"Such Amend section 6 by adding at the end thereof the following: expenses shall be payable out of any funds in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated." Also add to said bill the following as section 7: "Sec. 7. There is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the state treasury, not otherwise appropriated, annually an amount sufficient to pay the salaries and expenses provided for in this act”. The amendments were adopted. The bill was read for information. Senator Brookhart moved that the reading just had be considered the third reading, which motion prevailed. On the question "Shall the bill pass?" the vote was: The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the Senate. Senator Brookhart offered the following amendment to the title and moved its adoption: Amend the title by striking the period at the end and adding the following: "and making an appropriation for the expenses provided.". On the question "Shall the amendment to the title be adopted?" the vote was: The amendment was adopted and the title as amended agreed to. HOUSE AMENDMENTS CONSIDERED Senator Brookhart called up for consideration Senate File No. 39, amended by the House, and moved that the Senate concur in the following amendment: Amend section one (1) by striking out subdivision two (2) thereof and renumbering the remaining subdivisions. Senator Price moved the previous question. On the question "Shall the Senate concur?" the vote was: The House amendment having failed to receive a constitutional majority was declared to have failed to be adopted and concurred in by the Senate. ACTION DEFERRED ON S. F. 171 Senator Fulton moved that consideration of Senate File No. 171 be deferred until the committee on cities and towns reports on Senate File No. 169, which motion prevailed. THIRD READING OF BILLS On motion of Senator Brookhart Senate File No. 253, a bill for an act to amend, revise, and codify section ninety-five hundred eighty-nine (9589) of the compiled code of Iowa, relating to the dismissal of criminal proceedings and the effect thereof, was taken up and considered, the report of the committee having been previously adopted. Senator Baird moved the previous question, which motion prevailed. The bill was read for information. Senator Gilchrist moved that the reading just had be considered the third reading, which motion prevailed. On the question "Shall the bill pass?" the vote was: The bill having failed to receive a constitutional majority was declared to have failed to pass the Senate. On motion of Senator Reed Senate File No. 241, a bill for an act to amend, revise, and codify sections eight thousand one hundred sixty (8160), eight thousand one hundred sixty-one (8161), eight thousand one hundred sixty-six (8166), and eight thousand one hundred seventy-eight (8178) of the compiled code of Iowa, relating to foreclosure of mortgages, with report of committee recommending amendment and passage, was taken up, considered, and the report of the committee adopted. The following committee amendments were considered: 1. Strike from line 1 of section 2 the word "mortgagee". 2. Amend by adding to section three the following: "Such notice shall contain a full and accurate description of the property to be sold, the day and hour when, and the place at which the same will be sold." 3. Strike out all of section 4, down to and including the word "county", line 8 and in lieu thereof insert the following: "Such notice shall be posted for ten days in three public places in the county in which the property or any part thereof is situated. Any party entitled to notice shall be personally served with said notice for ten days if he is a resident of the county where said sale is to take place." 4. Strike from line 9 of section 5 the words and figures "fifty dollars ($50.00) and in lieu thereof insert the words and figures "twenty-five dollars ($25.00). Also amend the title as follows: insert after the word "foreclosure" in the last line, the words "and release", also change the period at the end of the title to a comma, and add "and sales under pledge." The first amendment was adopted. Senator White moved to amend amendment No. 2 by striking the words "to be sold" therefrom. The amendment to the amendment was lost. Amendments Nos. 2 and 3 were adopted. Amendment No. 4 was adopted. The amendment to the title was adopted. Senator Dutcher offered the following amendment and moved its adoption: Amend by inserting after the word "indebtedness" in line 3 of section 3 the words "when due". The amendment was adopted. The bill was read for information. Senator Thurston moved that the reading just had be considered the third reading, which motion prevailed. On the question "Shall the bill pass?" the vote was: The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the Senate and the title as amended was agreed to. HOUSE MESSAGES CONSIDERED House File No. 78, a bill for an act to amend, revise, and codify chapter three (3) of title twenty-three (23) of the compiled code of Iowa, relating to occupying claimants. Read first and second time and referred to committee on land titles. House File No. 272, a bill for an act to amend, revise, and codify section eighty-nine hundred two (8902) of the compiled code of Iowa, relating to corruption in elections. Read first and second time and referred to committee on judiciary No. 1. The Journal of December 15th was corrected and approved. On motion of Senator Stoddard the Senate adjourned until 4 p. m. AFTERNOON SESSION The Senate met pursuant to adjournment, President Hammill presiding. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES Senator Haskell submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT: Your committee on cities and towns to which was referred Senate File No. 167, a bill for an act relating to municipal corporations-bridges, begs leave to report it has had the same under considera |