under consideration, and beg leave to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that said bill pass. MCMULLEN, Chairman. The report of the committee was concurred in, and the bill ordered printed. Message from the Senate: MR. SPEAKER: I am directed by the Senate to inform the House that the Senate has adopted Engrossed House Concurrent Resolution No. 3, and the same is herewith transmitted for the action of the House. GEORGE S. PLEASANTS, Secretary. Message from the Senate: MR. SPEAKER: I am directed by the Senate to inform the House that the Senate has passed Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 6, and the same is herewith transmitted for the action of the House. GEORGE S. PLEASANTS, Secretary. Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 6: Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring: That our Senators be instructed, and our members of Congress be requested to use their influence to secure the adoption of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people, and that a copy of this resolution be sent to each of our Senators, and members of Congress; be it further Resolved, That a copy be furnished to every Legislature now in session in the United States, requesting their favorable consideration of the same. Which resolution was adopted. The Committee on Claims made the following report: MR. SPEAKER: Your Committee on Claims, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 82, introduced by Mr. Wishard, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that said bill do pass. GEORGE H. STOVER, Chairman. The report of the committee was not concurred in, and the bill was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. The Committee on Claims made the following majority report: MR. SPEAKER: Your Committee on Claims, to which was referred House Bill No. 136, introduced by Mr. Stephenson, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that said bill do pass. GEO. H. STOVER, Chairman. The Committee on Claims made the following minority report: MR. SPEAKER: A minority of your Committee on Claims, to which was referred House Bill No. 136, introduced by Mr. Stephenson, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that said bill be indefinitely postponed. S. A. BARNES, Committee. The reports of the committee were concurred in, and the bill was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. The Committee on Claims made the following report: MR. SPEAKER: Your Committee on Claims, to which was referred House Bill No. 234, introduced by Mr. Hord, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that said bill do pass. GEORGE H. STOVER, Chairman. The report of the committee was concurred in, and the bill was ordered printed. Engrossed House Bill No. 110 was read a third time and put upon its passage. The question being, Shall the bill pass? Mr. Terhune demanded the previous question. The question being, Shall the demand for the previous ques tion be seconded? The demand was seconded. The question being, Shall the main question be now put? It was so ordered. The question being on the passage of the bill. The roll was called and resulted as follows: Those voting in the affirmative were: Messrs. Allen, Askren, Atkinson, Baine, Barnes, Bassett, Baugher, Beane, Bethell, Binkley, Blair, Blue, Cooley, Cravens, Creigmile, Cullop, Cunningham, Dalman, Davis, Dinwiddie, Farlow, Fippen, Gill, Gregg, Grossart, Guthrie, Hamrick, Hay, Heagy, Hench, Hesler, Higbee, Hunter, Johnson of Dearborn, Jordan, Kamp, Kester, Lowe, Moutoux, McCallister, McCaskey, McCorkle, McMahan, McMullen, Newlin, Passage, Richter, Rodabaugh, Schaff, Sexton, Smith, Stakebake, Stark, Stephenson, Stover, Suchanek, Sulzer, Swope, Teal, Terhune, Van Buskirk, Vermillion, Washburn, White, Williams, Wilson of Marion, Wright and Mr. Speaker. Total, 68. Those voting in the negative were: Messrs. Behymer, Brown, Deery, Foster, Haggard, Harmon, Hord, Johnson of Marion, Kauffman, Lyons, Manwaring, Megenity, Meredith, Merritt, Schrader and Wilson of Dubois and Martin. Total, 16. So the bill passed. The question being, Shall the title of the bill as read stand as the title of the act? It was so ordered. The Clerk was instructed to inform the Senate of the passage of the bill. The Committee on Enrolled Bills made the following report: MR. SPEAKER: Your Committee on Enrolled Bills beg leave to report that they have examined Enrolled House Bill No. 83, and bave compared the same with the engrossed copy of said bill, and find that said bill has been properly enrolled. JACOB F. WRIGHT. Chairman. The Committee on Engrossed Bills made the following report: MR. SPEAKER: Your Committee on Engrossed Bills beg leave to report that they have examined Engrossed House Bills Nos. 39, 280, 190, 240, 251, 49, 189, 110, and have compared the same with the original bills and found that said bills have been properly engrossed. Message from the Senate: MR. SPEAKER: GEO. H. MCINTYRE, Chairman. I am directed by the Senate to inform the House that the Senate has passed Senate Bill No. 223, and the same is herewith transmitted for the action of the House. GEO. S. PLEASANTS, Secretary. Engrossed Senate Bill No. 223: A bill for an act entitled an act to validate and legalize the incorporation of any companies formed or attempted to be formed by certificates of incorporation filed and recorded in conformity with the provisions of the act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana entitled, an act for the incorporation of manufacturing and mining companies for mechanical, chemical and building purposes, approved May 20, 1852, and the acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, except only that such certificates are subscribed and sworn to instead of being acknowledged by the persons desiring to form the corporation named in each such certificate, and declaring an emergency. Engrossed Senate Bill No. 223 was read a first time and referred to Committee on Affairs of Indianapolis. A message from the Senate: MR. SPEAKER: I am directed by the Senate to inform the House that the Senate has passed Senate Bill No. 129, and the same is herewith transmitted for the action of the House. Senate Bill No. 129: GEORGE S. PLEASANTS, Secretary. A bill for an act vesting in the Governor the power of appointing all officers of the various State institutions and all administrative State officers whose appointment is now vested in the General Assembly by law; also all Metropolitan State Police Commissioners, excepting the State Librarian and the Custodian of Public Buildings and Property and State House Engineer; giving the Governor power to remove any such officers for cause, repealing all laws in conflict with the provisions of this act, and declaring an emergency. Engrossed Senate Bill No. 129 was read a first time and referred to the Committee on Benevolent and Scientific Institutions. House Bill No. 67 was read a second time and orderedengrossed. |