HOUSE MESSAGES A message from the House, by Mr. Melick, Assistant Clerk: Mr. President: I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has concurred with them in the passage of a bill of the following title, to-wit: Senate Bill No. 62, a bill for "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to amend section ninety-one and one-half (913) of an act entitled an act to extend the jurisdiction of county courts, and to provide for the practice thereof, and to fix the time for holding the same, and to repeal an act therein named,' approved March 26, 1874; approved April 6, 1875." Concurred in by the House of Representatives March 22, 1887, by a two-thirds vote, with the emergency clause. JOHN A. REEVE, Clerk of the House of Representatives. A message from the House, by Mr. Melick, Assistant Clerk: Mr. President: I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representative has passed bills of the following titles, in the passage of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the Senate, to-wit: House Bill No. 9, a bill for "An act to amend section one hundred and nine (109) of an act entitled 'An act to extend the jurisdiction of county courts and to provide for the practice thereof, to fix the time of holding the same and to repeal an act therein named,' approved March 26, 1874, in force July 1, 1874." House Bill No. 161, a bill for "An act to amend section 94 of an act entitled 'An act to extend the jurisdiction of county courts and to provide for the practice thereof, to fix the time of holding the same, and to repeal an act therein named,' approved March 26, 1874, in force July 1, 1874." House Bill No. 228, a bill for "An act to repeal an act entitled 'an act to create a certain school district therein named.' House Bill No. 316, a bill for "An act to amend section one hundred (100) of an act entitled 'An act to extend the jurisdiction of county courts and to provide for the practice thereof, to fix the time for holding the same, and to repeal an act therein named,' approved March 26, 1874, in force July 1, 1874; as amended by an act approved May 22, 1877, in force July 1, 1877.” Passed the House of Representatives March 22, 1887. JOHN A. REEVE, Clerk of the House of Representative. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS. On motion of Mr. Higgins, the rules were suspended, and Senate Bill No. 275, a bill for "An act to amend section 35 of an act entitled 'An act in relation to fencing and operating railroads,' approved March 31, 1874, in force July 1, 1874," was taken up and read at large a second time. Mr. Sumner offered the following amendment, viz.: Amend by inserting immediately before the word “and” in the twelfth line of the printed bill, the following: "And where the city council of any city shall notify any such agent that safety gates, and a gateman to operate the same, are necessary at any such crossing, it shall be the duty of such railroad company, within sixty days thereafter, to place, and thereafter maintain, at such crossing safety gates of the best improved kind, together with a gateman who shall operate such gates in such a manner as to protect all persons and property from danger, or injury." The question being, "Shall the foregoing amendment to Senate Bill No. 275 be adopted?" it was decided in the affirmative. Mr. Sumner offered the following amendment, viz.: Amend by inserting after the word "flagman" in the 12th line. of printed bill, the following words: "or gateman.' And the question being, "Shall the foregoing amendment to Senate Bill No. 275 be adopted?" it was decided in the affirmative. Mr. Sumner also offered the following amendments, viz.: Amend by inserting after the word "lights" in the 16th line of the printed bill, the following words: "or gateman and gates," and by inserting after the word "flagman" in the 26th line of printed bill, the following: "or gateman;" and by inserting after the word "flagman" in the 28th line of the printed bill, the following: "or gateman." And the question being, "Shall the foregoing amendments to Senate Bill No. 275 be adopted?" it was decided in the affirmative. The question now being, "Shall Senate Bill No. 275, as amended, be engrossed and printed and placed on the calendar for a third reading?" And the yeas and nays being demanded, it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote, viz.: Yeas, 29; nays, 6. Those voting in the affirmative are: Messrs. Bacon of Edgar, Bacon of Will, Bell, Berggren, Burke, Chapman, Cochran, Crabtree, Dean, Eckhart, Forman, Greenwood, Hadley, Higgins, Humphrey, Johnson, Leman, McGrath, Monahan, Reavill, Reinhardt, Seiter, Shutt, Stephenson, Streeter, Sumner, Torrance, Washburn, Wheeler-29. Those voting in the negative are: Messrs. Crawford, Evans, Johns, Strattan, Thompson, Yost-6. The Senate then resumed the order of READING BILLS OF THE SENATE THE THIRD TIME. Senate Bill No. 217, for "An act to encourage the planting of trees," having been printed, was read at large a third time. And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative: Yeas, 28; nays, 1. Those voting in the affirmative are: Messrs. Bacon of Edgar, Bacon of Will, Bell, Burke, Cantwell, Chapman, Cochran, Crabtree, Dean, Eckhart, Funk, Higgins, Hill, Johnson, Kropf, Monahan, Orendorf, Organ, Pearson, Reinhardt, Shutt, Southworth Stephenson, Strattan, Streeter, Thompson, Torrance, Washburn-28. Mr. Darnell voting in the negative. Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof, and ask their concurrence therein. Senate Bill No. 54, for "An act to amend section one (1) of an act entitled 'An act in regard to the descent of property,' approved April 9, 1872, in force July 1, 1872," having been printed, was read at large a third time. And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative: Yeas, 17; nays, 15. Those voting in the affirmative are: Messrs. Cochran, Crawford, Curtiss, Dean, Eckhart, Evans, Gibbs, Gore, Humphrey, Johnson, Knopf, Orendorf, Reavill, Shutt, Southworth, Torrance, Wheeler-17. Those voting in the negative are: Messrs. Bacon of Edgar, Berggren, Crabtree, Funk, Greenwood, Hadley, Hill, Johns, Leman, McGrath, Pearson, Pierce, Strattan, Sumner, Washburn-15. EXECUTIVE SESSION. By unanimous consent, on motion of Mr. Johnson, the Senate went into executive session for the consideration of the message from the Governor, nominating and appointing Joseph G. Rowland, of Adams county, to be his own successor as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, at Quincy, Illinois. No one objecting, it was taken as the will of the Senate that the rule requiring executive sessions to be held with closed doors be suspended. The question being, "Does the Senate advise and consent to the foregoing nomination of Joseph G. Rowland, of Adams county, to be his own successor as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home?" it was decided in the ' affirmative by the following vote, viz.: Yeas, 46; nays, 0. Those voting in the affirmative are: Messrs. Adams, Bacon of Edgar, Bell, Berggren, Cantwell, Chapman, Cochran, Crabtree, Crawford, Curtiss, Darnell, Dean, Eckhart, Forman, Funk, Gibbs, Gore, Greenwood, Hadley, Higgins, Hill, Hogan, Humphrey, Johns, Johnson, Knopf, Leman. McGrath, Monahan, Orendorf, Pearson, Pierce, Reavill, Reinhardt, Seiter, Shutt, Southworth, Stephenson, Strattan, Streeter, Sumner, Thompson, Torrance, Washburn, Wheeler, Yost.-46. On motion, the executive session arose, and the Senate resumed the regular order of business. SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING. By unanimous consent, on motion of Mr. Gore, Senate Bill No. 86, a bill for "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to revise the law in relation to the commitment and detention of lunatics,'" was taken up for consideration and read at large a second time. And the question being, "Shall the bill be engrossed and placed on the calendar for a third reading?" it was decided in the affirmative. By unanimous consent, Mr. Higgins presented the following report, which was read for the information of the Senate, viz.: To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate: Your committee appointed to investigate as to the cause of death of Frances G. Charlton, a pupil in the Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb at Jacksonville, would report that after a full investigation of the circumstances connected with the death of said Frances G. Charlton, our conclusions are that her death. was the result of an unavoidable accident, and in our opinion there can be no blame chargeable to any of the officers or employes of said Institution. JOHN J. HIGGINS, J. H. PIERCE, At 12:25 o'clock P. M., on motion of Mr. Hogan, the Senate adjourned. THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1887-10 O'CLOCK A. M. Senate met, pursuant to adjournment. Hon. John C. Smith, President of the Senate, presiding. The journal of yesterday was being read, when, on motion of Mr. Berggren, the further reading of the same was dispensed with, and it was ordered to stand approved. PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS. Mr. Bell presented a petition from citizens of Macoupin county, urging the passage of a law to prevent combinations of insurance companies for the purpose of fixing rates of insurance, etc. Which, on motion of Mr. Bell, was referred to the committee on insurance. Mr. Leman presented similar petitions from citizens of Dalton and Chicago, Cook county, Illinois. Which, on motion of Mr. Leman, were referred to the committee on insurance. Mr. Monahan presented a similar petition from the citizens of Chicago. Which, on motion of Mr. Monahan, was referred to the committee on insurance. Mr. Curtiss presented a similar petition from citizens of Lake county, Illinois. Which, on motion of Mr. Curtiss, was referred to the commtttee on insurance. Mr. Cochran presented a similar petition from citizens of Warren, Illinois. Which, on motion of Mr. Cochran, was referred to the committee on insurance. Mr. Hill presented a similar petition from citizens of Jackson county, Illinois. |
