Senator Riggen presented petition of Dr. E. W. Clark and others in reference to licensing plumbers. Referred to Committee on Public Health. Senator Carpenter presented petition of S. P. Young and others in reference to catching fish in sloughs. Referred to Committee on Fish and Game. Senator Riggen presented petition of city council of What Cheer in reference to change of registration laws. Referred to Committee on Elections. Senator Blanchard presented petition of Farmers' Institute of Mahaska county, relative to combination of insurance companies. Referred to Committee on Insurance. Senator Hobart presented petition of T. E. Cole and others, relative to licensing plumbers. Referred to Committee on Public Health. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. By Senator Lothrop, Senate file No. 178, a bill for an act to amend section 3, chapter 41, laws of the Twenty-fifth General Assembly, relating to public libraries. Read first and second time and referred to Committee on Public Libraries. By Senator Lothrop, Senate file No. 179, a bill for an act to amend section 798 of McClain's Code, and to provide for the duties of city marshal to be performed by other city officers. Read first and second time and referred to Committee on Cities and Towns. By Senator Lothrop, Senate file No. 180, a bill for an act extending the term of certain county officers and provide for the election thereof. Read first and second time and referred to Committee on Elections. By Senator Waterman, Senate file No. 181, a bill for an act to amend chapter 7, acts of the Twentieth General Assembly relative to appointment of city marshal. Read first and second time and referred to Committee on Cities and Towns. By Senator Blanchard, Senate file No. 182, a bill for an act to provide for the examination of mine foremen, and to regulate their employment. Read first and second time and referred to Committee on Mines and Mining. By Senator Carpenter, Senate file No. 183, a bill for an act to make annual appropriation to the State Agricultural Society. Read first and second time and referred to Committee on Agriculture. By Senator Hurst, Senate file No. 184, a bill for an act to amend section 3, chapter 105 of the Twenty-second General Assembly, by fixing the compensation of the members of the Soldiers' Relief Commission. Read first and second time and referred to Committee on Military. Senator Upton offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the Custodian be instructed to place storm sashes on the windows of the Senate Chamber. Adopted. President Parrott presented communication from the president of Storm Lake schools, asking that the Senate hold short afternoon session to-day for the benefit of 700 school children, who were then en route on a special excursion train. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. Senator Ellis, from the Committee on Judiciary, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate file No. 42, a bill for an act to prevent garnishment proceedings against persons for wages when the same are exempt by the laws of the state, 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. Ordered passed on file. L. A. ELLIS, MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate file No. 108, a bill for an act to amend section 3327 of the Code of 1873, in relation to the cancellation of real estate mortgages, 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. Ordered passed on file. L. A. ELLIS, Chairman. Also: MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate file No. 117, a bill for an act relating to the assignment and release of judgments, mortgages and deeds of trust by administrators, executors, guardians appointed in other states and counties, 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. L. A. ELLIS, Ordered passed on file. Chairman. Senator Trewin, from the Committee on Schools, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Schools, to whom was referred Senate file No. 127, a bill for an act to require the United States flag to be placed upon all public school buildings in Iowa, or upon a flag pole erected within the school grounds surrounding such building, 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 bill be indefinitely postponed. Ordered passed on file. J. H. TREWIN, MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Schools, to whom was referred Senate file No. 77, a bill for an act to make February 22 a legal holiday in the State of Iowa and closing all schools on that day, 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 bill be indefinitely postponed. Ordered passed on file. J. H. TREWIN, Chairman. REPORTS OF VISITING COMMITTEES. Senator Riggen presented report of Visiting Committee to the penitentiary at Anamosa. Senator Waterman presented report of Visiting Committee to the State University. Senator Hotchkiss presented report of Visiting Committee to Hospital for the Insane at Independence. Senator Carroll asked further time to make additional report for School for the Blind at Vinton. Senator Phelps asked that Senator Eaton be excused. Senator Craig called up for consideration Senate File No. 3, a bill for an act to amend section 1726, Code of 1873, allowing boards of education to establish kindergarten schools, and moved that the report of the committee be adopted. Carried. Senator Craig moved that the rules be suspended, the bill considered engrossed, and read a third time now. Carried. Third reading of the bill. On the question, "Shall the bill pass?" the yeas were: Senators Allyn, Bell, Blanchard, Bonson, Carney, Carpenter, Carroll, Cheshire, Craig, Downey, Druet, Ellison, Ericson, Funk, Garst, Gilbertson, Gorrell, Harper, Henderson, Hipwell, Hobart, Hospers, Hurst, Junkin, Kilburn, Lothrop, Mitchell, Palmer, Penrose, Perrin, Phelps, Pusey, Ranck, Riggen, Rowen, Sargent, Trewin, Upton, Young-39. The nays were: Senators Berry, Harriman and Waterman-3. Senators Alexander, Byers, Eaton, Ellis, Everall, Healy, Hotchkiss, Lehfeldt-8. So the bill passed and the title was agreed to. Senator Rowen asked permission to withdraw Senate file No. 121 from the Committee on Judiciary, and that the same be referred to Committee on Printing. The special order being the consideration, Senator Waterman, on concurrent resolution relating to the monument in honor of the memory of Iowa soldiers and sailors, moved that the resolution be referred to the Committee on Military. Senator Garst offered the following concurrent resolution as a substitute for the motion by Senator Waterman: Resolved, by the Senate, the House concurring, That the resolution be referred to a joint committee, consisting of ten members of the Senate and fifteen members of the House, to whom all matters in relation to the monument be referred, with authority to report by bill or otherwise. Adopted. Senator Trewin moved that the Senate take up Senator Blanchard's resolution relating to the Code Commission. Carried. Senator Ranck moved that the further consideration of the resolution be postponed to February 13th, at 10:30 A. M. Senator Trewin moved that the motion to postpone be laid upon the table. On this a division was called for and the motion was lost. On the motion to postpone a division was called for and the motion was lost. Senator Waterman moved that the resolution be laid upon the table. The yeas and nays were called for and were as follows: On the question, "Shall the motion prevail?" the yeas were: Senators Allyn, Bell, Carney, Carpenter, Carroll, Craig, Druet, Ellis, Ellison, Ericson, Funk, Garst, Gilbertson, Harper, Hotchkiss, Junkin, Kilburn, Lothrop, Mitchell, Palmer, Penrose, Pusey, Rowen, Sargent, Trewin, Upton, Waterman, Young-28. The nays were: Senators Berry, Blanchard, Bonson, Cheshire. Downey, Gorrell, Harriman, Healy, Henderson, Hipwell, Hobart, Hospers, Perrin, Phelps, Ranck, Riggen-16. Absent or not voting: Senators Alexander, Byers, Eaton, Everall, Hurst, Lehfeldt-6. So the motion prevailed and the resolution laid on the table. 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 passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate is asked: House file No. 65, a bill for an act to legalize all special elections held or attempted to have been held since February 16, 1894, in any Iowa city of over five thousand inhabitants, to vote taxes not to exceed five percentum on the assessed value thereof, to construct or to aid in the construction of a highway bridge or a combination bridge, suitable for use as a highway and for railway purposes across any navigable boundary river of Iowa, including the levy of said taxes, and all acts leading up to the same as done thereunder. Also: JAMES D. ROWEN, Chief Clerk. MR. PRESIDENT-I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House has passed the following joint resolution in which the concurrence of the Senate is asked: WHEREAS, The citizens and tax payers of the Muscatine Island levee district, composed of lands lying adjacent to the Mississippi river in Muscatine and Louisa counties, Iowa, have maintained for many years a levee at their own expense, which levee is of great benefit to the navigation of the Mississippi river, and protection to the lands and agricultural districts thereto adjoining; and |