have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same be indefinitely postponed. Ordered passed on file M. L. TEMPLE. Chairman. MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred House file No. 84, a bill for an act to amend section five thousand, three hundred and seventy-three (5373) of the code, relating to serving notice in taking evidence for the state, 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 be indefinitely postponed. M. L. TEMPLE, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. Mr. Carr, from the committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Banks and Banking, to whom was referred House file No. 75, a bill for an act to amend section 3038 of the code, relating to money of account and interest, 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 not pass. Ordered passed on file. GEO. H. CARR, Chairman. MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Banks and Banking, to whom was referred House file No. 80, a bill for an act to amend section 1873 of chapter 12, title 9 of the code, relating to reports of banks, 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 following amendments: First. That the title of the bill be amended by inserting the words "eighteen hundred and seventy-three" before the figures "1873," and by inclosing said figures in brackets, and by striking out the words and figures "of chapter 12, title 9." Second.-By inserting the words "eighteen hundred and seventy-three" before the figures "1873," in the first line of section 1 of the bill, and by inclosing the figures in brackets. By striking out the words and figures "of chapter 12, tittle 9," in the first line of the said section, and by striking out the word "of" and figures "1897" in the second line of said section. And with the recommendation that the bill as amended do pass. GEO. H. CARR, Ordered passed on file. Chairman. . INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. By Mr. Cottrell, House file No. 187, a bill for an act to amend section 1560 of the code of 1897, relating to the service of notice to remove obstructions in public highways. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Roads and Highways. By Mr. Harbert, House file No. 188, a bill for an act to repeal section 1720 of the code, relating to the auditors' insur ance report, and to enact a substitute therefor. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Insurance. By Mr. Hinkle, House file No. 189, a bill for an act to amend section 1571 of the code, relative to the operation of steam threshing engines on public highways. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Judiciary. By Mr. Santee, House file No. 190, a bill for an act to provide for the payment of claims of Woodbury county againt the state of Iowa, for expenses incurred in the constraint and transportation of insane persons not having a known residence in Iowa. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Appropriations. By Mr. Santee, House file No. 191, a bill for an act directing the state auditor to credit the county of Woodbury for the amounts remaining unpaid upon certain school fund loans. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Appropriations. By Mr. Hinkle, House file No. 192, a bill for an act to repeal chapter 7 of the code, in relation to the institution for feebleminded children, and enact a substitute therefor. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Institution for Feeble-Minded. By Mr. Dows, House file No. 193, a bill for an act to repeal section 256 of the code, relating to the submission to the qualified electors of a city, the question of the establishment of a superior court, the election and time of office of the judge thereof, and the certification of results of the election, and to enact a substitute therefor. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Judiciary. Mr. Byers offered the following concurrent resolution: Resolved, by the House, the Senate concurring: That the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate shall each declare his respective house adjourned sine die on Thursday, March 1, 1900, at 12 o'clock M. The resolution was read and laid over under rule 34. Mr. Furry offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the Chief Clerk be, and he is hereby authorized to have printed for the use of the members of the House, a suitable number of lists of committees, together with the assignment of rooms and times of meeting; be it further Resolved, That the time of meeting of committee on Judiciary be on Wednesdays. On motion of Mr. Furry, the rules were suspended and the resolution was adopted. The Journal of Tuesday, February 6th, was corrected and approved. SENATE MESSAGES CONSIDERED. Senate file No. 60, a bill for an act to amend section 576 of the code, relative to the duties of township clerk. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Judiciary. Senate file No. 136, a bill for an act to amend sections 2849 and 2855 of the code, relating to the school fund. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Judiciary. Senate file No. 148, å bill for an act to amend section 1340 of the code, relating to the assessment of taxes. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Ways and Means. Senate file No. 155, a bill for an act to appropriate money to pay express and freight. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Appropriations. BILLS ON SECOND READING. Senate file No. 35, a bill for an act to amend section 5034 of the code, relating to using blasphemous or obscene language, with report of committee recommending that the same do not pass, was taken up. The following minority report was presented: MR. SPEAKER-The undersigned members of the Judiciary committee beg leave to submit, as a minority report on Senate file No. 35, by Hobart, a bill for an act to amend section 5034 of the code, relating to using blas phemous or obscene language as follows. We recommend that the same do pass. W. L. EATON, WM. THEOPHILUS, On request of Mr. Eaton, the majority report was read for information. On request of Mr. Eaton, the bill was read for information. Mr. Carr requested that the bill be re-referred to the Judiciary committee, and it was so referred. House file No. 105, a bill for an act to amend sections 2778 and 2785 of chapter 14, title 13 of the code of Iowa, relative to employing school teachers in school townships, with report of committee recommending amendment and passage was taken up, and on motion of Mr. Stratton, the report of the committee adopted. Mr. Stratton moved that the following amendments recommended by the committee be adopted: By inserting the word "the," in line three (3) of title, between words "of" and "code." By inserting the word "the," in the last line of section one (1) between the words "in" and "third." By inserting the word "the," in line two (2) of section two (2) between the words "of" and "code." Also, that the following be added: "Sec. 3. This act being deemed of immediate importance shall be in force and effect on and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and the Des Moines Leader, newspapers published at Des Moines, Iowa." Carried. Mr. Stratton 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 Lyon, Anderson of Warren, Baker, Barkley, Barringer, Bengston, Bennett, Black, Blake, Blakemore, Boysen, Buchanan, Byers, Campbell, Carr, Clark of Hamilton, Clarke of D llas, Coburn, Cold, Conley, Cottrell, Crouse, Cruikshank, Dodds, Downing, Dows, Dunham, Eaton, Edwards, Eiker, Furry, Gibson, Graff, Hansmann, Hasselquist, Hawk, Hilsinger, Hinkle, Hughes, Jenks, Jones, Keck, Kendall, Kent, Kerr, Kimball, Koontz, Koto, Letts, Lyman, McAleer, McCurdy, McGinn, Marshall, Miller of Cedar, Miller of Fayette, Myers, Overfield, Patton, Payne, Putnam, Roome, Santee, Scott, Shambaugh, Sokol, Stallcop, Stewart, Stratton, Stuckslager, Sweet, Theophilus, Veneman, Warren, Wilson of Adair, Wilson of Buena Vista, Wilson of Keokuk, Wilson of Washington, Wise, Wright, Mr. Speaker-81. The nays were: Messrs. Blume, Carter, Davis, Jaeger, Prentis, Thuenen, Towner, Townsend-8. Absent or not voting: Messrs. Ayres, Barrett, Cowles, Harbert, Head, Hurn, Kirkwood, Nicolaus, Sauer, Temple, Way-11. So the bill passed and the title was agreed to. REPORT OF COMMITTEE. Mr. Theophilus, from the committee on Rules, submitted the following report: MR. SPEAKER-Your joint committee on Rules beg leave to report that they recommend that the joint rules of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly be adopted as the joint rules for the Twenty-eighth General Assembly. Ordered passed on file. WM. THEOPHILUS, Chairman House Committee. |