The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House, with Mr. Ader in the chair, for the purpose of considering the bill. At 3:15 P. M. the Committee of the Whole arose. The Speaker called the House to order. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole reported that some progress had been made on House Bill No. 529, and asked leave to sit again at 10 o'clock A. M. Tuesday. Which was granted. The Committee on Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument made the following majority report: MR. SPEAKER: A majority of your Committee on Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, to which was referred House Bill No. 553, introduced by Mr. Dailey, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report the same back to the House, recommending that said bill do pass. REUBEN DAILEY, SAMUEL M. HENCH, W. A. WILSON, HENRY A. HARMON. The Committee on Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument made the following minority report: MR. SPEAKER: The undersigned members of the Committee on Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument beg leave to make the following minority report on House Bill No. 553, introduced by Mr. Dailey: We recommend that said bill be indefinitely postponed. ANDREW J. STAKEBAKE, Mr. Dailey moved to lay the minority report on the table. Which motion prevailed. The majority report was adopted. The report of the committee was concurred in and the bill ordered printed. House Bill No. 389 was read a second time and ordered engrossed. Engrossed Senate Bill No. 67 was read a second time and advanced to a third reading. House Bill No. 32 was read a second time and ordered engrossed. House Bill No. 565, by Mr. McIntyre: A bill for an act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend sections 1 and 3 of an act entitled an act to repeal all general laws now in force for the incorporation of cities, and to provide for the incorporation of cities, prescribing their powers and rights and the manner in which they shall exercise the same, and to regulate such other matters as properly pertain thereto,” approved March 14, 1867, approved April 28, 1869, the same being section 3031 of the Revised Statutes of 1881 of the State of Indiana, repealing all laws in conflict herewith and declaring an emergency. Which was read a first time. Mr. McIntyre moved to suspend the constitutional rule which requires bills to be read by sections on three several days and that House Bill No. 565 be read a second time by title, considered engrossed, read a third time by sections and put upon. its passage. The question being on the suspension of the constitutional rule. The roil was called and resulted as follows: Those voting in the affirmative were: Messrs. Allen, Askren, Barnes, Baugher, Beane, Behymer, Binkley, Blue, Collins, Cooley, Cravens, Cullop, Dailey, Deery, Dinwiddie, Duncan, Erwin, Fippen, Foster, Grossart, Guthrie, Haggard, Harkins, Harmon, Hay, Heagy, Hench, Hesler, Hord, Hunter, Johnson of Dearborn, Johnson of Marion, Jordan, Kester, Megenity, Morris, McIntyre, McMahan, McMullen, Passage, Redman, Smith, Stark, Stephenson, Stover, Suchanek, Swope, Teal, White, Wilson of Dubois and Martin, Wilson of Marion, Mr. Speaker. Total, 52. Those voting in the negative were: Messrs. Ader, Atkinson, Bain, Bassett, Blair, Brown, Creigmile, Davis, Gill, Gregg, Hamrick, Higbee, Kamp, Kauffman, Lyons, Manwaring, Meredith, Merritt, Moutoux, McCallister, McCaskey, McCorkle, Newhouse, Newlin, Reeves, Rodabaugh, Schaff, Schrader, Stakebake, Sulzer, Wright. Total, 32. So the constitutional rule was dispensed with. The bill was referred to the Committee on Cities and Towns. Message from the Senate: MR. SPEAKER: I am directed by the Senate to inform the House that the Senate has passed Engrossed Senate Bill No. 329, and the same is herewith transmitted for the action of the House. Engrossed Senate Bill No. 329: GEO. S. PLEASANTS, Secretary. A bill for an act to provide the means to prevent the introduction and spread of cholera and other contagious and infectious diseases within this State and declaring an emergency. Engrossed Senate Bill No. 329 was read a first time and referred to the Committee on State Medicine, Health and Vital Statistics. The Committee on Federal Relations made the following report: MR. SPEAKER: Your Committee on Federal Relations, to whom was referred Concurrent Resolution No. 8, introduced by Mr. Dailey, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that said Resolution do pass. Which was not adopted. LOWE, House Bill No. 508 was read a second time and ordered engrossed. House Bill No. 316 was read a second time and ordered engrossed. Engrossed Senate Bill No. 109 was read a second time and advanced to a third reading. Engrossed Senate Bill No. 209 was read a second time and advanced to a third reading. Engrossed Senate Bill No. 76 was read a second time and advanced to a third reading. Engrossed Senate Bill No. 185 was read a second time and advanced to a third reading. Engrossed Senate Bill No. 60 was read a second time and advanced to a third reading. Engrossed Senate Bill No. 59 was read a second time and advanced to a third reading. Engrossed Senate Bill No. 159 was read a second time and advanced to a third reading. House Bill No. 344 was read a second time and ordered engrossed. House Bill No. 365 was read a second time and ordered engrossed. House Bill No. 302 was read a second time and ordered engrossed. House Bill No. 167 was read a second time and ordered engrossed. Engrossed Senate Bill No. 215 was read a second time and advanced to third reading. House Bill No. 278 was read a second time and ordered engrossed. The Committee on Federal Relations made the following report: MR. SPEAKER: Your Committee on Federal Relations, to which was referred Resolution No. 43, introduced by Mr. McCallister, 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. LOWE, Chairman. The resolution was read a second time, the report of the committee was concurred in, and the further consideration of said resolution indefinitely postponed. House Bill No. 136 was read a second time and ordered engrossed. Mr. Barnes offered the following amendment to House Bill No. 369, by adding at the last thereof the following, towit: "And upon conviction under this act the court shall assess against the defendant as costs, in addition to the other costs, the sum of one hundred dollars, which sum shall be paid to the person who may give information by affidavit leading to said conviction." Also, after the words "any other month of the year," in the eleventh line, add the following words, to wit: "for each offense." House Bill No. 369 was read a second time and ordered engrossed with amendments. House Bill No. 237 was read a second time and ordered engrossed. House Bill No. 119 was read a second time and ordered engrossed. House Bill No. 235 was read a second time and ordered engrossed. House Bill No. 305 was read a second time and ordered engrossed. |