
By Mr. FLEMING (by request) [S. 213]: To enable Counties to more readily obtain judgments page: 148[View Page 148] against officers or other persons who wrongfully obtain moneys, or other thing of value, from any County or the Treasury thereof. [Designating who shall be relator in suits on behalf of a County, exempting such relator from liability for costs, and declaring an emergency. Any taxpayer of such County may, without being liable for costs (unless malicious), institute a suit on the relation of such County for recovery of such money or thing of allowance from the Board of County Commissioners authorized by law, no stay of execution to be allowed on judgment obtained, nor benefit of any valuation or appraisement law be given.]
By Mr. FOULKE [S. 214] appropriating $1,500 to create and enlarge libraries in the State Prisons (North and South) and the Reformatory Institute for Women, [to be expended in equal proportion for each under the direction of the Ex-Convict Aid Society.]
By Mr. RISTINE [S. 215] to amend Section 1 of and act concerning the opening, vacation and change of highways so as to give County Commissioners jurisdiction over the laying out and changing of roads and highways, approved March 5, 1859, being Section 5,105 of the Revised Statutes of 1881. [to amend Section 15, in relation to the petition and voting in change or location of highways] Mr. R says: The act of 1867 amend the law of 1852, when it should have amended the law of 1859. This is to reinstate the section as it is in the Revised Statutes of 1876.
By Mr. FOULKE [S. 216] for the promotion of good behavior of persons convicted of crime, and for the maintenance of better discipline in Prisons, [Any inmate of either of the Penitentiaries or the Reformatory for Women obeying the rules and laboring with diligence and fidelity shall have deducted five days from the period of his sentence for each month, and a portion of his earnings not exceeding one-tenth of the price of convict labor. After one full year as above, the deduction shall be seven days each month. After two years, nine days each month. After three or more years, the deduction shall be ten days for each month. For every violation of the rules and discipline, or for want of fidelity and care in the performance f work, the convict shall not only foreit all gained time and earnings for the month in which the delinquency occurred, but, according to the aggravated nature or frequency of his offense, the Board may deduct a portion or all of his previously earned time or money, or both of them.]
SENATE BILLS ON THE SECOND READING.
Mr. Youche's bill [S. 28] to regulate interest on school funds, was read the second time and laid on the table by concurrence in a Committee report.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Mr. Smith's, of Delaware, bill [S. 58-see page 39 of the Brevier Reports] to regulate weights and measures was read the second time.
Mr. RISTINE understands the act proposed to be amended by this bill is void and not in the Revised Statutes of 1881, consequently, it can not be amended now.
Mr. SMITH was understood to say he found it in the code.
Mr. DAVIDSON recollected the bill was voted down in the Senate two years ago when he made some remarks on the Question.
Mr. HILLIGASS moved to insert "68" instead of "70" pounds with reference to the weight of corn.
Mr. SMITH stated the object of this bill was to make the legal weight of corn seventy pounds in order to conform to the custom of neighboring States. There is no loss to the farmer, because the difference is always taken from them in price.
Mr. MARVIN did not know of a warehouse dealer but desired the change made to seventy pounds.
Mr. WHITE believed his people preferred the standard as the law now provides.
Mr. HILLIGASS also preferred the standard should remain as the law now fixes it. Men in the business are the only ones favoring a change. Farmers are not.
Mr. DUNCAN believed only warehouse-men are clamoring for this change. It was not the farmers He favored sixty-eight pounds to the bushel in the in few it of his own corn-raising district.
Mr. MARVIN, as one farmer and as a Senator, should favor the proposed increase.
Mr. GRAHAM was sure the price would correspond with the number of pounds to the bushel, and to secure uniformity he favored the bill as introduced.
Mr. SMITH stated it to be the universal desire of both trading men and farmers that seventy pounds should be the legal standard, to correspond with adjoining States, as they are accustomed to doing now.
Mr KEISER, having no expression from his people, would favor the present standard and oppose a change. The yeas and nays were ordered on the adoption of the amendment (Mr. Hilligass'), and being ordered and taken, resulted-yeas, 21; nays, 1.
No quorum voting-
Mr. Willard demanded a call of the Senate, which discovered 29 Senators present and answering to their names.
An ineffective motion was made to adjourn.
After a time-no other Senator appearing-
The Senate adjourned.
