We submit the foregoing list as a statement of the number of miles traveled by each member in going to and returning from this, the extra session of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly, and the amount of money to which each member is entitled by statute therefor, and we recommend that such mileage be duly certified. Z. H. GURLEY, G. N. PUTNAM, Mr. Miller of Cherokee granted indefinite leave of absence on account of sickness. Journal of yesterday corrected and approved. On motion of Mr. McNulty, House adjourned till 10 A. M. to-morrow. HALL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DES MOINES, Iowa, Thursday, January 21, 1897. S The House was called to order at 10 A. M., Speaker Byers in the chair. Prayer was offered by Rev. W. A. Black, of Des Moines. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. A petition from LeGrand Byington relative to silver remaining legal tender for all debts, also to transferable mileage tickets, also in reference to the issuing and registry of certifi cates of stock, was read by the Clerk and referred to Committee on Judiciary. Messrs. Johnston, Finch, Mayne, Early, Tibbitts, Classen, Funk, Klemme, Spaulding, Byington, Jackson, Wood, Reed, Bell and Mr. Speaker presented petitions of citizens of their respective counties relative to the manufacturing bill. Referred to Committee on Domestic Manufactures. The following certificate of election was then read by the Clerk: At the election holden in said county, in the Forty-fifth Representative district, on the 18th day of January, A. D. 1897, Walter I. Hayes was elected to the office of Representative to the General Assembly in and for said Forty-fifth district of the State of Iowa, for the residue of the term ending on the 31st day of December, A. D. 1897, and until his successor is elected and qualified; and he has taken the oath of office as required by law. G. D. STAGG, President of the Board of Canvassers. Witness: F. HERN, County Auditor. Mr. Hayes was then sworn in as a member of this House by the Speaker. Mr. Hayes was assigned to the following committees: Code Division 1, Judiciary, Insurance, Private Corporations, Police Regulations, Engrossed Bills. Journal of yesterday corrected and approved. Mr. Ray called up his motion relative to the reduction of the force of committee clerks and moved its adoption. Mr. Whelan moved to lay the motion on the table. Messrs. Ray and Power demanded the yeas and nays on this question, which resulted as follows: On the question, "Shall the motion prevail?" the yeas were: Messrs. Allen, Bird, Bowen, Brinton, Chapman, Classen, Early, Evans, Funk, Griswold, Grote, Gurley, Haugen, McAchran, McDonald, McNulty, McQuin, Merriam, Nietert, Potter, Tibbitts, Whelan, Mr. Speaker-23. The nays were: Messrs. Bailey, Baker, Bell, Brant, Brighton, Byington, Cook, Cornwall, Crow, Clark, Davis, Edwards, Finch, Frazee, Frink, Good, Hauger, Hayes, Hazen, Hinkhouse, Hinman, Hunt, Huntley, Jackson, Jay, Johnson of Webster, Johnston of Franklin, Klemme, Ladd, Lambert, Lauder, Lavender, Loomis, Lowry, McArthur, McDowell, Manahan, Marti, Martin, Mayne, Miller of Buena Vista, Morrison of Grundy, Morrison of Keokuk, Mullin, Nolan, Parker, Perrott, Porter, Power, Prentis, Putnam, Ray, Reed, Scott, Smith, Spaulding, St. John, Sullivan, Temple, Thompson, Van Houten, Watters, Weaver, Wells, Wheeler, Whittier, Williams, Wilson, Wood-69. Absent or not voting: Messrs. Brady, Doubleday, Dowell, Garner, Hendershot, Miller of Cherokee, Miller of Warren, Voelker-8. So the motion was lost. Mr. Funk moved to amend by inserting after the words "committee clerks" the following: "janitors, pages, doorkeepers and all other employes of the House, employes in the Custodian's department, and accounts of the State Printer and Binder." Mr. Tibbitts offered the following as a substitute to the amendment, and moved its adoption: That each chairman who is allowed a committee clerk discharge such clerk as soon as he has no work for him. Lost. On the amendment offered by Mr. Funk, Messrs. Ray and Jackson demanded the yeas and nays, which resulted as follows: The yeas were: Messrs. Allen, Baker, Bell, Bird, Bowen, Brighton, Brinton, Chapman, Clark, Classen, Early, Edwards, Evans, Finch, Frazee, Frink, Funk, Good, Griswold, Grote, Gurley, Haugen, Hazen, Hinkhouse, Lauder, McAchran, McArthur, McDonald, McNulty, McQuin, Manahan, Martin, Merriam, Morrison of Grundy, Morrison of Keokuk, Mullin, Nietert, Potter, Putnam Reed, Smith, St. John, Thompson, Weaver, Whelan, Whittier, Wood, Mr. Speaker-48. The nays were: Messrs. Bailey, Brant, Byington, Cook, Cornwall, Crow, Davis, Doubleday, Hauger, Hayes, Hinman, Hunt, Huntley, Jackson, Jay, Johnson of Webster, Johnston of Franklin, Klemme, Ladd, Lambert, Lavender, Loomis, Lowry, McDowell, Marti, Mayne, Miller of Buena Vista, Nolan, Parker, Perrott, Porter, Power, Prentis, Ray, Scott, Spaulding, Sullivan, Temple, Tibbitts, Van Houten, Watters, Wells, Wheeler, Williams, Wilson-45. Absent or not voting: Messrs. Brady, Dowell, Garner, Hendershot, Miller of Cherokee, Miller of Warren, Voelker-7. So the amendment was adopted. Mr. Haugen moved to amend the motion by increasing the number of the committee from three to seven. Adopted. Mr. Cornwall moved that the motion be referred to the Committee on Appropriations. On a division of the House the motion was lost by a vote of 36 yeas to 51 nays. Mr. Brant moved to strike out of the motion all after the words "employes of the House" up to and including the words "state binder." Carried. Messrs. Allen and Hinman demanded the yeas and nays on the motion of Mr. Ray as amended. The roll call resulted as follows: The yeas were: Messrs. Allen, Bailey, Baker, Bell, Bird, Bowen, Brant, Brighton, Brinton, Byington, Chapman, Clark, Clasen, Cook, Cornwall, Crow, Davis, Doubleday, Early, Edwards, Evans, Finch, Frazee, Frink, Funk, Garner, Good, Griswold, Grote, Gurley, Haugen, Hauger, Hayes, Hazen, Hinkhouse, Hinman, Hunt, Huntley, Jackson, Jay, Johnson of Webster, Johnston of Franklin, Klemme, Ladd, Lambert, Lauder, Lavender, Loomis, Lowry, McAchran, McDonald, McDowell, McNulty, McQuin, Manahan, Marti, Martin, Mayne, Merriam, Miller of Buena Vista, Morrison of Grundy, Morrison of Keokuk, Mullin, Nietert, Nolan, Parker, Perrott, Porter, Potter, Power, Prentis, Putnam, Ray, Reed, Scott, Smith, Spaulding, St. John, Sullivan, Temple, Thompson, Tibbitts, Van Houten, Watters, Weaver, Wells, Wheeler, Whelan, Whittier, Williams, Wilson, Wood, Mr. Speaker-93. Mr. McArthur voted in the negative. Absent or not voting: Messrs. Brady, Dowell, Hendershot, Miller of Cherokee, Miller of Warren, Voelker-6. So the resolution was adopted. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. By Mr. Funk, House file No. 9, a bill for an act to revise, amend and codify the statutes in relation to the Executive department. Read first and second time and referred to First Division Code Revision Committee. By Mr. Temple, House file No. 10, a bill for an act to revise, amend and codify the statutes in relation to the Judicial department. Read first and second time and referred to First Division Code Revision Committee. By Mr. Cornwall, House file No. 11, a bill for an act to revise, amend and codify the statutes in relation to county and township government. Read first and second time and referred to Second Division Code Revision Committee. By Mr. Brighton, House file No. 12, a bill for an act to revise, amend and codify the statutes in relation to city and town government. Read first and second time and referred to Third Division Code Revision Committee. By Mr. Allen, House file No. 13, a bill for an act to revise, amend and codify the statutes in relation to elections and officers. Read first and second time and referred to Fourth Division Code Revision Committee. |