COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE FILE NO. 205. A bill for an act to amend section seventeen hundred and ten (1710) of the code, relating to insurance other than life. Be it Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: Section 1. That section seventeen hundred and ten (1710) of the code, relating to insurance other than life, be amended by adding thereto the following: "Any stock company organized under the laws of this state, or authorized to do business in this state, which is permitted to do business under either paragraph two (2), five (5) or six (6) of the preceding section, may, subject to the other restrictions in this section and to the conditions hereinafter stated, transact in this state any or all of the following kinds of insurance, to wit: Fidelity, accident, employers' liability, plate glass, steam boiler and burglary insurance.” Provided, That for each of said kinds of insurance done, such companies must have fifty thousand dollars in paid up capital stock invested or deposited, as required by law, for the common benefit of all its policy holders, and that separate fees must be paid for each kind of insurance desired to be written, as provided by section 1752 and amendments thereto. Also: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Insurance, to whom was referred House file No. 246, a bill for an act to repeal section seventeen hundred and sixty-five (1765) of the code, and to enact a substitute therefor, 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. Ordered passed on file. Also: D. K. HOBART, Chairman. MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Insurance, to whom was referred House file No. 249, a bill for an act to amend section eighteen hundred and twenty-five (1825) of the code, relating to reserve or emergency funds of fraternal societies, orders or associations, 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 indefinately postponed. Ordered passed on file. Also: D. K. HARBERT, MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Insurance, to whom was referred House file No. 314, a bill for an act to amend section eighteen hundred and twenty-five (1825), 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 D. K. HARBERT, Ordered passed on file. Chairman. Mr. Stratton, from the committee on Penitentiaries, submitted the following report: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Penitentiaries, to whom was referred Senate file No. 260, a bill for an act to amend sections five thousand, six hundred and sixty-two (5662) and five thousand, six hundred and sixtyseven (5667) of the code, relating to bonds of wardens and clerks of penitentiaries, beg leave to report that they have had the same under con sideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. C. L. STRATTON, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. Mr. Cowles, from the committee on Elections, submitted the following report: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Elections, to whom was referred House file No. 316, a bill for an act to provide for the registration of voters, the holding of elections and canvassing of votes in independent school districts having a population of 5.000 or more inhabitants, 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 with the following amendments: In the title strike out all after the word "districts." In line 1 of section 1 strike out the word "five" and insert twentyfive." In line 1 of section 9 insert the word "school" before the word "elec ions." In line 1 of section 9 strike out the words "regulated by this act" and insert the following: "in independent districts having a population of two thousand or more." Line numbers are those of the printed bill. GARDNER COWLES, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. Also: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Elections, to whom was referred House file No. 336, a bill for an act to regulate caucuses and primary elec tions, and to repeal chapter one hundred and eleven (111) of the laws of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly, 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 with the following amendments: Add the word "accordingly" after the word "punished" in the last line of section 5. Strike out section 6. GARDNER COWLES, Ordered passed on file. Mr. Dunham, from the committee on Schools and Text Books, submitted the following report: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Schools and Text Books, to whom was referred Senate committee substitute for Senate files Nos. 135 and 193, a bill for an act authorizing the issuance by the educational board of examiners of special certificatas and to repeal section twenty-six hundred and thirty (2630) of the code, 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. GEO. W. DUNHAM, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Schools and Text Books, to whom was referred House file No. 353, a bill for an act to provide for special meetings of boards of directors of school corporations of over seven thousand (7.00 0 inhabitants, and defining the powers of such meetings, 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 committee substitute do pass. GEO. W. DUNHAM, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. Committee substitute for House file No. 353, a bill for an act to amend section twenty-seven hundred and fifty (2750) of the code, relating to special elections of school corporations, was read first and second time. COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE FILE NO. 353. A bill for an act to amend section twenty-seven hundred and fifty (2750) of the code, relating to special elections of school corporations. Be it Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: Section 1. That section twenty-seven hundred and fifty (2750) of the code, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out of the third and fourth lines of said section the words "whenever the corporation has lost the use of a schoolhouse by fire or otherwise," and also by striking out all of said section after the word "schoolhouse" in the seventh line, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "including interest on bonds, and for obtaining roads to such schoolhouse." Sec. 2. This act, being deemed of immediate importance, shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and the Des Moines Leader, newspapers published in Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Dows, from the committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Appropriations, to whom was referred House file No. 318, a bill for an act to authorize the auditor of state to issue warrants to James J. Dunn and Martin P. Healy, 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. WILLIAM G. Dows, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Appropriations, to whom was referred House file No. 355, a bill for an act appropriating money for the completion of the classification of the state library, 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 t at the same do pass. Ordered passed on file. WILLIAM G. Dows, Chairman. MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Appropriations, to whom was referred House file No. 354, a bill for an act to appropriate $1,000 to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, 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. Ordered passed on file. WILLIAM G. Dows, Chairman. Also: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Appropriations, to whom was referred House file No. 344, a bill for an act to amend the code relative to nursery stock infested with the San Jose scale, 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. Ordered passed on file. WILLIAM G. Dows, Chairman. MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Approprations, to whom was referred Senate file No. 258, a bill for an act to appropriate $500 to John F. Oliver, 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. WILLIAM G. Dows, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. REPORT OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON ENROLLED BILLS. Mr. Lyman, from the joint committee on Enrolled Bills, submitted the following report: MR. SPEAKER-Your joint committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined, and find correctly enrolled, Senate file No. 58, a bill for an act appropriating money to the State Historical society of Iowa Also, Senate file No. 173, a bill for an act to amend section 701 of the code, relating to the general powers of cities and towns. Also, Senate file No. 30, a bill for an act to amend section 1173 of the code, relating to the election of presidential electors. Also, substitute for House file No. 89, a bill for an act to amend section sixteen hundred and eighteen (1618) of the code, relating to the manner of renewal of corporations, and to provide for the fees to be paid upon renewal of corporations for pecuniary profit. J. P. LYMAN, Chairman House Committee. Ordered passed on file. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ENROLLED BILLS. Mr. Lyman, from the committee on Enrolled Bills submitted the following report: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined, and find correctly enrolled, substitute for House file No. 89, a bill for an act to amend section sixteen hundred and eighteen (1618) of the code, relating to the manner of renewal of corporations, and to provide for the fees to be paid upon the renewal of corporations for pecuniary profit. |