The Senate met pursuant to adjournment, and was called to order by the President.

Prayer by Rev. Mr. Nash.

The journal of yesterday was read and approved.

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.

The following message was received from the House:

MR. PRESIDENT-I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House has passed the following bill, in which the concurrence of the Senate is asked:

House File No. 148, a bill for an act to legalize the incorporation of the town of Logan, Harrison county.

Also:

E. C. HAYNES, Chief Clerk.

MR. PRESIDENT-I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House has passed the following resolution, in which the concurrence of the Senate is asked:

Relative to printing Governor Gear's biennial message in foreign languages.

J. L. WILSON, First Assistant Clerk.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.

By Senator Shrader, Senate File No. 122, a bill for an act amend chapter 151, laws of the Eighteenth General Assembly, in relation to the State Board of Health and vital statistics.

Read a first and second time, ordered printed, and referred to the Committee on Medicine, Surgery, and Hygiene.

Also, Senate File No. 123, a bill for an act relative to the employment by railroad companies of persons affected with defective sight or color-blindness.

Read a first and second time, ordered printed, and referred to the Committee on Railways.

By Senator Hartshorn, Senate File No. 124, a bill for an act to repeal section 3755 of the Code, and to enact a substitute therefor, in relation to the salary of the Governor and Private Secretary of the Gov

ernor.

Read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Compensation of Public Officers.

By Senator Poyneer, Senate File No. 125, a bill for an act to legalize defective acknowledgements to written instruments in this State. Read first and second time, ordered printed, and referred to the Judiciary Committee.

By Senator Baker, Senate File No. 126, a bill for an act to amend chapter 183 of the acts of the Eighteenth General Assembly, relating to the bonding of county indebtedness.

Read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Senator Marshall, Senate File No. 127, a bill for an act to prohibit corporal punishment in public schools of the State of Iowa.

Read a first and second time, ordered printed, and referred to the Committee on Schools.

By Senator Wright, Senate File No. 128, a bill for an act providing for holding terms of the District and Circuit Courts at Avoca, in the county of Pottawattamie, in the Thirteenth Judicial District of the State of Iowa.

Read a first and second time, ordered printed, and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

By Senator Smith, Senate File No. 129, a bill for an act granting additional powers to cities organized under the general incorporation laws of the State.

Read a first and second time, ordered printed, and referred to the Committee on Municipal Corporations.

Also, Senate File No. 130, a bill for an act to authorize certain cities to levy a special tax to purchase property for park purposes and for the improvement of parks.

Read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Municipal Corporations.

By Senator Russell of Greene, Senate File No. 131, a bill for an act to regulate admission to practice as attorneys and counsellors in the courts of this State.

Read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.

Senator Larrabee, from the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred Joint Resolution No. 1, relating to the duty on steel blooms and wire rods, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be amended by changing the phraseology, in the first line, so as to read, "requesting our Senators and Representatives," instead of "instructing our Senators and requesting our Representatives"; and that when so amended that it do pass.

Ordered passed on file.

WM, LARRABEE, Chairman.

Senator Russell of Greene, from the Committee on Judiciary, submitted the following report:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate File No. 47, a bill for an act to amend section 2155 of the Code of 1873, relating to limited partnership, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the accompanying substitute be adopted and do pass.

Ordered passed on file.

J. J. RUSSELL, Chairman.

Also:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate File No. 11, a bill for an act to amend section 4424 of the Code, and to enact a substitute therefor, in relation to defendants jointly indicted, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration, and by a majority vote have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be indefinitely postponed.

Ordered passed on file.

J. J RUSSELL, Chairman.

Senator Baker, from the Committee on Medicine, Surgery, and Hygiene, submitted the following report:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Medicine, Surgery, and Hygiene, to whom was referred Senate File No. 22, a bill for an act to insure the better education of practitioners of dentistry 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 Senate with the following recommendations: Insert in the blank space in section 8 the words "such offense." Strike out the words "December fifteenth" where they occur in section 9, and insert in lieu thereof the words "November fifteenth." Strike out in section 11 the last five words "for the relief of pain"; and when so amended that the bill do pass.

Ordered passed on file.

H. A. BAKER, Chairman.

Senator Marshall, from the Committee on Reform Schools, submitted the following report:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Reform Schools, to whom was referred Senate File No. 120, a bill for an act to appropriate money for a furnace for use in the Girls' Reform School at Mitchellville, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the bill do pass.

Ordered passed on file.

C. A. MARSHALL, Chairman.

Senator Wright, from the Committee on Municipal Corporations, submitted the following report:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Municipal Corporations, to whom was referred Senate File No. 119, a bill for an act to authorize cities of the second class to change their corporate names and to prescribe the manner in which said change may be made, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the following amendments: Insert after the word "resolution" in the second line of section 2 the words "passed by a majority of the whole number of members elected to the council."

And when so amended the bill do pass.

Ordered passed on file.

WRIGHT, Chairman pro tem.

PETITION.

Senator Rothert, by leave, presented a petition of Sarah E. Smith, relative to her claim against the State of Iowa.

Referred to the Committee on Claims.

BILLS ON SECOND READING.

Senator Arnold moved that Senate File No. 119, a bill for an act to authorize cities of the second class to change their corporate names, be taken up and considered. Carried.

The report of the committee was adopted.

Senator Arnold moved that the rule be suspended, and the bill be considered engrossed, and read a third time now.

The motion prevailed, and the bill was read a third time.
On the question, shall the bill pass?

The yeas were:

Senators Abraham, Arnold, Baker, Bills, Boling, Brown of Keokuk, Brown of Van Buren, Clark of Page, Clark of Wayne, Cotton, Dashiell, Gillett, Greenlee, Hall, Harmon, Hartshorn, Hemenway, Henderson, Hunt, Hutchison, Johnson, Kamrar, Keller, Larrabee, Logan, Marshall, Mitchell, Nichols of Guthrie, Nichols of Muscatine, Nielander, Parker, Patrick, Poyneer, Prizer, Robinson, Rothert, Russell of Greene, Russell of Jones, Shrader, Smith, Sudlow, Tirrill, Whaley, and Wright—44. The nays were— -None.

Absent or not voting:

Senators Garber, Graves, Hebard, Nichols of Benton, Wall, and Wilson-6.

So the bill passed, and the title was agreed to.

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.

The following message was received from the House:

MR. PRESIDENT-I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House has passed the following bill, in which the concurrence of the Senate is asked.

House File No. 138, a bill for an act to legalize acknowledgments of conveyances by power of attorney, made by John W. McMillan, attorney-in-fact for Robert M. Wingate.

A. W. RENSHAW, Assistant Clerk.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE.

Senator Hutchison, from the Committee on Elections, submitted the following report:

MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Elections, to whom was referred Senate File No. 45, a bill for an act to repeal chapter 573 of the Code, and enact a substitute therefor, in relation to the time for holding general election, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the last section of said bill be amended by striking out the word "it," where it occurs in

said section, and insert in lieu thereof the words, "general election," and when so amended the bill do pass.

Ordered passed on file.
Also:

J. G. HUTCHISON, Chairman.

MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Elections, to whom was referred Senate File No. 28, a bill for an act for the registry of electors, and to prevent fraudulent voting, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be indefinitely postponed.

Ordered passed on file.

J. G. HUTCHISON, Chairman.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.

Senator Russell of Greene, by leave, introduced Senate File No. 132, a bill for an act to legalize the incorporation, ordinances, and official proceedings of the town of Scranton, in Greene county, Iowa.

Read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Senator Gillett, by leave, introduced Senate File No. 133, a bill for an act to amend sections 2077 and 2078, and to repeal sections 2079, 2080, and 2081 of the Code, relating to the rate of interest.

Read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

By leave, Senate File No. 120, a bill for an act to appropriate money for a furnace in the Girls' Department of the State Reform School at Mitchellville, with report of the committee recommending that the bill do pass, was taken up for consideration.

Senator Tirrill moved that the rule be suspended, and the bill be considered engrossed, and read a third time now.

The motion carried, and the bill was read a third time.

On the question, shall the bill pass?

The yeas were:

Senators Abraham, Arnold, Baker, Bills, Boling, Brown of Keokuk, Brown of Van Buren, Clark of Page, Clark of Wayne, Cotton, Dashiell, Gillett, Greenlee, Hall, Harmon, Hartshorn, Hemenway, Henderson, Hunt, Hutchison, Johnson, Kamrar, Keller, Larrabee, Logan, Marshall, Mitchell, Nichols of Guthrie, Nichols of Muscatine, Nielander, Parker, Patrick, Poyneer, Prizer, Robinson, Rothert, Russell of Jones, Shrader, Smith, Sudlow, Tirrill, Whaley, and Wright-43. The nays were--None.

Absent or not voting:

Senators Garber, Graves, Hebard, Nichols of Benton, Russell of Greene, Wall, and Wilson-7.

So the bill passed, and the title was agreed to.

BILLS ON SECOND READING.

Senate File No. 8, a bill for an act to amend section 3811, and to repeal part of section 3814 of the Code of 1873, defining a day's service for jurors and talesmen and abolishing additional compensation to ex