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

Mr. Barnes introduced a bill, House Bill No. 341, a bill for "An act to provide for the restoration of lost or destroyed court records.' The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Judicial Department and Practice.

Mr. Barnes introduced a bill, House Bill No. 342, a bill for "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act in regard to evidence and depositions in civil cases.'

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

Mr. Bovey introduced a bill, House Bill No. 343, a bill for "An act to amend sections thirty-three and thirty-nine and to repeal sections. fifty-nine, sixty, sixty-one. sixty-two and sixty-three of an act entitled 'An act in regard to roads and bridges in counties under township organization and to repeal an act and parts of acts therein. named, approved June 23, 1883, in force July 1, 1883."

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

Mr. Branen introduced a bill, House Bill No. 344, a bill for "An act requiring agents of life insurance companies to procure certificates of authority from the insurance department and fixing fees and retaliatory provisions therein."

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

Mr. Brignadello introduced a bill, House Bill No. 345, a bill for "Anact to amend section eleven (11) of 'An act to regulate the civil service of cities.'"

The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on State and Municipal Civil Service Reform.

Mr. Brignadello introduced a bill, House Bill No. 346, a bill for "An act to amend rule at paragraph twentieth of section sixty-one (61) of an act entitled 'An act to revise the law in relation to counties," approved and in force March 31, 1874, subsequently amended by the act of May 20, 1879, relative to Cook county, as amended by act approved June 14, 1887, in force July 1, 1887, as amended by act neither approved nor disapproved but in force July 1, 1895.

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

Mr. Brown introduced a bill, House Bill No. 347, a bill for “An act to repeal 'An act in relation to the sentence of persons convicted of crime and providing for a system of parole,'" approved June 15, 1895, in force July 1, 1895.

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

Mr. Bryant introduced a bill, House Bill No. 348, a bill for "An act to provide for paupers by each township."

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

Mr. Bryant introduced a bill, House Bill No. 349, a bill for "An act to regulate express charges.'

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

Mr. Compton introduced a bill, House Bill No. 350, a bill for "An act to amend chapter one hundred and twenty (120) of the revised statutes of Illinois entitled 'revenue,' by amending certain sections therein and repealing parts thereof inconsistent herewith."

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

Mr. Daugherty introduced a bill, House Bill No. 351, a bill for "An act to make an appropriation to complete the Illinois Asylum for the incurable insane by adding three additional wings to present building and to put the present building in proper condition for the reception of patients and provide for the ordinary expenses for said asylum."

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

Mr. Eldridge introduced a bill, House Bill No. 352, a bill for "An act providing for the sale of ice."

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

Mr. Eldridge introduced a bill, House Bill No. 353, a bill for "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to authorize judges of courts of record to appoint jury commissioners and prescribing their powers and duties.

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

Mr. Ely introduced a bill, House Bill No. 354, a bill for "An act to amend section six (6) of an act entitled 'An act in regard to evidence and depositions in civil cases,'" approved March 29, 1872, in force July 1, 1872.

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

Mr. English introduced a bill, House Bill No. 355, a bill for "An act to amend section 19 of an act entitled An act to regulate the practice of pharmacy in the State of Illinois,' approved May 30, 1881, in force July 1, 1881, as amended by an act approved June 4. 1889, in force July 1, 1889.

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

Mr. Garver introduced a bill. House Bill No. 356, a bill for "An act making appropriations for the University of Illinois."

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

Mr. Hammers introduced a bill, House Bill No. 357, a bill for "An act to submit the question of license to a direct vote of the people of cities, towns and villages."

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

Mr. Kain introduced a bill, House Bill No. 355, a bill for "An act relating to the manufacture and sale of articles constructed in whole or in part of gold or silver or any alloy or imitation thereof and prescribing penalties."

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

Mr. Kain introduced a bill, House Bill No. 359. a bill for "An act to appropriate money to pay for services rendered the State of Illinois in reporting the proceedings of the Thirty-eighth General Assembly Senate Committee investigation of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet, Illinois."

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

Mr. LaMonte introduced a bill, House Bill No. 360, a bill for “An act to define the districts within which actions shall be begun and maintained before justices of the peace.'

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

Mr. McDonough introduced a bill. House Bill No. 361, a bill for "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to incorporate and govern fire, marine, and inland navigation insurance companies doing business in the State of Illinois," approved and in force March 11, 1869. and acts amendatory thereof.

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

Mr. McGoorty introduced a bill, House Bill No. 362. a bill for "An act to create a State Board of Municipal Works, and to provide for improvement in the methods employed in furnishing water, lights, heat, and facilities for local transportation and communication."

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

Mr. McGoorty introduced a bill, House Bill No. 363, a bill for "An act to amend section 12 of 'An act to create sanitary districts and to remove obstructions in the Des Plaines and Illinois rivers,' approved May 29, 1889, in force July 1, 1889, and amended by an act in force July 1, 1895.

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

Mr. Marquiss introduced a bill, House Bill No. 364, a bill for "An act to establish a chemical survey of the waters of the State of Illinois."

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

Mr. Miller introduced a bill, House Bill No. 365, a bill for "An act to enable park commissioners having control of a park or parks bordering upon public waters in this State to enlarge and connect the same from time to time by extensions over the bed of such water and defining the use which may be made of such extensions and granting submerged lands for public purposes of such enlargements and to defray the cost thereof."

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

Mr. Montgomery introduced a bill, House Bill No. 366, a bill for "An act making appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Soldiers and Sailors' Home located at Quincy, Illinois." The bill was taken up. read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Morey introduced a bill, House Bill No. 367, a bill for “An act to prevent county and probate judges from acting as attorneys in respect to the estate of deceased persons pending and unsettled in the court of which they are judges."

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

Mr. Murdock introduced a bill, House Bill No. 368, a bill for "An act to prohibit corporations acting in certain fiduciary capacities.” The bill was taken up, read by title, ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Corporations.

Mr. Murdock introduced a bill. House Bill No. 369, a bill for "An act to provide for a veteran roll Illinois National Guard."

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

Mr. Noling introduced a bill, House Bill No. 370, a bill for "An act to amend section 137 of an act entitled 'An act to revise the law in relation to criminal jurisprudence,' " approved March 27, 1874, in force July 1, 1874.

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

Mr. Revell introduced a bill, House Bill No. 371; a bill for "An act to provide for the establishment of a department of banking and building and loan associations and for the appointment of a commissioner of banking and building and loan associations."

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

Mr. Saylor introduced a bill, House Bill No. 372, a bill for “An act to regulate the place and manner of crossing railways being public carriers of passengers."

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

Mr. Sherman introduced a bill, House Bill No. 373, a bill for An act to amend section thirty-four (34) of an act entitled "An act in relation to the penitentiary at Joliet, to be entitled 'An act to provide for the management of the Illinois State penitentiary at Joliet," approved June 16, 1871, in force July 1, 1871.

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

Mr. Staudacher introduced a bill, House Bill No. 374, a bill for "An act to tax, license and regulate persons and corporations, providing for the appointment of officers for the enforcement thereof and making violations thereof punishable, providing for the payment. of sums for privilege and franchise in the State of Illinois.

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

Mr. Sterchie introduced a bill, House Bill No. 375, a bill for "An act to restrict the admission to theatres and other places of amusement."

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

Mr. Suttle introduced a bill, House Bill No. 376, a bill for "An act to make an appropriation to the University of Illinois to reimburse the funds appropriated for current expenses to the extent of the amount used therefrom, to temporarily repair the chemical laboratory injured by fire August 16, 1896, and to renew certain apparatus and materials."

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

Mr. Tisdel introduced a bill, House Bill No. 377, a bill for "An act to amend section one (1) of article one (1) of an act entitled 'An act to revise the law in relation to justices of the peace and constables," 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 Judicial Department and Practice.

Mr. Walleck introduced a bill, House Bill No. 378, a bill for "An act to establish a maximum rate of charges for the use of telephones, telephone appliances and telephone lines within the State of Illinois, to prevent extortion and unjust discrimination of the rates charged for the use of telephones, telephone lines and telephone connection, to punish the same and to prescribe a mode of procedure and rules of evidence in relation thereto."

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

Mr. Wiedmaier introduced a bill, House Bill No. 379, a bill for "An act to amend section fourteen (14) of an act entitled 'An act in regard to limitations,' " approved April 4, 1872, in force July 1, 1872.

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