And, further, we recommend that this report be printed in convenient form for the use of the members. FRANK F. MERRIAM. W. B. MARTIN. On motion of Mr. Hinman the report of the committee was laid over one day and the report ordered printed. The Journal of January 28th was corrected and approved. M. Lauder called up the concurrent resolution of the Senate relative to the distribution of the report of the Code Commission and moved that the House concur. Carried. Mr. Cornwall offered the following resolution and moved its adoption. Be it Resolved by the House of Representatives, That the Chairman of the five subdivisions of the Code Revision Committee be and hereby are instructed to prepare for the use of the members of the House a tabulated statement of House files Nos. 2 to 27 inclusive, showing the titles assigned to each subdivision of the Code Revision Committee, showing the subject of each title and chapter thereof, with the pages on which the same may be found in the Revised Code, as reported by the Code Commissioner, and that when said tabulated statement is so prepared and adopted, that five hundred copies be printed and distributed to the members of the House, and that they report to the House to-morrow. Adopted. Mr. Martin moved that the House reconsider the vote of yesterday, whereby the resolution of Mr. Ray, relative to a committee to audit the bills and mileage of Visiting Committee, was adopted. Carried. Thursday. Friday. Saturday. Mr. Martin offered the following as a substitute, and moved. its adoption: Resolved, by the House, the Senate concurring, That a committee of five be appointed, three from the House and two from the Senate, to audit the bills and mileage of the several committees sent to visit the state institutions and to report by bill the amounts due each member of said visiting committees. Carried. Mr. Early offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: 66 Resolved, That the State Printer is hereby instructed to print the correction of sections" and "corrections of section numbers" as found in the proposed revision of the Code following page 1020 of said proposed revision in such manner that said corrections may be cut into strips and pasted into the said proposed revision by the members for their convenience; that 500 copies be so printed, and printed on one side only. Adopted. Mr. Hendershot submitted the following report and moved its adoption: REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RULES MR. SPEAKER-Your Committee on Rules would respectfully recommend that the rules of the Twenty-fifth General Assembly be adopted for the government of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly with the following exceptions and amendments, to-wit: At the bottom of page 27, after the word "passage," add the following: "Provided, that all matters pertaining to the revision of the Code shall have precedence," also strike out the words "three o'clock in the afternoon of." Add to rule 14, on page 28, "provided, further, that where bills are considered on their second reading, debate thereon shall be limited to ten minutes to each member desiring to speak thereon." In rule 26, in the second line, strike out the words, "shall the main question now be put," and insert "Mr. demands the previous question; as many as are in favor of ordering the previous question will say ‘aye,' as many as are opposed will say 'no.'" In the third line of the same rule strike out the words "when demanded" and insert "by an affirmative vote of." On page 30 add to rule 38 the following: "Any member occupying his seat during a call of the House shall be counted by the Speaker and his name entered in the Journal as present, but not voting, for the purpose of making a quorum." On page 31, in rule 41, in the second line, strike out the word "ten" and insert the word "nine." On page 32, in the first line of rule 49, after the word "rider" insert the words "correcting an error or an omission." I. B. HENDERSHOT, Chairman. Mr. Spaulding moved that the report be laid over until to-morrow and that it be ordered printed. Carried. Mr. Evans moved to adjourn till 10 A. M. to-morrow. Mr. Morrison of Keokuk moved to amend by making it 2 P. M. to-day. Amendment lost. Motion of Mr. Evans carried. House adjourned. HALL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, } The House met pursuant to adjournment, with Speaker Byers in the Chair. The opening prayer was offered by the Rev. Moses Deardorff, of Yale, Iowa. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. Mr. Wood presented petition of citizens of Madison county, relative to the keeping apart of juvenile and adult criminals. Referred to Committee on Penitentiaries and Pardons. Mr. Cornwall presented memorial of Clay County Farmers' Institute, relative to mutual life insurance. Referred to Committee on Insurance. Mr. Van Houten presented memorial of Farmers' Institute of Taylor county, relative to the same subject. Referred to Committee on Insurance. Mr. Wood presented petition of citizens of Madison county, relative to the regulation of the sale of adulterated foods and drugs, and to prevent their manufacture. Referred to Committee on Public Health. Mr. Van Houten presented petition of citizens of Bedford, Iowa, in favor of pure foods. Referred to Committee on Public Health. Mr. Cook presented petition of the W. C. T. U., of Red Oak, relative to resubmission. Referred to Committee on Suppression of Intemperance. Mr. Byers presented resolution of the Davenport Clearing House, relative to abolishing the three days of grace. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. Mr. Griswold presented memorial of the Twenty-seventh Regular Iowa Infantry, relative to a memorial building. Referred to Committee on Military. Mr. Classen presented petition of citizens of Marshalltown for licensing of plumbers and supervision of the business of plumbing. |