Senator Dowell, from the committee on Judiciary, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Judiciary to whom was referred House file No. 388, a bill for an act to regulate trust companies, to authorize such companies and state and savings banks to act in a fiduciary capacity, and to amend section sixteen hundred eleven (1611) of the code, relating to corporations, 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. C. C. Dowell, Chairman. Adopted. So the bill was indefinitely postponed. MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate file No. 41, a bill for an act to protect deserving wives and minor children against non-support by husbands, 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. C. C. Dowell, Chairman. Adopted. So the bill was indefinitely postponed. MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred House file No. 216, a bill for an act to legalize conveyance of real estate by executors, administrators and guardians in certain cases, 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. Also: C. C. DOWELL, Chairman. MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Judiciary to whom was referred Senate file No. 282 a bill for an act for the relief of the grantees of John S. Bussey, and for the purpose of having a patent issued in the name of Samuel Kingery, for a certain tract of land, 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. C. C. Dowell, Chairman, Ordered passed on file.. Also: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Judiciary to whom was referred Senate file No. 206 a bill for an act to amend section seven hundred twentyfive (725), chapter four (4), title five (5) of the code referring to general powers, 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. C. C. Dowall, Chairman. Ordered passed, on file. Also: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Judiciary to whom was referred House file No. 314, a bill for an act to repeal section thirty-five hundred thirty-eight (3538) of the code, relative to unknown defendants having an interest in real estate, and enacting 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 indefinitely postponed. Adopted. So the bill was indefinitely postponed. C. C. DOWELL, MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Judiciary to whom was referred Senate file No. 219 a bill for an act to amend section five thousand forty (5040) of the code, relative to breach of the Sabbath, 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 indfinitely postponed. C. C. DOWELL, Adopted. So the bill was indefinitely postponed. MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Judiciary to whom was referred House file No. 244 a bill for an act to amend sections twenty-three hundred fifty-nine (2359), five hundred fifty five (555) etc., 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. So the bill was indefinitely postponed. C. C. Dowell, Chairman. MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Judiciary to whom was referred House file No. 345, a bill for an act to amend section nineteen, (19) of chapter eighty (80) of the acts of the Thirtieth General Assembly, beg leave to report that they have had the same under considetation and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass. C. C. Dowell, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. Also: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Judiciary to whom was referred Senate file No. 97, a bill for an act to repeal sections thirty-one hundred ninety-seven (3197), thirty-two hundred nine (3209) and thirty-two hundred fifteen (3215) and to amend section thirty-two hundred fourteen (3214) of the code, and to enact a substitute for said section thirty-one hundred ninety-seven (3197,) 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.. C. C. Dowell, Chairman. Adopted. So the bill was indefinitely postponed. MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Judiciary to whom was referred House file No. 103, a bill for an act relating to the manner of serving notice or process on corporations organized under the laws of Iowa, but having no resident officer on whom notice may be served. 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 by adopting the following substitute: And when so amended the bill do pass. C. C. Dowell, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE FILE NO. 103. A BILL for an act to amend section sixteen hundred twelve (1612) of the code, and providing for service of notice or process on certain corporations by adding to said section the following: Section 1. Section sixteen hundred twelve (1612) of the code is hereby amended by adding thereto the following: Provided that any corporation organized under the laws of this State that does not maintain an office in the county oflits organization, or transaction business in this State, shall file with the secretary of state a written instrument duly signed and sealed, authorizing the secretary of state to acknowl edge service of notice or process for and in behalf of such corporation in this State, and consenting that service of notice or process may be made upon the secretary of state, and when so made shall be taken and held as valid as if served according to the laws of this State, and waiving all claim or right or error by reason of such acknowledgment of service. Such notice or process, with a copy thereof, may be mailed to the secretary of state at Des Moines, Iowa, in a registered letter addressed to him by his official title and he shall immediately upon its receipt acknowledge service thereon in behalf of the defendant corporation by writing thereon, giving the date thereof, and shall immediately return such notice or process in a registered letter to the clerk of the court in which the suit is pending, addressed by his official title, and shall also forthwith mail such copy, with a copy of his acknowledgment of service written thereon, in a registered letter addressed to the corporation or person who shall be named or designated by the corporation in such written instrument. If any such corporation shall fail to file with the secretary of state the power and authority to acknowledge service as herein provided on or before July 1st, 1906, it shall be the duty of the secretary of state to notify such corporation to file such power and authority within thirty days thereafter, and in case of failure to comply with such notice it shall be the duty of the attorney general of the state to proceed against such corporation to forfeit its charter and wind up its affairs. The substitute was read first and second time and passed on file Senator Gilliland asked unanimous consent to withdraw the motion filed by him Saturday to reconsider the vote by which the resolution relative to final adjournment was adopted. Consent granted. Senator Young of Lee from the committee appointed to draft suitable resolutions respecting the death of William G. Kent, submitted the following report and moved its adoption: MR. PRESIDENT-The committee appointed to draft resolutions on the death of William G. Kent, beg leave to report: William G. Kent was born August 10, 1837, at Belle Fonte. Pennsylvania, and while very young removed with his parents to Fort Madison, lowa. He received his education at Denmark Academy, Denmark, Iowa. In 1867 he was elected County Superintendent of Schools of Lee county, serving two terms and declining the renomination for a third term. He was a life long member of the democratic party and was elected a member of the Iowa House of Representatives of the Twenty-first General Assembly in 1885, resigning in 1886 to accept the democratic nomination for State Senator to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of the late Judge J. M. Casey. He was elected, and in the fall of 1889 was reelected for a full term, serving as Senator in the Twenty-second, Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth General Assemblies. Mr. Kent took high rank both in the Senate and in the House. Naturally a genial and clever gentleman. Senator Kent made many friends and was very influential in securing the passage of the measures which he championed. He performed his duties on committees wisely and faithfully, Lee county has never been better represented in the State Legislature than by him. In 1892 he was nominated for railroad commissioner and was defeated with the rest of the ticket. In 1894 he was appointed by Gov. Jackson as member of the commission to plan, locate and erect a hospital for the insane in North-western Iowa. On the death of General Ed. Wright he was chosen Secretary of the commission which erected the magnificent hospital at Cherokee. He held commissions from Governors Larabee, Boies and Jackson, as delegate to the National Farmers Congress, Commerical Congress and Commerical Convention and Trans-Mississippi Convention. Since 1888 Senator Kent occupied the position of Vice President of the Lee County Savings Bank. He was married in Dec. 1863, to Miss Sarah E. Shepherd, of Lee county who survives him. He was a man of deep thought and conservative action and impressed himself deeply on his county and state. In his death the district which he so ably and faithfully represented, has lost one of its most respected and influential men, and the state one of its most honored and esteemed citizens. The life and character of William G. Kent will be an inspiration to the youth who knew him, for it was pure and spotless, with high ideals and lofty ambition. The impress he made upon all who came in contact with him, will live and linger in their memory, cherished by them as a remembrance of one who was a man in the fullest sense of the word, honored and respected by all. Resolved, That we extend to his family our most sincere sympathy in the loss of a devoted husband. Resolved, That these resolutions be entered on the journals of the House and Senate and that an engrossed copy be presented to the widow of the deceased, by the Secretary of the Senate. D. A. YOUNG, R. A. HASSKLQUIST, L. L. TAYLOR. On the part of the Senate. C. A. KENNEDY, L. S. SUMMers, On the part of the House. Adopted unanimously by a rising vote. 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 concurred in Senate amendments to House file No. 30, in which the concurrence of the House was asked: A bill for an act to amend section thirty-four hundred ninety-four (3494), of chapter four (4), title eighteen (18) of the code as the same appears in the supplement to the code, relating to the place of bringing actions. C. R. BENEDICT, Chief Clerk. |