SENATE CHAMBER, DES MOINES, Iowa, Tuesday, February 25, 1896. } Senate met in regular session at 10 o'clock A. M., President Parrott presiding. Prayer was offered by Rev. W. A. Black, of Des Moines. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. Senator Hobart presented petition of the citizens of Plymouth county, asking that Senate file No. 252 be indefinitely postponed. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Pusey presented remonstrances of Hon. E. Peake, L. G. Saunders, W. A. Swanson, Hy Hagedon, G. H. Croker, Ross Moffitt, F. L. St. John and others against the passage of Senate file No. 252. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Upton presented remonstrance of C. C Coutant and others on same subject. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Upton presented petition of Memorial Post, G. A. R., in relation to Memorial Hall. Referred to Committee on Semi-Centennial and Memorial Hall. Senator Upton presented memorial of Memorial Post, G. A. R., No. 216, favoring February 22 as a legal holiday. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. Senator Everall presented four remonstrances of citizens of Clayton county against the passage of Senate file No. 252. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Ellis presented two remonstrances of citizens of Clinton county on the same subject. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Phelps presented remonstrance of Doty & Thayer and others on same subject. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Ranck presented four remonstrances of O. M. Latta, T. H. Tuomey, P. H. Fluck and Eli Fourton on same subject. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Ranck presented petition of W. P. Johnson and others for additional normal schools. Referred to Committee on Schools. Senator Ranck presented remonstrance of T. E. Rawlings and others, against the passage of Senate file No. 252, and asked to have it read. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Carney presented three remonstrances of O. S. Ketchum, L. U. Hyatt, J. M. Wilson and others on same subject. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Druet presented remonstrance of D. A. Curtis and others on same subject, and asked its return. Senator Byers presented remonstrance of Landon Horner and others, relating to express companies. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Waterman presented two remonstrances of Clark & Mollison, I. S. Riggs and others, against passage of Senate file No. 252. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Bell presented five remonstrances of R. R. Jacobs, T. C. Jackson, A. S. Williams, John S. Pepper, Ed. N. Crumley and others on same subject. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Druet presented remonstrance of H. R. Schermerhorn and others, relating to age of consent. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. Senator Ericson presented remonstrance of G. N. Whipple and others against passage of Senate file No. 252. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Lothrop presented remonstrance of E. E. Crody and others on same subject. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Funk presented memorial of physicians of Spencer, Iowa, relating to duties and power of the state dairy commissioner and asked that it be read. Referred to Committee on Pharmacy. Senator Phelps presented four remonstrances of E. S. Phillips, J. Stoadt, P. S. Southwick, Chris Ross and others against passage of Senate file No. 252. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Garst presented remonstrance of J. H. Hillis and others on same subject. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Trewin presented remonstrance of John O'Brien and others on same subject. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Trewin presented petition of Wm. Shepherd and others, relating to fraternal beneficiary societies. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. Senator Gilbertson presented remonstrance of F. R. Place and others against passage of Senate file No. 252. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Palmer presented petition of J. T. Matthews and others, in favor of additional normal schools. Referred to Committee on Schools. Senator Palmer presented two remonstrances of J. O. Elder, L. P. Jackson and others, against passage of Senate file No. 252. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Riggen presented five remonstrances of H. B. Westlake, W. S. Overman, Smith, Lewis & Co., F. E. Dunn M. A. Strock and others on same subject. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Healy presented remonstrance of Geo. E. Clark and others on same subject. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Hipwell presented remonstrance of W. E. Owen and others on same subject. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Hipwell presented petition of C. T. Lindley and others in favor of passage of Senate file No. 1. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. Senator Harriman presented petition of Mrs. Catherine Wilson and others, relating to permits to pharmacists. Referred to Committee on Pharmacy. Senator Kilburn presented remonstrance of Douglass Debord and others against passage of Senate file No. 252. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Downey presented remonstrance of A. E. Matters and others on same subject. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Gorrell presented two remonstrances of J. A. Laird, Manchester office and others on same subject. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Rowen presented petition of Winfield Scott Post, G. A. R., for an appropriation for Soldiers' Home at Marshalltown and asked that it be read. Referred to Committee on Military. Senator Perrin presented remonstrance of E. A. Tealing and others against passage of Senate file No. 252. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Allyn presented two remonstrances of W. S. Badge, J. F. Overholser and others on same subject. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Berry presented petition of C. R. Scroggs, asking permit to build electric railways on highways. Referred to Committee on Highways. Senator Berry presented remonstrance of G. B. Woodard and others against the passage of Senate file No. 252. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Carney presented petition of W. M. Sloan and others, relating to fraternal beneficiary societies. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. Senator Carroll presented remonstrance of N. C. Blackburn and others against the passage of Senate file No. 252. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Hotchkiss presented four remonstrances of H. Fuller, O. P. Wilcox, M. Johnson, B. Battey and others against the passage of Senate file No. 252. Referred to Committee on Banks. Senator Hotchiss presented petition of W. E. Thorp and others, relating to normal schools. Referred to Committee on Educational Institutions. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. By Senator Cheshire, Senate file No. 333, a bill for an act making appropriations for paving the streets and repairing the sidewalks adjacent to capitol grounds. Read first and second time and referred to Committee on Appropriations. By Senator Mitchell, Senate file No. 334, a bill for an act to repeal a part of section 4 of chapter 170 of the acts of the Nineteenth General Assembly, and chapter 52 of the acts of the Twenty first General Assembly, and chapter 98 of the acts of the Twenty-second General Assembly, and sections 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of chapter 50 of the acts of the Twenty-fourth General Assembly, and chapters 46 and 47 of the acts of the Twenty-fifth General Assembly, all relating to the state dairy commission and dairy products, and imitations and adulterations thereof and to enact substitutes therefor. Read first and second time and referred to Committee on Agriculture. By Senator Penrose, Senate file No. 335, a bill for an act to amend section 3, chapter 134, of the acts of the Twenty-first General Assembly, to transfer Marshall county from the Eleventh to the Seventeenth judicial district, and to provide for another judge. Read first and second time and referred to Committee on Congressional and Judicial Districts. By Senator Ellis (by request), Senate file No. 336, a bill for an act to legalize the annexation of Lyons City to the city of Clinton, Iowa. Read first and second time and referred to Committee on Judiciary. By Senator Ranck, Senate file No. 337, a bill for an act to legalize the extension and enlargement of the incorporate limits of the incorporated town of Williamsburg, in Iowa county, Iowa. Read first and second time and referred to Committee on Judiciary. By Senator Ranck, Senate file No. 338, a bill for an act to amend section 1740 of the Code, relating to schools and employment of counsel by president of board of directors. Read first and second time and referred to Committee on School and Text Books. Senator Gorrell moved that 100 copies of Senate file No. 68, with amendments, be printed. Carried. O request of Senator Cheshire leave of absence was granted Senator Harper until Wednesday. |