Mr. Moore of Marshall moved to amend section 26 by striking out paragraph 5; which was not agreed to, yeas 17, nays 79-the yeas and nays being demanded by five members. Those voting in the affirmative are, Messrs. Cassedy, Efner, Flanders, Jones, Marsh, Moore of Marshall, Moore of Adams, Orendorff, Pollock, Ramey, Rice, Senne, Shaw, Thomas, Walker, Westfall, Mr. Speaker-17. Those voting in the negative are, Messrs. Alexander of Montgomery, Anderson, Ballow, Blakely, Bocock, Booth, Bradwell, Branson, Bryant, Casey, Chambers, Collins, Crawford, Cronkrite, Cullerton, Darnell, Davis, Dement, Dewey, Dolan, Dolton, Dunham, Ewing, Ferrier, Freeland, Freeman, Gordon, Granger, Gridley, Halpin, Hart, Henry, Hoiles, Jackson, Jessup, Johnston, Lane of Hancock, Lewis. Lomax, Massie, McAdams, MeDonald, McGee, Me Laughlin, McPherran, Meacham, Middlecoff, Mitchell, Moose, Morrison, Mulvane, Neville, Oakwood, Penfield, Plowman, Pyatt, Quinn, Race, Rankin, Ray, Rountree, Scanlan, Scott, Sherman, Snow, Soule, Stewart of Winnebago, Stewart of McLean, Stroud, Taggart, Truitt, Virden, Warner, Washburn, Wayman, Webber, Webster, Wymore-79. So the amendment was not adopted. Mr. Grey submitted the following amendment to section 26: Strike out of line 26 the word "three," and insert the word "one" in lieu thereof. Which was not adopted. On motion of Mr. Lietze, The bill was ordered engrossed for a third reading. Mr. Moore of Marshall, from the joint committee on enrolled bills, begs leave to report that a bill of the following title has been correctly enrolled on January 23, 1874: Senate bill, No. 425, for "An act to authorize the establishment of a ferry across the Illinois river." Mr. Moore of Marshall, from the joint committee on enrolled bills, begs leave to report having laid before the 'Governor, on the 23d day of January, A. D. 1874, an enrolled bill of the following title, to-wit: Senate bill, No. 425, for "An act to authorize the establishment of a ferry across the Illinois river." A message from the Senate, by Mr. Paddock : Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has concurred with them in the passage of a bill of the following title, to-wit: House bill, No. 634, for "An act to amend section 44 of 'an act to fix the salaries of State officers; of the Judges of the Circuit Courts and Superior Court of Cook county; of the State's Attorneys; of the Judges and Prosecuting Attorneys of inferior Courts in cities and towns; of the County Officers of Cook county; to regulate the fees of the Secretary of State and of the Clerks of the Supreme Court; to classify the counties according to population, and fix the scale of fees for County Officers in each class; to establish the fees of Masters-inChancery, Notaries Public, Commissioners, Arbitrators, Jurors, Witnesses, Justices of the Peace, Constables, and all town officers; to provide the mode of rendering their accounts, and to fix a penalty for exacting illegal fees,' approved March 29, 1872." On motion of Mr. Anderson, At 5:10 o'clock P. M., the House adjourned to 10 o'clock A. M. to morrow. SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1874. The House met, pursuant to adjournment. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Hale. The journal of yesterday was being read, when, On motion of Mr. Anderson, The further reading of the same was dispensed with. Mr. Anderson (by consent) called up House bill, No. 731, for "An act to repeal an act entitled 'an act for the registry of electors, and to prevent fraudulent voting,' approved February 15, 1865." Which was read a second time, and ordered engrossed for a third reading. Mr. Hart (by consent) presented petitions from citizens of LaSalle county, asking for an amendment to the revenue law; which were referred to the committee on revenue. Mr. Jones (by consent) introduced House bill, No. 764, for "An act to amend section 3 of an act approved May 2, A. D. 1873, entitled 'an act to prevent extortion and unjust discrimination in the rates charged for the transportation of passengers and freights on railroads in this State, and to punish the same, and prescribe a mode of procedure and rules of evidence in relation thereto,' and to repeal an act entitled 'an act to prevent unjust discriminations and extortions in the rates to be charged by the different railroads in this State for the transportation of freights on said roads,' approved April 7, A.D. 1871." Which was referred to the committee on railroads. Mr. Wood (by consent) presented a communication from the board of supervisors of Effingham county, asking that the law extending the jurisdiction of county courts be repealed; which was referred to the committee on judicial department. Mr. Easley moved to reconsider the vote by which House bill, No. 623, for "An act to revise the law in relation to counties," was ordered to a third reading. Mr. Lietze moved to lay the motion to reconsider on the table; which was not agreed to. The question recurring on the motion to reconsider, it was decided in the affirmative. Mr. Easley submitted the following amendment: Add after the word "therefor," at the end of the 6th line of section 26, the following: "But in counties not under township organization, no appropriations shall be made for the erection of public buildings, without first submitting the proposition to a vote of the people of the county, and said vote shall be submitted in the same manner and under the same restrictions as provided for in like cases in section 27 of this act, and the votes therefor shall be 'For taxation,' specifying the object, and those against, shall be 'Against taxation,' specifying the object." Which was adopted. Mr. Grey submitted the following amendment: Amend section 26 by striking out the words "three" and "successive," in 26th line, and adding the word "one" in place of said word "three," and by striking the "s" off the word "weeks." Which was adopted. On motion of Mr. Johnston, The bill was ordered engrossed for a third reading. The rules were suspended to receive a resolution. Mr. Bradwell then submitted the following resolution : Resolved, That the use of this hall, on next Monday evening, be given to Mrs. M. E. DeGeer, for the purpose of delivering her lecture, entitled "Woman's duty in the government." Which was adopted. By consent, House bill, No. 598, for "An act in relation to the collec tion of wages," was read a third time. The bill and all amendments thereto having first been printed, and the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the negative, yeas 74, nays 41. Those voting in the affirmative are, Messrs. Alexander of Crawford. Alexander of Montgomery, Anderson, Ballow, Bocock, Booth, Bradwell, Branson, Bullard, Casey, Chambers, Collins, Cronkrite, Crosby, Cullerton, Darnell, Davis, Dement, Dewey, Dolan, Easley, Ewing, Flanders, Freeland, Freeman, Grey, Griffith, Halpin, Harvey, Herting, Hite of Madison, Hildrup, Jessup, Johnston, Jones, Kase, Lietze. Lomax, McLaughlin Meacham, Middlecoff, Moore of Adams, Moose, Neville, Newton, Oberly, Oleson, Pollock, Pyatt Quinn, Race, Ramey, Rankin, Ray, Rountree, Savage, Scanlan, Scott, Senne, Smith, Snow, Stewart of Winnebago. Stroud, Taggart, Thomas, Thornton, Truitt, Virden, Warner, Washburn, Wayman, Webber, Wood, Mr. Speaker-74. Those voting in the negative are, Messrs. Barkley, Bishop of McHenry, Blakely, Cassedy, Carpenter, Crawford, Dolton. Ferrier, Gordon, Graham, Granger, Gridley, Hart, Henry, Hopkins, Inscore, Jaquess, Jackson, Lane of Hancock, Lane of DeWitt, Lewis, Mann, Massie, McAdams, Me Donald, McGee, Moore of Marshall, Moffett, Mulvane, Orendorff. Pinnell, Plowman, Rice, Shumway, Soule, Starr, Stewart of McLean, Walker, Webster, Westfall, Wymore-41. The bill not having received the number of votes required by the constitution, was declared not passed. Mr. McLaughlin moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was lost. On motion of Mr. Moore of Adams, The consideration of the motion to reconsider was postponed, and made the special order for Wednesday next, January 28th. On motion of Mr. Graham, House bill, No. 721, for "An act in regard to assessors and collectors in certain incorporated cities, and to extend the time for the assessment and collection of the county and state taxes therein, for the year A. D. 1873," Was taken up, and read a second time. Mr. Graham submitted the following substitute for section 2: § 2. Such assessor shall, as soon as possible after the passage of this act, return a copy of his assessment books and schedules to the county clerk of the county in which such city is situated, as required by sections 90 and 91, of an act approved March 30th, 1872, entitled “An act for the assessment of property, and for the levy and collection of taxes;" and said county clerk is hereby directed to proceed at once, as in case of any assessment made under said act, to correct and perfect said books, and make out and transmit to the Auditor of Public Accounts an abstract of the assessment of property in said city, as required by section 98 of said act approved March 30, 1872; and the Auditor of Public Accounts shall equalize the assessment of such city, and complete the assessment of the capital stock of each company or association in such city, and report the rates to be added or deducted from the assessed valuation, and the amounts assessed, to such county clerk in the manner provided by law; and such county clerk is hereby required to extend up the valuation so equalized and assessed, in the book or books for the collection of taxes in such city, the full amount of taxes required to be collected, on the rates certified by the Auditor of Public Accounts, and also the full amount required to be levied and collected for county purposes within such city for the year 1873, and when completed shall deliver said tax book or books to the collector, mentioned in section 1 of this act, as soon as he is qualified as hereinafter provided. Which was adopted. Mr. Graham submitted the following amendment: Amend section 4, by striking out of line 1, after the word "the" and before the word "collection," the words "assessment and." Insert in the same line, between the words "county" and "taxes," the words "and other." Which was adopted. The bill was then ordered engrossed for a third reading. The committee on state institutions, to whom was referred House bill, No. 687, for "An act making appropriation for the ordinary expenses of the Northern Hospital and Asylum for the Insane at Elgin," having considered the bill, report the same back to the House and recommend the passage of the bill. The report of the committee was concurred in, and the bill read a second time. On motion of Mr. Mann, The bill was referred to the commtttee on appropriations. Mr. Inscore (by consent) introduced House bill, No. 765, for "An act making sundry appropriations for the Southern Insane Hospital and Asylum at Anna." Which was referred to the committee on state institutions. By consent, House bill, No. 723, for "An act to amend section sixteen (16), of article eleven (11), of an act entitled 'an act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages,' approved April 10, 1872,'' Was read a second time, and ordered engrossed for a third reading. Mr. Warner (by consent) presented a communication from the board of supervisors of Rock Island county, in relation to an appropriation for the Institution for the Education of Feeble-minded Children. Which was referred to the committee on state institutions. Mr. Warner (by consent) introduced House bill, No. 766, for "An act making an appropriation for the payment to the widow of the late Rev. Nehemiah Pierce, official delegate of the State of Illinois to the International Prison Congress, held in London July, 1872, for the preparation of his report made to the Governor, as required by joint resolution of the General Assembly." Which was referred to the committee on appropriations. Mr. Cronkrite (by consent) submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the committee on printing, in addition to the duty devolved upon them by this House, be instructed to inquire into the charges made for copying, and report the same to the House. By consent, House bill, No. 700, for "An act to amend section fortythree (43) of an act entitled 'an act to establish and maintain a system of free schools,' approved April 1, 1872," was read a second time, and, On motion of Mr. Johnston, Was recommitted to the committee on education. Mr. Henry (by consent) submitted the following resolution: WHEREAS great doubt exists, in counties not under township organization, whether sheriffs are entitled to commissions for collecting the revenue, in addition to the salary allowed by the board of county commissioners, or not; therefor, Resolved, That the judiciary committee be requested to examine the law in this regard, and, if they find it necessary, to report a bill to this House that will remove all doubt on this subject. Which was adopted. On motion of Mr. Efner, House bill, No. 653. for "An act to revise the law in relation to township organization," Was taken up, and the further consideration of the same postponed, and made the special order for Wednesday next, January 28th. Mr. Moore of Marshall, from the committee on enrolled and engrossed bills, begs leave to report that a bill of the following title has been correctly enrolled, and on the 24th day of January, 1874, laid before the Governor for his approval, viz: House bill, No. 634, for "An act to amend section 44, of an act entitled 'an act to fix the salaries of State officers; of the Judges of the Circuit Courts and Superior Court of Cook county; of the State's Attorneys; of the Judges and Prosecuting Attorneys of inferior Courts in cities and towns; of the county officers of Cook county; to regulate. the fees of the Secretary of State, and of the Clerks of the Supreme Court; to classify the counties according to population, and fix the scale of fees for county officers in each class; to establish the fees of Masters-in-Chancery, Notaries Public, Commissioners, Arbitrators, Jurors, Witnesses, Justices of the Peace, Constables, and all town officers; to provide the mode of rendering their accounts, and to fix a penalty for exacting illegal fees,' approved March 29, 1872." Senate bills on third reading being in order, Senate bill, No. 296, for "An act to secure the free passage of fish in all the waters of this State," was read a third time, and, On motion of Mr. Hopkins, Referred to the committee on game and fish. Senate bill, No. 292, for "An act to revise the law in relation to sheriffs," was read a third time. The bill and all amendments thereto having first been printed, and the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative-yeas 104, nays 0. Those voting in the affirmative are, Messrs. Alexander of Crawford, Alexander of Montgomery, Anderson, Ballow, Barkley, Blakely. Bradwell, Branson, Bullard, Casey, Cassedy, Carpenter, Chambers, Collins, Crawford, Cronkrite, Crosby, Cullerton, Darnell, Davis, Dement, Dewey, Dolton, Dunham, Easley, Efner, Ewing, Ferrier, Flanders, Freeland, Freeman, Gordon, Graham, Granger, Grey, Gridley, Griffith, Halpin, Hart, Hay, Henry, Herting, Hildrup, Inscore, Jaquess, Jackson, Jessup, Johnston, Jones, Kase, Lane of Hancock, Lane of DeWitt, Lemma, Lewis, Lietze, Loomis, Mann, Massie, McAdams, McLaughlin, McPherran, Middlecoff, Mitchell, Moore of Marshall, Moore of Adams, Moose, Moffett, Mulvane, Neville, Newton, Orendorff, Penfield, Pinnell, Plowman, Pollock, Pyatt, Quinn, Race, Ramey, Rankin, Ray, Rice, Rountree, Savage, Senne, Shaw, Shumway, Smith, Snow, Soule, Stewart of Winnebago, Stroud, Taggart, Thomas, Thornton, Truitt, Virden, Walker, Warner, Webber, Webster, Wood, Wymore, Mr. Speaker-104. So the bill was declared passed. Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Clerk inform the Senate of the passage of the bill. Senate bill, No. 256, for "An act to amend section 51 of an act entitled 'an act in regard to practice in courts of record,'" was read a third time. The bill and all the amendments thereto having first been printed' and the question being: "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative-yeas 99, nays 2. Those voting in the affirmative are, Messrs. Alexander of Crawford, Alexander of Montgomery, Anderson, Ballow, Barkley, Blakely, Bradwell, Branson. Bullard, Casey, Cassedy, Carpenter, Chambers, Collins, Connolly, Crawford Crosby, Darnell, Davis, Dolan, Dolton, Dunham, Easley, Efner, Ewing, Ferrier, Flanders, Freeland |