same under consideration, and instruct me to recommend that it do not pass. WILCOX, Chairman. Mr. Parker, from the Committee on Schools, submitted the following report: Your Committee on Schools, to whom was referred the resolution of inquiry "whether any further legislation is necessary to secure to all, without distinction of color, the right to have their children educated in the public schools," beg leave to present the following report, adopted unanimously: The Constitution of this State contains the following language, not easily misunderstood: "The Board of Education SHALL provide for the education of ALL the youths of the State." The laws of this State are in harmony with the constitution. We think additional legal requirements can not secure educational privileges to all any more efficiently than the present law now does, since the exclusion of any youth of this State from such privileges on the ground of color, is already as truly a violation of law as is theft or murder. PARKER, Chairman. Mr. Hunter, from the Committee on Printing, submitted the following report: The Committee on Printing, to whom was recommitted House File No. 18, A bill for an act to provide for the printing and distribution of certain Adjutant-General's Reports, with instructions to inquire into the expense of printing and binding the same, beg leave to report as follows: First. That the work contemplated by the bill embraces only alterations, additions and corrections to reports previously published and distributed, and will make a pamphlet of not over one hundred pages. Second. That the cost of printing and binding (in paper) will cost from twenty to twenty-five cents a volume. HUNTER, Chairman. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. Mr. Grantham introduced House File No. 157, A bill for an act to amend so much of the revenue laws as requires each tax levied to be carried out in separate columns on the tax books, and for the repeal of that part of the school laws which authorize the levy of enb-district taxes. Read first and second time and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Brown of Fayette, introduced House File No. 158, A bill for an act to amend chapter 172 of the acts of the Ninth General Assembly. Read first and second time and referred to the Committee on Schools. Mr. Werner asked leave to take up Senate File No. 8, A bill for an act to amend section one of chapter 36, of the acts of the Eleventh General Assembly of the State of Iowa, entitled "An act to annex the township of Charlestown in the county of Lee, to the townships of Jackson, Montrose, Des Moines and Van Buren in said county, for judicial purposes, which was granted. Mr. Wilson of Dubuque moved that the rule be suspended and the bill read a third time now. The motion prevailed, and the bill was read a third time. Upon the question "Shall the bill pass?" the yeas and nays were as follows: The yeas were Messrs. Allen, Atkins, Babbitt, Bailey, Ballinger, Bent, Bowen, Brown of Fayette, Brown of Van Buren, Chase, Cotton, Cramer, Dashiell, Davis, Donavan, Dudley, Ellis, Fulton, Garrett, Gaylord, Glasgow, Goodspeed, Grantham, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hartsock, Hatch, Hawthorn, Hunter, Johnson of Cherokee, Johnson of Marshall, Kassou, Kelley, Kilburn, Lambert, Leach, Leffingwell, Lockwood, Longueville, McKean, McNutt, Mechem, Miles, Miller, Morrison, Murray, Newberry, Ordway, Parker, Peck, Phillips, Ramsay, Rees, Rippey, Rohlfs, Rowell, Sanborn, Smith of Dickinson, Smith of Harrison, Sheldon, Stone, Stuart, Tenney, Tillson, Traer, Tritz, Tucker, Walling Werner, Wheeler, Wilcox, Williams, Wilson of Davis, Wilson of Dubuque, Wilson of Tama, Wright, and Mr. Speaker-77. The nays were none. Absent and not voting. Messrs. Adams, Atwood, Bauder, Blackwell, Bolton, Brown of Howard, Browne of Lee, Burnett, Burrows, Caldwell, Craig, Criss, Hart, Hayden, Irish, Knapp, McCoun, Orr, Perry, Rector, Stanley, and Trusdell - 22. So the bill passed, and the title was agreed to. RESOLUTIONS. Mr. Babbitt offered the following resolution: WHEREAS, It is understood that there is pending before Congress a proposition to remove and permanently re-locate the seat of government of the United States: and WHEREAS, Said contemplated removal and re-location is a matter which vitally concerns the inhabitants of the Western States and Territories, and more especially the inhabitants of the Missouri River Valley and the States and Territories tributary thereto : and WHEREAS, It is generally believed that if the contemplated removal and re-location is to be made, the interests and wishes of the whole country will be best consulted and regarded by making the said re-location at a point as near the geographical center of the country as the same can be properly and consistently made: and WHEREAS, The city of Council Bluffs, located on the Western verge of the State of Iowa, is about mid-way on the line of travel between New York, Baltimore or Boston and San Francisco, and in the heart of the great Missouri River Valley, about mid-way between New Orleans and Fort Benton, the head of navigation on said river, which indicates that Council Bluffs occupies a central geographical position with reference to the States, Territories, and newly acquired possessions of the Union, which can not be claimed for any other point of equal or like accessibility: and WHEREAS, Council Bluffs is the eastern terminus of the great Union Pacific Railroad, and the designated point for the location. and construction of the Union Pacific Railroad bridge, over the Missouri River, the terminus of the great Northwestern Railway, the terminus of the Sioux City branch of the Union Pacific Railroad, the terminus of the great American Central Railroad, the terminus of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, the terminus of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, the terminus of the Mus atine, Oskaloosa and Council Bluffs Railroad, the terminus of the Chilicothe and Missouri River Railroad, which connects with the North Missouri Railroad, and it is the initial point of the Council Bluffs and St. Joseph Railroad, all of which roads do or will connect with the great Union Pacific Railroad at Council Bluffs: and WHEREAS, this elaborate net work of railways, connecting with all railroads in the country now running, or designed, gives Council Bluffs such prominence as demands attention; and WHEREAS, the site of the city of Council Bluffs, located as it is, midway between the Atlantic and Pacific sea-boards, on the recog nized international highway of the two oceans, and occupying a central position between the Gulf of Mexico and the great Lakes of the North, must very soon become the most important railway and river center on the American Continent, rendering it easy of access at all times to the people's representatives, and from its geographical location a more than Gibraltar to the country's enemies; Therefore Be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That our Senators be instructed, and our Representatives in Congress be requested, in case of the removal of the Capitol of the United States from Washington City, and its re-location at some other point, to use their utmost exertions to have fairly presented before the Congress of the United States, the great natural and artificial advantages, beauty and healthfulness of the city of Council Bluffs, and if not deemed by them, incompatible with the interests of the people and the Union, that they be instructed and requested, to vote for the permanent location of the Capitol of this Nation, at Council Bluffs." And be it further Resolved, That the Secretary of State, be requested to forward an authenticated copy of this preamble and resolution to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress. Mr. McNutt moved to amend by striking out "Council Bluffs" wherever it occurs, and insert in lieu thereof "Muscatine." Mr. Kasson moved to refer the resolution and amendment to the Committee on Federal Relations. Mr. Lambert moved to postpone until the 4th day of July, which motion did not prevail. The motion to refer to the Committee on Federal Relations prevailed. Mr. Sanborn offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the Judiciary Committee be requested to examine, and, if necessary, report a bill extending the provisions of section 3277, of Revision of 1860, in regard to an indemnifying bond in case of execution to writs of attachment; also, to secure sheriff's costs in said cases. Mr. Rowell moved that the resolution be referred back to its author, with instructions to draw up a bill. The motion did not prevail. The resolution was then adopted. Mr. Williams offered the following resolution which was adopted: Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to incorporate in the general appropriation bill, the sum of seventy-five dollars, to pay for the translation of the Governor's Biennial Message into the German, Norwegian, Holland and Bohemian languages. Mr. Tritz offered the following resolution, which was referred to the Committee on Federal Relations: At a regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Jackson county, Iowa, held on the first Mouday of January, 1868, the following resolution was offered by James Dunn, and made the order of the Board: WHEREAS, The American Colonies declared their independence in 1776, of the British King and his tyranical government and compelled by the sword his acknowledgment in 1783, of their sovereignty and independence as one of the sovereign nations of the world under the name of the United States of America. AND WHEREAS, in 1812 the United States of America found it necessary to again declare war against the British King and his government to protect the persons of naturalized American citizens upon the high seas from the tyranical and arbitrary assumptions by the British Government of the right to search American vessels for, and seize the persons of naturalized citizens and compel them to bear arms to protect and defend what they despised. British tyranny-which terminated in a glorious and complete triumph of the American arms at New Orleans, January 8th, 1815, under that great statesman, patriot and hero "Old Hickory," himself of Irish parentage. AND WHEREAS, the British Government now claim and put in force the right to hang naturalized American citizens of Irish birth, having recently executed as traitors a large number for acts done and language spoken upon American soil. Therefore, be it Resolved, That it is the duty of the United States government to signify to the English authorities that expatriation is the natural and inherent right of every person, and that such right is fully recognized by this government; that this government also recognizes to the fullest extent the right of every person to renounce his allegiance to any government of which he may be a subject or citizen and become the subject or citizen of any other government, being subject to all the rights and privileges thereof, thus completely severing his connection with the former and annuling any and all claims which it may have had upon him. Resolved, That thie Board forward a copy of the above to our Senator and Reprentatives in the Legislature, asking that Congress be memoralized upon the subject. I, E. J. Holmes, clerk of the Board of Supervisors in and for Jackson county, State of Iowa, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a resolution passed by said board at their January Term, 1868. SEAL. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my name and the seal of said county. Done at Andrew, this 24th day of January, A. D. 1868. E. J. HOLMES, Clerk B. S. Mr. Wilson of Dubuque, offered the following resolution : Resolved, That in view of the condition of business on the Speaker's table, this House will, from and after the February, hold two sessions per day until otherwise ordered. day of Mr. Grantham moved to fill the blank with "5th," which motion prevailed. The resolution was then adopted. Messages on the Speaker's table were taken up. Senate File No. 64, A bill for an act to authorize the Governor to release lands certified to the State by the Secretary of the Interior, was read a first and second time. Mr. Kilburn moved that the rule be suspended, and the bill be read a third time now. The motion prevailed, and the bill was read a third time. Upon the question, "Shall the bill pass?" the yeas and nays were as follows: Messrs. Allen, Atkins, Babbitt, Bailey, Ballinger, Bent, Bowen, Brown of Fayette, Brown of Van Buren, Burrows, Chase, Cotton, Cramer, Dashiell, Davis, Donavan, Dudley, Ellis, Fulton, Gaylord, Glasgow, Goodspeed, Grantham, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hartsock, |