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On motion of Mr. Johnson, was referred to the committee on judiciary, when formed.

Mr. Curtiss introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 73, for "An act to amend section two (2) of division fourteen (14) of chapter thirty-eight (38) of the revised statutes of this State," and

On motion of Mr. Curtiss, the rules were suspended and the bill was read at large a first time, and

On motion of Mr. Curtiss, was referred to the committee on judiciary, when formed.

Mr. Wheeler introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 74, for "An act making appropriations for the ordinary and other expenses of the Illinois Eastern Hospital for the Insane at Kankakee," and

On motion of Mr. Wheeler, the rules were suspended and the bill was read at large a first time, and

On motion of Mr. Wheeler, was referred to the committee on State charitable institutions, when formed.

Mr. Wheeler introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 75, for "An act making appropriations for the Eastern Hospital for the Insane at Kankakee," and

On motion of Mr. Wheeler, the rules were suspended and the bill was read at large a first time, and

On motion of Mr. Wheeler, was referred to the committee on State charitable institutions, when formed.

Mr. Bacon, of Will, introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 76, for "An act to amend section one hundred and six (106) of an act entitled 'An act to extend the jurisdiction of county courts, and to provide for the practice thereof, to fx the time for holding the same, and to repeal an act therein named,' approved March 26, 1874, in force July 1, 1874," and

On motion of Mr. Bacon, of Will, the rules were suspended and the bill was read at large a first time, and

On motion of Mr. Bacon, of Will, was referred to the committee on judiciary, when formed.

Mr. Leman introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 77, for "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to amend section twenty-six of an act to revise the law in relation to township organization,' approved and in force March 4, 1874, approved June 27, 1885, in force July 1, 1875," and

On motion of Mr. Leman, the rules were suspended and the bill was read at large a first time, and

On motion of Mr. Leman, was referred to the committee on county and township organization, when formed.

Mr. Humphrey introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 78, for "An act to amend section 33 of an act entitled 'An act concerning fees and salaries and to classify the several counties of this State with reference thereto,' approved March 28, 1874," and

On motion of Mr. Humphrey, the rules were suspended and the bill was read at large a first time, and

On motion of Mr. Humphrey, was referred to the committee on fees and salaries, when formed.

Mr. Humphrey introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 79, for "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act in relation to counties,' approved March 31, 1874, and as amended and approved May 20, 1879, amend section 59 of said act so as to read as follows," and

On motion of Mr. Humphrey, the rules were suspended and the bill was read at large a first time, and

On motion of Mr. Humphrey, was referred to the committee on judiciary, when formed.

Mr. Humphrey introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 80, for "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act in relation to counties,' approved March 31, 1874, and as amended and approved May 20, 1879, amend section 59 of said act so as to read as follows," and On motion of Mr. Humphrey, the rules were suspended and the bill was read at large a first time, and

On motion of Mr. Humphrey, was referred to the committee on judiciary, when formed.

Mr. Reinhardt introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 81, for "An act to amend sections 6, 7 and 8 of an act entitled 'An act for the registry of electors and to prevent fraudulent voting,' and

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On motion of Mr. Reinhardt, the rules were suspended and the bill was read at large a first time, and

On motion of Mr. Reinhardt, was referred to the committee on judiciary, when formed.

Mr. Reinhardt introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 82, for "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act in regard to elections and to provide for filling vacancies in elective offices,' approved April 3, 1872, in force July 1, 1872," and

On motion of Mr. Reinhardt, the rules were suspended and the bill was read at large a first time, and

On motion of Mr. Reinhardt, was referred to the committee on judiciary, when formed.

Mr. Torrance introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 83, for "An act to amend section sixty-five (65) of an act entitled, 'An act in regard to practice in courts of record,' approved February 22, 1872, in force July 1, 1872," and

On motion of Mr. Torrance, the rules were suspended and the bill was read a first time, and

On motion of Mr. Torrance, was referred to the committee on judiciary, when formed.

At 10:55 o'clock A. M., on motion of Mr. Hill, the Senate took a recess until 11:55 o'clock, A. M.

11:55 O'CLOCK A. M.

Senate called to order.

At 12 o'clock, meridian, in pursuance of a joint resolution heretofore adopted, and in accordance with sections 14 and 16, of title 2, chapter 1, revised statutes of the United States for 1873 and 1874, the Senate, preceded by the President of the Senate and the Secretary thereof, proceeded to the hall of the House of Representatives for the purpose of electing a Senator in Congress of the United States from the State of Illinois, for the unexpired term occasioned by the death of Hon. John A. Logan.

JOINT SESSION.

The two Houses being convened in joint session, the speaker of the House of Representatives presiding, the President of the Senate ordered the Secretary thereof to call the roll, when the following answered to their names:

Messrs. Adams, Bacon of Edgar, Bacon of Will, Bell, Berggren, Burke, Cantwell, Chapman, Cochran, Crabtree, Crawford, Curtiss, Darnell, Dean, Eckhart, Evans, Funk, Garrity, Gibbs, Greenwood, Hadley, Higgins, Hill, Hogan, Humphrey, Johns, Johnson, Knopf, Leman, McGrath, Monahan, Orendorf, Organ, Pearson, Pierce, Reavill, Reinhardt, Shutt, Southworth, Stephenson, Strattan, Streeter, Sumner, Thompson, Torrance, Washburn, Wheeler, Yost.-Present 48.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives then directed the Clerk thereof to call the roll of members, when the following answered to their names:

Messrs. Allen of Vermilion, Allen of Warren, Archer, Bailey, Baker, Barger, Blackburn, Bo gardus, Bradshaw, Breeden, Brokoski, Brown of Edwards, Brown of Fayette, Browne of LaSalle, Brubaker, Bundy, Campbell, Carr, Chase, Clark, Cleary, Collins, Condo, Converse, Conway, Cooley, Coppinger, Cox, Crafts, Crawford, Curtiss, Davis, Day, Decker, Dixon, Dwyer of the 5th, Dwyer of the 6th, Eastman, Ecton, Farley, Farrell, Faxon, Firoved, Fisher, Fletcher, Ford, French, Fuller, Furlong, Galloway, George, Gittings, Gleason, Grason, Gray, Green, Halpin, Hamer, Hamilton of Iroquois, Hamilton of McLean, Hart, Haven, Herrick, Herrington, Holcomb, Hoskinson, Huling, Hunt, Hunter, Jay, Johnson, Jones of Crawford,Jones of Sangamon, Karlowski, Kenny, Keyser, Kinsey, Kister, Kretzinger, Lamont, Larrabee, Littler, Lowry, McElligott, McLaughlin, McNabb, MacMillan, Mahoney, Marshall, Merritt, Messick, Meyer, Miller, Moran, Morgan, Morrasy, Murphy, Neely, Nellis, O'Connor, Partridge, Peel, Pepoon, Phillips, Piatt, Pierce, Pollard, Pomeroy, Purdunn, Reynolds, Reiley, Rohrbach, Ruby, Ruggles, Sawyer of LaSalle, Sawyers of Scott, Scharlau, Schneider, Schoenewald, Sloan, Smith, Stewart, Stover, Taggart, Taylor, Trench, Tyler, Veile, Vickers, Wait, Ward, Wedig, Wells, White, Wilkinson, Williams, Wilson of Clay, Wilson of Cumberland, Wilson of Macoupin, Wilson of Ógle, Wright of Cook, Wright of Morgan, Yocum and Mr. Speaker-Present 144.

It appearing that a quorum of the two houses were present, the Speaker of the House declared that the joint assembly was now convened for the purpose of choosing a United States Senator, to represent the State of Illinois in the Congress of the United States of America, to fill the vacancy existing in said office.

By the order of the President, the Secretary of the Senate read the journal of yesterday's Senate proceedings pertaining to the election of United States Senator.

By order of the Speaker, the Clerk of the House read the journal of yesterday's House proceedings pertaining to the election. of United States Senator.

The Speaker announced:

By a comparison of the journals of both Houses, that Charles B. Farwell having received a majority of the votes cast in each

House, the said Charles B. Farwell is therefore declared elected United States Senator, to represent the State of Illinois in the Congress of the United States of America, to fill the unexpired portion of the term commencing March 4, A. D. 1885.

On motion of Mr. Fuller, a committee consisting of two Senators and three Representatives was appointed to wait on the Senator-elect and request him to address the Assembly.

The President of the Senate appointed Messrs. Chapman and Johnson.

The Speaker of the House appointed Messrs. Fuller, MacMillan and Crafts.

Senator-elect Farwel was presented to the Assembly, which he addressed.

The purpose for which the joint Assembly convened having been accomplished, at 12:35 o'clock, on motion of Senator Hill, the joint Assembly adjourned sine die.

And the Senators returned to their Chamber in the same order in which they came.

At 12:40 o'clock, P. M., on motion of Mr. Evans, the Senate took a recess until 5 o'clock, P. M.

5 O'CLOCK, P. M.

Senate resumed the transaction of business.

Hon. John C. Smith, President of the Senate, presiding.

Mr. Sumner presented the following resolution, which, by unanimous consent, was taken up for consideration and read, viz:

Resolved, That the following constitute the standing committees of the Senate, of the Thirty-fifth General Assembly, and that the same be grouped and assigned to rooms as hereinafter designated, viz:

1. Judiciary-Crawford, chairman; Sumner, Torrance, Cochran, Crabtree, Thompson, Leman, Curtiss, Adams, Hadley, Johns, Bacon of Edgar, Chapman, McGrath, Gibbs, Humphrey, Bell, Hill, Organ, Shutt, Southworth, Johnson, Stephenson.

2. Judicial Department-Wheeler, chairman; Crabtree, Gibbs, Torrance, Sumner, Cochran, Leman, Hadley, Bacon of Edgar, Greenwood, Seiter, Higgins, Cantwell, Strattan, Dean.

3. Railroads-Evans, chairman: Thompson, Funk, Curtiss, Adams, Cochran, Gibbs, Pearson, Crabtree, Pierce, Garrity, Darnell, Southworth, Organ, Shutt, Cantwell, Strattan.

4. Warehouses-Eckhart, chairman; Hadley, Hogan, Crawford, Evans, Pierce, Thompson, Organ, Strattan, Darnell, Reavill.

5. Finance-Pierce, chairman; Funk, Adams, Hogan, Knopf, Washburn, Shutt, Organ, Forman. 6. Revenue-Hogan, chairman; Washburn, Hadley, Curtiss, Thompson, Crawford, Crabtree, Berggren, Bacon of Edgar, Chapman, Greenwood, Evans, Cochran, Streeter, Southworth, Bell, Seiter, Orendorf, Stephenson.

7. Appropriations Curtiss, chairman; Berggren, Funk, Wheeler, Johns, Gibbs, Thompson, Yost, Bacon of Edgar, Pearson, Hill, Shutt, Gore, Higgins, Seiter.

8. Expenses General Assembly-Humphrey, chairman; Berggren, Funk,,Garrity, Adams, Forman, Shutt.

9. Municipalities-Gibbs, chairman; Sumner, Leman, Wheeler, Crawford, Eckhart, Knopf, Garrity, Monahan, Orendorf, Hill, Higgins, Cantwell, Dean, Streeter.

10. Insurance Cochran, chairman; Johns, Berggren, Wheeler, Bacon of Will, Yost, Crabtree, Eckhart, Organ, Hill, Forman, Dean, Darnell.

11. Corporations-Thompson, chairman; Gibbs, Cochran, Adams, Evans, Curtiss, Torrance, Monahan, Humphrey, Washburn, Shutt, Darnell, Stephenson, Cantwell, Johnson.

12. Banks and Banking-Washburn, chairman; Chapman, Pearson, Bacon of Will, Orendorf, Seiter, Reavill.

13. State Charitable Institutions-Torrance, chairman; Bacon of Edgar, Wheeler, Sumner, Cochran, Bacon of Will, Johns, Pierce, Crabtree, Burke, Gore, Stephenson, Higgins, Dean, South worth. 14. Penal and Reformatory Institutions-Chapman, chairman; Pierce, Funk, Wheeler, Sumner, Berggren, Torrance, Leman, Crabtree, Washburn, Yost, Bacon of Edgar, Bacon of Will, Burke, Bell, Higgins, Southworth, Strattan, Reavill.

15. Public Buildings and Grounds-Sumner, chairman; Torrance, Eckhart, Garrity, Gibbs, McGrath, Johns, Washburn, Shutt, Darnell, Streeter, Johnson, Dean,

16. Education and Educational Institutions-McGrath, chairman; Funk, Hogan, Sumner, Thompson, Johns, Chapman, Eckhart, Burke, Johnson, Hill, Reavill, Organ.

17. Canals and Rivers-Bacon of Will, chairman; Reinhardt, Greenwood, Leman, Torrance, Crawford, Knopf, Monahan, Garrity, Burke, Seiter, Darnell, Organ, Southworth, Orendorf.

18. Agriculture and Drainage-Funk, chairman; Adams, Wheeler, Crawford, Humphrey, Pierce, Yost, Washburn, Thompson, Evans, Bacon of Eagar, Johnson, Gore, Orendorf, Stephenson, Reavill, Dean.

19. License and Miscellany-Knopf, chairman; Hogan, Evans, Curtiss, Bacon of Will, Pierce, Crawford, Garrity, Yost, Reavill, Darnell, Organ, Cantwell.

20. Horticulture-Monahan, chairman; Greenwood, Knopf, Burke, Reavill, Streeter, Gore. 21. Mines and Mining-Pearson, chairman; Hogan, Funk, Bacon of Will, Hadley, Reinhardt, Johns, Washburn, McGrath, Southworth, Seiter, Bell, Hill, Higgins, Streeter.

22. Labor and Manufactures-Reinhardt, chairman; Berggren, Sumner, Pierce, Hadley, Evans, Monahan, Crawford, Eckhart, Burke, Bell, Johnson, Reavill, Shutt, Darnell.

23. County and Township Organization-Crabtree, chairman; Humphrey, Greenwood, Torrance, Johns, Gibbs, Berggren, Monahan, Reinhardt, Forman, Johnson, Örendorf, Gore, Stephenson, Dean.

24. Fees and Salaries-Yost, chairman; Berggren, Pearson, Reinhardt, Greenwood, Burke, Dean, Stephenson, Darnell.

25. Printing-Berggren, chairman; Adams, Crawford, Leman, Knopf, Chapman, Bell, Forman, Cantwell.

26. Military-Hadley, chairman; Bacon of Will, Johns, Humphrey, Yost, Knopf, Washburn, Pearson, Eckhart, Darnell, Strattan, Shutt, Southworth.

27. Roads, Highways and Bridges-Greenwood, chairman; Pearson, Garrity, Reinhardt, Yost, Chapman, Funk, Washburn, Hogan, Higgins, Gore, Orendorf, Forman, Reavill, Hill.

28. Federal Relations-Garrity, chairman; Leman, Knopf, Johns, McGrath, Evans, Gore, Johnson, Dean.

29. Elections-Johns, chairman; Curtiss, Gibbs, Hadley, Humphrey, Reinhardt, Leman, Monahan, Eckhart, McGrath, Johnson, Strattan, Cantwell, Southworth, Stephenson.

30.

State Library-Bacon of Edgar, chairman; Greenwood, Humphrey, Pearson, Hogan, Stephenson, Burke, Streeter, Strattan.

31. Enrolled and Engrossed Bills-Adams, chairman; Berggren, Sumner, Seiter, Hill.

32. Geology and Science-Leman, chairman; Monahan, Pearson, Reinhardt, Wheeler, Burke, Dean, Orendorf, Gore.

33. Rules--Berggren, chairman; Curtiss, Sumner, Chapman, Cochran, Bell, Hill, Southworth. 34. To Visit Penal and Reformatory Institutions-Hadley and Reavill.

35. To Visit Educational Institutions-Leman and Johnson.

36. To Visit State Charitable Institutions-Bacon of Edgar and Shutt.

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