tion and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same be indefinitely postponed. W. P. WHIPPLE Chairman. Senator Hartshorn, from the committee on Claims, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Claims, to whom was referred House file No. 308, a bill for an act appropriating money to reimburse Samuel Pursell for losses in the suppression of the Sioux Indian insurrection in Cherokee county, Iowa, upon the 5th day of August, 1861, 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. F. C. HARTSHORN, Referred to Sifting committee. Chairman. Senator Hobart, from the committee on Corporations, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Corporations, to whom was referred House file No. 369, a bill for an act to amend sections sixteen hundred and ten (1610), sixteen hundred and fourteen (1614), sixteen hundred and fifteen (1615), sixteen hundred and sixteen (1616) and sixteen hundred and seventeen (1617) of the code, relating to corporations for pecuniary profit, 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. C. HOBART, Senator Arthaud, from the committee on Mines and Mining, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Mines and Mining, to whom was referred House file No. 418, a bill for an act to add to and amend section twenty four hundred eighty-nine (2489), relating to mines and mining, 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. Referred to Sifting committee. F. L. ARTHAUD, Senator Allyn, from the committee on Printing, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Printing, to whom was referred House file No. 392, a bill for an act to amend section fourteen hundred nineteen (1419) of the code, relating to the publication of the delinquent tax list, 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. GEO. S. ALLYN, Senator Crossley, from the committee on Schools, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Schools, to whom was referred House file No. 373, a bill for an act to repeal section one (1) of chapter ninety-five (95) of the acts of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly and chapter one hundred forty-two (142) of the acts of the Twenty-eighth General Assembly and to enact a substitute therefor, providing for the issuance of school bonds, beg leave to report that they have had the same under con. sideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass. Referred to Sifting committee. JAMES J. CROSSLEY, Chairman. Senator Hazelton, from the committee on Congressional and Judicial Districts, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Congressional and Judicial Districts, to whom was referred Senate file No. 88, a bill for an act creating the Twenty-first Judicial district of the state of Iowa, and providing for the election of two judges therein, and also providing for the election of one judge in the Eighteenth Judicial dstrict of Iowa, and defining the jurisdiction of said courts therein, and providing for holding terms of court in said districts, 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. A. S. HAZELTON, Chairman. Referred to Sifting committee. 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 House file No. 7, a bill for an act for the better protection of life and property against injury or damage resulting from the operation of steam engines and boilers by incompetent engineers and others, 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. J. H. TREWIN, Referred to Sifting committee. Senator Moffit, from the committee on Military, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Military, to whom was referred Senate file No. 354, a bill for an act to amend sections four hundred thirty (430), four hundred thirty-one (431) and four hundred thirty-three (433) of the code, relating to dependent soldiers and sailors tax and making said sections apply to dependent United States volunteer soldiers and sailor marines of the late Spanish-American war, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate without recommendation. JOHN T. MOFFIT, Chairman. Referred to Sifting committee. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ENROLLED BILLS. Senator Winne, from the committee on Enrolled Bills, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined, and find correctly enrolled, Senate file No. 125, a bill for an act providing for condition of bonds to be given by public offi. cers and others. Also, Senate file No. 152, a bill for an act making an appropriation and providing for the erection of monuments in memory of the Iowa troops on Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge (the battles of Chatanooga). Also, Senate file No. 161, a bill for an act to provide for the support of the hospitals for the insane and for the transfer of patients on account of the opening of the hospital at Cherokee. Also, Senate file No. 187, a bill for an act to amend section eighteen hundred seventy (1870) of the code, in relation to limit of liabilities of banks. Also, Senate file No. 232, a bill for an act to amend section twenty-five hundred eighty-one (2581) of the code, in relation to itinerant physicians. Also, Senate file No. 236, a bill for an act to amend section seventeen hundred seventy-one (1771) of the code in relation to stock or premium notes. Also, Senate file No. 297, a bill for an act to amend section two thousand five hundred forty (2540), two thousand five hundred fifty-one (2551), two thousand five hundred fifty-six (2556) and two thousand five hundred sixtyone (2561) of the code; and section two thousand five hundred thirty-nine (3539) of the code, as amended by chapter sixty-four (64) of the laws of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly; repealing section five (5) of chapter sixty-four (64) of the laws of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly, and making further provisions additional to said chapter fifteen (15), title twelve (12) of the code, relating to the care and propagation of fish and the protection of birds and game. Also, Senate file No. 328, a bill for an act to provide for the inspection, recognition and supervision of schools for the instruction and training of teachers for the common schools, and providing for the licensing of the graduates of the same. Also, Senate file No. 44, a bill for an act to amend sections one hundred eighteen (118) and one hundred nineteen (119) of the code, defining the duties of state printer and state binder. Also, Senate file No. 155, a bill for an act relating to rules of descent of estates of children by adoption. E. K. WINNE, REPORT OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON ENROLLED BILLS. MR. PRESIDENT-Your joint committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined, and find correctly enrolled, Senate file No. 125, a bill for an act providing for the condition of bonds to be given by public officers and others. Also, Senate file No. 152, a bill for an act making an appropriation and providing for the erection of monuments in memory of the Iowa troops on Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge (the battles of Chattanooga). Also, Senate file No. 161, a bill for an act to provide for the support of the hospitals for the insane and for the transfer of patients on account of the opening of the hospital at Cherokee. Also, Senate file No. 187, a bill for an act to amend section eighteen hundred seventy (1870) of the code, in relation to limit of liabilities of banks. Also, Senate file No. 232, a bill for an act to amend section twenty-five hundred eighty-one (2581) of the code, in relation to itinerant physicians. Also, Senate file No. 236, a bill for an act to amend section seventeen hundred seventy-one (1771) of the code, in relation to stock or premium notes. Also, Senate file No. 277, a bill for an act to amend sections two thousand five hundred forty (2540), two thousand five hundred fifty-one (2551), two thousand five hundred fifty-six (2556) and two thousand five hundred sixty. one (2561) of the code, and section two thousand five hundred and thirtynine (2539) of the code as amended by chapter sixty-four (64) of the laws of the Twenty-seventh (27th) General Assembly; repealing section five (5) of chapter sixty-four (64) of the laws of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly and making further provisions additional to said chapter fifteen (15), title twelve (12) of the code, relating to the care and propagation of fish and the protection of birds and game. Also, Senate file No. 328, a bill for an act to provide for the inspection, recognition and supervision of schools, and providing for the instruction and training of teachers for the common schools, and providing for the licensing of the graduates of the same. Also, Senate file No. 44, a bill for an act to amend sections one hundred eighteen (118) and one hundred nineteen (119) of the code, defining the duties of state printer and state binder. Also, Senate file No. 155, a bill for an act relating to rules of descent of estates of children by adoption. J. P. LYMAN. Chairman House Committee. E. K. WINNE, Chairman Senate Committee. REPORT OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON ENROLLED BILLS. Senator Winne, from the joint committee on Enrolled Bills, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your joint committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined, and find correctly enrolled, House file No. 241, a bill for an act to amend section seventeen hundred fifty-nine (1759) of the code, and to provide for the insurance of plate glass. Also, House file No, 92, a bill for an act relating to the indictment and punishment of persons who have been convicted of felony two or more times in this state, or in this and other states, and making certain evidence competent proof thereof. Also, House file No. 287, a bill for an act to amend section four hundred ninety-six (496) of the code, relating to the employment of additional help by county recorders. Also, House file No. 425, a bill for an act authorizing the executive council to sell and convey two islands newly formed by accretion in the Mississippi river, and located in sections 3 and 4. in township 77, north of range 3, east of the 5th P. M., in Scott county, the same being west of the main channel of said Mississippi river and adjacent to the Iowa shore. E. K. WINNE, Chairman Senate Committee. J. P. LYMAN, Chairman House Committee. Ordered passed on file. The President announced that he had signed in the presence of the Senate, Senate files Nos. 328, 297, 236, 232, 187, 161, 155, 152, 125, 44; House file Nos. 425, 287, 241, 92. On motion of Senator Hopkins, House file No. 185, a bill for an act making an appropriation for the department of agriculture for the purpose of erecting a permanent fire proof building for live stock exhibits, was taken up and considered. |