MR. PRESIDENT: We, the undersigned committee, appointed for the purpose of securing the services of a minister to open our daily sessions with prayer, would make the following partial report: We have secured the services of Rev. W. B. Treat for Tuesday morning, January 14, 1879; and that for the remainder of the week we have secured the services of the Rev. William A. Bartlett. We ask time for further report. Respectfully, B. H. BURRELL, Committee. The Lieutenant-Governor appointed as committee on rules Messrs. Taylor and Heffron. On motion of Mr. Sarnighausen, the Senate adjourned. (Approved.) ISAAC P. GRAY, President of the Senate. TUESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 14, 1879. The Senate met at 10 o'clock, with Lieutenant-Governor Gray in the chair, and was opened with prayer by W. F. B. Treat, Senator from the counties of Monroe and Lawrence. The journal of yesterday was read and approved. Mr. Reeve, chairman of the committee on the judiciary, made the following report: MR. PRESIDENT: The committee on the judiciary, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 32, providing for allowing a separate clerk to the committee on the judiciary, have had the same under consideration, and have unanimously instructed me to report the same back to the Senate and recommend its passage. Mr. Sarnighausen introduced the following resolution: Resolved, That the State Librarian be and is hereby instructed to lay upon desks of Senators a copy of the reports of the State officers, for the year ending October 31, 1877. Which was adopted. Mr. Harris offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the Secretary of State be and he is hereby requested to inform the Senate what interest, if any, the State has in the certain lot in the south part of Marion county, Indiana, now occupied by Mrs. Catharine Christian, and, if the State has any interest in or claim against said property, why the same is not enforced. Which was agreed to. Mr. Comstock offered the following resolution: Resolved, That until the committee on rules report, that the Secretary of the Senate shall call the roll by districts for the introduction of bills. Which was agreed to. Mr. Davenport introduced the following resolution: WHEREAS, Since the last session of the Senate it has pleased the Dispenser of life and death to remove from our midst the Hon. Charles Beardsley, late Senator from the county of Elkhart; and WHEREAS, No testimonial of our high regard for the many excellent qualities which characterized our late colleague, or of our unfeigned grief for his loss, is of record; therefore Resolved, That a committee of five Senators be appointed by the President of this body, whose duty it shall be to prepare suitable resolutions of respect for the memory of the deceased, which shall be spread upon the Journal of the Senate, and a copy transmitted by the Secretary thereof to the family of the deceased. Which resolution was adopted, and the President appointed as such committee, Senators Davenport, Weir, Harris, Hefron and Fowler. Mr. Dice introduced the following resolution: Resolved, That the committee on education be requested to furnish for the information of the Senate, the comparative cost of the management of the State University with Asbury University and Wabash College, with the view of making the appropriation to the State University in accordance therewith. Which was agreed to. Mr. Fowler offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the Secretary of the State be and he is hereby requested to furnish the Senate with the nine enrolled amendmentsproposed to the constitution of the State and passed by the last General Assembly. Which was agreed to. Mr. Taylor offered the following Joint Resolution No. 2, entitled' "A Joint Resolution appointing a commission to ascertain what amount of money has been realized as the proceeds of swamp lands. lying within Tipton county; what disposition has been made of such funds, and what liability if any therefor exists against the State." Read the first time and referred to the committee on swamp lands.. Mr. Cadwallader moved that two hundred copies of Senate Bill No. 27 be printed. Which was agreed to. Mr. Garrigus moved that the vote by which Mr. Comstock's resolution was passed be reconsidered. Which was agreed to. Mr. Reeve moved to lay the resolution on the table. Which was agreed to. On motion of Mr. Sarnighausen the Senate resolved itself into a committee of the whole, Mr. Hefron in the chair, for the consideration of the Governor's message. After some time spent therein, the committee rose and reported progress as follows: Resolved, That so much in the Governor's message as refers to the State finances, be referred to the committee on finance; so much as refers to the judicial system, to the committee on the organization of courts; so much as refers to the benevolent and reformatory institutions, to the committee on benevolent and reformatory institutions; so much as refers to the establishment of a board of pardons and to expert evidence, to the committee on the judiciary; so much as refers to education, to the committee on education; so much as refers to the new State House and library, to the committee on public buildings and library; so much as refers to the militia, to the committee on military affairs; so much as refers to agriculture and horticulture, to the committee on agriculture. Which was agreed to. Mr. Grubbs introduced Senate Bill No. 65, entitled "An act defining libel, and to prevent the publication thereof.” Read the first time and referred to the committee on the judiciary.. Mr. Reeve introduced Senate Bill No. 66, entitled "An act to provide for more speedy and efficient discharge of the labor and business in the supreme court, and enable the judges thereof to devote more time to the consideration of legal questions and relieve them of the mere clerkly labor now required of them in the discharge of their duties, by providing clerks for said judges, and fixing compensation for such clerks, and other matters connected therewith." Read the first time and referred to the committee on the judiciary. Mr. Menzies introduced Senate Bill No. 67, entitled "An act to restrain certain animals therein named from running at large, providing penalties for violation of its provisions, providing civil remedies, allowing certain officers fees for taking up such animals and continuing the liability of railroad or railway companies.” Read the first time and referred to the committee on agriculture. Mr. Major introduced Senate Bill No. 68, entitled "An act concerning interest on money." Read the first time and referred to the committee on the judiciary. Mr. Shirk introduced Senate Bill No. 69, entitled "An act for the organization and support of an asylum for feeble-minded children.” Read the first time and referred to the committee on benevolent institutions. Mr. Briscoe introduced Senate Bill No. 70, entitled "An act to amend section 1 of an act entitled an act providing for the redemption of real property or any interest therein sold on execution or order of sale, and providing for the issuing certificates of purchase in such cases and for execution of conveyances, and repealing all laws in conflict herewith, approved June 4, 1861.” Read the first time and referred to the committee on the judiciary. Mr. Leeper introduced Senate Bill No. 71, entitled "An act authorizing justices of the peace to require additional replevin bail in cases where insufficient bail has been taken, and where the replevin bail has become insufficient to secure the payment of the judgment." Read the first time and referred to the committee on the organization of courts. Mr. Hart introduced Senate Bill No. 72, entitled "An act to legalize the official acts of the board of trustees of the town of Boonville, and all other officers of said corporation." Read the first time and referred to the committee on corporations. Mr. Moore introduced Senate Bill No. 73, entitled "An act to declare that aliens may take by descent or devise real and personal property the same as natives, and to repeal conflicting laws." Read the first time and referred to the committee on the judiciary.. Mr. Fowler introduced Senate Bill No. 74, entitled "An act regulating the working of coal mines and declaring a lien upon the works and machinery for work and labor in mining coal, and for the royalty on coal, and providing penalties for the violation thereof, providing for the appointment and qualification of mine inspector and prescribing his duties, and declaring an emergency." Read the first time and referred to the committee on mines. Mr. Wood introduced Senate Bill No. 75, entitled "An act to en-able purchasers at sheriffs' sales, commissioners', executors', administrators' and guardians' sales of real estate in this State, and holders of mortgages, judgment creditors and subsequent purchasers, to perfect the second title of the same, and to make the same evidence of title." Read the first time and referred to the committee on the judiciary.. Mr. Foster introduced Senate Bill No. 76, entitled "An act to amend sections 81 and 82 of an act entitled an act to revise, simplify and abridge the rules, practice, pleadings and forms in criminal actions in the courts of this State, approved June 17, 1852." Read the first time and referred to the committee on the judiciary. Mr. Cadwallader introduced Senate Bill No. 77, entitled "An act. to amend section 354 of an act entitled an act to revise, simplify and abridge the rules of practice, pleadings and forms in civil casesin the courts of this State; to abolish distinct forms of action at law, and to provide for the administration of justice in a uniform mode of pleading and practice, without distinction between law and equity, approved June 18, 1852.” Read the first time and referred to the committee on the judiciary. Mr. Shirk introduced Senate Bill No. 78, entitled "An act to amend section 344 of an act entitled an act to revise, simplify and abridge the rules and practice of pleadings and forms in civil cases in the courts of this State, to abolish distinct forms of action at law, and to provide for the administration of justice in a uniform mode of pleading and practice, without distinction between law and equity, approved June 18, 1852." Read the first time and referred to the committee on the judiciary.. On motion the Senate adjourned until 2 o'clock P. M. |