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MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE.

The following messages was received from the House.

MR. PRESIDENT-I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House herewith returns Senate file No. 4 as was requested by the Senate.

Also:

I. K. WILSON,

Chief Clerk.

MR. PRESIDENT-I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House has passed Joint Resolution No. 3, in which the concurrence of the House was asked, relative to the construction of a canal from the Misssssippi river to the Illinois river at Hennepin, in the State of Illinois.

Also:

I. K. WILSON,
Chief Clerk.

MR. PRESIDENT—I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House has passed Senate file No. 14, in which the concurrence of the House was asked: A bill for an act to repeal chapter 62 of the acts of the Twentyfourth General Assembly, and to provide for the publication and distribu tion of the report of the Iowa Academy of Sciences.

Also:

I. K. WILSON,

Chief Clerk.

MR. PRESIDENT—I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House has passed Joint Resolution No. 7 in which the concurrence of the House was asked: Relative to a bill to limit the effect of commerce between the several states and with foreign countries in certain cases.

I. K. WILSON,
Chief Clerk.

Leave of absence was granted Senators Conaway and Gorrell until Monday next.

Senator Phelps moved that Senate file No. 100 be passed and that it retain its place on the calendar.

Carried.

Substitute for Senate file No. 18, "a bill for an act to amend chapter 48 of the acts of the Twenty-second General Assembly, relating to elections held within cities and the registration of voters therein," was taken up and read first and second times.

Senator Waterman moved that the rules be suspended, the bill be considered engrossed, and read a third time now.

Carried.

Senator Andrews moved that the reading just finished be considered the third reading.

Carried.

On the question, "Shall the bill pass?" the yeas were:

Senators Andrews, Baldwin, Boardman, Carpenter, Chantry, Cheshire, Conaway, Craig, Downey, Eaton, Everall, Funk, Garst, Gorrell,

Green, Groneweg, Harmon, Harsh, Henderson, Hurst, Jamison, Jewett, Kilburn, Lehfeldt, Lewis, Mattoon, Oleson, Palmer, Penrose, Perrin, Perry, Phelps, Rea, Reynolds Riggen, Rowen, Turner, Upton, Vale, Waterman, Yeomans-42.

The nays were:

None.

Absent or not voting:

Bishop, Brower, Dent, Ellis, Finn, Hipwell, Kelly, Terry-8.

So the bill passed and the title was agreed to.

Senator Phelps, from the special committee to visit the Soldiers' Home at Marshalltown, filed a report.

Ordered printed and passed on file.

Senator Rea moved to take up Senate file No. 27, a bill for an act to repeal chapter 103 of the acts of the Twenty-first General Assembly of the State of Iowa, relating to release of judgments, mortgages, etc. Carried.

Senator Rea moved that the amendments of the committee be adopted:

Carried.

Senator Rea moved that the rules be suspended, the bill be considered engrossed and read a third time now.

Carried.

On the question, "Shall the bill pass?" the yeas were:

Senators Andrews, Baldwin, Bishop, Brower, Carpenter, Chantry, Cheshire, Conaway, Craig, Downey, Eaton, Everall, Finn, Funk, Garst, Gorrell, Green, Groneweg, Harmon, Harper, Harsh, Henderson, Hurst, Jamison, Jewett, Kelly, Kilburn, Lehfeldt, Lewis, Mattoon, Oleson, Palmer, Penrose, Perrin, Perry, Rea, Reynolds, Riggen, Rowen, Terry, Turner, Upton, Vale, Waterman, Yeomans-44.

The yeas were:

None.

Absent or not voting:

Senators Boardman, Dent, Ellis, Funk, Hipwell, Phelps-6.
So the bill passed and the title was agreed to.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.

Senator Jamison, from the Committee on Congressional and Judicial Districts, submitted the following report:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Congresssional and Judicial Districts, to whom was referred Senate file No. 179, a bill for an act to amend section three (3), of chapter one hundred and thirty-four (134), of the acts of the Twenty-first General Assembly, and to increase the number of district judges in the Ninth Judicial District, beg leave to report that they have had

the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the bill do pass.

JAS. H. JAMISON,

Chairman.

Ordered passed on file.

Senator Riggen asked leave to have 200 additional copies of Senate file No. 6 printed.

Granted.

Journal was read, corrected and and approved.

Senator Green moved that the Senate adjourn until 10 A. м. to

morrow.

Pending the motion to adjourn Senator Ellis moved to take up the motion to reconsider the vote whereby Senate file No. 4, passed the Senate.

Senator Kilburn moved to lay the motion to reconsider on the table.

Senator Green insisted upon his motion to adjourn being put.
Motion to adjourn carried.

The Senate adjourned.

DES MOINES, Saturday, February 10, 1894.

Senate met in regular session at 10 o'clock A. M., and was called to order by President Dungan.

Prayer was offered by Rev. J. L. Blanchard, of Des Moines.

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.

Senator Terry presented two petitions from churches in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, protesting against repeal of prohibitory law.

Referred to committee on Suppression of Intemperance.

Senator Turner presented seven petitions from churches in Le Grand, Iowa, on the same subject.

Same reference.

President Dungan presented a resolution, in the nature of a petition, on the same subject, from the citizens of Holstein, Iowa, in mass convention assembled.

Same reference.

Senator Dent presented a petition from Richard Joseph Walmsley, of England, asking that the State of Iowa waive and relinquish all its claim and title to certain real estate situated in Plymouth county. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Senator Turner presented a petition from the directors of the independent school district of Marshalltown, Iowa, in favor of Senate file No. 21.

Referred to Cominittee on Appropriations.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.

By Senator Boardman, Senate file No. 221, a bill for an act to repeal sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 15, of chapter 52, of the acts of the Twenty-first General Assembly, and to enact substitutes therefor, to prohibit the manufacture, sale, keeping for sale and fraudulent use of substances designed as a substitute for butter and cheese, to regulate the manufacture, sale, and keeping for sale of substances designed to be used as a snbstitute for butter and cheese.

Read first and second times and referred to Committee on Agricul

ture.

By Senator Harper, Senate file No. 222, a bill for an act regulating the writing of insurance risks.

Read first and second times and referred to Committee on Insurance. By Senator Turner, Senate file No. 223, a bill for an act to provide for the restriction and suppression of hog cholera and swine plague in the State of Iowa.

ture.

Read first and second times and referred to Committee on Agricul

By Senator Turner, by request, Senate file No. 224, a bill for an act to repeal section 6 of chapter 29, acts of the Twenty-fourth General Assembly, amending section 1132 of the Code of Iowa, of 1873, relative to insurance, and to enact a substitute therefor in relation to accident or casualty insurance.

Read first and second times and referred to Committee on Insurance. By Senator Yeomans, Senate file No. 225, a bill for an act to provide for the designation of police stations for the detention of women and children under arrest, and for the appointment of police matrons therefor in all cities which, according to the last federal census, contained a population of 25,000 inhabitants or upward, or that may hereafter have such population.

Read first and second times and referred to Committee on Cities and Towns.

By Senator Green, Senate file No. 226, a bill for an act making appropriation for the penitentiary at Anamosa, Iowa.

Read first and second times and referred to Committee on Appropriations.

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.

The following message was received from the House:

MR. PRESIDENT—I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House has passed Joint Resolution No. 3, in which the concurrence of the House was asked, relative to the construction of a canal from the Mississippi river to the Illinois river at Hennepin, in the state of Illinois.

Also:

I. K. WILSON,
Chief Clerk.

MR. PRESIDENT-I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House has passed Senate file No. 14 in which the concurrence of the House was asked: A bill for an act to repeal chapter 62 of the acts of the Twenty-fourth General Assembly and to provide for the publication and distribution of the report of the lowa Academy of Sciences

I. K. WILSON,
Chief Clerk.

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