The nays were: None. Absent or not voting: Senators Alexander, Ball, Bishop, Bolter, Brighton, Craig, Eaton, Emmert, Fitchpatrick, Gorrell, Healy, Junkin, McArthur, McIntire, Moffit, Nolan, Penrose, Porter, Smith, Wallace, Wilson-21. So the bill, having received a constitutional majority, was declared to have passed the Senate and its title agreed to. Senator McArthur filed the following motion to reconsider the vote by which Senate file No. 66 passed the Senate. I move that the vote by which Senate file No. 66 passed the Senate, be reconsidered. REPORT OF COMMITTEE. Senator Hazelton, from the committee on Elections, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Elections, to whom was referred Senate file No. 133, a bill for an act providing for the form of ballot to be used at municipal elections, and for the manner of nominations by petition for place on such ballot and providing penalties for its violation of its provisions, 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. Adopted. Also: A. S. HAZELTON, Chairman. MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Elections, to whom was referred Senate file No. 147, a bill for an act to amend section four hundred and seventeen (417) of the code, relating to the board of supervisors, 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. A. S. HAZELTON, Adopted. MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Elections, to whom was referred Senate file No. 119, a bill for an act to amend section 1100 of the code, in relation to nominations of candidates for office, 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. A. S. HAZELTON, Chairman. Adopted. MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Elections, to whom was referred Senate file No. 86, a bill for an act to amend section 1106 of the code, relating to the number of places on which a candidate's name may appear on official ballot, 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 seme be indefinitely postponed. A. S. HAZELTON, Ordered passed on file. Also: Chairman. MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Elections, to whom was referred Senate file No. 151, a bill for an act providing for a re-count in contested election cases before the county board of supervisors, 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. Adopted. A. S. HAZELTON, Chairman. Senator Tallman moved the Senate do now adjourn until Monday morning at 9:30 o'clock. Carried. Senate adjourned. SENATE CHAMBER, 900. } DES MOINES, Monday, March 19, 1900. Senate met in regular session at 9:30 o'clock A. M., President Milliman presiding. Prayer was offered by Rev. James Patterson of Des Moines, Iowa. On request of Senator Harriman, leave of absence was granted Senator Alexander until Wednesday. On request of Senator Lister, leave of absence was granted Senator Smith. On request of Senator Emmert, leave of absence was granted Senator Townsend. On request of Senator Ball, leave of absence was granted Senator Titus. On request of Senator Ball, leave of absence was granted Senator Hayward. On request of Senator Wallace, leave of absence was granted Senator Classen. On request of Senator Lyons, leave of absence was granted Senator Nolan on account of sickness. On request of Senator McArthur, leave of absence was granted Senator Penrose. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. Senator Perrin presented petition of Rev. B. H. Forkenbrock and eighty-two other citizens of Chickasaw county, Iowa, praying that the compulsory education bill may not pass. Referred to committee on Schools. Senator Emmert presented petition of citizens of Shelby county, Iowa, in favor of House file, No. 91, a bill for an act to establish one additional normal school. Referred to committee on Educational Institutions. Senator Bachman presented petition of 1,127 citizens of Palo Alto county, Iowa, in favor of House file No. 91, relative to normal schools. Referred to committee on Educational Institutions. Senator Hobart presented petition of citizens of Le Mars, Iowa, against any new legislation affecting building and loan associations. Referred to committee on Building and Loan. Senator Harriman presented petition of forty-one citizens of Sheffield, Iowa, in favor of one additional normal school. Referred to committee on Educational Institutions. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. By committee on Ways and Means, Senate file No. 337, a bill for an act to amend chapter 4 of title 7 of the code, and chapter 37 of the acts of the Twenty-seventh General Assem. bly, relating to the assessment and collection of the collateral inheritance tax. Read first and second time and placed upon the Calendar. By committee on Retrenchment and Reform, Senate file No. 338, a bill for an act to amend sections 2587 and 2590 of the code, relating to the compensation of the pharmacy commissioners. Read first and second time and placed upon the Calendar. By Senator Porter, by request, Senate file No. 339, a bill for an act to repeal section 1311 of the code, relative to the assessment of taxes, and enact a substitute in lieu thereof. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Ways and Means. . By Senator Hubbard, Senate file No, 340, a bill for an act granting jurisdiction to the United States over one acre of ground, including the grave of Sergeant Charles Floyd, in Woodbury county, Iowa. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Federal Kelations BILLS ON THIRD READING. On motion of Senator Wallace, House file No. 187, a bill for an act to amend section 1560 of the code of 1897, relating to service of notice to remove obstructions in the public highways, with report of committee recommending its passage, was taken up, considered, and the report of the committee adopted. The bill was read for information. Senator Wallace moved that the rule be suspended, and that the reading just had be its third reading, which motion prevailed. On the question, Shall the bill pass? The yeas were: Senators Alberson, Arthaud, Bachman, Ball, Cheshire, Craig, Crossley, Emmert, Finch, Fitchpatrick, Garst, Griswold, Harriman, Hazelton, Hobart, Hopkins, Hubbard, Lambert, Lewis, Lister, Lyons, McArthur, Mardis, Moffit, Mullan, Perrin, Porter, Tallman, Trewin, Wallace, Young-31. The nays were: None. Absent or not voting: Senators Alexander, Allyn, Bishop, Blanchard, Bolter, Brighton, Classen, Eaton, Gorrell, Hayward, Healy, Junkin, McIntire, Nolan, Penrose, Smith, Titus, Townsend, Wilson-19. So the bill, having received a constitutional majority, was declared to have passed the Senate and its title agreed to. REPORT OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON ENROLLED BILLS. Senator Arthaud, from the joint committee on Enrolled Bills, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your joint committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined, and find correctly enrolled, House file No. 66, a bill for an act providing for the payment by the state of costs and fees incurred in prosecutions for escaping from the penitentiary. Also, House file No. 289, a bill for an act to legalize the levy made by the town of Bonaparte, in Van Buren county, Iowa, and the acts of its council. F. L. ARTHAUD, Chairman Senate Committee. J. P. LYMAN, Chairman House Committee. Ordered passed on file. |