House file No. 113, an act to amend section twenty-eight hundred and thirty-two (2832) of the code, in relation to the distribution of text-books in counties adopting a uniform series.

House file No. 157, an act granting the right to corporations organized under the laws of a foreign country, and corporations organized under the laws of this country, onehalf the stock which is owned by nonresident aliens, to hold and dispose of real property, and to legalize certain contracts and conveyances of such corporations.

House file No. 181, an act to legalize the resolutions, ordinances and proceedings of the council of the incorporated town of Primghar, O'Brien county, Iowa.

House file No. 188, an act to repeal section seventeen hundred and twenty (1720) of the code, relating to the auditor's insurance report, and to enact a substitute therefor.

House file No. 310, an act to legalize the incorporation of the town of Bussey, Marion county, Iowa, and the acts of the city council thereof.

March 15th. Substitute for House file No. 89, an act to amend section sixteen hundred and eighteen (1618) of the code, relating to the manner of renewals of corporations, and to provide for the fees to be paid upon renewal of corporations for pecuniary profit.

LESLIE M. SHAW.

TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 23, 1900

From the Journal of the House of Representatives, p. 938

To the House of Representatives:

I have the honor to inform the House of Representatives that I have approved, signed and caused to be deposited with the secretary of state the following bill, originating in your honorable body:

March 21. House file No. 56, an act to authorize the improvement and regulate the use of the Des Moines river and its bed and banks within the corporate limits of the city of Des Moines.

LESLIE M. SHAW.

TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 2, 1900

From the Journal of the House of Representatives, p. 1119

To the House of Representatives:

I have the honor to inform the House of Representatives that I have approved, signed, and caused to be deposited with the secretary of state the following bills originating in your honorable body:

March 23. House file No. 22, an act to amend section 2490 of the code, relating to mines and mining.

House file No. 66, an act providing for the payment by the state of costs and fees incurred in prosecutions for escaping from the penitentiary.

House file No. 94, an act to legalize the incorporation of the town of Athelston, Taylor county, Iowa; the election of

its officers, and all acts done and ordinances passed by the council of said town.

House file No. 124, an act requiring mine foremen, pit bosses and hoisting engineers to submit to examination, and to hold certificates of competency, and providing for the punishment of persons violating the provisions of this act.

House file No. 187, an act to amend section fifteen hundred and sixty (1560) of the code, relating to the service of notice to remove obstructions on public highways.

March 29. House file No. 375, an act to legalize and validate certain county elections on the question of erecting a courthouse, borrowing money and issuing bonds therefor, and levying taxes to pay said bonds, and authorizing counties to issue bonds voted for at such elections and to levy sufficient taxes to pay the same.

House file No. 252, an act to define the powers of the board of control in relation to the pension money of members of the Iowa Soldiers' home.

April 2. House file No. 175, an act to amend section 1709 of the code, relating to insurance.

LESLIE M. SHAW.

TO THE SENATE

APRIL 2, 1900

From the Journal of the Senate, p. 907

To the Senate:

I have the honor to inform the Senate that I have approved, signed and caused to be deposited with the secretary of state the following bills originating in your body:

March 29. Senate file No. 345, an act to legalize the incorporation of the town of Brush Creek, Fayette county, Iowa; the change of the name of said town to Arlington; the election of its officers, and official acts done and ordinances passed by the council of said town not in contravention with the laws of Iowa.

Senate file No. 340, an act granting jurisdiction to the United States over one acre of ground, including the grave of Sergeant Charles Floyd, in Woodbury county, Iowa.

Senate file No. 269, an act to legalize the ordinances passed by the incorporated town of West Mitchell, Mitchell county.

Senate file No. 240, an act to establish libraries for the use of teachers, pupils and other residents in all school districts.

Senate file No. 224, an act to legalize the incorporation of the town of Ocheyedan, Osceola county, and all acts done and ordinances passed by the council of said town.

Senate file No. 102, an act authorizing the appointment of a commission to ascertain and exactly determine the positions of Iowa troops in the siege of Vicksburg, and to make an appropriation to pay the necessary traveling expenses of the members of the commission.

Substitute for Senate file No. 90, an act to punish railway train robbers.

Substitute for Senate file No. 52, an act to amend section fifteen hundred and seventy (1570) of the code, relating to the trimming of hedges.

Substitute for Senate file No. 21, an act to amend section two thousand four hundred and ninety (2490) of the code, relative to the payment of coal miners.

Senate file No. 276, an act to amend section thirty-nine hundred and fifty-eight (3958) of the code, relating to return of executions.

Senate file No. 116, an act to amend section twenty-eight hundred and thirty-one (2831) of the code, relating to county uniformity of text books.

Senate file No. 194, an act to amend sections two thousand, five hundred and twelve (2512), two thousand, five hundred and thirteen (2513) and two thousand, five hundred and fourteen (2514) of the code, in relation to the inspection of passenger boats.

Senate file No. 92, an act to legalize a special election held in the county of Polk, on the twenty-fifth day of January, 1899, and the proposition submitted at said election, for the purpose of authorizing the board of supervisors of said county to purchase real property at a cost not to exceed one hundred thousand (100,000) dollars, upon which to build a courthouse; to legalize the authority of the board of supervisors of said county to purchase real property for said purpose at a cost not to exceed one hundred thousand (100,000) dollars, and to levy a tax of one-quarter of one mill on the assessed valuation of the taxable property of Polk county, for a period not exceeding twenty (20) years, beginning with the year 1900, to pay the indebtedness created by said purchase, if an indebtedness shall be created thereby.

Senate file No. 60, an act amending section five hundred and seventy-six (576) of the code, relative to the duties of township clerk.

March 30. Senate file No. 352, an act to amend section