AFTERNOON SESSION.
On motion of Mr. MAY the House amendments to the bill [S. 121] to legalize the acts of a certain voluntary association in Vauderburgh County were concurred in.
OVERSTREET AND JOHNS0N CONTEST.
Mr. SAYRE offered a resolution, which was adopted, that the Johnson vs. Overstreet contest case be and the same is hereby made a special order before the Senate for to-morrow at 10 o'clock a. m , and that at 4 o'clock p. m a vote shall be taken as if the Senate was operating under the previous question, and that no other business until 4 o'clock p. m. shall be considered, except by unanimous consent.
GRAVEL ROADS.
On motion by Mr. RAHM, his bill [S. 187] to amend Sections 1 and 3 of the repair of turnpike road act-being Sections 5,104 and 5,106 of the Revised Statutes of 1881]-was read the second time by title, considered engrossed, under a suspension of the rules by a two-thirds vote, read the third time and passed by yeas, 34; nays, 1.
Mr. RAHM explaining the bill strikes out, the sixty days, so any County can avail itself of the present law to make a small levy to keep gravel roads in repair. It is much needed in the southern part of the State where the floods have badly washed many roads.
REVISION-COMMITTEE CLERKS
Mr. BENZ introduced a bill [S. 291] supplement al to an act concerning the publication of the Revised Statutes of iy81, [to authorise the Auditor of State to draw his amounts in favor of Cyrus T. Nixon and Orson M. Tyler for a per diem equal to two dollars per day for extra work as clerks, and George H. Cleming as proof reader-making the pay of clerks five dollars and of proof reader seven dollars per day for the term actually employed on the Revision Committee.] It was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
OBSTRUCTIONS IN STREAMS.
On motion of Mr. ADKISON the bill [H. R. 351] to provide for the removal of mill dams and other obstructions from water courses to prevent the overflow of lands, and declaring an emergency, was tinder a suspension of the Constitutional rule by a two-thirds vote read the second time by title only, the third time by sections.
page: 275[View Page 275]Mr. ADKIS0N explaining the author of the bill stated to him there are several old dilapidated mill dams, and there are no means under the present law by which the mills or dams could be removed. This law is to remedy that defect.
Mr. SAYRE suggested objections.
Mr. HENRY could gee no need of this bill being enacted into a law. Why multiply these kinds of laws and thus make a conflict? There is nothing in the bill requiring it to be taken as a cumulative remedy.
Mr. VOYLES desired to know the effect of the provisions of the bill.
Mr. BUNDY replied that by its operations where there is a dam by a mill site, there would soon be no mill by a dam site [Laughter.]
On motion by Mr. ADKISON the bill was referred to the Committee on Swamp Lands, which Committee subsequently reported an amendment, making the bill supplementary to the drainage law.
The amendment was agreed to, and the bill passed by yeas, 30; nays. 19.
LOCAL BILLS.
Mr. FLETCHER introduced a bill [S. 292] to pay I. F. & W. L. Talbott $4,439 79 for paving in front of the State's property on Meridian street, which was read twice by title only, the third time and passed by yeas, 37; nays, 5-under a suspension of the rules.
On motion by Mr. WHITE the bill [S. 217] to authorize the Willard Library of Evansville to sell certain real estate, was read the second time by title, under a suspension of the Constitutional rule, considered as engrossed, read the third time and passed by yeas, 38; nays, 2.
On motion by Mr. MARVIN the House amendments to his bill [S. 167] to create the Forty-third Circuit-the amendment changing the number to Forty-fifth Judicial Circuit.
THE DOG LAW.
On motion by Mr. WILLARD a favorable report from the Finance Committee on the bill [H. R. 61] providing for the taxing of dogs, was concurred in. The bill was read the third time and passed by yeas,-; nays,-.
Mr. WILLARD said the present dog law has proved very unpopular. Now dogs by hundreds are umtagged and untaxed, the law being practically a dead letter. The provision will come in 1884. As the owner has been taxed doubly, the law has an emergency clause so the assessment will be made this spring, as was in the old law previous to 1881. Then the Assessors did not practically carry out and enforce the law. If the Assessor knows the man assessed has not listed his dog the Assessor is fined $5, it is a doubtful question whether a tagged dog can be killed under any circumstances, but this law allows that where the dog is known to have killed or maimed a sheep. Unless a law of this kind is passed within a year there will not be a penny of revenue derived from this source.
The bill passed by yeas, 30; nays, ll.
On motion by Mr. SPANN the Senate concurred in the amendments to the bill [S. 196] which gives more time to a Court in his District,
FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES.
On motion by Mr. Magee his bill [S. 273] concerning foreign Insurance Companies-authorizing service of legal process upon Insurance Companies doing business inside of the State of Indiana-was read the second time by title only, the Committee amendments agreed to, and made a dispensation of the Constitutional restriction by ft two-thirds vote the m was read the third time and passed by yeas, 36; nays, 1-to take effect forty days after its passage.
On motion by Mr. GRAHAM his bill [S. 275] to require certain officers to keep cash books, was read the third time and passed by yeas, 85; nays, 1.
Mr. VOYLES, favoring its passage: It is due to the public that items of money paid in and paid out should be set down in writing.
STATE UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT.
On motion by Mr. Duncan the bill [H. R. 256] to provide a fund for the permanent endowment of the State University was read the first time and referred to a Special Committee of Five, with instructions to report at - o'clock to-morrow. The Committee is made to consist of Messrs, Duncan, Magee, Spann, Bell and White.
SCHOOL FUND.
On motion by Mr. JOHNSON the Constitutional rule was dispensed with by a two-thirds vote, and his bill [S. 206] to require County Auditors to quarterly advertise the amount of school fund remaining unloaned in his office, was read the second time by title only, Committee amendments agreed to, the bill considered as engrossed, and passed by yeas, 36; nays. 4.
Mr. JOHNSON was sure the provisions in this bill will prove very advantageous to the school fund. A number of Counties are now complaining that the school fund can not be loaned, when by advertising in all probability borrowers could be found.
AMENDMENT TO THE RULES.
Mr. VOYLES offered the following as a new section to the Senate rules and as an amendment to said rules, and gave notice that on to-morrow, March 2, he will move its adoption:
Section 61. That whenever the Senate shall be notified that any bill that originated in the House and that has passed both branches of this General Assemlby, and that has been delivered to the Governor, and that has by him been returned to the House in which it originated with his objections thereto, and that has been by such House reconsidered and passed over such veto of the Governor, all debate, upon whatever subject or question, shall at once cease, and all other business shall be suspended, and the Senate shall at once, as if the Senate was operating under the previous question, proceed to consider whether such bill shall pass, notwithstanding such veto of the Governor.
LOCAL BILLS.
On motion by Mr. Bell the Constitutional rule was dispensed with by a two-thirds vote, and the bill [H. R. 230] to legalize the sale of certain real estate in Connersville to Edward F. Claypool, was read the second time by title, the third time by sections, and passed by yeas, 32; nays, 8.
On motion by Mr. Foulke the bill [H. R. 366] to abolish the Maple Grove Cemetery, of Richmond, was read twice by title, the third time by sections, and passed under a suspension of the Constitutional rules by yeas, 39; nays, 0.
On motion by Mr. Smith, of Jay, the bill [S. 280] contemplating a change in the County lines of Grant, Blackford, Warren and Fountain Counties, was read the second time with a majority report favorable, and a minority report recommending its indefinite postponement. Pending the consideration of which the Senate adjourned.
