the board of control in relation to the pension money of members of the Iowa Soldiers' home, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass with the following amendments: That section 2 be amended by striking out the words "a court martial" in the third line, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "the commandant or a court martial, if the member so elects." That lines six and seven be amended by striking out the words "residing in the state of Iowa." That line fifteen be amended by striking out the words "at the time of such discharge" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "after his ticket has been purchased." That line sixteen be amended by changing the word "ninety" and the figures "90" to the word "thirty" and the figures "30." That section 3 of this bill be stricken out. T. B. MILLER, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. Mr. Boysen, from the committee on Industrial Schools, submitted the following report: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Industrial Schools to whom was referred House file No 195, a bill for an act amending section one (1) of chapter eighty-one (81) of the laws of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. ASMUS BOYSEN, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. Mr. Letts, from the committee on Compensation of Public Officers, submitted the following report: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Compensation of Public Officers, to whom was referred House file No. 166, a bill for an act to amend section 1 of chapter 74 of the laws of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly in relation to the salary of the chief executive officer of the Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' home at Davenport, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same be amended by striking out the word "eighteen" in the fourth line of section one (1) and inserting in lieu thereof the word "fifteen," and that when so amended that the same do pass. H. M. LETTS, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. Mr. Wilson of Keokuk, from the committee on Agriculture, submitted the following report: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred House file No. 244, a bill for an act for the better protection of domestic animals, beg leave to report that they have had the same under considerstion and have instructed me to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. Ordered passed on file. Also: JAMES WILSON, Chairman. MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred House file No. 240, a bill for an act giving the owner of real estate jurisdiction over game or bees thereon, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. JAMES WILSON, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. Also: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred House file No. 250, a bill for an act to appropriate money to defray the expense of advertising and printing the report of a session of the Farmers' National congress, to be held in the state of Iowa, in the year 1901 or 1902, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. Referred to committee on Appropriations. JAMES WILSON, Chairman. Mr. Dunham, from the committee on Schools and Text Books, submitted the following report: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Schools and Text Books, to whom was referred House file No. 68, a bill for an act to provide for the teaching of the elements of vocal music in all of the public schools of Iowa, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. Ordered passed on file. GEO. W. DUNHAM, Chairman. MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Schools and Text Books, to whom was referred House file No. 199, a bill for an act to increase the term of office of secretaries and treasurers of school townships from one to two years, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. Ordered passed on file. Also: GEO. W. DUNHAM, Chairman. MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Schools and Text Books, to whom was referred House file No. 204, a bill for an act relating to the calling of a special election to fill vacancies on boards of school directors, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. Ordered passed on file. GEO. W. DUNHAM, Chairman. Mr. Buchanan, from the committee on Retrenchment and Reform, submitted the following report: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Retrenchment and Reform, to whom was referred House file No. 229, a bill for an act to amend section thirteen hundred and eleven (1311) of the code of 1897, to prevent the offsetting of assessment of bank stock or shares therein by the indebtedness of the shareholder, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same be referred to the Judiciary committee. A. W. BUCHANAN, MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE. Chairman. The following messages were received from the Senate: MR. SPEAKER-I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked: House Ale 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. GEO. A. NEWMAN, Secretary. Also: MR. SPEAKER-I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked: Substitute for Senate file No. 149, a bill for an act to repeal section 4764 of the code, relating to the crime of desertion after seduction and marriage, and to enact a substitute therefor. GEORGE A. NEWMAN, Secretary. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. By Mr. Hawk, House file No. 304, a bill for an act to provide for the greater purity of elections, for the casting, regulating, rescinding and counting of ballots or votes by means of voting machines, and supplementary to, and in aid of, the present election laws; also, creating a board of voting machine commissioners and defining their duties, and repealing all laws in conflict therewith. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Elections. By Mr. Blake, House file No. 305, a bill for an act to amend section thirty-two hundred and fifty-seven (3257), chapter eight (8) of the code, relating to homes for the friendless. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Judiciary. By Mr. Scott, House file No. 306, a bill for an act providing for the erection of a monument to the memory of Ansel Briggs, the first governor of Iowa, and providing an appropriation therefor. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Appropriations. By Mr. Cold, House file No. 307, a bill for an act to promote the collection of taxes and judgments in certain cases. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Judiciary. By Mr. Kimball, House file No. 308, a bill for an act to repeal sections 1119 and 1120, chapter 3, title 6 of the code, relating to marking and counting of ballots. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Elections. By Mr. Buchanan, House file No. 309, a bill for an act to reimburse Wapello county, Iowa, for money paid to the hospital for the insane at Mt. Pleasant. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Claims, then Appropriations. By Mr. Warren, House file No. 310, a bill for an act to legalize the incorporation of the town of Bussey, Marion county, Iowa, and the acts of the city council thereof. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Judiciary. By Mr. Bengston, Joint resolution No. 6, authorizing and recommending the pardon or parole of Cornelius Moelchen. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Pardons. Mr. Hawk, from the committee appointed to draft resolutions of respect, commemorating the life and work of the late Hon. Salem Jeffries, submitted the following report and resolutions: MR. SPEAKER Your committee, appointed to draft resolutions of respect in memory of the Hon. Salem Jeffries of Jasper county, submit the following report: WHEREAS, The Hon. Salem Jeffries, an honored member of the Tenth General Assembly, departed this life on the 2d day of February, 1900, at his home in Jasper county, Iowa; Resolved, That in his death the state deplores the loss of a valued citizen, the community an upright, honorable and exemplary member, and his family a kind husband and father whose conscientious and useful life is worthy all commendation. Resolved, That this body extend to the sorrowing wife and family our most sincere sympathy and respect, and the Chief Clerk is hereby instructed to mail an engrossed copy of these resolutions to the widow of the deceased. W. W. HAWK, Mr. Hawk moved the adoption of the resolutions. The motion prevailed by a rising vote, and the resolutions were adopted. |