Mr. Dows moved that Senate file No. 18, which was a duplicate, be substituted for House file No. 19, and that the reading just had be considered the third reading of the bill.

Carried.

Senate file No. 18 was read first and second time.

On the question, Shall the bill pass?

The yeas were:

Messrs. Anderson of Lyon, Anderson of Warren, Ayers, Baker, Barkley, Barrett, Bengston, Bennett, Black, Blake, Blakemore, Blume, Boysen, Buchanan, Byers, Campbell, Carr, Carter, Clark of Hamilton, Clarke of Dallas, Cold, Conley, Cottrell, Crouse, Cruikshank Davis, Dodds, Downing, Dows, Dunham, Eaton, Edwards, Eiker, Furry, Gibson, Graff, Hansmann, Harbert, Hasselquist, Hawk, Hilsinger, Hinkle, Hughes, Hurn, Jaeger, Jenks, Jones, Keck, Kendall, Kent, Kerr, Kimball, Kirkwood, Koontz, Koto, Letts, Lyman, McAleer, McCurdy, McGinn, Marshall, Miller of Cedar, Miller of Fayette, Myers, Nicolaus, Overfield, Patton, Payne, Prentis, Putnam, Roome, Santee, Sauer, Scott, Shambaugh, Stallcop, Stewart, Stratton, Stuckslager, Temple, Theophilus, Towner, Townsend, Veneman, Warren, Wilson of Adair, Wilson of Buena Vista, Wilson of Keokuk, Wilson of Washington, Wise, Wright, Mr. Speaker-92.

The nays were:

None.

Absent or not voting:

Messrs. Barringer, Coburn, Cowles, Head, Sokol, Sweet, Thuenen, Way-8.

So the bill passed and the title was agreed to.

On request of Mr. McCurdy, Mr. Barringer was excused. Mr. Hinkle moved that the House adjourn until 10 o'clock A. M., Monday, January, 22d.

A division was called for, and the motion was declared lost.

Mr. Thueren requested that the Journal show that he would have voted aye, had he been present when the roll was called on Senate file No. 18.

Miss Anna Norton appeared and was sworn in as clerk of committee on Enrolled Bills.

On motion of Mr. Furry, the House adjourned till 10 A. M., to-morrow.

HALL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DES MOINES, Saturday, January 20, 1900. House met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock A. M., Speaker pro tem Temple in the chair.

Prayer was offered by the Rev. A. E. Griffith, pastor of Wesley M. E. church, Des Moines.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE.

Mr. Temple, from the committee on Judiciary, submitted the following report:

MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred House file No. 12, a bill for an act to amend section twenty-six hundred sixty-seven of the code, relating to the rate of interest to be charged in loaning the endowment funds of the State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 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 same do pass.

Ordered passed on file.

M. L. TEMPLE,

Chairman.

Mr. Byers moved that the report of the committee be adopted and the bill placed upon the calendar.

Carried.

Mr. Dows asked for a reading of Joint resolution No. 4, recommending additional employes and fixing their compensation and the manner of payment thereof, which was read.

Mr. Dows thereupon moved that the rules be suspended, and the reading just had be considered the third reading, and the resolution put upon its passage.

Mr. Byers asked that the resolution be read again.

The resolution was read.

Mr. Dows' motion was voted upon and carried.

On the question, Shall the Joint resolution piss?

The yeas were:

Messrs. Anderson of Lyon, Ayers, Barkley, Barrett, Bengston, Bennett, Black, Blakemore, Buchanan, Carter. Cold, Davis, Dodds, Downing, Dows, Eaton, Edwards, Eiker, Furry, Graff, Hansmann, Hasselquist, Hawk, Hilsinger, Hinkle, Hughes, Hurn, Jaeger, Jones, Keck, Kerr, Kimball, Koontz, Lyman, McAleer, McCurdy, Marshall, Miller of Cedar, Myers, Overfield, Patton, Payne, Prentis, Putnam, Roome, Santee, Sweet, Temple, Theophilus, Thuenen, Towner, Townsend, Warren, Wilson of Keokuk, Wilson of Washington, Wright-56.

The nays were:

Messrs. Blume, Byers, Campbell, Carr, Clarke of Dallas, Conley, Cottrell, Kendall, Kent, Koto, McGinn, Nicolaus, Scott, Shambaugh, Stallcop, Stewart, Stratton, Veneman-17. Absent or not voting:

Messrs. Anderson of Warren, Baker, Barringer, Blake, Boysen, Buchanan, Clark of Hamilton, Coburn. Cow es Crouse, Cruikshank, Dunham, Gibson, Harbert, Head, Jenks, Kirkwood, Letts, Milier of Fayette, Sauer, Sok 1, Stuckslager, Way, Wilson of Adair, Wilson of Buena Vista, Wise, Mr. Speaker-27.

The resolution having received a constitutional majority was declared adopted.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.

By Carr, House file No. 56, a bill for an act to authorize the improvement and regulate the use of Des Moines river and its bed and banks within the corporate limits of the city of Des Moines.

Read first and second time and referred to committee on Judiciary.

By Thuenen, House file No. 57, a bill for an act to amend section 720 of the code relating to gas works and electric light plants.

Read first and second time and referred to committee on Municipal Corporations.

By Myers, House file No. 58, a bill for an act to amend section 2992 of chapter 9, title 14 of the code of Iowa, relating to landlord and tenant.

Read first and second time and referred to committee on Judiciary.

The Journal of January 19th was corrected and approved. Mr. Wise offered the following resolution:

WHEREAS, The Hon. Edward Townsend, an honored member of the Twenty-second and Twenty-third General Assemblies, from Black Hawk county, also a member of the Iowa Soldiers' Monument commission, having closed life's work at his home in Cedar Falls, on the 19th instant, therefore be it

Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed to present resolutions commemorating his life and work.

Mr. Wright moved that the resolution be adopted.

Carried.

The chair appointed as such committee, Messrs. Wise, Eaton, Cold, Wright and Theophilus.

On request of Mr. Stratton, leave of absence was granted Mr. Crouse.

On request of Mr. Sweet, leave of absence was granted Mr. Dunham.

On request of Mr. Theophilus, leave of absence was granted Mr. Cruikshank.

On request of Mr. Jaeger, leave of absence was granted Mr. Sauer until Tuesday.

On request, leave of absence was granted Mr. Anderson of Warren, until Monday.

On request, leave of absence was granted Mr. Buchanan.

On request of Mr. Putnam, leave of absence was granted Mr. Jenks.

On request of Mr. Baker, leave of absence was granted Mr. Wilson of Adair until Tuesday.

On request, leave of acsence was granted Mr. Eaton until Wednesday.

On request of Mr. Dows, leave of absence was granted Mr. Harbert until Tuesday.

On request of Mr. Hawk, leave of absence was granted Mr. Head until Tuesday.

On request, leave of absence was granted Mr. Scott until Tuesday.

The following persons appeared and were sworn in as committee clerks :

Cora E. Tupper, as clerk of special committee on Byers contest case.

C. R. Wright, as clerk of committee on Mines and Mining. Mr. Kendall moved that the House adjourn until 10 o'clock A. M., Tuesday.

Mr. Dows moved to amend by inserting 2 o'clock.

Mr. Theophilus moved to amend by inserting 2 o'clock P. M., Monday.

Carried.

The original motion as amended prevailed.

House adjourned.