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Also:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined, and find correctly enrolled, Senate file No. 204, a bill for an act to amend chapter 14 of the laws of the Twenty-fourth General Assembly, relating to funding indebtedness of cities and towns. G. S. GILBERTSON,

Chairman.

Ordered passed on file.
Also:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined, and find correctly enrolled, Senate file No. 163, a bill for on act to amend section 3908 of the Code of 1873, relating to embezzlement by public officers.

G. S. GILBERTSON,

Chairman.

Ordered passed on file.
Also:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined and find correctly enrolled Senate file No. 373, a bill for an act relating to certain additional justices of the peace and constables, legalizing their official acts and the official acts of canvassing boards with reference thereto.

G. S. GILBERTSON,

Chairman.

Ordered passed on file.
Also:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined, and find correctly enrolled, Senate file No. 144, a bill for an act to define and punish the crime of maliciously, wilfully and feloniously disturbing or interfering with any horse, harness or vehicle, and providing punishment therefor.

G. S. GILBErtson,

Chairman.

Ordered passed on file.
Also:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined and find correctly enrolled Senate file No. 384, a bill for an act relinquishing an escheat in Hamilton county to Mrs. Winnefred J. Byrne.

G. S. GILBERTSON,

Ordered passed on file.

Chairman.

Also:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined, and find correctly enrolled, Senate file No. 24. a bill for an act requiring that juvenile prisoners be kept apart from older offenders. G. S. GILBERTSON,

Chairman.

Ordered passed on file.
Also:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined, and find correctly enrolled, Senate file No. 5, a bill for an act to amend chapter 13, title 12, of the Code, in relation to the state library, and to provide for an extension of the use thereof.

G. S. GILBERTSON,

Chairman.

Ordered passed on file.
Also:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined, and find correctly enrolled, Senate file No. 376, a bill for an act to legalize the incorporation of the town of Urbana, Benton county, Iowa, the election of its officers, and all acts done, and the ordinances passed by the council of said town.

G. S. GILBERTSON,

Chairman.

Ordered passed on file.

Also:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined and find correctly enrolled Senate file No. 37, & bill for an act to amend section 2178 of the Code, in relation to the sale of property by carriers and others for charges.

Ordered passed on file.

G. S. GILBERTSON,

Chairman.

Senator Carpenter moved to reconsider the vote by which House file No. 281 was lost.

Carried.

Senator Carpenter moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed to a third reading.

Carried.

On motion of Senator Alexander, Senate file No. 424, a bill for an act legalizing the ordinances of the City of Marion. Iowa, with report of committee recommending that it do pass, was taken up, considered, and the report of the committee adopted.

The bill was read for information.

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Senator Alexander moved that the rule be suspended, and that the bill be considered engrossed, and that the reading just had be the third reading, which motion prevailed.

On the question, "Shall the bill pass?" the yeas were: Senators Alexander, Allyn, Bell, Bonson, Byers, Carney, Carpenter, Carroll, Cheshire, Downey, Druet, Eaton, Ellison, Ericson, Funk, Garst, Gilbertson, Harper, Henderson, Hobart, Hotchkiss, Hurst, Junkin, Kilburn, Lothrop, Palmer, Penrose, Perrin, Phelps, Ranck, Riggen, Rowen, Sargent, Upton, Waterman, Young-36.

The nays were:

None.

Absent or not voting:

Senators Berry, Blanchard, Craig, Ellis, Everall, Gorrell, Harriman, Healy, Hipwell, Hospers, Lehfeldt, Mitchell, Pusey, Trewin-14.

So the bill passed and the title was agreed to.

On motion of Senator Perrin, House file No. 325, a bill for an act to amend chapter 62 of the acts of the Twenty-fifth General Assembly, entitled "An act to tax the traffic in intoxicating liquors, and to regulate and control the same," with the report of the committee recommending that it do pass, was taken up, considered, and the report of the committee adopted.

Senator Perrin moved that the rule be suspended, and that the bill be considered engrossed and read a third time now, which motion prevailed and the bill was read a third time.

On the question, "Shall the bill pass?" the yeas were: Senators Alexander, Allyn, Blanchard, Bonson, Byers, Carney, Carpenter, Cheshire, Craig, Downey, Ericson, Everall, Funk, Garst, Gilbertson, Harper, Hobart, Hospers, Hurst, Junkin, Lothrop, Palmer, Perrin, Pusey, Ranck, Riggen, Sargent, Trewin, Upton, Waterman, Young-31.

The nays were:

Senators Berry, Carroll, Druet, Eaton, Harriman, Henderson, Hotchkiss, Kilburn, Mitchell, Rowen-10.

Absent or not voting:

Senators Bell, Ellis, Ellison, Gorrell, Healy, Hipwell, Lehfeldt, Penrose, Phelps-9.

So the bill passed and the title was agreed to.

On motion of Senator Riggen, House file No. 146, a bill for an act to amend section 4305 of McClain's Code, relative to the expenditure of insane soldiers' pensions, with report of com

mittee recommending certain amendments, and that when so amended it do pass, was taken up and considered.

Senator Riggen moved to amend the report of the committee by striking out the words "soldiers' benefit" in the ninth line and inserting in the fourth line the words "benefit of the pensioner or his family."

Carried.

Senator Riggen moved to amend the report by striking out the word "pensioner" before the word "benefit" and insert the word "soldier" in lieu thereof.

Carried.

The report of the committee as amended was adopted.

Senator Riggen moved that the rule be suspended, and that the bill be considered engrossed and read a third time now, which motion prevailed and the bill was read a third time. On the motion, "Shall the bill pass?" the yeas were: Senators Alexander, Allyn, Bell, Blanchard, Bonson, Byers, Carney, Carpenter, Carroll, Cheshire, Craig, Downey, Druet, Eaton, Ellison, Ericson, Everall, Funk, Garst, Gilbertson, Harper, Harriman, Henderson, Hobart, Hospers, Hotchkiss, Hurst, Kilburn, Lothrop, Mitchell, Palmer, Penrose, Perrin, Phelps, Pusey, Riggen, Rowen, Sargent, Trewin, Upton, Waterman-41.

The nays were:

None.

Absent or not voting:

Senators Berry, Ellis, Healy, Gorrell, Hipwell, Junkin, Lehfeldt, Ranck, Young-9.

So the bill passed and the title was agreed to.

Senator Funk offered the following resolution and asked that it be laid over:

Resolved, That the President of the Senate is hereby directed to appoint a sifting committee, consisting of nine members, and when so appointed, all bills other than appropriation bills be referred to said committee, and that hereafter no bills except appropriation bills shall be considered unless favorably reported by said committee; said reported bills to be taken up for consideration in the order in which they are reported; provided, that the mover of this resolution be not appointed as chairman of said committee.

Senator Eaton called up motion to reconsider the vote by which Senate file No. 431 was passed.

Senator Eaton moved that the vote by which Senate file No. 431 was passed be reconsidered.

Carried.

Senator Eaton moved that the vote by which the bill was passed to third reading be reconsidered.

Carried.

President pro tem Funk presiding.

Senator Eaton moved that the bill be recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary, with instruction to report the bill back by Monday.

Senator Harriman moved the previous question.

On the question, "Shall the main question be put?" the motion prevailed.

On the question, "Shall the bill be recommitted?" the yeas

were:

Senators Allyn, Bell, Byers, Eaton, Ellison, Ericson, Gilbertson, Henderson, Hobart, Hospers, Hurst, Lothrop, Palmer, Penrose, Pusey, Ranck-16.

The nays were:

Senators Alexander, Berry, Blanchard, Bonson, Carney, Carpenter, Cheshire, Craig, Downey, Druet, Everall, Garst, Harper, Harriman, Hotchkiss, Junkin, Kilburn, Mitchell, Perrin, Phelps, Riggen, Rowen, Sargent, Trewin, Upton, Young-26.

Absent or not voting:

Senators Carroll, Ellis, Funk, Gorrell, Healy, Hipwell, Lehfeldt, Waterman-8.

So the motion was lost.

Senator Cheshire moved that the bill be considered by sections.

Carried.

Senator Young moved to amend the bill by striking out sections 2 and 3.

Adopted.

Senator Ellison offered the following amendment:

I move to amend section 4 by striking out of the first line thereof the words "executive council" and insert in lieu thereof the words "superintendents, wardens, regents, and trustees of all State institutions."

Adopted.

President Parrott presiding.