On motion of Mr. St. John, House file No. 227, a bill for an act to regulate the testing of milk, with report of committee recommending passage, was taken up, considered, and the report of the committee adopted.

Mr. Gurley moved to strike out section 3.

Carried.

Mr. Taylor moved that line 24 in section 1 of the printed bill be stricken out.

Carried.

Mr. Hoover moved to amend as follows:

Strike out in section 1

all after the word "patron" in line 13, and all of line 14.

Lost.

Mr. St. John moved that the rule be suspended, 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. Allen, Barker, Bell, Bitterman, Blanchard, Brinton, Britt, Brooks, Burnquist, Byers, Carter, Chapman, Chassell, Cooper of Montgomery, Cooper of Pottawattamie, Cornwall, Crow, Davis, Davison, Diederich, Doane, Dowell, Endicott, Finch, Frazee, Funk, Griswold, Gurley, Haugen, Hinman, Homrighaus, Horton, Jester, Jones, Klemme, Lauder, McCann, McNeeley, McQuinn, Martin, Miller of Lee, Milliman, Moore, Morris of Clarke, Morris of Sioux, Morrison, Murray, Myerly, Nicoll, Nietert, Pattison, Ranck, Root, Ross, Saberson, Sawyer, Sessions, Snoke, Sowers, Spearman, Steen, Stillmunkes, St. John, Stuntz, Taylor, Trewin, Van Gilder, Watkins, Watters, Weaver, Wilken, Williams of Fremont, Wilson, Wood, Wyckoff, Young of Calhoun, Young of Delaware, Mr. Speaker-78.

The nays were:

Messrs. Coonley, Hoover, Jay, Shriver-4.

Absent or not voting:

Messrs. Doubleday, Early, Ellison, Harriman, Haselton, Linderman, McGonigle, Miller of Cherokee, Mitchell, Patterson, Reed, Robinson, Rogge, Schultz, Spaulding, Stephens, Williams of Howard, Wood-18.

So the bill passed and the title was agreed to.

- Mr. Blanchard introduced the following resolution which was laid over under the rule:

Resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, That the Twenty-fifth General Assembly, to whom the Governor of Iowa has referred the application of A. F. Hockett for pardon, advise the Governor to grant such pardon.

The following notice of reconsideration was placed on file:

MR. SPEAKER-I move to reconsider the vote by which House file No. 311 passed the House on February 26, 1894.

I second the motion.

H. W. BYERS.

W. W. CORNWALL.

Mr. Barker moved that House file No. 358 and House file No. 359 be recommitted to Committee on Judiciary.

Carried.

Mr. Barker moved that the bills retain their places on the calendar. On a division of the House the motion was lost by a vote of 26 ayes to 14 nays.

On motion of Mr. Nietert, the House adjourned.

HALL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DES MOINES, IOWA, Wednesday, February 28, 1894. )

House convened at 9 A. M.

Prayer by Representative M. D. Reed.

Journal of February 27, corrected and approved.

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.

Mr. Saberson presented a petition of 56 citizens of Alta, Iowa, requesting the passage of the pending bill to raise the age of consent for girls to eighteen years.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Mr. Burnquist presented petition of citizens and dairymen of Webster county, Iowa, asking that House file No. 433 be enacted into law to take effect as soon as practicable.

Referred to Committee on Agriculture.

Mr. Cornwall presented petition of citizens of Mallard, Palo Alto county, asking the age of consent be raised to eighteen years. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Mr. Saberson presented petition of citizens of Storm Lake, protesting against the passage of Senate file No. 28 and House file No. 58. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

Mr. Diederich presented two petitions from citizens of Council Bluffs on same subject.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

Mr. Morris of Sioux, presented four petitions on same subject.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

Mr. Pattison presented petition of citizens of West Union on same subject.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

Mr. Cornwall presented petition of citizens of Everly on same subject.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

Mr. Morris of Clarke, presented petition of citizens of Osceola, Iowa, on same subject.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

Mr. Pattison presented petition from Waucoma, Iowa, on same

subject.

Referred to Committee on Insurance.

Mr. Cornwall presented petition of citizens of Spencer, lowa, on same subject.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

Mr. Miller of Cherokee, presented petition of citizens of Cherokee, Iowa, on same subject.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

Messrs. Murray, Brinton, Nietert, Hoover, Sessions, Frazee, Finch, Nicoll, Haselton, Stillmunkes, McGonigle, Griswold, Doubleday, Morrison, Davison, McQuinn, Sawyer, McCann, Trewin, Davis, Root, Coonley, Chassell and Byers presented petitions from citizens of their respective counties on the same subject.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

Mr. Blanchard presented petition of citizens of Oskaloosa, in reference to woman suffrage.

Referred to Committee on Woman Suffrage.

Mr. Gurley presented three petitions of citizens of Decatur county, Iowa, asking for raising the age of consent to eighteen years. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Mr. Robinson presented petition of twenty-one citizens of Pleasantville, on same subject.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Mr. Trewin presented petition of citizens of Waukon, in regard to raising the age of consent to eighteen years.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Mr. Nieterć presented petition of citizens of Center Point and Linn county requesting the passage of the pending bill to raise the age of consent to eighteen years.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Mr. Cooper of Montgomery, presented a petition of citizens of Hamilton, Montgomery county, requesting the passage of the pending bill to raise the age of consent to eighteen years.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Mr. Snoke presented petition of citizens of Stanwood, Cedar county, requesting the passage of the pending bill to raise the age of consent to eighteen years.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Mr. Sawyer presented protest of citizens of Woodbury county, Iowa, against the repeal of the prohibitory law, and asking for the better enforcement of said law.

Referred to Committee on Suppression of Intemperance.

Mr. McGonigle presented a protest of 186 citizens of Clayton county, Iowa, on same subject.

Same reference.

Mr. Weaver presented four protests from citizens of Des Moines and Louisa counties on same subject.

Same reference.

Mr. Doubleday presented petition of citizens of Des Moines, Iowa, to maintain the present prohibitory law.

Referred to Committee on Suppression of Intemperance.

Mr. Ross presented remonstrance of thirteen voters of Burlington, Iowa, against the repeal of the prohibitory law.

Referred to Committee on Suppression of Intemperance.

Mr. McNeeley presented five petitions against any license or local option modification of the prohibitory law.

Referred to Committee on Suppression of Intemperance.

Mr. Bell presented three petitions of fifteen hundred and ninetythree citizens of Washington county against any license or local option modification of the prohibitory law.

Referred to Committee on Suppression of Intemperance.

Mr. McQuinn presented petition of citizens of Benton county asking for an appropriation of twenty-five thousand ($25,000) dollars to the State Agricultural Society to pay indebtedness.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Taylor presented petition of citizens of Davis county asking for an appropriation of twenty-five thousand ($25,000) dollars to the State Agricultural Society to pay indebtedness.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Brinton presented petition of farmers and dairymen of Hamilton county, Iowa, urging favorable consideration of House file No. 433, relating to the manufacturing and coloring of dairy products. Referred to Committee on Agriculture.

Mr. Klemme presented petition of the Farmers' Institute of Decorah, Iowa, relating to improvement of roads and highways. Referred to Committee on Roads and Highways.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.

Mr. Young, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

MR. SPEAKER-Your Committee on Appropriations, to whom was referred. House file No. 426, a bill for an act to provide for professional instruction of common school teachers in normal and high schools, 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. H. YOUNG,

Ordered passed on file.

Chairman.