Act to amend and revise section thirty-five (35) of an Act entitled, 'An Act for the assessment of property and providing the means therefor, and to repeal a certain Act therein named,' approved February 25, 1898, in force July 1, 1898, as amended by an Act approved May 18, 1905, in force July 1, 1905." The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Revenue. Mr. Wood introduced a bill, House Bill No. 398, a bill for "An Act making an appropriation for the relief of Nathan E. Gray." The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Mr. Lyle introduced a bill, House Bill No. 399, a bill for "An Act to amend section 11 of an Act entitled, 'An Act to regulate the civil service of the State of Illinois,' approved May 11, 1905, in force July 1, 1905; as amended by an Act approved April 19, 1907, in force July 1, 1907; as amended by an Act approved May 25, 1907, in force July 1, 1907, and as amended by an Act approved June 10, 1911, in force July 1, 1911, and as further amended by an Act approved June 26, 1913, in force July 1, 1913, and to add one new section to be known as section 11a." The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Civil Service. Mr. Kane introduced a bill, House Bill No. 400, a bill for "An Act regulating the employment of engineers and conductors, and to prevent the employment of incompetent persons as locomotive engineers. and conductors on railroads in the State of Illinois, and providing penalty for violation of same. The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Public Utilities and Transportation. Mr. Griffin introduced a bill, House Bill No. 401, a bill for “An Act to regulate and fix the maximum price to be charged by any steam, electric or other railroad for one continuous trip within the limits of any municipality, and providing a penalty for the violation thereof." The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Public Utilities and Transportation. Mr. Dudgeon, by request, introduced a bill, House Bill No. 402, a bill for "An Act to pay off and for the relief of certain creditors of "The State Trustee' of the Illinois and Michigan Canal." The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. By unanimous consent, Mr. Lynch, from the Committee on Engrossed and Enrolled Bills, reported that a House bill of the following had been correctly engrossed and returned herewith: HOUSE BILL No. 12. A bill for "An Act to amend an Act entitled, 'An Act to provide for the holding of primary elections by political parties,' approved March 9, 1910, in force July 1, 1910, by amending section 6 thereof." The foregoing bill was placed in the order of House bills on third reading. The House proceeding upon the order of House bills on first reading, House Bill No. 40, a bill for "An Act to amend sections twenty-six (26) and thirty-seven (37) of, and to add a section numbered fortyfour-a (44a) to an Act entitled, 'An Act to provide for the construction, reparation and protection of drains, ditches and levees across the lands of others for agricultural, sanitary and mining purposes, and to provide for the organization of drainage districts,' approved and in force May 29, 1879; as amended by an Act approved June 30, 1885, in force July 1, 1885; as amended by an Act approved June 4, 1889, in force July 1, 1889; as amended by an Act approved June 24, 1895, in force July 1, 1895; as amended by an Act approved May 10, 1901, in force July 1, 1901; as amended by an Act approved May 14, 1903, in force July 1, 1903; as amended by an Act approved and in force May 20, 1907; as amended by an Act approved and in force May 29, 1909; as amended by an Act approved and in force June 27, 1913," Was taken up, read at large a first time and ordered to a second reading. House Bill No. 79, a bill for "An Act making an appropriation to meet the deficiencies in the appropriations to the Insurance Superintendent for expenses in the prosecution of violations of the insurance laws; for all examinations and investigations such amount for expenses incurred and services of assistants employed as shall be collected from the companies or associations examined; for additional office help; for printing reports of examination; and for office expenses," Was taken up, read at large a first time and ordered to a second reading. House Bill No. 45, a bill for "An Act giving to the board of education of any school district having a population of less than 500,000 inhabitants, and existing by virtue of any special charter and governed by any or all such special charters, or general or special school laws of this State, the power to borrow money for certain purposes and issue negotiable coupon bonds therefor, and providing that the proposition or question to borrow money and issue such bonds shall be submitted to the voters of such school district." Was taken up, read at large a first time and ordered to a second reading. House Bill No. 4, a bill for "An Act to amend an Act entitled, ‘An Act to provide for the appointment of school directors, and members of the board of education in certain cases,' approved May 29, 1879, in force July 1, 1879, as amended by subsequent Acts, by adding two (2) new sections to be known as sections five (5) and six (6), empowering school directors and boards of education in certain school districts to draw and issue warrants in anticipation of taxes levied by the proper authorities for school purposes and validating warrants theretofore issued by said school directors or boards of education in certain cases," Was taken up, read at large a first time and ordered to a second reading. House Bill No. 222, a bill for "An Act to define 'prohibition territory' and to provide for the more effective suppression of the traffic in intoxicating liquor within such territory," Was taken up, read at large a first time and ordered to a second reading. House Bill No. 106, a bill for "An Act to amend section 13 of an Act entitled, 'An Act for the assessment of property and for the levy and collection of taxes,' approved March 30, 1872, in force July 1, 1872, as amended by an Act in force July 1, 1905," Was taken up, read at large a first time and ordered to a second reading. The House proceeding upon the order of House bills on second reading, House Bill No. 102, a bill for "An Act to provide for a deficiency in office and other expenses of the Industrial Board, for the period beginning January 1, and ending June 30, 1915," Having been printed, was taken up and read at large a second time, Whereupon, Mr. Shepherd offered the following amendment, and moved its adoption: AMENDMENT No. 1. Amend House Bill No. 102 by striking out of line 4 of the printed bill the word "September," and insert in lieu thereof the word "June," so as to comply with the title of the bill. And the amendment was adopted. There being no further amendments, the foregoing amendment was ordered printed, And the question then being, "Shall the bill, as amended, be engrossed for a third reading?" it was decided in the affirmative. House Bill No. 176, a bill for "An Act to provide for an increase in the number of judges of the Circuit Court of Cook County." Having been printed, was taken up and read at large a second time, Whereupon, Mr. Rothschild offered the following amendment, and moved its adoption: AMENDMENT No. 1. Amend House Bill No. 176, by striking out the enacting clause. Mr. Igoe moved to lay the amendment on the table, And the question being on the motion to table, a division of the House was had, resulting as follows: Yeas, 84; nays, 11. And Amendment No. 1 was ordered to lie on the table. There being no further amendments, the question then being, "Shall the bill, as amended, be engrossed for a third reading?" it was decided in the affirmative. The House proceeding upon the order of Senate bills on second reading, Senate Bill No. 3, a bill for "An Act to provide for the incidental expenses of the Forty-ninth General Assembly for the State of Illinois," Was taken up and read at large a second time, Whereupon, the Committee on Appropriations offered the following amendments and moved their adoption: AMENDMENT No. 1. Amend Senate Bill No. 3, as printed in the House, section 1, line 5, by inserting after the word "thousand" the following words: "five hundred." And the amendment was adopted. AMENDMENT No. 2. Amend Senate Bill No. 3, as printed in the House, section 1, line 8, by striking out the word "five" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "six." And the amendment was adopted. AMENDMENT No. 3. Amend Senate Bill No. 3 as printed in the House, section 1, by striking out all of lines 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 of the printed bill. And the amendment was adopted. There being no further amendments, the foregoing amendments numbered 1, 2 and 3 were ordered printed and engrossed, And the question then being, "Shall the bill, as amended, be ordered to a third reading?" it was decided in the affirmative. The House proceeding upon the order of House bills on third reading, House Bill No. 12, a bill for "An Act to amend an Act entitled, 'An Act to provide for the holding of primary elections by political parties,' approved March 9, 1910, in force July 1, 1910, by amending section 6 thereof," was taken up." Whereupon, Mr. Scanlan moved that the bill be recalled to the order of second reading. Mr. G. H. Wilson moved to lay that motion on the table, And the question being on the motion to table, a division of the House was had, resulting as follows: Yeas, 40; nays, 57, And the motion to table was lost. The question recurring on the motion to recall the bill to second. reading, a call of the roll was had, resulting as follows: Yeas, 69; nays, 51. Those voting in the affirmative are: Messrs. Stanfield Holaday Meents Strubinger Thon Tice Curren, C. Graham, W. J. Scanlan Watson Scholes Lynch Shurtleff Madsen Mason Donahue Hilton McCormick Yeas-69. Schuberth Taylor Tuttle West And House Bill No. 12 was recalled to the order of House bills on second reading. Thereupon Mr. Thomas Curran moved that House Bill No. 12 be recommitted to the Committee on Elections. The motion prevailed, and it was so ordered. Mr. Madsen offered the following resolution, which was referred, under the rules, to the Committee on Judiciary: HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 11. WHEREAS, The State Senate is a relic of past ages, a useless imitation of the British House of Lords, whose power has been, practically, abrogated; and, WHEREAS, A Legislature consisting of two Houses doubles the opportunity and temptation for trading and log_rolling, for legislative delay, fraud, failure, extravagant appropriations, and general inefficiency, and at the same time makes it difficult to fix the responsibility for these evils; and, WHEREAS, A One-House Legislature would put an end to the practice of passing bills in one House and killing them in another, and enable the people of this State to place the responsibility for failure to enact just and proper laws where it rightfully belongs; therefore, be it Resolved, by the House of Representatives of the State of Illinois, the Senate concurring herein, That there shall be submitted to the electors of this State, for adoption or rejection, at the next election of members of the General Assembly, a proposition to amend Article IV of the Constitution of this State by adding thereto a section to be designated as section 35, and reading as follows: SEC. 35. The Senate and the office of Senator in the General Assembly of the State of Illinois are hereby abolished. All provisions of the Constitution and laws of Illinois in conflict with this section are hereby abrogated and repealed in so far as they conflict herewith. This section is in all respects self-executing and immediately operative. Mr. Burres offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: HOUSE RESOLUTION No. 56. WHEREAS, Since the adjournment of the last session of the General Assembly death has removed from its earthly scenes another of that galaxy of prominent public officials, Hon. James S. McCullough, who died at his home in Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois, on the 22d day of June, A. D. 1914; and, WHEREAS, The Hon. James S. McCullough was a man of unblemished character and of the highest integrity as a public official, a private citizen and a soldier of the Civil War, having suffered the loss of his left arm, in the defense of his country, at Fort Blakely in 1865, and later serving his county from 1873 to 1896 as county clerk, and the State of Illinois as Auditor of Public Accounts for four consecutive terms; and, WHEREAS, It is the desire of this body to render appropriate tribute to his memory by recognizing his untiring energy, his devotion to duty, his splendid ability and his sterling worth as a man and as a citizen of this State; therefore, be it Resolved, by the House of Representatives of the Forty-ninth General Assembly, That as a public acknowledgment of his distinguished services and as a token of the respect in which he was held by the citizens of Illinois, we extend to the family and friends our sincere condolence; and, be it further Resolved, That this preamble and resolution be spread upon the Journal, that a suitably engrossed copy thereof be forwarded to the family, and as a further mark of respect to his memory, that the House do now adjourn. The resolution was unanimously adopted by a rising vote, and in accordance therewith, at the hour of 1:45 o'clock p. m., the House stood adjourned. |