MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Railroads and Commerce, to whom was referred House file No. 293, a bill for an act to amend section twenty hundred and seventy-three (2073) of the code, relating to trains stopping at railway crossings, 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 indefinitely postponed. JOHN GIBSON, Ordered passed on file. Chairman. Mr. Lyman, from the joint committee on Enrolled Bills, submitted the following report: REPORT OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON ENROLLED BILLS. MR. SPEAKER-Your joint committee on Enrolled Bills respectfully report that they have examined, and find correctly enrolled, House file No. 39, a bill for an act to amend sections seven hundred and forty-seven (747) and seven hundred and forty-eight (748) of the code, as amended by chapter twenty-three (23) of the acts of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly, relating to waterworks. Also, House file No. 142, a bill for an act to legalize the resolutions and proceedings of the council and the mayor of the incorporated town of Milford, Dickinson county, Iowa. J. P. LYMAN, Chairman House Committee. Chairman Senate Committee. Ordered passsed on file. The Speaker announced that he had signed in the presence of the House, Senate files Nos. 155, 83, 114, 10, 35, 67 and 72. Also, House files Nos. 60, 134, 39 and 142. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. By Mr. Carr, House file No. 335, a bill for an act to amend section seven hundred forty-two (742) and seven hundred fortythree (743) of chapter five (5) of the code, relating to the transfer of the sinking fund accumulated for the purchase and construction of waterworks, and the amendment of section seven hundred thirty-two (732) of chapter four (4), title five (5) of the code, relating to the disposition of library tax for the purpose of reimbursing any fund that may have been used for the erection of a public library building. Read first and second time and referred to committee on Municipal Corporations. Mr. Wilson of Washington offered the following concurrent resolution, which went over under Rule 34. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO PUBLICATION OF ADJUTANTGENERAL'S REPORT. Be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: That the executive council be authorized to have printed five thousand (5,000) extra copies of the adjutant-general's report for the years 1898 and 1899, said extra copies to be bound in cloth. Mr. Stewart requested that Senate file No. 165 be referred to committee on Agriculture. The request was granted by unanimous consent. Mr. Santee moved that the House adjourn until 2 P. M. AFTERNOON SESSION. The House was called to order by Speaker Bowen at 2 P. M. On request of Mr. Sokol, leave of absence was granted Mr. Stratton until Tuesday. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. Mr. Dows, from the committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Appropriations, to whom was referred House file No. 76, a bill for an act to reimburse Jones county, etc., 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: .WILLIAM G. Dows, Chairman. MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Appropriations, to whom was referred House file No. 34, a bill for an act to pay over money belonging to the estate of William Parks, uninherited, and escheated to, and now in the treasury of the state 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. WILLIAM G. Dows, Passed on file. Chairman. Also: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Appropriations, to whom was referred House file No. 128, a bill for an act for the consolidation of the miscellaneous portion of the state library with the historical department, 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 amendment: Strike out of the fourth line of section 6, the words and figures *(81,200) twelve hundred dollars" and insert in lieu thereof, the words and figures "(81,600) sixteen hundred dollars." Ordered passed on file. WILLIAM G. Dows, Chairman. MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Appropriations, to whom was referred House file No. 71, a bill for an act to promote the establishment and efficiency of free public libraries and public school libraries in the state 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 recommendatian that the same do pass. Ordered passed on file. Also: WILLIAM G. Dows, Chairman. MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Appropriations, to whom was referred Senate file No. 102, a bill for an act authorizing the appointment of a commission to ascertain and exactly determine the positions of the Iowa troops in the siege of Vicksburg, and to make an appropriation to pay necessary traveling expenses of members of the commission, 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 recommenda tion that the same do pass. WILLIAM G. Dows, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Appropriations, to whom was referred House file No. 191, a bill for an act directing the state auditor to credit the county of Woodbury for the amounts remaining unpaid upon certain school fund loans, 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 indefinitely postponed. WILLIAM G. Dows, Ordered passed on file. Chairman. Also: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Appropriations, to whom was referred House file No. 79, a bill for an act to reimburse Louis Case, etc., 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 indefinitely postponed. WILLIAM G. Dows, Ordered passed on file. Chairman. Also: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Appropriations, to whom referred House file No. 141, a bill for an act for the relief of James T. Ward, 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 indefinitely posponed. WILLIAM G. Dows, Ordered passed on file. Chairman. Also: was MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on appropriations, to whom referred House file No. 158, a bill for an act to reimburse one K. W. Kingsley, of Clayton county, 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. WILLIAM G. Dows, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Appropriations, to whom was referred House file No. 149; a bill for an act making an appropriation to pay the expense of returning to this state the members of the Fifty-first Regiment infantry, Iowa volunteers, 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. WILLIAM G. Dows, Ordered passed on file. Chairman. Mr. Eaton, from the committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred House file No. 130, a bill for an act for the better security of the revenue, 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. Also: W. L. EATON, MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred House fiie No. 270, a bill for an act to amend paragraph 8 of sec tion 89 of the code, relating to the drawing of warrants by the auditor of state, 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 amendment that the word "as," in the fifth line of the original bill, be stricken out. Ordered passed on file. W. L. EATON, Chairman. MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred House file No. 315, a bill for an act to provide for the collection of personal taxes, 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 indefinitely postponed. Ordered passed on file. W. L. EATON, Chairman. MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred House file No. 236, a bill for an act to amend section 1374 of the code, relating to withholding property from assessment, 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 indefinitely postponed. Ordered passed on file. W. L. EATON, Mr. Baker, from the committee on Claims, submitted the following report: MR. SPEAKER-Your committee on Claims, to whom was referred 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, 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. Referred to committee on Appropriations. M. N. BAKER, Chairman. |