Also: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate file No. 90, a bill for an act to punish railway train robbers, 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. M. L. TEMPLE, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. Also: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred House file No. 368, a bill for an act repealing section nine (9), chapter one hundred and sixty (160) of the acts of the Ninth General Assembly, and providing for the payment by the treasurer of state of swamp land indemnity money direct to county authorities, beg leave to report that 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. M. L. TEMPLE, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred House file No. 364, a bill for an act to legalize the acts of the city council of Lyons City, Iowa, in relation to the grading, curbing, guttering and paving a portion of Sixth (6th) street therein, and entering into a contract with the Lyons Construction company therefor, and in issuing bonds for the payment therefor, and in making special assessments by reason thereof, and providing as to proceedings and assessments thereunder, 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. M. L. TEMPLE, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. Also: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred House file No. 370, a bill for an act to amend paragraph seven (7), of section thirteen hundred and four (1304), of the code, relating to exemptions, 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. M. L. TEMPLE, Ordered passed on file. Also: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate file No. 273, a bill for an act to amend section two hundred and sixtyone (261) of the code, relating to superior courts and changes of venue therefrom, 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: M. L. TEMPLE, Chairman. MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate file No. 228, a bill for an act to amend section thirty-two hundred and seventy-six (3276) of the code, in reference to the revocation and cancellation of wills, 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. Wilson of Buena Vista, from the committee on Military, submitted the following report: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Military, to whom was referred House file No. 95, a bill for an act providing for the placing of an Iowa flag at the tomb of Gen. U. S. Grant, 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 amended as follows: Section 1. That the governor is hereby authorized, with the approva. of the regimental organizations interested, to select two of the flags now in the custody of the state and send them to Gen. G. M. Dodge, now of New York city, with the request that he shall present them to the proper authorities for the purpose of placing them with like memorials at the tomb of General Grant, at Riverside, in said city. Ordered passed on file. BILLS ON SECOND READING. C. J. WILSON, On motion of Mr. Barkley, House file No. 95, a bill for an act providing for the placing of an Iowa flag at the tomb of Gen. U. S. Grant, with report of committee recommending amendment and passage, was taken up, considered, and on motion of Mr. Barkley the report of the committee was adopted. Mr. Barkley moved the adoption of the following amendments recommended by the committee: Section 1. That the governor is hereby authorized, with the approval of the regimental organizations interested, to select two of the flags now in the custody of the state and send them to Gen. G. M. Dodge, now of New York city, with the request that he shall present them to the proper authorities for the purpose of placing them with like memorials at the tomb of General Grant, at Riverside, in said city. The motion prevailed. Mr. Barkley 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, Barrett, Barringer, Bengston, Bennett, Blake, Blakemore, Buchanan, Byers, Campbell, Carr, Carter, Clark of Hamilton, Clarke of Dallas, Cold, Cottrell, Davis, Dodds, Dows, Dunham, Eaton, Edwards, Eiker, Furry, Gibson, Graff, Hansmann, Harbert, Hasselquist, Hawk, Head, Hinkle, Hughes, Hurn, Jaeger, Jenks, Jones, Kendall, Kent, Kerr, Kimball, Kirkwood, Koontz, Koto, Letts, Lyman, McAleer, McCurdy, Marshall, Miller of Cedar, Miller of Fayette, Myers, Overfield, Payne, Prentis, Putnam, Roome, Scott, Sokol, Stratton, Stuckslager, Sweet, Temple, Theophilus, Towner, Townsend, Veneman, Warren, Way, Wilson of Buena Vista, Wilson of Keokuk, Wise, Wright, Mr. Speaker-77. The nays were: None. Absent or not voting: Messrs. Ayers, Black, Blume, Boysen, Coburn, Conley, Cowles, Crouse, Cruikshank, Downing, Hilsinger, Keck, McGinn, Nicolaus, Patton, Santee, Sauer, Shambaugh, Stallcop, Stewart, Thuenen, Wilson of Adair, Wilson of Washington-23. The bill, having received a constitutional majority, was declared to have passed the House and its title agreed to. 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 this day sent to the governor for his approval, House file No. 66, a bill for an act providing for the payment by the state of costs and fees incurred in prosecutions for escaping from the penitentiary. Also, House file No. 289, a bill for an act to legalize the levy made by the town of Bonaparte, in Van Buren county, Iowa, and the acts of its council. Also, House file No. 94, a bill for an act to legalize the incorporation of the town of Athelston, Taylor county, Iowa, the election of its officers, and all acts done and ordinances passed by the council of said town. Also, House file No. 187, a bill for an act to amend section fifteen hundred and sixty (1560) of the code, relating to the service of notice to remove obstructions in public highways. J. P. LYMAN, Chairman. March 22, 1900. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. Mr. Dows, from the committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Appropriations, to whom was referred House file No. 10, a bill for an act to authorize the appointment of a commission to procure and erect suitable monuments and markers on the battlefields of Shiloh, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain, 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 indefiditely postponed. WILLIAM G. Dows, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. Mr. Eaton, from the committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred House file No. 253, a bill for an act to amend chapter 37 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 be indefinitely postponed. Ordered passed on file. W. L. EATON, MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred Senate file No. 281, a bill for an act to amend paragraph eight (8) of section eighty-nine (89) of the code, relating to the drawing of warrants by the auditor of 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 do pass. W. L. EATON, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred Senate file No. 24, a bill for an act to levy a tax to provide for the erection of necessary buildings for the Iowa 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 be indefinitely postponed. W. L. EATON, Ordered passed on file. Chairman. MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred Senate file No. 39, a bill for an act to repeal section 1306 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. Ordered passed on file. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. W. L. EATON, MR. SPEAKER-I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked: Senate file No. 345, a bill for an act to legalize the incorporation of the town of Brush Creek, Fayette county, Iowa, the change of the name of the said town to Arlington, the election of its officers and official acts done and ordinances passed by the council of said town not in contravention with the laws of Jowa. GEO. A. NEWMAN, Secretary. Mr. Eaton called up the concurrent resolution, relative to the Iowa representatives in congress, for an appropriation for the St. Louis exposition. The question being upon the adoption of the resolution. Mr. Kendall offered the following amendment and moved its adoption: MR. SPEAKER-I move to amend the resolution under consideration by adding thereto the following: |