House file No. 116, a bill for an act providing for the compiling of a roster of Iowa soldiers, sailors and marines of the war of the Rebellion and of the Spanish-American War.

Read first and second time and referred to committee on Military.

House file No. 368, a bill for an act to amend section 2114 of the code, providing for reports of accidents by railroad companies.

Read first and second time and referred to committee on Railroads.

Senate file No. 310, a bill for an act to authorize cities to protect lots, lands and property within their limits and from damage and danger from floods and high water, by deepening, widening, straightening, altering or changing and otherwise improving water courses within their limits, and by constructing levees, embankments and other works, and to provide for the levy of special assessments and other taxes and the issuance of bonds and certificates to defray the expense of such improvement, additional to chapters 7 and 8, title V.

Passed on file.

House asks to recall House file No. 367. a bill for an act to amend section eleven hundred and twenty-nine (1129) of the code, relative to expense of elections.

Senator Jones moved that the request of the House be granted. Carried.

House file No. 145, a bill for an act to provide for the consolidation of life insurance companies or the reinsurance of the risks of such companies with or by other companies authorized by the laws of the State to transact such business within the State and providing a plan for such consolidation or re-insurance.

Passed on file.

House file No. 226, a bill for an act to repeal section eighteen hundred thirty-two (1832) of the code as amended by chapter 47 acts of the Twenty-ninth General Assembly and providing a substitute therefor.

Passed on file.

Senate file No. 218, a bill for an act making an appropriation to return to the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners of Iowa money paid by them into the treasury of the State.

Passed on file.

Senate file No. 243, a bill for an act amending the law as it appears in section 1129 of the code, relating to elections and the payment of the expenses thereof.

Passed on file.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.

Senator Dunham, from the committee on Suppression of Intemperance, submitted the following report:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Suppression of Intemperance, to whom was referred House file No. 352, a bill for an act in relation to objectionable advertisements in the vicinity of public school buildings, 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: that the word "placed" being the last word in the second line of section 1 be stricken out and the words ''distributed or posted" be inserted in lieu thereof, and that said bill be further amended by adding to section 1 the following words: "Provided, however, that nothing in this act contained shall apply to advertisements in newspapers of regular publication, distributed to subscribers or purchasers thereof," and when so amended the bill do pass.

GEO. W. DUNHAM,

Chairman.

Ordered passed on file.

Also:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Suppression of Intemperance, to whom was referred Senate file No. 273, a bill for an act to regulate the sale of patent medicines containing narcotic or any alcoholic preparations, 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 referred to committee on Public Health.

GEO. W. DUNHAM,

So referred.

Ordered passed on file.

Chairman

Senator Crossley, from the committee on Schools, submitted the following report:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Schools, to whom was referred Senate file No. 151, a bill for an act to amend section 2816 of the code, in relation to reversion of schoolhouse sites, 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. JAMES J. Crossley,

Chairman.

Ordered passed on file.

Also:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Schools, to whom was referred House file No. 154, a bill for an act to amend section 2810 of the code in reference to paying over school taxes by county treasurer, 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 striking out the word "shall" in line twelve of the bill and inserting in lieu thereof the word "may", and when so amended the bill do pass.

JAMES J. CROSSLEY,

Chairman.

Ordered passed on file.

Senator Stuckslager, from the committee on Banks, submitted the following report:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Banks, to whom was referred Senate file No. 301, a bill for an act to repeal the law as it appears in sections 1875 and 1876, relating to the appointment, compensation and expenses of bank examiners and providing 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: By adding to section one provided that no bank examiner shall be assigned by the Auditor of State to examine a bank in a county in which he is interested in the business of banking;" and when so amended the bill do pass.

W. C. STUCKSLAGER,

Chairman.

Ordered passed on file.

Senator Winne, from the committee on Labor, submitted the following report:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Labor, to whom was referred substitute for House file No. 189, a bill for an act to repeal section twenty-four

hundred and seventy-seven (2477) of the code, relating to the expenses of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and to enact in lieu thereof the following, 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: Strike out the semi-colon (;) in the eleventh line and insert in lieu thereof a period (.); also strike out the word "be" in the eleventh line and insert in lieu thereof the words "said commissioner;" and when so amended the bill do pass

E. K. WINNE,

Chairman.

Ordered passed on file.

Senator Harper, from the committee on Military, submitted the following report:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Military to whom was referred House file No. 374, a bill for an act to amend sections 430 and 433 of the code, relative to the power and duty of boards of supervisors with regard to indigent soldiers, sailors and marines, 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 the following substitute:

SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE FILE NO. 374.

A SUBSTITUTE FOR A BILL for an act to amend the law as it appears in section four hundred and thirty (430) and four hundred and thirty-three (433) of the code, relative to the power and duty of boards of supervisors with regard to indigent soldiers, sailors and marines.

Be it Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa;

Section 1. That the law as it appears in section four hundred and thirty (430) of the code be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word "Union" in the sixth line thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof the words United States."

Sec. 2. That the law as it appears in section four hundred and thirtythree (433) of the code be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word "the" after the word 'during” in the fourth line thereof, and the word "late" in the fifth line thereof, and insert in lieu thereof the word "any."

And when so amended the bill do pass.

S. H. HARPER,

Chairman.

Substitute read first and second time and passed on file.

Senator Stuckslager, from the special committee appointed to investigate the site of the institution for the deaf and dumb at Council Bluffs, Iowa, submitted the following report:

To the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

Your special joint committee, under and by authority of a concurrent resolution, adopted by the House on March 18th and concurred in by the Senate on March 21st, to investigate the site for the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb at Council Bluffs, Iowa, to report the particulars concerning said institution in regard thereto, beg leave to submit the following report:

First. We find that the State owns about 172 acres of land, all, or nearly so, above high water mark; no overflow from the Missouri River has ever been known, as the bottom between the ground and the river to the west is nearly five miles. Half way between the grounds and the river is Lake Manawa, surrounded by beautiful cottages, on practically the same level as the west part of the State grounds. The creek running along the road side east and west to the north of the grounds does, in time of a cloud burst, get over its embankment and will back the water up on to the State grounds for a short distance at the extreme northwest corner of the grounds, which is fully a quarter of a mile from the building site proper. We were informed that last year during those heavy rains about three acres of State land in that particular spot had been flooded. The main site, probably 100 acres, is located on the site of the bluff to the west, in a triangular or kite shape, surrounded by a road on all three sides; seventeen acres, or about that, are located on top of the bluff, the highest point of which is 120 feet above building, to the east of the large tract mentioned before, on which the reservoir is located. The balance of the land owned by the State is to the west of the triangular piece, between the main road and the Wabash track, and part of it west of the Wabash track; both pieces very level and used for pasture. Along the east side of the road running nearly north and south, to the east of the triangular piece, the Commercial Club of Council Bluffs claim to have an option on the land lying east of said road and north and south of the seventeen acres the State now owns, and if cottages are to be built, as recommended by the Board of Control in their report (which can be found on page 209, Senate Journal, February 17th), your committee would recommend that the State purchase the land along the side of the road and erect the cottages thereon.

Although your committee is of the opinion that there is ample room on the high ground suitable for school buildings and dormitories necessary for the need of the institution, and to the north of the high ground there is a splendid grove of nearly fifteen acres from ten to fifteen feet above high water mark. Your committee further finds that the State owns an adequate artesian water supply plant. We find to the south of the high ground a beautiful piece of ground, all above high water, for gardening purposes. Between that and the park due west of the high ground whereon the buildings are located we find a level place of about same elevation as ground now used for pasture, as mentioned before.