well as all other persons who were in any way connected with the said report or had any knowledge of the said matters. Your committee finds that the said Oce B. Jackson and George A. Quimby were members of the executive committee of an association known as the Iowa Federation of Building and Loan Associations. As members of the executive committee of said federation they received, from the various associations, the sum of twenty-three hundred and ninety-five dollars. That the said Jackman and Quimby have, as shown by their statements and evidence, disbursed the sum of fourteen hundred and fifty dollars and the balance is not accounted for, except under the head of "Sundries" which they attempt to account for in small expenses. They refuse to make specific statements on the claim that they were not of record and had escaped their memory. Your committee finds there is not the slightest evidence or intimation that any member of the General Assembly was offered or received any money or was improperly influenced in any manner by the said Jackman and Quimby or by the use of any of the funds in their hands. The evidence of all witnesses examined emphatically denies that any money or thing of value was given or offered directly or indirectly to any member of the General Assembly. Your committee finds that the contributions made by the various building and loan associations were not given for the use of any illegal purposes, and there is no evidence that this association asked for a law not in the interests of the people. It is clearly shown that the said Jackman and Quimby, in their statements, have endeavored to account for money expended, and in so doing have sought to raise themselves in the estimation of their employers by claiming the credit of passing a law which the interests of the people demanded and which would have been passed had no funds been contributed whatever. Upon a review of the whole testimony we find that beyond all question the letter and report of Oce B. Jackman, in so far as it may be construed to reflect on members of the General Assembly, is without foundation and such fact was well known to him. We find that the letter and report can only be accounted for on one of the two grounds. Either that the committee of the federation was filled with a reckless vain-glory and sought by false insinuations to exploit their own importance at the expense of innocent men, or that in a spirit of boasting they made a bombastic statement without weighing the language used. In either case, they have wronged the members of the General Assembly and have forfeited the privileges usually accorded to those who desire to confer with members as to proposed legislation. Your committee unanimously endorses the report made by the House investigation committee, found in the Journal of the House, March 22d, and all that is therein said, with reference to so-called lobbyists and promoters of legislation. A copy of this report together with the evidence taken in this investigation has been deposited with the Secretary of State. Respectfully submitted, Ordered passed on file. H. O. WEAVER, M. L. TEMPLE, O. A. BYINGTON, Committee for the House. W. O. MITCHELL, WM. B. PERRIN, T. G. HARPER, Committee for the Senate. MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE. The following message was received from the Senate: MR. SPEAKER-I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has amended and passed the following bill, in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked: House file No. 9, a bill for an act to revise, amend and codify the statutes in relation to the Executive Department. Also: GEO. A. NEWMAN, Secretary. MR. SPEAKER-I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has concurred in the House amendment transferring the Senate amendment to section 19 to section 4 of House file No. 17, a bill for an act to revise, amend and codify the statutes in relation to agricultural and horticultural societies. GEO. A. NEWMAN, Secretary. Mr. Prentis called up the motion to reconsider the vote whereby Senate file No. 37 passed the House, and moved to lay this motion on the table. Lost by a vote of 34 yeas to 43 nays. REPORT OF COMMITTEE. Mr. Allen, from the Committee on Code Revision, Second Division, submitted the following report: MR. SPEAKER-Your Committee on Code Revision, Second Division, to whom was referred House file No. 21, a bill for an act to revise, amend and codify the statutes in relation to internal improvements, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the House do concur in the Senate amendments thereto. W. S. ALLEN, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. The pending business, House file No. 8, relating to the Revenue, was taken up for further consideration. The following amendments were filed to this bill. By Mr. McNulty, No. 31.-Amend section 1, line 8, by striking out the word "one" at the end of said line, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "three." By Mr. McNulty, No. 32.-Amend section 1, line 6, by adding after the word "sister" the words "nephew or niece." By Mr. McNulty, No. 33.-Amend section 4, line 3, by adding after the word "sister" the words "nephew or niece." By Mr. McNulty, No. 34.-Amend section 1, line 7, by adding after the word "decedent" the words "or person to whom the decedent in his or her lifetime has provided for as a child.” By Mr. Wood, No. 35.-Amend section 2, chapter 11, by inserting at the end of said section 2, the words, "Provided that the board of supervisors may pay from the county fund for the support of the schools and roads, in the township in which the county poor farm is located, a sum equivalent to the taxes which would accrue against said property if regularly assessed." By Mr. Jackson, No. 36.-Amend section 19, chapter 1, by substituting the following therefor: "Section 19. Private banks, or any persons other than corporations hereinafter specified, a part of whose business is the receiving of deposits, loaning money, buying or discounting notes, or the selling of exchange, shall furnish to the assessor a sworn statement of the amount of capital, surplus, and undivided profits actually employed in such business and not invested in real estate, personal property, or in bonds or stocks, exempt or otherwise taxed in this State, which amount shall be assessed to such banks or persons as moneys and credits. All real estate or other taxable property belonging to or owned by such banks or persons shall be specially listed and valued by the usual description thereof and assessed to such banks or persons." REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ENROLLED BILLS. Mr. Hauger, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, submitted the following report: MR. SPEAKER-Your Committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined, and find correctly enrolled, House file No. 65, a bill for an act to revise, amend and codify the statutes in relation to the State historical society. Ordered passed on file. W. E. HAUGER, Also: MR. SPEAKER-Your Committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined, and find correctly enrolled, House file No. 74, a bill for an act to revise, amend and codify the statutes in relation to mechanics' liens. W. E. HAUGer, Ordered passed on file. MR. SPEAKER-Your Committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined, and find correctly enrolled, House file No. 93, a bill for an act to revise, amend and codify the statutes in relation to the Normal School, approved February 26, 1897. Ordered passed on file. W. E. HAUGer, REPORT OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON ENROLLED BILLS. Mr. Hauger, from the Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills, submitted the following report: MR. SPEAKER-Your Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined, and find correctly enrolled, House file No. 28, a bill for an act to revise, amend and codify the statutes in relation to the settlement and support of the poor. G. S. GILBERTSON, Chairman Senate Committee. W. E. HAUGER, Chairman House Committee. Ordered passed on file. Also: MR. SPEAKER-Your Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined, and find correctly enrolled, Senate file No. 90, a bill for an act to revise, amend and codify the statutes in relation to the School for the Deaf. G. S. GILBERTSON, Chairman Senate Committee. W. E. HAUGER, Chairman House Committee. Ordered passed on file. Also: MR. SPEAKER-Your Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined, and find correctly enrolled, House file No. 65, a bill for an act to revise, amend and codify the statutes in relation to the State historical society. G. S. GILBERTSON, Chairman Senate Committee. W. E. HAUGER, Chairman House Committee. Ordered passed on file. Also: MR. SPEAKER-Your Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined, and find correctly enrolled, House file No. 74, a bill for an act to revise, amend and codify the statutes in relation to mechanic's liens. G. S. GILBERTSON, Chairman Senate Committee. W. E. HAUGer, Chairman House Committee. Ordered passed on file. MR. SPEAKER-Your Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined, and find correctly enrolled, House file No. 93, a bill for an act to revise, amend and codify the statutes in relation to the Normal School, approved February 26, 1897. G. S. GILBERTSON. Chairman Senate Committee. W. E. HAUger, Chairman House Committee. Ordered passed on file. MR. SPEAKER-Your Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined, and find correctly enrolled, House file No. 28, a bill for an act to revise, amend and codify the statutes in relation to the settlement and support of the poor. G. S. GILBERTSON, Chairman Senate Committee. W. E. HAUGER, Chairman House Committee. Ordered passed on file. MR. SPEAKER-Your Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined, and find correctly enrolled, Senate file No. 19, a bill for an act to revise, amend and codify the statutes in relation to the board of railroad commissioners. G. S. GILBERTSON, Chairman Senate Committee. W. E. HAUGER, Chairman House Committee. Ordered passed on file. Also: MR. SPEAKER-Your Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined, and find 40, a bill for an act to revise, amend and the Soldiers' Home. Ordered passed on file. correctly enrolled, Senate file No. codify the statutes in relation to G. S. GILBERTSON, Chairman Senate Committee. Chairman House Committee. |