Having been engrossed, and printed as engrossed, was taken up and read at large a third time,

And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 26; nays, 6. The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs.

Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof and ask their concurrence in the passage of the bill.

On

Ön motion of Mr. Curtis, House Bill No. 536, for "An Act entitled, 'An Act making an appropriation for the payment of the amounts awarded by the Court of Claims to certain persons and companies named therein,"

Having been printed as received from the House of Representatives, was taken up and read at large a third time,

And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 43; nays, 0. The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs.

Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.

On motion of Mr. Curtis, House Bill No. 586, for “An Act making an appropriation to meet a deficiency in the appropriation for the ordinary expenses of the Southern Illinois Penitentiary for the two years ending July 1, 1915, and declaring an emergency,"

Having been printed as received from the House of Representatives, was taken up and read at large a third time,

And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 42; nays, 0.

The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs.

This bill, expressing an emergency in the body of the Act, rendered it necessary that it should go into effect immediately, and having received the votes of two-thirds of the members elected, was declared passed. Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.

On motion of Mr. Curtis, House Bill No. 633, for "An Act to provide for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois National Guard and Illinois Naval Reserve,"

Having been printed as received from the House of Representatives, was taken up and read at large a third time,

And the question being, "Shall this bill pass ?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 43; nays, 0. The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs.

Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform

the House of Representatives thereof.

On motion of Mr. Curtis, House Bill No. 365, for "An Act making a re-appropriation of an unexpended part of an appropriation made by the Forty-eighth General Assembly for the erection of a monument on the battlefield of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia,"

Having been printed as received from the House of Representatives, was taken up and read at large a third time,

And the question being, "Shall this bill pass ?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 43; nays, 0.

The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs.

Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform

the House of Representatives thereof.

On motion of Mr. Curtis, House Bill No. 241, for "An Act making an appropriation to Alice A. Ingham, executrix of the estate of George K. Ingham of DeWitt County, Illinois, to reimburse her for a sum of money paid in error through the county treasurer of DeWitt County to the State Treasurer of Illinois,"

Having been printed as received from the House of Representatives, was taken up and read at large a third time,

And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 40; nays, 1. The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs.

Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.

On motion of Mr. Curtis, Senate Bill No. 340, for "An Act to make an appropriation to pay the election contest expenses of William M. Brown,"

Having been engrossed, and printed as engrossed, was taken up and read at large a third time,

And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 41; nays, 0. The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs.

Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof and ask their concurrence in the passage of the bill.

Ön motion of Mr. Curtis, Senate Bill No. 444, for “An Act making an appropriation to repay the estate of Campbell S. Hearn,"

Having been engrossed, and printed as engrossed, was taken up and read at large a third time,

And the question being, "Shall this bill pass ?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following votes: Yeas, 46; nays, 0.

The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs.

Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof and ask their concurrence in the passage of the bill.

On motion of Mr. Curtis, Senate Bill No. 425, for "An Act making an appropriation for the relief of Hannah A. Bruce, mother of Ethel Bruce."

Having been engrossed, and printed as engrossed, was taken up and read at large a third time,

And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 36 [37]; nays, 0. The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs.

Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof and ask their concurrence in the passage of the bill.

On motion of Mr. Curtis, Senate Bill No. 357, for "An Act appropriating to the trustees of the University of Illinois the money granted in an Act of Congress, approved August 30, 1890, entitled, 'An Act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more perfect endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and mechanic arts,' established under the provisions of an Act of Congress, approved July 2, 1862, and the money granted by an Act of Congress, approved March 4, 1907, entitled, 'An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908,'"

Having been engrossed, and printed as engrossed, was taken up and read at large a third time,

And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 45; nays, 0.

The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs.

Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof and ask their concurrence in the passage of the bill.

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On motion of Mr. Curtis, Senate Bill No. 350, a bill for “An Act making re-appropriation of an unexpended part of an appropriation made by the Forty-eighth General Assembly for the erection of a monument on the battlefield of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia,"

Was ordered to lie on the table.

A message from the House by Mr. Vogel, Assistant Clerk:

Mr. President-I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has passed bills of the following titles, in the passage of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the Senate, to wit:

HOUSE BILL No. 930.

A bill for "An Act making appropriations for the ordinary and other expenses of the State charitable institutions herein named."

HOUSE BILL No. 929.

A bill for "An Act making appropriations for the State charitable institutions herein named."

HOUSE BILL No. 841.

A bill for "An Act in relation to procuring of site and erection of armory for the use of the Illinois National Guard and making an appropriation therefor."

HOUSE BILL No. 856.

A bill for "An Act to provide for the erection of statutes, or other monumental commemoration, to General Ulysses S. Grant and other generals from Illinois who commanded the army, a corps, or divisions during the campaign and siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, and to make appropriation therefor."

HOUSE BILL No. 696.

A bill for "An Act to authorize townships or road districts to borrow money, and issue bonds therefor, with which to pay all indebtedness heretofore incurred by the highway commissioners of such townships or districts in repairing or rebuilding roads or bridges within such townships or districts and to provide for the payment of such bonds by appropriate taxation." Passed the House May 19, 1915.

B. H. MCCANN, Clerk of the House.

READING BILLS FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THE FIRST TIME.

House Bill No. 856, a bill for "An Act to provide for the erection. of statutes, or other monumental commemoration, to General Ulysses S. Grant and other generals from Illinois who commanded the army, a corps, or divisions during the campaign and siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, and to make appropriation therefor,"

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.

House Bill No. 930, a bill for "An Act making appropriations for the ordinary and other expenses of the State charitable institutions herein named,"

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.

House Bill No. 696, a bill for "An Act to authorize townships or road districts to borrow money, and issue bonds therefor, with which to pay all indebtedness heretofore incurred by the highway commissioners. of such townships or districts in repairing or rebuilding roads or bridges within such townships or districts and to provide for the payment of such bonds by appropriate taxation,"

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

House Bill No. 929, a bill for "An Act making appropriations for the State charitable institutions herein named,"

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.

House Bill No. 841, a bill for "An Act in relation to procuring of site and erection of armory for the use of the Illinois National Guard and making an appropriation therefor,"

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

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.

Mr. Pervier introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 518, for "An Act to provide for the incorporation, management and regulation of loan and investment corporations,"

Which was read bv title, ordered printed, and,

Under Rule 43, was referred by the President of the Senate to the Committee on Banks, Building and Loan Associations.