Messrs. Bailey, Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Clerk inform the Senate thereof, and ask their concurrence therein. House bill, No. 470, for "An act for the relief of Eli Hawkins," was read a third time, And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" It was decided in the affirmative, {Nays: Those voting in the affirmative are, Messrs, Gale, .... ..81 ...00 Messrs. Payne, Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Clerk inform the Senate thereof, and ask their concurrence therein. House bill, No. 398, for "An act to amend an act entitled 'an act to create a school district in the town of Decatur, Illinois, to be known as the Decatur School District," " was read a third time, And the question being, "Shall this bill pass It was decided in the affirmative: Those voting in the affirmative are, יי? Kerr, Burgess, Dresser, Kinyon, Knickerbocker, Burnett, Callaway, Frew, Laning, Casey, Challis, Childs, Collins, Cook of Lake, Green, Miller of St. Clair, Cook of Sangamon, Gundlach, Miller of Cook, Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the clerk inform the Senate thereof, and ask their concurrence therein. House bill, No. 449, for "An act to amend the charter of the village of Lockport, passed Feb. 12, 1853," was read a third time, And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Senate thereof, and ask their concurrence therein. clerk inform the House bill, No. 465, for "An act to amend chapter XXX, of the Revised Statutes of 1815, for the punishment of embezzlement in certain cases," was read a third time, And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" It was decided in the affirmative, Those voting in the affirmative are, Nas Yeas... Messrs. Burnett, Casey, ..81 .00 Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the clerk inform the Senate thereof, and ask their concurrence therein. House bill, No. 472, for "An act to attach all fractional townships in Kankakee, to full townships therein, for school purposes," was read a third time, And the question being, "Shall this bill pass ?" It was decided in the affirmative, {eas.... Those voting in the affirmative are, Messss. Gale, .81 ..00 Messrs. Payne, Perry, Phelps, Phillips, Porter, Ravlin, Reed, Reynolds, Burnett, Horrabin, Ross of St. Clair Ross of Fulton, Casey, Kerr, Saltonstall, Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Clerk inform the Senate thereof, and ask their concurrence therein. On motion of Mr. Dinsmoor, The House, at 6:20 P. M., adjourned. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1869. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Miner. The journal of yesterday was being read, when, On motion of Mr. Burnett, The further reading of the same was dispensed with. Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has concurred with them in the adoption of the following resolution: . Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That the respective chairmen of the standing committee on militia on the part of the House of Representatives and the Senate, procure the packing, boxing and shipping of the copies of the Adjutant General's report, to the order of the respective members of the Senate and House of Representatives; audit all bills therefor and certify the same to the Auditor of State, and that the Auditor thereupon be authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasurer for the amount so audited and allowed, payable out of any funds in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Mr. Parker, by leave, introduced a bill (H.R. No. 1407) for "An act to provide for the distribution of the reports of the Adjutant General." Which was read a first time, and Ordered to a second reading. On motion of Mr. Parker, The rule was dispensed with, the bill read a second time, and On motion of Mr. Parker, The rule was further dispensed with, the bill read a third time, It was decided in the affirmative, Those voting in the affirmative are, Yeas.... N .47 .13 Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the clerk inform the Senate thereof, and ask their concurrence therein. Mr. Ravlin, by leave, introduced a bill (H.R. No. 1408) for "An act to enable the people of the city of Elgin, in the county of Kane, and State of Illinois, to hold their annual elections on the first Monday of March, A. D. 1869." Which was read a first time, and Ordered to a second reading. On motion of Mr. Ravlin, The rule was dispensed with, the bill read a second time, and On motion of Mr. Ravlin, The rule was further dispensed with, the bill read a third time, It was decided in the affirmative, Yeas... Messrs. Beason, Bradshaw, Burke, Burnett, Kerr, Kinyon, Knickerbocker, Merritt, Mittower, Rush, Nays... ..58 1 Those voting in the affirmative are, Morse, FLI Cook of Sangamon, Coy, Dinsmoor, Elliott, Fuller, Gale, Green, Halley, Hanna, Nase, Palmer, Parker, Perry, Porter, Reed, Mr. Smith voted in the negative. Young, Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the clerk inform the Senate thereof, and ask their concurrence therein. On motion of Mr. Stanley, The rules were dispensed with, for the purpose of taking up Senate messages, and Senate bill, No. 248, for "An act to confer certain authority on the board of supervisors of Macon county, Illinois," Was taken up, read a first time, and Ordered to a second reading. On motion of Mr. Stanley, The rule was dispensed with, the bill read a second time, and On motion of Mr. Stanley, The rule was further dispensed with, the bill read a third time, It was decided in the affirmative, |