On motion of Senator Pestana, the rules were suspended, and House bill No. 965 was placed on third reading, subject to amendment and debate.

House bill No. 965, An act to amend section 6 of chapter 67 of the General Statutes of 1868 (the same being section 4187, General Statutes of 1901), was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 25, nays 0; absent or not voting, 15.

Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Branine, Buschow, Carpenter, Chaney, Codding, Cubbison, Fitzpatrick, Fulton, Gabriel, Householder, Hurrel, Kennedy, King, Leidy, McKnight, McMillan, Miller, Morehouse, Morrow, Noftzger, Peterson, Porter, Simons, Sponable, and Wright.

Senators absent or not voting were: Allen, Caldwell, Conrad, Crum, Findlay, Fullington, Henley, Pestana, Smith, Stewart, Tapp, Vincent, Ward, White, and Wulfekuhler.

A constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the hill, the bill passed, and the title was agreed to.

On motion of Senator Noftzger, the rules were suspended, and all House bills now on the Calendar under the head of "General Orders" were placed on third reading, subject to amendment and debate, and ordered taken up in their regular order.

House bill No. 515, An act amending section 3, chapter 81, of the Session Laws of 1879, was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 25, nays 0; absent or not voting, 15.

Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Branine, Buschow, Carpenter, Chaney, Codding, Cubbison, Fitzpatrick, Fulton, Gabriel, Householder, Hurrel, Kennedy, King, Leidy, McKnight, McMillan, Miller, Morehouse, Morrow, Noftzger, Peterson, Porter, Simons, Sponable, and Wright.

Senators absent or not voting were: Allen, Caldwell,

Conrad, Crum, Findlay, Fullington, Henley, Pestana, Smith, Stewart, Tapp, Vincent, Ward, White, and Wulfekuhler.

A constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, the bill passed, and the title was agreed to.

House bill No. 376, An act to prevent filthy actions in public buildings and prescribing penalties for its violation, was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 25, nays 0; absent or not voting, 15.

Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Branine, Buschow, Carpenter, Chaney, Codding, Cubbison, Fitzpatrick, Fulton, Gabriel, Householder, Hurrel, Kennedy, King, Leidy, McKnight, McMillan, Miller, Morehouse, Morrow, Noftzger, Peterson, Porter, Simons, Sponable, and Wright.

Senators absent or not voting were: Allen, Caldwell, Conrad, Crum, Findlay, Fullington, Henley, Pestana, Smith, Stewart, Tapp, Vincent, Ward, White, and Wulfekuhler.

A constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, the bill passed, and the title was agreed to.

House bill No. 989, An act relating to certain school districts named herein, was read the second time.

On motion of Senator Carpenter, the rules were suspended, and House bill No. 989 was placed on third reading.

House bill No. 989 was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 25, nays 0; absent or not voting, 15.

Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Branine, Buschow, Carpenter, Chaney, Codding, Cubbison, Fitzpatrick, Fulton, Gabriel, Householder, Hurrel, Kennedy, King, Leidy, McKnight, McMillan, Miller, Morehouse, Morrow, Noftzger, Peterson, Porter, Simons, Sponable, and Wright.

Senators absent or not voting were: Allen, Caldwell, Conrad, Crum, Findlay, Fullington, Henley, Pestana, Smith, Stewart, Tapp, Vincent, Ward, White, and Wulfekuhler.

A constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, the bill passed, and the title was agreed to.

House bill No. 655, An act to amend section 1 of chapter 151 of the Session Laws of 1899, being paragraph 3758 of the Compiled Laws of 1901, and repealing said original section, and providing for the condemnation of lands for the storage and use of water, was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 25, nays 0; absent or not voting, 15.

Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Branine, Buschow, Carpenter, Chaney, Codding, Cubbison, Fitzpatrick, Fulton, Gabriel, Householder, Hurrel, Kennedy, King, Leidy, McKnight, McMillan, Miller, Morehouse, Morrow, Noftzger, Peterson, Porter, Simons, Sponable, and Wright.

Senators absent or not voting were: Allen, Caldwell, Conrad, Crum, Findlay, Fullington, Henley, Pestana, Smith, Stewart, Tapp, Vincent, Ward, White, and Wulfekuhler.

A constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, the bill passed, and the title was agreed to. On motion of Senator Smith, House bill No. 481 was ordered printed and placed on the Calendar.

House bill No. 18, An act in relation to the competency of husband and wife to testify in actions for divorce or alimony or both, and to repeal chapter 125, Laws of 1897, was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 25, nays 0; absent or not voting, 15.

Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Branine, Buschow, Carpenter, Chaney, Codding, Cubbison, Fitzpatrick, Fulton, Gabriel, Householder, Hurrel, Kennedy, King, Leidy, McKnight, McMillan, Miller, Morehouse, Morrow, Noftzger, Peterson, Porter, Simons, Sponable, and Wright.

Senators absent or not voting were: Allen, Caldwell, Conrad, Crum, Findlay, Fullington, Henley, Pestana,

Smith, Stewart, Tapp, Vincent, Ward, White, and Wulfekuhler.

A constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, the bill passed, and the title was agreed to.

House bill No. 726, An act making appropriation to reimburse Harriet L. Waugh, one of the Quantrell raid sufferers, was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 25, nays 0; absent or not voting, 15.

Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Branine, Buschow, Carpenter, Chaney, Codding, Cubbison, Fitzpatrick, Fulton, Gabriel, Householder, Hurrel, Kennedy, King, Leidy, McKnight, McMillan, Miller, Morehouse, Morrow, Noftzger, Peterson, Porter, Simons, Sponable, and Wright.

Senators absent or not voting were: Allen, Caldwell, Conrad, Crum, Findlay, Fullington, Henley, Pestana, Smith, Stewart, Tapp, Vincent, Ward, White, and Wulfekuhler.

A constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, the bill passed, and the title was agreed to.

House bill No. 964, An act making it unlawful to place any fence or other obstruction upon or across any public highway in Rawlins, Phillips, Jewell or Scott counties, Kansas, providing for the removal of the same, and providing compensation for such removal, was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 25, nays 0; absent or not voting, 15.

Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Branine, Buschow, Carpenter, Chaney, Codding, Cubbison, Fitzpatrick, Fulton, Gabriel, Householder, Hurrel, Kennedy, King, Leidy, McKnight, McMillan, Miller, Morehouse, Morrow, Noftzger, Peterson, Porter, Simons, Sponable, and Wright.

Senators absent or not voting were: Allen, Caldwell, Conrad, Crum, Findlay, Fullington, Henley, Pestana. Smith, Stewart, Tapp, Vincent, Ward, White, and Wulfekuhler.

A constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, the bill passed, and the title was agreed to.

House bill No. 21, An act to amend section 6588 of the General Statutes of 1901, was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 25, nays 0; absent or not voting, 15.

Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Branine, Buschow, Carpenter, Chaney, Codding, Cubbison, Fitzpatrick, Fulton, Gabriel, Householder, Hurrel, Kennedy, King, Leidy, McKnight, McMillan, Miller, Morehouse, Morrow, Noftzger, Peterson, Porter, Simons, Sponable, and Wright.

Senators absent or not voting were: Allen, Caldwell, Conrad, Crum, Findlay, Fullington, Henley, Pestana, Smith, Stewart, Tapp, Vincent, Ward, White, and Wulfekuhler.

A constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, the bill passed, and the title was agreed to.

House bill No. 600 was called up by Senator Chaney. On motion of Senator Chaney, the amendments offered by the Ways and Means Committee of the Senate were adopted.

House bill No. 600, An act making appropriations for the executive and judicial departments of the state for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1904, and June 30, 1905, and deficiencies of 1903, was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 29, nays 1; absent or not voting, 10.

Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Allen, Branine, Buschow, Caldwell, Carpenter, Chaney, Codding, Cubbison, Fulton, Gabriel, Henley, Householder, Hurrel, Kennedy, Leidy, McKnight, Miller, Morehouse, Morrow, Noftzger, Peterson, Porter, Simons, Stewart, Tapp, Tapp, Vincent, Ward, White, and Wright.

Senator McMillan voted in the negative.

Senators absent or not voting were: Conrad, Crum, Findlay, Fitzpatrick, Fullington, King, Pestana, Smith, Sponable, and Wulfekuhler.