Mr. Stewart presented petition of citizens of Polk county, asking for the establishment of a womans' reformatory, and that this class be separated from younger and less vicious offenders.

Referred to committee on Penitentiaries.

Mr. Hawk presented petition of citizens of Jasper county, asking for the establishment of a womans' reformatory.

Referred to committee on Penitentiaries.

Mr. Shambaugh presented petition of citizens of Madison connty, asking that the word "male" be stricken from the constitution.

Refered to committee on Womans Suffrage.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.

By Mr. Temple, House file No. 120, a bill for an act to amend section 4051 of the code, relating to the redemption of real estate sold upon execution.

Read first and second time and referred to committee on Judiciary.

By Mr. Temple, House file No. 130, a bill for an act for the better security of the revenue, amendatory of chapter 1, title 7 of the code of Iowa.

Read first and second time and referred to committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Hilsinger, House file No. 131, a bill for an act to amend section 2547 of the code, relating to the protection of fish.

Read first and second time and referred to committee on Fish and Game.

By Mr. Hilsinger, House file No. 132, a bill for an act to protect game and provide a fund to pay the expenses of prosecutions under the act.

Read first and second time and referred to committee on Fish and Game.

By Mr. Barkley, House file No. 133, a bill for an act providing for the regulation, limitation and control of the flow of water from artesian wells and fixing the penalty and liability for violation of the same.

Read first and second time and referred to committee on Agriculture.

By Mr. McGinn, House file No. 134, a bill for an act to relinquish to Axel B. Erickson the undivided one-third part of lot No. 18, in block No. 3, in Aiken's first addition to the city of Clinton, Clinton county, Iowa.

Read first and second time and referred to committee on Judiciary.

By. Mr. Edwards, House file No. 135, a bill for an act to amend section 2403 of the code, relating to selling or giving to minors or intoxicated persons, or persons in the habit of becoming intoxicated, intoxicating liquors.

Read first and second time and referred to committee on Suppression of Intemperance.

By Mr. Hawk, House file No. 136, a bill for an act prohibit ing the use of gasoline, benzine, naptha and other explosives in tenements in cities and towns, additional to chapter 10, title 24 of the code.

Read first and second time and referred to committee on Public Health.

By Mr. Stewart, House file No. 137, a bill for an act to establish a reformatory for women and girls, at Anamosa, Iowa, to be known as the Iowa industrial reformatory for women and girls, and to make appropriations therefor.

Read first and second time and referred to committee on Public Charities, Judiciary and Appropriations.

SENATE MESSAGE CONSIDERED.

Substitute for Senate file No. 53, a bill for an act to legalize the official acts of Isaac Mathews, C. H. Foster, W. H. Butler and J. H. Scrogum as justices of the peace in and for Mendon township, Clayton county, Iowa, from January 1, 1895, to January 1, 1899.

Read first and second time and referred to committee on Judiciary.

On request of Mr. Hansman, leave of absence was granted Mr. Blume until Tuesday noon.

On request of Mr. Dows, leave of absence was granted Mr. Stuckslager until Tuesday.

On request of Mr. Marshall, leave of absence was granted Mr. Kirkwood.

On request of Mr. Nicolaus, leave of absence was granted Mr. Jaeger.

On request of Mr. Nicolaus, leave of absence was granted Mr. Dodds.

On request of Mr. Wise, leave of absence was granted to Mr. Wright until Tuesday.

On request of Mr. Marshall, leave of absence was granted Mr. Cruikshank.

On request of Mr. Patton, indefinite leave of absence was granted Mr. Towner.

On request of Mr. Hasselquist, leave of absence was granted Mr. Bengston.

On request of Mr. McCurdy, leave of absence was granted Mr. Dunham.

On request of Mr. Cowles, leave of absence was granted Mr. Carter until Tuesday.

On request of Mr. Stratton, leave of absence was granted Mr. Crouse until Tuesday.

On motion of Mr. Miller of Fayette, Senate file No. 20, a bill for an act to legalize a tax voted by the electors of the independent school district of Fayette, Iowa, and all warrants issued by such election, with report of committee recommending that the bill do pass was taken up, considered and the report of the committee adopted.

Mr. Miller of Fayette moved that the rule be suspended, and that the bill be read a third time now, which motion prevailed, and the bill was read a third time.

On the question, Shall the bill pass?

The yeas were:

Messrs. Anderson of Warren, Ayers, Baker, Barkley, Bennett, Black, Boysen, Buchanan, Byers, Campbell, Carr, Clarke of Dallas, Cold, Cowles, Davis, Downing, Dows, Edwards, Furry, Graff, Hansmann, Harbert, Hasselquist, Hawk, Head, Hilsinger, Hinkle, Hughes, Jenks, Keck, Kendall, Kerr, Kimball, Koontz, Letts, Lyman, McAleer, McCurdy,

McGinn, Marshall, Miller of Cedar, Miller of Fayette, Myers, Nicolaus, Overfield, Patton, Payne, Prentis, Putnam, Roome, Santee, Shambaugh, Sokol, Stallcop, Stewart, Stratton, Sweet, Temple, Theophilus, Thuenen, Townsend, Veneman, Warren, Wilson of Adair, Wilson of Buena Vista, Wilson of Keokuk, Wilson of Washington, Wise, Mr. Speaker-69.

The nays were:

None.

Absent or not voting:

Messrs. Anderson of Lyon, Barrett, Barringer, Bengston, Blake, Blakemore, Blume, Carter, Clark of Hamilton, Coburn, Conley, Cottrell, Crouse, Cruikshank, Dodds, Dunham, Eaton, Eiker, Gibson, Hurn, Jaeger, Jones, Kent, Kirkwood, Koto, Sauer, Scott Stuckslager, Towner, Way, Wright-31.

So the bill passed and the title was agreed to.

On motion of Mr. Kimball, House file No. 33, a bill for an act to legalize the proceedings of mayor and council of the incorporated town of St. Anthony, Marshall county, Iowa, with report of committee recommending amendment and passage was taken up, Mr. Kimball moved, that the report of the committee recommending the following amendments be adopted:

By inserting the words "the Iowa State Register" before the word "and," and the words "Des Moines Leader" after the word "and" in line three (3) of section two (2).

Mr. Kimball moved that the rule be suspended, and that the bill be considered engrossed and read a third time now, which motion prevailed, and the bill was read a third time.

On the question, Shall the bill pass?

The yeas were:

Messrs. Anderson of Warren, Ayers, Baker, Barkley, Bennett, Black, Boysen, Buchanan, Byers, Campbell, Carr, Clarke of Dallas, Cold, Cowles, Davis, Downing, Dows, Edwards, Furry, Graff, Hansmann, Hasselquist, Hawk, Head, Hilsinger, Hinkle, Hughes, Jenks, Keck, Kendall, Kerr, Kimball, Koontz, Letts, Lyman, McAleer, McCurdy, McGinn, Marshall, Miller of Cedar, Miller of Fayette, Myers, Nicolaus, Overfield, Patton, Payne, Prentis, Putnam, Roome, Santee, Shambaugh, Sokol, Stallcop, Stewart, Stratton, Sweet, Temple, Theophilus,

Thuenen, Townsend, Veneman, Warren, Wilson of Adair, Wilson of Buena Vista, Wilson of Keokuk, Wilson of Washington, Wise, Mr. Speaker-68.

The nays were :

None.

Absent or not voting:

Messrs. Anderson of Lyon, Barrett, Barringer, Bengston, Blake, Blakemore, Blume, Carter, Clark of Hamilton, Coburn, Conley, Cottrell, Crouse, Cruikshank, Dodds, Dunham, Eaton, Eiker, Gibson, Harbert, Hurn, Jaeger, Jones, Kent, Kirkwood, Koto, Sauer, Scott, Stuckslager, Towner, Way, Wright— 32.

So the bill passed and the title was agreed to.

On motion of Mr. Temple, Senate file No. 14, a bill for an act to amend section 4608 relative to communications in professional confidence, with report of committee recommending that the bill do pass was taken up, considered and the report of the committee adopted.

Mr. Temple moved that the rule be suspended, and that the bill be considered engrossed and read a third time now, which motion prevailed, and the bill was read a third time.

On the question, Shall the bill pass?

The yeas were:

Messrs. Anderson of Warren, Ayers, Baker, Barkley, Bennett, Black, Boysen, Buchanan, Byers, Campbell, Carr, Clarke of Dallas, Cold, Cowles, Davis, Downing, Dows, Edwards, Furry, Graff, Hansmann, Harbert, Hasselquist, Hawk, Hilsinger, Hinkle, Hughes, Jenks, Keck, Kendall, Kerr, Kimball, Koontz, Letts, Lyman, McAleer, McCurdy, McGinn, Marshall, Miller of Cedar, Miller of Fayette, Myers, Nicolaus, Overfield, Patton, Payne, Prentis, Putnam, Roome, Santee, Shambaugh, Sokol, Stallcop, Stewart, Stratton, Sweet, Temple, Theophilus, Thuenen, Townsend, Veneman, Warren, Wilson of Adair, Wilson of Buena Vista, Wilson of Keokuk, Wilson of Washington, Wise, Mr. Speaker-68.

The nays were:

None.

Absent or not voting: