others, and defining chauffeurs and providing for the examination and licensing thereof, and to repeal certain Acts therein named,' approved June 10, 1911, in force July 1, 1911, by amending sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 14, and 18, and by adding two new sections to be known as section 15a and section 22.”

HOUSE BILL No. 525.

A bill for “An Act to prevent the evasion of laws prohibiting marriage.”

HOUSE BILL No. 655.

A bill for "An Act to better provide for the care and detention of feebleminded persons.

HOUSE BILL No. 948.

A bill for "An Act making appropriations for the five State Normal Schools of Illinois."

Passed the House, May 28, 1915.

B. H. MCCANN, Clerk of the House. House Bill No. 103, a bill for "An, Act making an appropriation for the relief of John Brown,"

Was taken up and read at large a first time, ordered printed, and, By direction of the President of the Senate, was referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

House Bill No. 163, a bill for "An Act to amend sections 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 12, 13 and 14 of an Act entitled, 'An Act providing for a system of probation, for the appointment and compensation of probation officers, and authorizing the suspension of final judgment and the imposition of sentence upon persons found guilty of certain defined crimes and offenses, and legalizing their ultimate discharge without punishment,' approved June 10, 1911, in force July 1, 1911,"

Was taken up and read at large a first time, ordered printed, and, On motion of Mr. Swanson, was ordered to a second reading without reference.

House Bill No. 392, a bill for "An Act for an appropriation for the relief of Mons Anderson, Catherine Morrisey, Mollie Ramenofsky, Pearl D. Bowman, Margaret Woodbury, Lillie Sumberg, Nels Munson, Catherine Payne, Norma Payne, Vivian Kelley, Joseph Herrick, Ida Ackerman, Isabelle Bennett, Ethel Steele, Nettie Steele and George Hanson,

Was taken up and read at large a first time, ordered printed, and, By direction of the President of the Senate, was referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

House Bill No. 393, a bill for "An Act for an appropriation for the payment of damages for the deaths, respectively, of Rosa H. Farmer, Verne Kelley and Inez Goodwin,”

Was taken up and read at large a first time, ordered printed, and, By direction of the President of the Senate, was referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

House Bill No. 461, a bill for “An Act to make an appropriation to compensate Peter H. Schwaba, law clerk for the Illinois State Board of Health, for injuries sustained,"

Was taken up and read at large a first time, ordered printed, and, By direction of the President of the Senate, was referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

House Bill No. 493, a bill for "An Act making an appropriation of the sum of $1,000.00 to reimburse Louis B. Anderson for money expended for the care and treatment of himself and damages as a result of injuries sustained while in line of duty with the Eighth Regiment, Illinois National Guard, August 1, 1914,"

Was taken up and read at large a first time, ordered printed, and, By direction of the President of the Senate, was referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

House Bill No. 514, a bill for "An Act for an appropriation to pay and reimburse Henry C. Allen for the use and value of a motor boat used and destroyed by fire in the service of the State Fish and Game Commission,'

Was taken up and read at large a first time, ordered printed, and, By direction of the President of the Senate, was referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

House Bill No. 558, a bill for "An Act to make an appropriation to compensate Charles Alling, formerly attorney for the Illinois State Board of Health, for the loss of his right eye,

Was taken up and read at large a first time, ordered printed, and, By direction of the President of the Senate, was referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

House Bill No. 525, a bill for "An Act to prevent the evasion of laws prohibiting marriage,"

Was taken up and read at large a first time, ordered printed, and, On motion of Mr. Barr, was referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Judicial Practice.

House Bill No. 766, a bill for "An Act to amend an Act entitled, 'An Act defining motor vehicles and providing for the registration of the same and of motor bicycles, and uniform rules regulating the use and speed thereof; prohibiting the use of motor vehicles without the consent of the owner and the offer or acceptance of any bonus or discount or other consideration for the purchase of supplies or parts for any, such motor vehicle or for work or repairs done thereon by others, and defining chauffeurs and providing for the examination and licensing thereof, and to repeal certain Acts therein named,' approved June 10, 1911, in force July 1, 1911, by amending sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 14 and 18, and by adding two new sections to be known as section 15a and section 22,"

Was taken up and read at large a first time, ordered printed, and by order of the President of the Senate, was referred to the Committee on Roads, Highways and Bridges.

House Bill No. 500, a bill for "An Act to amend sections 16, 40, 42 and 48 of an Act entitled, 'An Act in relation to a municipal court in the city of Chicago,' approved May 18, 1905, and in force July 1, 1905, as subsequently amended,"

Was taken up and read at large a first time, ordered printed, and, On motion of Mr. Hughes, was ordered to a second reading without reference.

House Bill No. 653, a bill for "An Act in relation to procuring of site and erection of armory building for the use of the Illinois National Guard and Illinois Naval Reserve and making appropriation therefor." Was taken up and read at large a first time, ordered printed, and,

By direction of the President of the Senate, was referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

House Bill No. 655, a bill for "An Act to better provide for the care and detention of feeble-minded persons,"

Was taken up and read at large a first time, ordered printed, and, On motion of Mr. Cornwell, was ordered to a second reading without reference.

House Bill No. 772, a bill for "An Act to amend an Act entitled, 'An Act to revise the law in relation to jails and jailers,' approved March 9, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, as subsequently amended by amending section 1 thereof,"

Was taken up and read at large a first time, ordered printed, and, On motion of Mr. Landee, was referred to the Committee on Education.

House Bill No. 948, a bill for "An Act making appropriations for the five State Normal Schools of Illinois,"

Was taken up and read at large a first time, ordered printed, and, On motion of Mr. Curtis, was referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. N. Elmo Franklin, from the Committee on Engrossed and Enrolled Bills, reported that bills of the following titles have been correctly engrossed and are returned herewith:

SENATE BILL No. 537.

A bill for "An Act to create an emergency fund to be used for the suppression and prevention of the spread of contagious and infectious diseases among domestic animals in this State when the same shall become necessary."

SENATE BILL No. 406.

A bill for "An Act to make provision for the erection of a statute of Ulysses S. Grant on the Capitol grounds, and to make an appropriation therefor."

SENATE BILL No. 473.

A bill for "An Act to amend section 180 of an Act entitled, 'An Act to revise the law in relation to criminal jurisprudence,' approved March 27, 1874, in force July 1, 1874."

SENATE BILL No. 173.

A bill for "An Act to prohibit persons lawfully detained in any county jail or other place of imprisonment, or in the custody of any officer upon any criminal charge for the violation of any penal statute, from breaking or leaving such jail or place of imprisonment or custody without lawful authority, and to prohibit the giving, furnishing or supplying to any person, lawfully detained in any county jail or other place of imprisonment, with any instruments, tools, implements or chemicals, which might be used by such person so detained in escaping or attempting to escape from such jail or place of imprisonment, and to prohibit the aiding, encouraging, abetting or assisting any such person so detained from escaping from such jail or place of imprisonment, and to provide penalties therefor."

SENATE BILL No. 346.

A bill for "An Act to amend sections 3, 4, and 7 of an Act entitled, 'An Act to authorize the organization of high school districts,' approved June 5, 1911, in force July 1, 1911, and to add a new section thereto to be numbered section 8.

SENATE BILL No. 507.

A bill for "An Act to amend section 6 of an Act entitled, 'An Act to provide for the organization, ownership, management and control of cemetery associations,' approved May 14, 1903, in force July 1, 1903."

SENATE BILL No. 397.

A bill for "An Act to amend an Act entitled, 'An Act to provide for drainage for agricultural and sanitary purposes and to repeal certain Acts therein named,' approved June 27, 1885, in force July 1, 1885, as subsequently amended by amending section fifty-four (54) thereof."

SENATE BILL No. 536.

A bill for "An Act to amend section 18 of an Act entitled, 'An Act to revise the law in relation to the Supreme Court, approved March 23, 1874, in force July 1, 1874; as amended by an Act approved June 24, 1895, in force July 1, 1895; as amended by an Act approved April 17, 1899, in force July 1, 1899, and to add an additional section thereto numbered 19.

SENATE BILL No. 532.

A bill for "An Act to prevent the adulteration of bread, biscuit, cake, pastry and other bakery products.”

SENATE BILL No. 508.

A bill for "An Act to authorize cities having a population of less than 50,000 to renew, repair and maintain sewers, ditches, drains, dykes, levees, pumping works and machinery by general taxation."

SENATE BILL No. 541.

A bill for "An Act making appropriations for the University of Illinois."

SENATE BILL No. 511.

A bill for "An Act to repeal a certain Act herein named."

SENATE BILL No. 370.

A bill for "An Act to amend section 74 of an Act entitled, 'An Act concerning local improvements,' approved June 14, 1897, in force July 1, 1897, as amended by an Act approved May 14, 1903, in force July 1, 1903."

SENATE BILL No. 26.

A bill for "An Act authorizing Courts of Record to suspend sentence and parole adult persons guilty for the first time of certain criminal offenses, and authorizing the appointment of a registrar to aid in carrying out its provisions."

SENATE BILL No. 110.

A bill for "An Act to amend section 2 of an Act entitled, 'An Act to enable associations of persons to become a body corporate to raise funds to be loaned only among the members of such association,' in force July 1, 1879."

SENATE BILL No. 345.

A bill for "An Act to create a commission to acquire for the use of the State certain real estate and to erect a Centennial Memorial Building thereon and to make an appropriation therefor."

SENATE BILL No. 439.

A bill for "An Act to amend sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 14, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 48, 51, 55, 56, 57, and 58, and to add certain new sections to be known and designated as sections 9-a, 21-a, 40b, 42-a and 59-a, of an Act entitled, 'An Act for the conservation of game, wild fowl, birds and fish in the State of Illinois, for the appointment of a commission and staff for the enforcement thereof,' and to repeal certain Acts relating thereto, approved June 23, 1913, in force July 1, 1913, and Acts amendatory thereof, and to repeal a certain section thereof, and an Act therein named."

SENATE BILL No. 435.

A bill for "An Act to amend sections 1, 2, and 4 of an Act entitled, 'An Act relating to the power, duties and property of telephone companies,' approved May 15, 1903, in force July 1, 1903, and to amend the title of said Act."

SENATE BILL No. 382.

A bill for "An Act providing a board to censor motion picture films and prescribing the duties and powers of the same."

SENATE BILL No. 195.

A bill for “An Act to amend an Act entitled, ‘An Act to provide for the setting apart, formation and disbursement of a House of Correction Employees' Pension Fund in cities having a population exceeding 150,000 inhabitants,' approved and in force July 1, 1911."

SENATE BILL No. 379.

A bill for "An Act to regulate the employment of minors in the State of Illinois and to provide for the enforcement thereof."

PRESENTATIONS OF RESOLUTIONS.

By unanimous consent, Mr. Barr offered the following resolution:

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 30.

Resolved, by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring herein, That when the two Houses adjourn on Friday, June 4, 1915, they stand adjourned until Tuesday, June 8, 1915, at 10:00 o'clock a. m.

By unanimous consent, on motion of Mr. Barr, the rules were suspended and the foregoing resolution was taken up for consideration, and, on his motion, adopted.

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.

Mr. Keller, from the Committee on Elections, to whom was referred a bill, Senate Bill No. 503, for "An Act to regulate election expenses and to define and prevent corrupt and illegal practices at elections, and to provide penalties for the violation of this Act,"

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill do pass and that it be ordered to a first reading.

Under the rules, the bill was ordered to a first reading, and was immediately taken up and read at large a first time, and ordered' to a second reading.

Mr. Keller, from the Committee on Elections, to whom was referred bill, Senate Bill No. 533, for "An Act to provide for taking the sense