On request of Mr. Harbert, House file No. 288, a bill for an act to legalize the acts and ordinances of the town of Norway, Benton county, Iowa, with report of committee recommending passage, was taken up, considered and, on motion of Mr. Harbert, the report of the committee adopted.

Mr. Harbert 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:

Messrs. Anderson of Warren, Barkley, Barringer, Bengston, Bennett, Black, Blakemore, Buchanan, Byers, Campbell, Carr, Carter, Clark of Hamilton, Clarke of Dallas, Cold, Conley, Cowles, Cruikshank, Dodds, Dows, Dunham, Eaton, Edwards, Eiker, Furry, Graff, Hansmann, Harbert, Hasselquist, Head, Hilsinger, Hinkle, Hughes, Jaeger, Keck, Kendall, Koontz, Letts, Lyman, McAleer, McCurdy, McGinn, Miller of Cedar, Miller of Fayette, Nicolaus, Overfield, Payne, Prentis, Putnam, Roome, Santee, Sokol, Stallcop, Stratton, Stuckslager, Sweet, Theophilus, Thuenen, Towner, Townsend, Veneman, Warren, Wilson of Buena Vista, Wilson of Keokuk, Wilson of Washington, Wise, Wright, Mr. Speaker-68.

The nays were:

None.

Absent or not voting:

Messrs. Anderson of Lyon, Ayers, Baker, Barrett, Blake, Blume, Boysen, Coburn, Cottrell, Crouse, Davis, Downing, Gibson, Hawk, Hurn, Jenks, Jones, Kent, Kerr, Kimball, Kirkwood, Koto, Marshall, Myers, Patton, Sauer, Scott, Shambaugh, Stewart, Temple, Way, Wilson of Adair-32.

On request of Mr. Bennett, House file No. 292, a bill for an act defining the duties and powers of directors of incorporations organized under the laws of this state for pecuniary profit, with report of committee recommending passage, was taken up, considered and, on motion of Mr. Bennett, the report of the committee adopted.

Mr. Wilson of Washington offered the following amend ment:

I move to amend House file No. 292, by striking therefrom section 3. The amendment was lost.

Mr. Bennett 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:

Messrs. Anderson of Warren, Barkley, Barrett, Barringer, Bengston, Bennett, Black, Blake, Blakemore, Byers, Campbell, Carr, Carter, Clark of Hamilton, Clarke of Dallas, Cold, Conley, Cowles, Cruikshank, Dodds, Dows, Dunham, Eaton, Edwards, Eiker, Furry, Graff, Hansmann, Harbert, Hasselquist, Head, Hilsinger, Hinkle, Hughes, Jaeger, Jones, Keck, Kendall, Koontz, Letts, Lyman, McCurdy, McGinn, Marshall, Miller of Cedar, Miller of Fayette, Nicolaus, Overfield, Payne, Prentis, Putnam, Roome, Santee, Shambaugh, Sokol, Stallcop, Stratton, Stuckslager, Sweet, Temple, Theophilus, Towner, Townsend, Veneman, Warren, Wilson of Buena Vista, Wilson of Keokuk, Wilson of Washington, Wise, Wright, Mr. Speaker-71.

The nays were:
None.

Absent or not voting:

Messrs. Anderson of Lyon, Ayers, Baker, Blume, Boysen, Buchanan, Coburn, Cottrell, Crouse, Davis, Downing, Gibson, Hawk, Hurn, Jenks, Kent, Kerr, Kimball, Kirkwood, Koto, McAleer, Myers, Patton, Sauer, Scott, Stewart, Thuenen, Way, Wilson of Adair-29.

So the bill, having received a constitutional majority, was declared to have passed the House and its title agreed to.

On request of Mr. Barringer, House file No. 93, a bill for an act to legalize the incorporation and ordinances of the town of Rodman, Palo Alto county, Iowa, with report of committee recommending substitute and passage of same, was taken up, considered, and the report of the committee adopted.

Mr. Barringer moved the adoption of the substitute recommended by the committee.

The motion prevailed and the substitute was adopted.

Mr. Barringer 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:

Messrs. Anderson of Warren, Barkley, Barrett, Barringer, Bengston, Bennett, Blake, Blakemore, Buchanan, Byers, Campbell, Carr, Carter, Clarke of Hamilton, Clarke of Dallas, Cold, Conley, Cowles, Cruikshank, Dodds, Dows, Dunham, Eaton, Edwards, Eiker, Furry, Graff, Hansmann, Harbert, Hasselquist, Head, Hilsinger, Hinkle, Hughes, Hurn, Jaeger, Jones, Keck, Kendall, Koontz, Lyman, McAleer, McCurdy, McGinn, Marshall, Miller of Cedar, Miller of Fayette, Nicolaus, Overfield, Payne, Prentis, Putnam, Roome, Santee, Shambaugh, Sokol, Stallcop, Stratton, Stuckslager, Sweet, Temple, Theophilus, Towner, Townsend, Veneman, Warren, Wilson of Buena Vista, Wilson of Keokuk, Wilson of Washington, Wise, Wright, Mr. Speaker.-72.

The nays were:

None.

Absent or not voting:

Messrs. Anderson of Lyon, Ayers, Baker, Black, Blume, Boysen, Coburn, Cottrell, Crouse, Davis, Downing, Gibson, Hawk, Jenks, Kent, Kerr, Kimball, Kirkwood, Koto, Letts, Myers, Patton, Sauer, Scott, Stewart, Thuenen, Way, Wilson of Adair-28.

The bill, having received a constitutional majority, was declared to have passed the House and the title agreed to.

On request of Mr. McGinn, House file No. 258, a bill for an act to amend section 1326 of the code of 1897, relating to building and loan associations, with report of committee recommending passage was taken up, considered and, on motion of Mr. McGinn the report of the committee adopted.

The bill was read for information.

Mr. Carr moved to amend by striking out the enacting clause and also, the words and figures "of 1897" occurring therein.

The amendment was adopted by unanimous consent.

Mr. Prentis moved that the bill be referred to the Ways and Means committee.

A division was called for.

The motion prevailed by a vote of 38 to 17, and the bill was so referred.

On request of Mr. Dunham, Senate file No. 116, a bill for an act to amend section 2831 of the code, relating to county uniformity of text-books, with report of committee recommending passage, was taken up, considered and, on motion of Mr. Dunham, the report of the committee adopted.

The bill was read for in formation.

Mr. Dunham 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:

Messrs. Anderson of Warren, Barkley, Barrett, Barringer, Bengston, Bennett, Black, Blakemore, Byers, Campbell, Carter, Clark of Hamilton, Clarke of Dallas, Cold, Conley, Cowles, Cruikshank, Dows, Dunham, Eaton, Edwards, Eiker, Furry, Graff, Hansmann, Harbert, Hasselquist, Head, Hilsinger, Hinkle, Hughes, Hurn, Jones, Keck, Kendall, Koontz, Lyman, McAleer, McCurdy, McGinn, Miller of Cedar, Miller of Fayette, Overfield, Payne, Prentis, Putnam, Roome, Santee, Shambaugh, Sokol, Stallcop, Stratton, Stuckslager, Temple, Theophilus, Thuenen, Towner, Townsend, Veneman, Wilson of Buena Vista, Wilson of Keokuk, Wilson of Washington, Wise, Wright, Mr. Speaker-65.

The nays were:

None.

Absent or not voting:

Messrs. Anderson of Lyon, Ayers, Baker, Blake, Blume, Boysen, Buchanan, Carr, Coburn, Cottrell, Crouse, Davis, Dodds, Downing, Gibson, Hawk, Jaeger, Jenks, Kent, Kerr, Kimball, Kirkwood, Koto, Letts, Marshall, Myers, Nicolaus, Patton, Sauer, Scott, Stewart, Sweet, Warren, Way, Wilson of Adair-35.

The bill, having received a constitutional majority, was declared to have passed the House and the title agreed to.

On request of Mr. Byers, Senate file No. 60, a bill for an act amending section 576 of the code, relative to tne duties of township clerk, with report of committee recommending amendments and passage, was taken up, considered, and the report of the committee adopted.

Mr. Byers moved that the following amendments recommended by the committee be adopted:

Insert the word "each" before the word "township," and strike from the word "clerks" the letter "s," in line 3, section 1.

The motion prevailed and the amendments were adopted. The bill was read for information.

Mr. Byers 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:

Messrs. Anderson of Warren, Barkley, Barringer, Bengston, Bennett, Black, Blake, Blakemore, Buchanan, Byers, Carter, Clark of Hamilton, Clarke of Dallas, Cold, Conley, Cowles, Dows, Dunham, Eaton, Edwards, Eiker, Furry, Graff, Hansmann, Harbert, Hasselquist, Head, Hilsinger, Hinkle, Hughes, Hurn. Jones, Keck, Kendall, Koontz, Letts, Lyman, McAleer, McCurdy, McGinn, Miller of Cedar, Miller of Fayette, Nicolaus, Payne, Prentis, Putnam, Roome, Santee, Shambaugh, Sokol, Stratton, Stucklager, Sweet, Temple, Theophilus, Thuenen, Towner, Townsend, Veneman, Warren, Wilson of Buena Vista, Wilson, of Keokuk, Wilson of Washington, Wise, Wright, Mr. Speaker-66.

The nays were:

Messrs. Campbell, Cruikshank, Dodds, Jaeger-4.

Absent or not voting:

Messrs. Anderson of Lyon, Ayers, Baker, Barrett, Blume, Boysen, Carr, Coburn, Cottrell, Crouse, Davis, Downing, Gibson, Hawk, Jenks, Kent, Kerr, Kimball, Kirkwood, Koto, Marshall, Myers, Overfield, Patton, Sauer, Scott, Stallcop, Stewart, Way, Wilson of Adair―30.