The Speaker ordered the roll of the House to be called. Messrs. Babcock, Banta, Beaver, Buennagel, Carter, Clore, Cowing, Furnas, Galbraith, Grieger, Harris, Hill, Hostetter, Kayser, Kessler, Kliver, Maas, Maish, Mendenhall, Pierson, Plummer, Ratliff, Shaefer, Schreeder, Seidensticker, Sicks, Simison, Sunkel, Wasmuth, Watson, Wickey, Wider, Zearing. Total, 33. Those voting in the negative were: Messrs. Askren, Behymer, Brown, Chrisney, Coahran, Coble, Connelly, Culbertson, Davis, Demberger, Douglass. Durham, Eschbach, Faris, Foor, Gardner, Garrard, Gauss, Gemmill, Gifford, Gottschalk, Hauck, Hay, Hewig, Jay, Kleckner, McGinnis, McKennan, Maddox, Meek, Merriman, Miller, Mitchell, Murphy, Rentschler, Rodibaugh, Roggen, Shirley, Smith, Stahl, Stevens, Stephens, Stewart, Strickland, Sweeney, Switzer, Tomlinson, Wagner, Wells, White, Williams, Wise. Total, 52. So the amendment was not laid on the table. Mr. Switzer moved that the enacting clause of the bill be stricken out. Which motion was carried and the enacting clause of the bill was stricken out. The Speaker handed down House Bill No. 355, together with the report of the committee: MR. SPEAKER: Your Committee on Education, to which was referred House Bill No. 355, has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass. MURPHY. SUNKEL. MERRIMAN. KAYSER. BABCOCK. The bill was read a second time, the report of the committee adopted and the bill was ordered engrossed. The Speaker handed down House Bill No. 336, together with the report of the committee: MR. SPEAKER: Your Committee on Printing, to which was referred House Bill No. 336, has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that said bill do pass. BASSETT, Chairman. The bill was read a second time, the report of the committee adopted, and the bill was ordered engrossed. The Speaker handed down House Bill No. 115, together with the report of the committee: MR. SPEAKER: Your Committee on Education, to which was referred House Bill No. 115, has had the same under consideration and recommends that said bill be amended as follows: First. In line five of Section one strike out the word "fifty" and insert therefor the words "two hundred." Second. In line eleven of Section one, after the word "economy," strike out the period and insert therefor a comma and add the following words, "Provided, That land owners as contained in this section shall be interpreted to be the owners of not less than forty acres of land.” Third. In line sixteen of Section two strike out the word "fifty" and insert therefor the words "four hundred." Fourth. In line seventeen of Section two strike out the word "twenty-five" and insert therefor the words "two hundred." Fifth. In line twenty-four of Section two, after the word "economy" strike out the period and insert therefor a comma and add the following words: "Provided, That land owners as contained in this section shall be interpreted to be the owners of not less than forty acres of land." And when so amended that said bill do pass. COAHRAN, Chairman. Mr. Maish offered the following amendment: MR. SPEAKER: I move to amend House Bill No. 115 by striking out in line 8, Section 1, after the word "of" the word "all" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "any of." Which amendment was adopted. The report of the committee was adopted, the bill was read a second time and ordered engrossed. The Speaker handed down House Bill No. 180, with the following report: MR. SPEAKER: Your Committee on Criminal Code, to which was referred House Bill No. 180, has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it be amended as follows: That all of Section one (1) after the enacting clause be stricken out and the following be inserted in lieu thereof: Whoever feloniously takes, leads, steals, carries, or drives away any horse, mare, gelding, foal, filly, mule, jack, or jennet, of the value of twenty-five dollars or more, or whoever feloniously receives, buys, conceals, or aids in the concealment of any stolen horse, mare, gelding, foal, filly, mule, jack or jennet, knowing the same to have been stolen, shall be guilty of the crime of horse stealing, and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned in the state prison not less than five nor more than fifteen years. That all of section two (2) and three (3) be stricken out. And that when so amended it do pass. MERRIMAN, Chairman. Mr. Merriman offered the following amendment: MR. SPEAKER: I move that House Bill No. 180 be amended in Section 1, line 4, by striking out the word "shall.” Which amendment was adopted. The bill was ordered engrossed. Mr. Hauck asked uanimous consent to call up House Bill No. 101, which was reconsidered February 16th. There being no objection, the report of the committee was adopted. The bill was ordered engrossed. The question being, Shall the bill pass? The Speaker ordered the roll of the House to be called. Messrs. Askren, Babcock, Banta, Beaver, Behymer, Brown, Buennagel, Carter, Chrisney, Clore, Coahran, Coble, Connelly, Culbertson, Davis, Demberger, Douglass, Durham, Elliott, Eschbach, Faris, Faulknor, Fitch, Foor, Furnas, Galbraith, Gardner, Garrard, Gemmill, Gifford, Gottschalk, Grieger, Haggard, Harris, Hauck, Hay, Hostetter, Jay, Kayser, Kessler, King, Kleckner, Kliver, McGinnis, McKennan, Maddox, Maish, Meek, Mendenhall, Merriman, Miller, Moss, Mugg, Murphy, Pierson, Plummer, Ratliff. Rentschler, Rodibaugh, Roggen, Shaefer, Schreeder, Seidensticker, Shirley, Sicks, Simison, Smith, Stahl, Stevens, Stephens, Stewart, Strickland, Sweeney, Switzer, Talbott, Thornton, Tomlinson, Wagner, Wasmuth, Watson, Wickey, White, Wider, Williams, Wise. Total, 85. Those voting in the negative were: Mr. Sunkel. Total, 1. So the bill passed. The question being, Shall the title of the bill stand as the title of the act? It was so ordered. The Clerk was directed to inform the Senate of the passage of the bill. The Speaker handed down House Bill No. 398, together with the report of the committee: MR. SPEAKER: Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred House Bill No. 398, has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass. SMITH, Chairman. The report of the committee was adopted, the bill was read a second time and ordered engrossed. The Speaker handed down House Bill No. 455 with the following report: MR. SPEAKER: Your Committee on Affairs of City of Indianapolis, to which was referred House Bill No. 455, has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass. ZEARING, Chairman. The report of the committee was adopted. The bill was read a second time and ordered engrossed. The Speaker handed down House Bill No. 417, with the following report: MR. SPEAKER: Your Committee on Railroads, to which was referred House Bill No. 417, has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass. STEPHENS, Chairman. The report of the committee was adopted. The bill was read a second time and ordered engrossed. |