This bill, having received the votes of a constitutional majority of the members elected, was declared passed. Ordered that the title be as aforesaid and that the Clerk inform the Senate thereof and ask their concurrence therein. House Bill No. 533, a bill for "An Act making an appropriation for the purpose of repairing, rebuilding and restoring public school buildings, equipment and other public school property which was injured, damaged or destroyed by tornado March 18, 1925." Having been transcribed and typed, and all amendments adopted thereto having been printed, 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, 110; nays, none. Those voting in the affirmative are: Messrs. Perina Lee Phillips Stanfield Lewis Teel Little Reilly Thon Arnold, L. F. Fekete Lohmann Ashby Auth Malloy Robbins Turner, S. B. Baxter Marinier Francis Franz, C. D. Gibson Bruer Herrin Bush Hoff Castle Holten Choisser Hunter Chynoweth Hutson Clark Johnson Cork Krump Martens McClugage O'Toole Overland Nays-0. This bill, expressing an emergency in the body of the Act, rendering it necessary that it shall take effect immediately on its passage and approval, 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 Clerk inform the Senate thereof and ask their concurrence therein. A message from the Senate by Mr. Paddock, Secretary: Mr. Speaker-I am directed to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has concurred with the House in the adoption of the following joint resolution, to-wit: HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 41. Resolved, by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That when the two Houses adjourn today, they stand adjourned until Tuesday, May 19, 1925, at 10:00 o'clock a. m. Concurred in by the Senate, Thursday, May 14, 1925. J. H. PADDOCK, Secretary of the Senate. A message from the Senate by Mr. Paddock, Secretary: Mr. Speaker-I am directed to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has passed bills of the following titles, in the passage of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the House of Representatives, to-wit: SENATE BILL No. 217. A bill for "An Act to amend sections 5, 13 and 58 of 'An Act in relation to the civil administration of the State government, and to repeal certain Acts therein named,' approved March 7, 1917, as amended, and to repeal section 59 thereof." SENATE BILL No. 218. A bill for "An Act to create the normal school board, and to define its powers and duties." SENATE BILL No. 244. A bill for "An Act to amend section 18 of an Act entitled, 'An Act to revise the law in relation to change of venue,' approved March 25, 1874, as subsequently amended, and as it now exists." SENATE BILL No. 309. A bill for "An Act to amend section 243 of '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." SENATE BILL No. 353. A bill for "An Act to amend section 13 of '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 May 29, 1879, as amended, and to add section 13a thereto." SENATE BILL No. 358. A bill for "An Act in relation to practice and procedure in courts of record." SENATE BILL No. 401. A bill for "An Act to amend sections 6, 29, 30 and 31 of 'An Act to provide for the holding of primary elections by political parties,' approved March 9, 1910, as amended." SENATE BILL No. 422. A bill for "An Act to amend section 37 of 'An Act to revise the law in relation to the conservation of fish, mussels, frogs and turtles in the State of Illinois, and to provide penalties for the violation thereof and to repeal all Acts in conflict with this Act,' approved June 30, 1923." Passed by the Senate, May 14, 1925. J. H. PADDOCK, Secretary of the Senate. The foregoing Senate bills, numbered 217, 218, 244, 309, 353, 358, 401 and 422, were taken up, read by title, ordered printed and to a first reading. A message from the Senate by Mr. Paddock, Secretary: Mr. Speaker-I am directed to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has concurred with the House in the passage of a bill of the following title. HOUSE BILL No. 182. A bill for "An Act to provide for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Public Health, until the expiration of the first fiscal quarter after the adjournment of the next regular session of the General Assembly." Together with the following amendments thereto, in the adoption of which amendments I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the House of Representatives: AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL No. 182 ADOPTED BY THE SENATE APRIL 29 AND MAY 5, 1925. AMENDMENT No. 1. Amend printed House Bill No. 182 in Senate, on page 6, in section 1, by striking out all of lines 128 and 129 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Inspectors $38,200; for the biennium. Salaries to be paid inspectors shall be $1800 for the first year of service. If the inspector has served or hereafter serves more than one year, $100 shall be added to his salary for each year of service until a maximum salary of $3000 is reached. This provision shall not operate to reduce the salary rate of any inspector. now employed." AMENDMENT No. 2. Amend printed House Bill No. 182 in Senate, on page 6, in section 1, line 125, by striking out the figures "$39,600.00" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "$45,400.00." AMENDMENT No. 3. Amend House Bill No. 182 in the Senate, on page 4, line 69, by substituting for the figures "$1620" before the words "per annum" the figures "$1800." AMENDMENT No. 4. Amend on page 4, line 71, by substituting for the figures "5760," before the words "per annum," the figures "5580." AMENDMENT No. 5. Amend on page 2, line 17, to read "$1,500.00 per annum" instead of "$1,320." AMENDMENT No. 6. Strike out of line 26, page 2, "$100,000" and insert in place thereof "$50,000." AMENDMENT No. 7. Strike out in line 117, page 5, section 1, the figures "$130,000" and insert in lieu thereof the figures "$110,000." AMENDMENT No. 8. Amend by striking out on page 6, line 114, the figures "$1,155,077" and insert in lieu thereof the figures "$1,041,237." On page 1, line 6, strike out "$624,400 and insert "$524,760." Passed by the Senate, with amendments, May 14, 1925. J. H. PADDOCK, Secretary of the Senate. The foregoing message from the Senate, reporting Senate amendments to House Bill No. 182, was ordered to lie on the Speaker's table. A message from the Senate by Mr. Paddock, Secretary: Mr. Speaker-I am directed to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has acceded to the request of the House of Representatives for a Conference Committee to consider the differences of the two Houses in regard to the Senate Amendment No. 5. HOUSE BILL No. 303. A bill for "An Act to amend sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 28, 32, 33, 34, 36, 40, 49, 50, 51 and 52 of "The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois,' approved March 7, 1917, as amended, and to add sections 50a, 51a and 63a thereto." I am further instructed to inform the House of Representatives that the President of the Senate has appointed as such committee on the part of the Senate Messrs. Meents, Essington and Duvall. Action taken by the Senate, May 12, 1925. J. H. PADDOCK, Secretary of the Senate. At the hour of 11:45 o'clock a. m., Mr. Cutler moved that the House do now adjourn. The motion prevailed. And, in accordance with House Joint Resolution No. 41, the House stood adjourned until Tuesday, May 19, 1925, at 10:00 o'clock a. m. TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1925, 10:00 O'CLOCK A. M. The House met pursuant to adjournment. The Speaker in the chair. Prayer by the Rev. J. S. Cummins, of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, of Robinson. The Journal of Thursday, May 14th, was being read, when, on motion of Mr. Church, the further reading of the same was dispensed with, and it was ordered to stand approved. By unanimous consent, the following members were excused on account of sickness: Messrs. Myers, Hrdlicka, O'Toole and Stanfield. By direction of the Speaker, the roll was called to ascertain the attendance of members as follows: The House proceeding on the order of reports of standing committees, Mr. Curran, from the Committee on Appropriations, to which was referred bills of the following titles, to-wit: HOUSE BILL No. 610. A bill for "An Act making an additional appropriation for the payment of salaries and wages of employees of the Fifty-fourth General Assembly of the State of Illinois." HOUSE BILL No. 405. A bill for "An Act to provide for the erection of a soldiers' monument in the National Cemetery at Memphis, Tennessee." |