be) immediately to report the fact of the passage of such order to the other branch of the General Assembly, together with the number so ordered to be printed, in case the same shall exceed three hundred. Adopted February 11, 1897. J. H. PADDOCK, Secretary of the Senate. The House proceeding upon the order of Petitions. The House proceeding upon the order of Introduction of Bills, the roll was called for that purpose, whereupon, Mr. Daugherty introduced a bill, House Bill No. 254, a bill for "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to enable park commissioners to sell land no longer needed for park purposes,'" approved June 16, 1887, and in force July 1, 1887. The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Parks and Boulevards. Mr. Metcalf introduced a bill, House Bill No. 255, a bill for "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to provide for placing United States National Flags on school houses, court houses and other public buildings in this State,'" approved June 26, 1895, in force July 1, 1895. The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Education. Mr. Kane introduced a bill, House Bill No. 256, a bill for "An act to prevent coal mine employés from being wilfully or fraudulently deprived of wages earned by them, and to provide for the punishment of violation of this act." The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining. Mr. Horn introduced a bill, House Bill No. 257, a bill for "An act to amend section 381 of the Criminal Code in relation to the jurisdiction of justices of the peace as contained in the Revised Statutes of 1895." The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. The House proceeding upon the order of House bills on first reading. House Bill No. 244, a bill for "An act in relation to the election of aldermen in cities under the minority representation plan," Was taken up and being read at large a first time, When Mr. Revell objected to the further reading of the same for the reason that the Committee on Elections, to whom the bill had been referred, had not yet reported on the same. The Chair sustained the objections. Mr. Morris introduced the following resolution, and moved its adoption: Resolved, That the membership of the following committees be increased as indicated: At the hour of 5:10 o'clock p. m. Mr. Murdock moved that the House do now adjourn. The motion prevailed. And the House stood adjourned. 1 3 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1897-10 O'CLOCK, A. M. The House met pursuant to adjournment, The Speaker in the chair. Prayer by the Chaplain. The journal of yesterday was read and approved. The hour having arrived, the time heretofore fixed for the special consideration of House Bill No. 234, being a bill for "An act to provide for casual deficits or failure in revenue.' The bill was taken up having been heretofore read a second time. The question now being on the motion of Mr. Needles to lay the amendment offered by Mr. Johnson, of Whiteside, on the table (the amendment pending at the hour of adjournment on Thursday, February 11.) The roll heretofore having been ordered was called with the following result: Yeas 84; nays 53. Those voting in the affirmative are: Messrs. The motion prevailed and the amendment was ordered laid upon McLauchlan, Mitchell, Morris, O'Shea, Perry, Price, Webb, Rhodes. Salmans, the table. Mr. Needles offered the following amendment to the bill: Strike out the words "bonds or" in line 2 of section 3. The amendment was adopted. The bill was ordered engrossed and to a third reading. The consideration of resolution relating to amendments to the Constitution offered by Mr. Schwab heretofore made a special order for this hour, was taken up. And on motion of Mr. Craig was postponed for two weeks from this day, and the same was made a special order for march 2, 1897. The hour having arrived the time heretofore fixed for the special consideration of House Bill No. 41, a bill for "An act to amend section three of 'An act to extend the jurisdiction of county courts, and to provide for the practice thereof, to fix the time for holding the same, and to repeal an act therein named,'" approved March 26, 1874, and in force July 1, 1874. Having been engrossed, and the amendments adopted thereto having been printed, was taken up and read at large a third time. Pending discussion Mr. Barnes moved the previous question, the question being, "Shall the main question be now put?" it was decided in the affirmative. And the question now being, "Shall in the negative by the following vote: Those voting in the affirmative are: Allen, C. A., Alschuler, Bailey, Barnes, Booth, Boyd, Brown, Bryn. Buckner, this bill pass?" it was decided Busse, Fred A., Johnson, J. W., Those voting in the negative are: Nichols, Selby, Messrs. Morey, Morris. Shanahan, Sherman, Stoskopf, Torrence, Ward. Wathier, Wilson, Murdock, Murray, H. V., Murray, A. G., Needles. Nohe, Bartling. Guffin. McGee, Noling. Staudacher, Suttle, Thiemann. Trousdale, Trowbridge, Walleck, Webb. Weidmaier, White, Williams, Wylie. This bill not having received a Constitutional majority was declared lost. Thereupon Mr. Sharrock entered notice that he would move one week from this day to reconsider the vote by which House Bill No. 41 failed to pass. Mr. Kain offered the following resolution, and moved its adoption: WHEREAS, The Honorable Conrad Wilkening, a member of the Thirtyeighth General Assembly, departed this life February 9, 1897, at his home in Will county; therefore, be it Resolved, That in the death of Honorable Conrad Wilkening Illinois has lost one of her most gifted sons, his district and county a useful citizen, and the family a kind and indulgent husband and father, and that the sympathy of the House of Representatives of the State of Illinois is sincerely tendered to his family in their deep affliction. Resolved, That a copy of this preamble and resolution be engrossed by the Clerk and delivered to the family of the deceased. And the resolution was unanimously adopted by a rising vote. At the hour of 12:05 o'clock p. m. Mr. Morris moved that the House do now adjourn. The motion prevailed. And the House stood adjourned. |