Senator Lyons presented petition of citizens of Howard county, Iowa, relative to compulsory reformatory for women; also petition of citizens of Winneshiek county on same subject. Referred to committee on Charitable Institutions. Senator Lyons presented petition of citizens of Calmar, Winneshiek county, Iowa, relative to compulsory education. Referred to committee on Schools. Senator Lyon presented petition of citizens of Winneshiek county, Iowa, relative to compulsory education; also petition of citizens of Howard county, Iowa, on same subject. Referred to committee on Schools. Senator Hobart presented petition of citizens of Cherokee, Ida and Plymouth counties, Iowa, relative to compulsory education. Referred to committee on Schools. Senator Hobart presented petition of citizens of Cherokee, Plymouth and Ida counties, Iowa, relative to compulsory reformatory for women. Referred to committee on charitable Institutions. Senator Hobart presented petition of citizens of Cherokee, Ida and Plymouth counties, Iowa, asking a constitutional amendment striking out the word " "male from the constitution. Referred to committee on Constitutional Amendments and Suffrage. Senator Lister presented petition of citizens of Lyon and Osceola counties, relative to compulsory education. Referred to committee on Schools. Senator Lister presented petition of citizens of O'Brien, Lyon and Osceola counties, Iowa, asking a constitutional amendment striking out the word "male" from the state constitution. Referred to committee on Constitutional Amendments and Suffrage. Senator Lister presented petition of citizens of Osceola and Lyon counties, relative to compulsory reformatory for women. Referred to committee on Charitable Institutions. Senator Fitchpatrick presented petition of citizens of Ogden, Boone county, Iowa, relative to striking out the word "male" from the state constitution; also petition of citizens of Story county on same subject. Referred to committee on Constitutional Amendments. Senator Fitchpatrick presented petition of citizens of Story county, Iowa, in favor of compulsory education. Referred to committee on Schools. Senator Fitchpatrick presented petition of citizens of Ogden, Boone county, Iowa, relative to compulsory reformatory for women; also petition of citizens of Story county, Iowa, on same subject. Referred to committee on Charitable Institutions. Senator Trewin presented petition of citizens of Fayette county, Iowa, in favor of a compulsory education law. Referred to committee on Schools. Senator Trewin presented petition of citizens of Fayette county, Iowa, relative to striking out the word "male" from the state constitution. Referred to committee on Constitutional Amendments and Suffrage. Senator Cheshire presented petition of 126 voters and 163 women of Polk county, in favor of equal suffrage. Referred to committee on Constitutional Amendments and Suffrage. Senator Cheshire presented petition of 106 voters and 164 women of Polk county, Iowa, in favor of a compulsory education law. Referred to committee on Schools. Senator Cheshire presented petition of 124 voters and 192 women of Polk county, Iowa, in favor of compulsory reformatory for women. Referred to committee on Charitable Institutions. Senator Blanchard presented petition of Will Johnson and others of Oskaloosa, Iowa, relative to House file No 7, repeal. ing section 5702 of the code. Referred to committee on Labor. Senator Fitchpatrick presented petition of citizens of Ogden, Boone county, Iowa, relative to the sale of intoxicating liquors within five miles of the State Agricultural college, State university and State Normal schools. Referred to committee on Suppression of Intemperance. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. By Senator Smith, Senate file No. 163, a bill for an act appropriating money to defray the expenses of the inauguration ceremonies. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Appropriations. By Senator Nolan, Senate file No. 164, a bill for an act relating to giving of indemnity by persons operating steam threshers. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Agriculture. By Senator Harriman, Senate file No. 165, a bill for an act to create a department of agriculture, and repeal sections 1653, 1654, 1655, 1656, 1657, 1664, 1682, 16-3, chapter 42 of the acts of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly, and amend sections 1679 and 1681 of the code. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Agriculture. MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE. The following messages were received from the House: MR. PRESIDENT-I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House has passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate is asked: House file No. 58, a bill for an act to amend section 2992 of chapter 9, title 14 of the code of Iowa, relative to landlord and tenant. S. M. CART, Chief Clerk. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Judiciary. Also: MR. PRESIDENT—I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House has passed the following joint resolution, in which the concurrence of the House was asked: Joint resolution No. 3, authorizing the executive council to print and bind extra copies of the report of the board of control of state institutions. S. M. CART, Chief Clerk. Passed on file.. Also: MR. PRESIDENT—I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House has passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate is asked: House file No. 8, a bill for an act to amend section 1096 of the code, in relation to time of closing polls at election. S. M. CART, Chief Clerk. Read first and second time and referred to the committee on Elections. Also: MR. PRESIDENT-I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House has substituted and passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House was asked. Substitute for Senate file No. 13, a bill for an act to amend section 5258, relating to minutes to be kept by grand juries. S. M. CART, Chief Clerk. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Judiciary. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. Senator Trewin, from the committee on Cities and Towns, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Cities and Towns, to whom was referred Senate file No. 64, a bill for an act to amend section twenty-four hundred and thirty-three (2433) of the code of 1897, relating to duties of assessors, 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 same be referred to the committee on Ways and Means. Adopted. J. H. TREWIN, Also: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Cities and Towns, to whom was referred Senate file No. 131, a bill for an act to amend section 742 of chapter 5, title 5 of the code, relating to the purchase and construction of water works, 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 same be amended as follows: That the title be amended by striking out the words and figures "of chapter 5, title 5,” in the first and second lines thereof. That section 1 be amended by striking out the words and figures "title 5, chapter 5," in the first and second lines thereof, and when so amended that the bill do pass. J. H. TREWIN, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. Senator Bachman, from the committee on Public Health submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Public Health, to whom was referred Senate file No. 81, a bill for an act to protect the public health and the health of domestic animals, 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 same be amended as follows: Strike out section 5, thereof and add the following: Sec. 5. Nothing herein shall be held to apply to the ordinary shipment of stock cattle for sale on the open market through any public stock yards where said cattle are subjected to the inspection of inspectors duly authorized by the United States, or by the state board of health. Sec. 6. This act being deemed of immediate importance shall be in effect after its publication in the Daily Iowa Capital and the Des Moines Leader, newspapers published in Des Moines, Iowa. That when so amended that the same do pass. E. W. BACHMAN, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. Senator Smith moved that the Senate do now go into execu. tive session. Senator Penrose moved to amend by changing the time to 11 o'clock, Tuesday, February 6th, to consider the nomination of H. H. Rood as member of the board of control. Senator Healy raised a point of order on the submission of the amendment of Senator Penrose. |