one and two of an act fixing the per diem and mileage of members of the General Assembly and providing that they shall provide their own stationery," approved December 19, 1872, and declaring an emergency.

Also, House Bill No. 407, entitled "An act to legalize the official acts of the Board of Trustees of the town of Spencer, in Owen county, in the State of Indiana, and all other corporations under an act for the incorporation of towns, defining their powers, providing for the election of officers thereof, and declaring their duties," approved June 11, 1852, and the by-laws, rules and regulations and proceedings adopted in pursuance thereof.

Also, House Bill No. 143, entitled "An act appropriating money to pay the existing indebtedness of the State Normal School at Terre Haute, Indiana, and declaring an emergency."

Also, House Bill No. 16, entitled "An act fixing the salary of the Governor."

Also, House Bill No. 293, entitled "An act to legalize the acts of county commissioners in loaning, and purchasing and conveying real estate, and to authorize them to sell and convey lands heretofore conveyed to said county, and take obligations and securities therefor."

Also, House Bill No. 330, entitled "An act to amend section 16 of an act entitled 'an act providing for the election or appointment of supervisors of highways, and prescribing certain of their duties, and those of county and township officers in relation thereto," approved March 5, 1859.

Also, House Bill No. 364, entitled "An act supplementary to an act entitled' an act to amend section 53 of an act entitled an act to repeal all general laws now in force for the incorporation of cities and towns, and to provide for the incorporation of cities, and prescribing the powers and rights, and the manner in which they shall exercise the same, and regulating such other matters properly pertaining thereto, approved March 14, 1867, and declaring an emergency, approved March 10, 1873, and declaring an emergency, defining the terms' auction' and 'auctioneer,' and providing that auetioneers may be required to pay a specific sum for license.""

Also, that the House has passed Engrossed House Joint Resolution No. 8, entitled "A joint resolution instructing our Senators and requesting our Representatives to secure an amendment to the pension law, and the same are herewith transmitted to the Senate for its action thereon.

Also, Engrossed Senate Bill No. 106, entitled "An act to authorize incorporated towns to negotiate and sell bonds to procure means with which to complete unfinished buildings for public purposes, and authorizing the levy and collection of an additional tax for the payment of such bonds.

Also, Senate Bill No. 230, entitled "An act to amend the tenth section of an act entitled 'an act providing for voluntary assignmert of personal and real property in trust for the benefit of auditors, and regulating the mode of administering the same,' approved March 5, 1859.

Also, that the House has passed Engrossed Senate Bill No. 155, entitled "An act supplemental to an act concerning the organization and perpetuity of voluntary associations, and repealing an act entitled 'an act concerning the organization of voluntary associations, and repealing former laws in reference thereto,'" approved February 12, 1855, and repealing each act repealed by said act and authorizing gifts and devises by will to be made to any corporation or purpose contemplated by this act, and providing that the board of commissioners of counties shall in certain cases allow for the support of orphan children who are cared for by associations organized under the third specification of this act, and requiring such orphan children to be furnished with homes as expeditiously as practicable, and making the senior commissioner in service a member ex officio of the board of such associations; also, providing that no distinction shall be made on account of the nativity, complexion, or religion of such orphans or their parents, and the same are herewith transmitted to the Senate.

By Mr. Bell.

MR. PRESIDENT;

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.

The Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 303, being a bill declaring the sale, etc., of fish inhabiting the streams, etc., of this State unlawful, etc., have had the bill under consideration, and direct me to report the same back with the recommendation that it lie upon the table.

Was placed on the calendar.

By Mr. Johnston of Parke.

MR. PRESIDENT:

The Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 311, a bill authorizing the United States to procure, by purchase or condemnation, lands within this State in certain cases and ceding jurisdiction over the same, have had the same under consideration, and direct me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass.

Was placed on the calendar.

By Mr. Johnston of Parke.

MR. PRESIDENT:

The Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred House Bill No. 194, a bill to amend section 186 of an act entitled "An act to revise, simplify, and abridge the rules, practice, pleadings, etc., in civil cases in the courts of this State, etc., have had the same under consideration, and I am directed by a majority of the committee to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that it lie on the table.

Was placed on the calendar.

By Mr. Johnston of Parke.

MR. PRESIDENT :

The Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 300, being a bill relating to sureties, have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass.

Was placed on the calendar.

By Mr. Boone.

MR. PRESIDENT:

The Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 317. A bill to regulate suits for malpractice, have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate with a recommendation that the same lie upon the table.

Was placed on the calendar.
By Mr. Bell.

MR. PRESIDENT:

The Committee on the Judiciary to whom was referred Engrossed House Bill No. 255, being a bill concerning grand juries have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same with the recommendation that the bill do lie upon the table for the reason that there has already been perfected and passed by the Senate a bill upon the same subject.

Was placed on the calendar.

By Mr. Bell.

MR. PRESIDENT:

The Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 314, being a bill concerning public funds, have had the same under consideration, and a majority of the committee have directed

me to report the bill with the recommendation that the same do lie on the table.

Was placed on the calendar.

By Mr. Daggy.

MR. PRESIDENT:

The Committee on Judiciary have had under consideration House Bill No. 129, an act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Indiana Fire and Marine Insurance Company, etc.," and a majority thereof recommend that section 2 of said original act be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 2. That the persons named in the first section, or a majority of them, after giving at least thirty days notice in at least two of the newspapers published in the city of Indianapolis, shall open books of subscription for the stock in said company and shall keep the same open at least thirty days, and if a greater amount is subscribed than is required by the terms of the advertisement under this act of incorporation, the surplus shares so subscribed shall be taken from the largest subscribers, commencing at the highest number till they are reduced within the limits prescribed, which stock shall consist of six thousand shares of fifty dollars each, and at the time of subscribing they shall have a right to demand and receive five dollars on each share and to have secured the residue to the satisfaction of the corporation payable in six months, which obligation may be amended from time to time, either for the whole or such part thereof as the president and directors shall direct, and it shall be the duty of the president and directors to give at least thirty days' notice of any call they may think it expedient to make, and in case of the failure of any stockholders to meet such call, or to secure the payment of the remainder as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the president and directors to sell such delinquent shares, and transfer the same to the purchaser, or declare them forfeited to the company, together with all previous payments thereon. No transfer of such stock shall be deemed valid and complete so long as the person transferring the same shall be indebted to said company until the amount for which he is indebted is secured to the satisfaction of the president and