On motion of Senator McIntire, Senate file No. 34, a bill for an act to provide for the cutting of weeds on public roads, was taken up, considered, and indefinitely postponed for the reason that a bill of similar character has already passed the Senate. Senator Lewis filed the following motion. I move to reconsider the vote to-day by which the concurrent resolution fixing the time for the adjournment of the Senate and House of Represent atives was fixed, and the vote by which such resolution was amended, changing the day for such adjournment from Thursday, April 5th to Friday, April 6, 1900. REPORT OF COMMITTEE. Senator Lambert, from the committee on Fish and Game, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Fish and Game, to whom was referred House file No. 237, a bill for an act to amend section two thousand three hundred and forty-eight (2348) of the code, relative to the bounties on wild 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 do pass. Ordered passed on file. THOS. LAMBERT, Chairman. The President announced the following sifting committee, under resolution offered by Senator Smith and adopted this morning: Senators Healy, Harriman, Trewin, Lewis, Titus, Smith and Porter. Senator McArthur moved that the Senate do now adjourn. Carried. Senate adjourned. Senate met in regular session at 9 o'clock, A. M., President Milliman presiding. Prayer was offered by Rev. T. Reeves of Keokuk, Iowa. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. Senator Perrin presented remonstrance of A. M. Hall and fourteen others, voters of independent district of Richland township, Chickasaw county, Iowa, against consolidation of independent school districts into township system. Referred to committee on Schools. HOUSE MESSAGES CONSIDERED. Substitute for House file No. 205, a bill for an act to amend section 1710 of the code, relating to insurance other than life. Read first and second time and referred to Sifting committee. House file No. 260, a bill for an act to amend section 1889 of the code, relating to the receiving of time deposits by loan and trust companies. Passed on file. Substitute for Senate file No. 160, a bill for an act to repeal chapter 19, title 12 of the code, and enacting a substitute therefor creating a board of dental examiners, and regulating the practice of dentistry.. Passed on file. Senate file No. 230, a bill for an act to amend chapter 148 of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly of Iowa, relating to traveling libraries. Passed on file. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. Senator Lister, from the committee on Federal Relations, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Federal Relations, to whom was referred House concurrent resolution, relative to an appropriation to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the acquisition of the Louisiana territory by the United States, 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 adopted. G. W. LISTER, Adopted. Chairman. 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. 59, a bill for an act to amend chapter seven (7), of title five (5) of the code of 1897, entitled "of street improvements, sewers, and special assessments," 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 indefinitely postponed. J. H. TREWIN, Chairman. Adopted. Also: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Cities and Towns, to whom was referred Senate file No. 234, a bill for an act to amend chapter 14, of title 5 of the code, and granting additional powers to cities under special charters, 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 indefinitely postponed. J. H. TREWIN, Adopted. MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Cities and Towns, to whom was referred Senate file No. 239, a bill for an act to amend section 770 of the code, in relation to powers of cities to require railroad companies to construct viaducts across their track along streets, 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 indefinitely postponed. Adopted. J. H. TREWIN, Also: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Cities and Towns, to whom was referred Senate file No. 316, a bill for an act to amend section 565 and section 1074 of the code, providing for the election of township trustees, 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 indefinitely postponed. Adopted. J. H. TREWIN, Senator Hayward, from the committee on Charitable Institutions, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Charitable Institutions, to whom was referred House file No. 192, a bill for an act to repeal chapter seven (7), title thirteen (13) of the code, in relation to the Institution for FeebleMinded Children, and enact a substitute therefor, 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, and when so amended that it do pass: Amendment to House file No. 192. Amend by striking out section 2, thereof and changing the numbering of the succeeding sections to correspond. Referred to Sifting committee. W. C. HAYWARD, Chairman. Senator Hazelton, from the committee on Elections, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Elections, to whom was referred House file No. 336, a bill for an act to regulate caucus and primary elections, and to repeal chapter 111 of the laws of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly, 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 said House file No. 336 be indefinitely postponed. A. S. HAZELTON, Chairman. Adopted. MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Elections, to whom was referred House file No. 291, a bill for an act to amend section eleven hundred and nineteen (1119) of the code, relating to the marking and validity of ballots, 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 do pass. Referred to Sifting committee. A. S. HAZELTON, Also: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Elections, to whom was referred House file No. 304, a bill for an act to provide for the greater purity of elections, for the casting, registering, recording and counting of ballots or votes by means of voting machines, and supplementary to and in aid of the present election laws, also creating a board of voting machine commissioners and defining their duties, and repealing all laws in conflict with this act, 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, and when so amended that the same do pass. In line 1, section 3 of the printed bill, strike out the words "the passage of," and insert after the word "act" in said line 1, the words "goes into effect." Also, amend section 3 by striking out in lines 2 and 3 of the printed bill, the words "one of whom shall be an expert in patent law, and two of whom shall be mechanical experts." Also, amend section 5, line 9 of the printed bill, by striking out the words "as many," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "any or all." A. S. HAZELTON, Chairman. Referred to Sifting committee. Also: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Elections, to whom was referred Senate file No. 320, a bill for an act to provide for the greater purity of elections, for the casting, registering, recording, and counting of ballots or votes by means of voting machines, and supplementary to and in aid of the present election law, also creating a board of voting machine commissioners, and defining their duties, and repealing all laws in conflict with the provisions of this act, 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 said Senate file No. 320 be indefinitely postponed, for the reason that a similar bill, House file No. 304, by Hawk, has passed the House, and been recommended for passage by this committee. A. S. HAZELTON, Chairman. Adopted. Senator Harriman called up his resolution to amend the rules of the Senate which was filed yesterday. Senator Harriman moved the adoption of the resolution. The resolution was adopted. |