The Journal of Saturday was taken up, read, corrected and adopted. Senator Waterman filed the following motion: I hereby file a motion to reconsider the vote by which House concurrent resolution in regard to purchase and distribution of maps, was adopted. H. L. WATERMAN. The President announced as special committee on the Rea resolution, Senators Sargent, Perrin and Carney. Senator Garst moved that Senate do now adjourn until 10 o'clock A. M. to-morrow. Carried. Senate adjourned. SENATE CHAMBER, DES MOINES, Iowa, Tuesday, January 21, 1896. The Senate met in regular session at 10 o'clock A. M., President Parrott presiding. Prayer was offered by Rev. E. W. Curtis, of Des Moines. J. C. Trainer, Clerk of the Committee on Banking, appeared at the bar of the Senate and took the oath of office. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. Senator Hospers presented petition of board of supervisors of O'Brien county to have certain lands subject to lien of taxes. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. Senator Harper presented petition of Palermon Lacey and forty-seven others relative to the age of consent. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. Senator Ranck presented petition of Mrs. Otis Hahn and others relative to juvenile prisoners. Referred to Committee on Penitentiaries and Pardons. Senator Penrose presented petition of H. L. Bassitt and others in regard to age of consent. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. Senator Hotchkiss presented petition of Rev. A. J. Zaiser and 156 others of Audubon County on the same subject. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. Senator Cheshire presented petition of M. Dorcher and others on the same subject. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. Senator Hobart presented petition of Frank Tyner and others in regard to adulteration of food and drugs. Referred to Committee on Pharmacy. Senator Hobart presented petition of William Hale and others on same subject. Referred to Committee on Pharmacy. Senator Cheshire presented petition of Blanche Sokal and others in regard to juvenile prisoners. Referred to Committee on Penitentiaries and Pardons. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. By Senator Blanchard, Senate file No. 65, a bill for an act to prevent combination between fire insurance companies and providing penalties therefor. Read first and second times and referred to Committee on Insurance. By Senator Druet, Senate file No. 66, a bill for an act to prevent blindness and for the care of infants afflicted by the same. Read first and second times and referred to Committee on Public Health. By Senator Eaton, Senate file No. 67, a bill for an act to regulate the taxing of costs in certain criminal cases, read first and second times and referred to Committee on Judiciary. By Senator Gorrell, Senate file No. 68, a bill for an act relative to trimming hedges and keeping down noxious weeds in highways. Read first and second times and referred to Committee on Highways. By Senator Hipwell, Senate file No. 69, a bill for an act to amend section 1078, Code of 1873. Read first and second times and referred to Committee on Judiciary. By Senator Hurst, Senate file No. 70, a bill for an act for the punishment of crimes for second and subsequent offenses. Read first and second times and referred to Committee on Judiciary. By Senator Palmer, Senate file No. 71, a bill for an act making appropriations for soldiers' monument. Read first and second times and referred to Committee on Military. Senator Bonson offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: Resolved, That the President of the Senate appoint a committee to draft resolutions of condolence in the case of the death of Hon. isaac W. Baldwin, Cascade, Dubuque county, Iowa, a former member of this body, and that a copy of said resolutions be mailed by the Secretary to the widow of said deceased member. Adopted. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION. Senator Carroll offered the following concurrent resolution and moved its adoption: Resolved, by the Senate, the House Concurring, That a Joint Convention be held in the hall of the House on Wednesday, January 22d, at 12 o'clock, noon, as required by law. Adopted. Senator Ericson offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: Resolved, That Miss Sadie Rice, principal of the Boone High School, her class, be granted the privilege of the Senate Chamber. and Adopted. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. Senator Henderson, from the Committee on Fish and Game, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Fish and Game, to whom was referred Senate file No. 4, a bill for an act for the better protection of fish, 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, when amended by striking out section 2. G. W. HENDERSON, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. Senator Lothrop, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred Senate file No. 44, a bill for an act granting consent to the purchase by the United States of certain lands and jurisdiction over the same, 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 section 2 thereof and inserting in lieu of said section the following: Section 2. This act being deemed of immediate importance shall take effect and be in force from and after its due publication in the Iowa State Register and the Des Moines Leader, papers published in Des Moines, Iowa. And that, being so amended, the bill do pass. Ordered passed on file. J. S. LOTEROP. Chairman. Senator Garst, from the Committee on Assignment of Committee Rooms, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Assignment of Committee Rooms and fixing time of meetings of committees, beg leave to report as follows: |