House File No. 14, a bill for an act to amend section 1, of chapter 79, of the acts of the Twenty-first General Assembly of Iowa, relating to diseased swine. Read first and second times and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. Senator Reiniger, from the Committee on Judiciary submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate File No. 56, a bill for an act to amend sections 4413 and 4414 of the Code of Iowa, relating to peremptory challenges of jurors in criminal cases, 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 adding in the fourth line, after the word "death," the words " or imprisonment for life," and that it do pass as amended. Ordered passed on file. Also: ROBT. G. REINIGER, Chairman, pro tem. MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate File No. 66, a bill for an act to amend section 4419 of the Code of Iowa, relating to continuances in criminal cases, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration, and a majority of said committee have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be indefinitely postponed. ROBT. G. REINIGER, Chairman, pro tem. Ordered passed on file. MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate File No. 38, a bill for an act to amend section 2077, Code 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 recommendation that it be referred to the Committee on Commerce. Ordered passed on file. ROBT. G. REINIGER, Chairman, pro tem. MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Joint Resolution No. 3, relative to judgments of federal courts 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 recommendation that the resolution do pass. ROBT. G. REINIGER, Chairman, pro tem. Ordered passed on file. SPECIAL ORDER. The hour having arrived for the special order, it being the consideration of Senate File No. 7, a bill for an act requiring railroad com panies to fence their tracks in the State of Iowa, and keep the same in good repair, with amendments; it was taken up and considered. Senator Sweney, from the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Railroads, to whom was referred back Senate File No. 7, a bill for an act requiring railroad companies to fence their tracks within the State of Iowa, and to keep the same in good repair, 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 same be amended by inserting after the word "railroads," in line 8 of section 1, the words "or any part thereof "; also, by substituting for section 2 the following: Sec. 2. If any corporation, or officer thereof, or lessee, owning or enagged in the operation of any railroad in this State, neglect or refuse to comply with any provision of section 1 of this act, such corporation, officer or lessee shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars for each and every offense; and every thirty days' continuance of such refusal or neglect shall constitute a separate and distinct offense within and for the purposes of this act. And that, as herein amended, the same do pass. J. H. SWENEY, Chairman. The question being on the amendments offered by the committee, they were adopted. Senator Weber offered the following amendment: Amend section 1 by adding after the word "State," where it occurs the second time in line 2 of section 1, the following words, "which have not already erected a lawful fence." Senator Reiniger offered to amend the amendment by inserting the word "board" after the word “lawfull and before the word "fence." Lost. 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 concurrent resolution, in which the concurrence of the Senate is asked: Relative to printing the reports of the Visiting Committees. Senator Weidman offered the following amendment to the amend ment: Add the words "sufficient to turn live stock and domestic animals." Lost. Senator Groneweg moved the previous question, which was not seconded. Senator Weber offered the following amendment to his own amendment now under consideration: Amend section one by adding after the last word in said section, the following: "Provided, when said railroad corporations who have now their feuces built shall, when they rebuild or repair their fences, the same shall be built as provided in tnis act; provided further, that any other fence which in the judgment of the fence viewers is equivalent to the fence herein provided shall be a lawful fence." The yeas and nays were called for on the amendment to the amendment, and were as follows: The yeas were: Senators Barnett, Brower, Caldwell, Converse, Davidson, Deal, Dodge, Doud, Dungan, Funk, Garlock, Gatch, Hanchett, Harsh, Hutchison, Kegler, Kent, Knight, Lawrence, Mattoon, Mills, Parrott, Poyneer, Reiniger, Schmidt, Smith, Taylor, Vale, Weber and Weid. man-30. The nays were: Senators Barrett, Bayless, Chesebro, Clark, Dooley, Finn, Groneweg, Kelly, McVay, Meservey, Price, Wolfe and Young-13. Absent or not voting: Senators Bills, Bolter, Cassatt, McCoy, Seeds, Sweney and Woolson -7. So the amendment to the amendment was adopted. The question recurring upon the amendment as amended, the yeas and nays were demanded, and were as follows: The yeas were: Senators Barrett, Barnett, Bills, Brower, Caldwell, Chesebro, Clark, Converse, Davidson, Deal, Dodge, Dooley, Doud, Dungan, Finn, Funk, Garlock, Gatch, Hanchett, Harsh, Hutchison, Kegler, Kelly, Kent, Lawrence, Mattoon, Mills, Parrott, Poyneer, Price, Reiniger, Schmidt, Seeds, Smith, Taylor, Vale, Weber and Wolfe-38. The nays were: Senators Bayless, Groneweg, McVay, Meservey, Sweney, Weidman and Young-7. Absent or not voting: Senators Bolter, Cassatt, McCoy, Knight and Woolson-5. So the amendment was adopted. Senator Dungan offered the following amendment: Add at the end of section 2, "and this penalty shall be in addition to the liability of the corporation for damages to live stock as is now or may hereafter be provided by law." On this the yeas and nays were demanded, and were as follows: The yeas were: Senators Brower, Converse, Deal, Dungan, Poyneer, Weber and Weidman-7. The nays were: Senators Barnett, Bayless, Bills, Caldwell, Chesebro, Clark, Davidson, Dodge, Dooley, Doud, Finn, Funk, Garlock, Gatch, Groneweg, Hanchett, Harsh, Hutchison, Kelly, Kent, Lawrence, Mattoon, McVay, Meservey, Mills, Parrott, Reiniger, Seeds, Smith, Sweney, Taylor, Vale, Wolfe and Young-34. Absent or not voting: Senators Barrett, Bolter, Cassatt, Kegler, Knight, McCoy, Price, Schmidt and Woolson-9. So the amendment was lost. Senator McVay moved that the rule be suspended, and the bill be considered engrossed and read a third time now, which motion prevailed. Senator McVay moved to reconsider the vote by which the rule was suspended and the bill considered engrossed. Carried. On motion of Senator McVay the bill was ordered engrossed and read a third time to-morrow. On motion of Senator Clark, Senate File No. 46 was withdrawn from the Committee on Charitable Institutions and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. By consent, the following reports of committees were received: Senator Weber, from the Committee on Retrenchment and Reform, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Retrenchment and Reform, to whom was referred the following resolution: Resolved, That the Secretary of State is hereby directed to supply Senators' desks and reporters' desks with suitable covers for the Senate journal, as daily issued, provided the cost does not exceed twentyfive cents, 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 do pass. Ordered passed on file. N. F. WEBER, Chairman. Senator Davidson, from the Committee on Public Buildings, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Public Buildings, to whom was referred Senate File No. 94, a bill for an act regulating exit doors of public buildings, 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 do pass. Ordered passed on file. D. B. DAVIDSON, Chairman. Senator Reiniger, from the Committee on Judiciary, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate File No. 73, a bill for an act to fix the number of jurors, in both civil and criminal cases, at seven, any five of whom may render a verdict, and to repeal certain sections of the Code, relating to the formation of juries, 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. ROBT. G. REINIGER, Chairman pro tem. Ordered passed on file. Senator Poyneer, from the Committee on Agriculture, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred Senate File No. 47, a bill for an act to punish and prevent fraud in the sale of grain, seed and other cereals, 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 do pass. A. N. POYNEER, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. Senator Funk, from the Committee on Printing, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your Committee on Printing, to whom was referred concurrent resolution relative to the printing of the rules of the Twenty-second General Assembly, 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 said resolution be adopted. Ordered passed on file. A. B. FUNK, Chairman. Senator Parrott moved that the resolution be taken up and considered now. Carried. The question recurring on the resolution, it was adopted. Senator Dodge moved to take up resolution relative to procuring covers for the files of the Senate journal on Senators' desks. Carried. The resolution was adopted. PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS. By unanimous consent, the following petitions were presented: By Senator Doud, from citizens of Jasper county, asking the Twenty-second General Assembly to pass Senate Files Nos. 32 and 33, and House File No. 10. Referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining. By Senator Dooley, from citizens of Keokuk county upon same subject. Same reference. By Senator Caldwell, from citizens of the town of Dawson, Dallas county, Iowa, on same subject. Same reference. Senator Reiniger presented a resolution from union meeting of the Rockford churches requesting the enactment of laws restricting unnecessary labor on the Sabbath. Referred to Committee on Railroads. On motion of Senator Hutchison, Senate File No. 2, a bill for an act granting to the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company all the title and interest of the State of Iowa, in and to certain grounds on the Des Moines river in the city of Ottumwa, Wapello county, Iowa, with report of committee recommending that it do pass, was taken up and considered. Senator Hutchison offered the following amendment: Amend the preamble to the bill by striking out the word "Court" in line 2 of the first whereas and insert in lieu thereof the word "Marion." Adopted. |