Mr. Griswold of Buchanan, offered the following:

WHEREAS, The committees of the House were announced on on the 13th of January, 1894, and committee clerks began their duties immediately following said announcement, therefore

Resolved, That the pay of all committee clerks of the House, begin January 15,

1894.

Messrs. Spaulding and Williams of Howard, demanded the yeas and nays, which resulted as follows:

The yeas were:

Messrs. Allen, Barker, Chassell, Cooper of Montgomery, Dowell, Endicott, Griswold, Lauder, Linderman, McQuinn, Morrison, Pattison, Saberson, Stephens, Trewin, Wood-16.

The nays were:

Messrs. Bell, Blanchard, Brinton, Britt, Burnquist, Byers, Carter, Chapman, Cooper of Pottawattamie, Cornwall, Crow, Davis, Davison, Diederich, Doane, Doubleday, Early, Finch, Frazee, Gurley, Harriman, Haselton, Hinman, Homrighaus, Hoover, Horton, Jay, Jones, Klemme, McCann, McGonigle, McNeeley, Martin, Milliman, Miller of Cherokee, Mitchell, Moore, Morris of Clarke, Morris of Sioux, Murray, Myerly, Nicoll, Nietert, Patterson, Reed, Rogge, Root, Ross, Sawyer, Schultz, Sessions, Shriver, Smith, Snoke, Sowers, Spaulding, Spearman, Steen, Stillmunkes, St. John, Taylor, Van Gilder, Watkins, Watters, Wilken, Williams of Fremont, Williams of Howard, Wilson, Wyckoff, Young of Calhoun, Mr. Speaker-71.

Absent or not voting:

Messrs. Bitterman, Brooks, Coonley, Ellison, Funk, Haugen, Jester, Miller of Lee, Ranck, Robinson, Stuntz, Weaver, Young of Delaware-13.

The following explanations of votes were handed in to the clerk:

Knowing that in several instances committee clerks had actually commenced their labor on or before the 15th, and in one instance did valuable service for the State during the recess, for which he has received no compensation, I vote aye. SABERSON.

Hoover of Black Hawk, offered the following resolution and moved its adoption:

Resolved, That the committee clerks shall draw pay for such time as they shall be certified to by their respective chairmen.

Jay of Monroe, moved to postpone question indefinitely.

Carried.

Wyckoff of Appanoose, called up Senate amendment to House file No. 20 and moved that the House concur.

Carried.

Saberson of Buena Vista, offered Joint Resolution No. 6, and asked that it be laid over one day under the rules.

JOINT RESOLUTION.

Resolved by the House, the Senate concurring:

That the appropriation made by the Twenty-fourth General Assembly for Fort Madison penitentiary of $2,700 for a stone barn. $250 for a certain strip of land; also the following amounts appropriated by your General Assembly remaining unexpended in the hands of the warden, which cannot be used without further legislation and are not needed for the purposes for which they were appropriated, viz.; $31.62 from solitary fund, $71,00 for purchase of porcelain buckets, $23 75 for iron bedsteads, making a total of $3,076.37, be, and the same is hereby covered back into the State treasury, and the acting warden and the State treasurer are hereby authorized to take such action and execute papers and vouchers and make such entries on the books of their respective offices as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution.

On motion of Mr. Blanchard of Mahaska, House file No. 51, a bill for an act to legalize a resolution of the city council of the city of Oskaloosa, Mahaska county, and all acts done in pursuance of said resolution, with report of committee recommending that the same do pass, was taken up, considered, and the report of the committee adopted.

Mr. Blanchard moved that the rule be suspended, and the bill be considered engrossed and read a third time now, which motion prevailed.

By unanimous consent the reading of the bill was dispensed with.
On the question, "Shall the bill pass?" the yeas were:

Messrs. Allen, Barker, Bell, Bitterman, Blanchard, Brinton, Britt, Brooks, Burnquist, Carter, Chassell, Coonley, Cooper of Montgomery, Cooper of Pottawattamie, Cornwall, Crow, Davis, Davison, Diederich, Doane, Doubleday, Dowell, Early, Endicott, Finch, Frazee, Funk, Griswold, Gurley, Haselton, Haugen, Hinman, Homrighaus, Hoover, Horton, Jay, Jester, Jones, Klemme, Lauder, Linderman, McCann, McGonigle, McNeeley, McQuinn, Martin, Miller of Cherokee, Milliman, Mitchell, Moore, Morris of Clarke, Morris of Sioux, Morrison, Murray, Myerly, Nicoll, Nietert, Patterson, Pattison, Ranck, Reed, Robinson, Rogge, Root, Ross, Saberson, Sawyer, Schultz, Sessions, Shriver, Smith, Sowers, Spaulding, Spearman, Steen, Stephens, Stillmunkes, St. John, Taylor, Trewin, Van Gilder, Watkins, Watters, Weaver, Wilken, Williams of Fremont, Williams of Howard, Wilson, Wyckoff, Young of Calhoun, Young of Delaware, Mr. Speaker-92. The nays were:

None.

Absent or not voting:

Messrs. Chapman, Ellison, Harriman, Miller of Lee, Snoke, Stuntz, Wood-8.

So the bill passed and the title was agreed to.

On motion of Mr. Young of Calhoun, House file No. 23, a bill for an act to legalize the proceedings of the town council of the incorporated town of Lake City, Iowa, in establishing a system of waterworks, the issuing of bonds in payment thereof, and to legalize the ordinances and resolutions passed and adopted by the town council, and to legalize the elections held to vote upon the question of establishing a system of waterworks in said town of Lake City, with report of committee recommending that the bill do pass, was taken up, considered, and the report of the committee adopted.

Mr. Young of Calhoun, moved that the rule be suspended, and the bill be considered engrossed and read a third time now, which motion. prevailed, and the bill was read a third time.

On the question, "Shall the bill pass?" the yeas were:

Messrs. Allen, Barker, Bell, Bitterman, Blanchard, Brinton, Britt, Brooks, Burnquist, Carter, Chapman, Chassell, Coonley, Cooper of Montgomery, Cooper of Pottawattamie, Crow, Davis, Davison, Diederich. Doane, Doubleday, Dowell, Early, Endicott, Finch, Frazee, Funk, Griswold, Gurley, Harriman, Haselton, Haugen, Hinman, Homrighaus, Horton, Jay, Jester, Jones, Klemme, Lauder, Linderman, McCann, McGonigle, McNeeley, McQuinn, Martin, Miller of Cherokee, Milliman, Mitchell, Moore, Morris of Clarke, Morris of Sioux, Morrison, Murray, Myerly, Nicoll, Nietert, Patterson, Pattison, Ranck, Reed, Robinson, Rogge, Ross, Saberson, Sawyer, Schultz, Sessions, Shriver, Smith, Snoke, Sowers, Spaulding, Spearman, Steen, Stillmunkes, St. John, Taylor, Trewin, Watkins, Watters, Weaver, Williams of Fremont, Williams of Howard, Wilson, Wood, Wyckoff, Young of Calhoun, Young of Delaware, Mr. Speaker-89.

The nays were:

None.

Absent or not voting:

Messrs. Cornwall, Ellison, Hoover, Miller of Lee, Stuntz, Van Gilder, Wilken-7.

So the bill passed and the title was agreed to.

On motion of Mr. Mitchell of Adams, Senate file No. 56, a bill for an act to amend section 289 and 290 of the Code of 1873, as amended by Chapter 16 of the laws of the Twenty-fourth General Assembly of the State of Iowa, relating to the bonding of county indebtedness, with report of the committee recommending that the bill do pass, was taken up, considered, and the report of the committee adopted.

Mr. Mitchell moved that the rule be suspended, and the bill pass to a third reading, which motion prevailed, and the bill was read a third time.

On the question, "Shall the bill pass?" the yeas were:

Messrs. Allen, Barker, Bell, Bitterman, Blanchard, Brinton, Britt, Burnquist, Carter, Chapman, Chassell, Coonley, Cooper of Montgomery, Cooper of Pottawattamie, Crow, Davis, Diederich, Doane, Doubleday, Dowell, Early, Endicott, Finch, Frazee, Funk, Griswold, Gurley, Haselton, Haugen, Hinman, Homrighaus, Horton, Jay, Jester, Jones, Klemme, Lauder, Linderman, McCann, McGonigle, McNeeley, Martin, Miller of Cherokee, Milliman, Mitchell, Moore, Morris of Clarke, Morris of Sioux, Morrison, Murray, Myerly, Nicoll, Nietert, Pattison, Ranck, Reed, Rogge, Root, Ross, Saberson, Sawyer, Schultz, Sessions, Shriver, Sowers, Spaulding, Spearman, Steen, Stillmunkes, St. John, Taylor, Trewin, Watters, Weaver, Wilken, Williams of Fremont, Williams of Howard, Wilson, Wood, Wyckoff, Young of Calhoun, Young of Delaware, Mr. Speaker-83.

The nays were:

None.

Absent or not voting:

Messrs. Brooks, Davison, Cornwall, Ellison, Harriman, Hoover, McQuinn, Miller of Lee, Patterson, Robinson, Smith, Snoke, Stephens, Stuntz, Van Gilder, Watkins-16.

So the bill passed and the title was agreed to.

MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.

The following message was received from the Senate:

MR. SPEAKER-I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked: Senate file No. 51, a bill for an act to repeal chapter 52, of the laws of the Twenty-first General Assembly and enact a substitute therefor.

SENATE MESSAGES.

E. R. HUTCHINS,
Secretary.

Mr. Sawyer of Woodbury, called up Senate file No. 49, a bill for an act appropriating $87.50 to defray the expenses of a delegate appointed by the Governor to attend the (beef and pork combine) convention at St. Louis.

Read first and second times and referred to Committee on Claims. On motion of Mr. Gurley the House adjourned.

HALL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Į DES MOINES, Iowa, Friday, February 2, 1894. (

House met pursuant to adjournment.

Speaker Stone in the chair.

Prayer was offered by Rev. Allen Judd.

Journal of Thursday corrected and approved.

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.

Mr. Bell presented petition of citizens of Washington county, in regard to an appropriation for the Iowa State Agricultural Society. Referred to Committee on Agriculture.

Mr. Williams of Howard, presented petition of citizens of Howard county, in regard to an appropriation for the Iowa State Agricultural Society.

Referred to Committee on Agriculture.

Mr. Watters presented petition of citizens of Wilton, Muscatine county, Iowa, asking for the retention and enforcement of the present prohibitory law.

Referred to Committee on Suppression of Intemperance.

Mr. Haugen presented petition of citizens of Worth county in regard to an appropriation for the Iowa State Agricultural Society. Referred to Committee on Agriculture.

Mr. Mitchell presented petition of citizens of Adams county in regard to an appropriation for the Iowa State Agricultural Society. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Murray presented petition of citizens of Scott county in regard to an appropriation for the Iowa State Agricultural Society. Referred to Committee on Agriculture.

Mr. Stone presented petition of citizens of Marshall county in regard to an appropriation to State Agricultural Society.

Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Doubleday presented petition of Tippecanoe Club petitioning the General Assembly to pass a law to promote temperance.

Referred to Committee on Suppression of Intemperance.