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Mr. Hammers introduced a bill, House Bill No. 223, a bill for “An act to establish a board of school book commissioners for the State of Illinois to establish and maintain a uniform course of text-books to be used in the public schools of the State of Illinois; to fix the price thereof and to provide free text-books in certain cases."

The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Education.

Mr. Horn introduced a bill, House Bill No. 224, a bill for "An act to amend section one (1) of an act entitled 'An act to revise the law in relation to divorce,' approved March 10, 1874, in force July 1,

1874.

The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Mr. Jarvis introduced a bill, House Bill No. 225, a bill for "An act to provide for payment of fees to lawyers appointed to defend indigent prisoners arraigned upon indictment for a felony or misdemeanors."

The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Mr. Johnson, of Fulton, introduced a bill, House Bill No. 226, a bill for "An act to prohibit and punish the playing of the game of baseball on Sunday."

The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Municipal Corporations.

Mr. Kilcourse introduced a bill, House Bill No. 227, a bill for “An act to establish a State Board of Medical Examiners, prescribing its powers and duties, to provide for the licensing of practitioners of medicine and midwifry, to regulate the practice of medicine and midwifry in the State of Illinois, and imposing penalties, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith."

The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on License.

Mr. Kincheloe introduced a bill, House Bill No. 228, a bill for "An act to amend section 26 of article 3 of an act entitled 'An act to revise the law in relation to township organization,'" approved and in force March 4, 1874, as amended by an act approved June 4, 1889, and in force July 1, 1889.

The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on County and Township Organization.

Mr. Large introduced a bill, House Bill No. 229, a bill for “An act to amend sections three (3) and four (4) of an act entitled 'An act to provide for the examination of fire losses and hoisting engines at all coal mines in this State when such services are necessary to regulate their employment."

The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining.

Mr. Lathrop introduced a bill, House Bill No. 230, a bill for "An act to authorize the use and adoption of voting machines."

The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Elections.

Mr. Merriam introduced a bill, House Bill No. 231, a bill for "An act to repeal an act," approved June 16, 1893, in force July 1, 1893.

The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Mr. Murray, of Clinton, introduced a bill, House Bill No. 232, a bill for "An act to regulate service by publication in courts of record and to repeal acts in conflict therewith."

The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Judicial Department and Practice.

Mr. Murray, of Sangamon, introduced a bill, House Bill No 233, a bill for "An act providing for safe, healthy and humane operations at coal mines, creating a state mining board and prescribing the duties thereof, and to repeal 'An act providing for the health and safety of persons employed in coal mines,"" approved May 28, 1879, in force July 1, 1879, as amended by acts approved June 16, 1883, and June 21, 1883, in force July 1, 1883, as amended by an act approved June 30, 1885, in force July 1, 1885, as amended by an act approved June 16, 1887, in force July 1, 1887, as amended by an act approved June 4, 1889, in force July 1, 1889, etc., and all acts amendatory thereof.

The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining.

Mr. Needles introduced a bill, House Bill No. 234, a bill for "An act to provide for casual defects or failures in revenue."

The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Revenue.

Thereupon, motion of Mr. Needles was read at large a first time.

Mr. Selby introduced a bill, House Bill No. 235, a bill for "An act to amend section one of an act entitled 'An act to provide for the punishment of persons, partnerships or corporations forming pools, trusts and combines, and mode of procedure and rules of evidence in such cases,'" approved June 11, 1891, in force July 1, 1891.

The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Corporations.

Mr. Selby introduced a bill, House Bill No. 236, a bill for "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to enable corporations created for that purpose to transact a surety business in this State, and to become the surety on bonds required by law,"" approved May 13, 1887, in force July 1, 1887.

The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Corporations.

Mr. Thiemann introduced a bill, House Bill No. 237, a bill for "An act to provide for consolidation of the territory of cities in counties. under township organization having five or more congressional townships and fractional parts of congressional townships into one township and to provide for a board of auditors of said township.

The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on County and Township Organization..

Mr. Wilson introduced a bill, House Bill No. 238, a bill for "An act to amend section twenty-six (26) of an act entitled '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 and in force May 29, 1879, as amended by an act entitled 'An act to revise and amend an act, and certain sections thereof,' entitled 'An act to provide for the construction, reparation and protection of drains, ditches and levees across lands of others for agricultural, sanitary and mining purposes, and to provide for the organization of drainage districts,' approved and in force May 29, 1879, as amended by certain acts herein entitled and to repeal certain laws therein named," approved June 30, 1885, in force July 1. 1885.

The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Drainage and Waterways.

The House proceeding upon the order of reports from standing committees,

Mr. Sherman, from the Committee on Elections, to whom was referred House Bill No. 10, being a bill for "An act to amend section thirty-three (33) of an act entitled 'An act in regard to elections and to provide for filling vacancies in elective office,'" approved April 3, 1872, in force July 1, 1872, as amended by an act approved June 22, 1885, in force July 1, 1885, reported the same back and recommended that it do pass.

The report of the committe was adopted and the bill ordered to its first reading.

Mr. Sherman, from the Committee on Elections, to whom was referred House Bill No. 72, being a bill for "An act to amend section nineteen of an act entitled 'An act to provide for the printing and distribution of ballots at public expense, and for the nomination of candidates for public offices, to regulate the manner of holding elections, and to enforce the secrecy of the ballot," " approved June 22, 1891, in force July 1, 1891, reported the same back and recommended that it do pass.

The report of the committee was adopted, and the bill ordered to its first reading.

The hour of 10:30 o'clock a. m. having arrived, the time heretofore fixed for the special consideration of the following resolution, it was read at large by the Clerk as follows:

WHEREAS, There is now pending before Congress an act to reclassify and prescribe the salaries of the railway postal clerks, and

WHEREAS, The United States Railway mail service is of inestimable value to all classes of our citizens and especially to the business classes, and

WHEREAS, The requirements of this branch of the postoffice department are so exacting, calling for ability and sacrifices demanded in no other branch of the government service, and

WHEREAS, The continued improvement in this service demands additional requirements of the employés, and

WHEREAS, The Honorable Mr. Linton, in behalf of the National Railway Postal Clerks Association, has introduced into Congress a bill to reclassify railway postal clerks and prescribe their salaries, said bill having been indorsed by the Honorable Postmaster General, therefore be it

Resolved, By the House of Representatives of the State of Illinois that such act known as H. R. Bill No. 1, be and the same is hereby indorsed and our Representatives in the United States Senate and House of Representatives are hereby requested to vote for and endeavor by all just means in their power to secure the passage of said H. R. Bill No. 1.

Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolutions be transmitted to each Senator and member of Congress in this State and to the Honorable, the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

The question being. "Shall the resolution be adopted?" it was decided in the affirmative.

Mr. F. A. Busse offered the following resolution, which was referred to the Committee on Contingent Expenses:

Resolved, That the Speaker is hereby authorized to appoint two (2) additional pages with the same per diem as other pages.

Mr. Needles offered the following resolution, and moved its adoption:

Resolved, That 1,000 copies of the message of the Governor received this morning, be printed for the use of the members.

And the resolution was adopted.

The House proceeding upon the order of Senate bills on third reading.

Senate Bill No. 25, a bill for "An act to provide for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State Government incurred or to be incurred and now unprovided for until the first day of July, A. D. 1897,"

Having been printed, was taken up and read at large a third time. And the question being, "Shall the bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 126; nays, 8. Messrs.

Those voting in the affirmative are:

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This bill expressed an emergency in the body of the act, 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.

At the hour of 11:30 o'clock a. m. Mr. Schubert moved that the House do now adjourn.

The motion prevailed.

And the House stood adjourned.

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