Chautauqua and Elk, and other purposes connected therewith, and instruct me to report the bill back to the House with the recommendation that it be passed as amended.

S. D. BEEGLE, Chairman.

On motion of Mr. Legate, the rules were suspended, and House bill No. 54 was read a third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called with the following result: Yeas, 91; nays, 3.

Gentlemen voting in the affirmative were: Messrs. Allen, Angell, Babcock, Bates, Barnes, Baldwin, Beegle, Bell, Benedict, Blair, Bradford, Briggs, Brinkman, C. J. Brown, G. W. Brown (Nemaha), G. W. Brown (Crawford), Bryan, Buchan, Burgess, Campbell, Carter, Codding, Conrad, Cornell, Cowan, Cox, Donnelly, Doud, Duncan, Edmonds, Fain, Farwell, Ferguson, F. R. Foster, J. N. Foster, Gibson, Goucher, Haskell, Haff, Hooton, Hubbs, Hulett, Huston, Jaquins, Jewett, Johnston, Kingsbury, Landon, Legate, Lockwood, Loy, Mann, Martin, Marvell, Mackay, McNulty, Meredith, Merriweather, Miller, Mitchell, Mobley, C. Moore, Morse, Motter, Morphy, Palmer, Pickett, Pilkenton, Raney, Robinson, Root, Scott, A. W. Smith, T. E. Smith, W. C. Smith, Spurlock, Squires, Stauber, Thacher, Tomlinson, Tuttle, Vance, Vaughan, Walker, Wells, Williams, Wirt, Wood, Woods, R. W. Wright, and Mr. Speaker.

Gentlemen voting in the negative were: Messrs. Goff, Reppert, and Willis.

Gentlemen absent or not voting were: Messrs. Aldrich, Atwood, Child, Elder, Fitzwilliam, J. M. Moore, Ruggles, Stevenson, Sutton, Tabor, Taylor, Vantrees, and R. M. Wright.

And so, a constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, the bill was passed and the title was agreed to. Ordered that the Chief Clerk inform the Senate thereof.

GENERAL ORDERS.

The House then went into committee of the whole on general orders, Mr. Legate in the chair; and after some time spent therein the committee arose and through its chairman submitted the following report:

MR. SPEAKER: The committee of the whole have had under consideration House bill No. 41, An act to provide for the construction and maintenance of chutes or fish-ways over all dams

built across the rivers and streams of this State, which was passed over by consent.

House bill No. 21, An act to prevent the importation, running at large and sale of diseased horses, mules and asses, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Manufactures.

House bill No. 58, An act to prevent the destruction of fish, which was passed over by consent.

House bill No. 34, An act to amend section 4 of chapter 128 of the Session Laws of 1874, entitled "An act to determine and provide what animals shall not be permitted to run at large in the several counties of this State," and recommend that it be indefinitely postponed. J. F. LEGATE, Chairman. On motion, the report of the committee of the whole was agreed to.

On motion, the House adjourned.

HENRY BOOTH, Chief Clerk.

AFTERNOON SESSION.

TOPEKA, KANSAS, January 22, 1875.
1:30 o'clock A. M.

House called to order; Speaker in the chair.

Roll called; quorum present. The following gentlemen answered to their names:

Messrs. Aldrich, Allen, Angell, Atwood, Babcock, Bates, Barnes, Baldwin, Beegle, Bell, Benedict, Blair, Bradford, Briggs, Brinkman, C. J. Brown, G. W. Brown (Nemaha), G. W. Brown (Crawford), Bryan, Burgess, Campbell, Carter, Codding, Conrad, Cornell, Cowan, Cox, Donnelly, Doud, Duncan, Edmonds, Elder, Fain, Farwell, Ferguson, F. R. Foster, J. N. Foster, Fitzwilliam, Gibson, Goff, Goucher, Haskell, Haff, Hubbs, Hulett, Huston, Jaquins, Jewett, Johnston, Kingsbury, Landon, Legate, Lockwood, Loy, Mann, Martin, Marvell, Mackay, McNulty, Meredith, Merriweather, Miller, Mitchell, Mobley, C. Moore, Morse, Motter, Morphy, Palmer, Pickett, Pilkenton, Raney, Reppert, Robinson,

Root, Scott, A. W. Smith, T. E. Smith, W. C. Smith, Spurlock,
Squires, Stauber, Tabor, Taylor, Thacher, Tomlinson, Tuttle,
Vance, Vaughan, Walker, Wells, Williams, Willis, Wirt, Wood,
Woods, R. W. Wright, R. M. Wright, and Mr. Speaker.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Jones.

Journal of yesterday was read and approved.

PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS.

Mr. Duncan presented a petition from C. S. Bowman and 36 others, asking that the rights of majority be conferred on Joseph Golden.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Mr. C. J. Brown presented a petition from citizens of Marshall county, asking that a bill be passed to incorporate the town of Irving.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.

Mr. Legate, chairman of the Committee on Assessment and Taxation, submitted the following reports:

MR. SPEAKER: The Committee on Assessment and Taxation, to whom was referred House bill No. 14, An act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend certain sections of chapter 107 of the General Statutes of 1868," have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the House with the recommendation that it be rejected.

J. F. LEGATE, Chairman.

MR. SPEAKER: The Committee on Assessment and Taxation, to whom was referred House bill No. 70, An act remitting costs, per centum and interest, on certain delinquent taxes in the county of Cherokee, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the House with the recommendation that it be passed as amended.

J. F. LEGATE, Chairman.

Mr. Loy, chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Manufactures, submitted the following reports:

MR. SPEAKER: The Committee on Agriculture and Manufactures, to whom was referred House bill No. 59, An act regulating the toll of public mills, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the House with the recommendation that it be passed. J. W. LOY, Chairman.

MR. SPEAKER: The Committee on Agriculture and Manufactures, to whom was referred House bill No. 128, An act to regulate the running at large of certain stock, and amendatory of section 5, article 3, chapter 105, General Statutes 1868, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the House with the recommendation that it be rejected. J. W. LOY, Chairman.

MR. SPEAKER: The Committee on Agriculture and Manufactures, to whom was referred petition of citizens of Washington county, relative to the appointment of a fish commission, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the petition back to the House with the recommendation that it be not granted. J. W. LOY, Chairman.

MR. SPEAKER: The Committee on Agriculture and Manufactures, to whom was referred petition of Geo. P. Parker and 33 others, in relation to prairie fires, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the petition back to the House with the recommendation that it be not granted.

J. W. LOY, Chairman.

Mr. Haskell, chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

MR. SPEAKER: The Committee on Corporations, to whom was referred House bill No. 171, An act to authorize school district No. 2, in Anderson county, to issue bonds, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to House with the recommendation that it be passed as amended.

D. C. HASKELL, Chairman.

Mr. Wood, chairman of the Committee on Fees and Salaries, submitted the following report:

MR. SPEAKER: The Committee on Fees and Salaries, to whom was referred House bill No. 43, An act in relation to the collection of fees in justices' courts, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the House with the recommendation that it be referred to the Judiciary Committee. S. M. WOOD, Chairman.

Mr. Landon, chairman of the Committee on Elections, submitted the following reports:

MR. SPEAKER: The Committee on Elections, to whom was re

ferred House bill No. 143, An act to amend sections 2 and 9 of chapter 110 of article 2, General Statutes of 1868, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the House with the recommendation that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary. M. T. LANDON, Chairman.

MR. SPEAKER: The Committee on Elections, to whom was referred House bill No. 155, An act amending section 6, chapter 36 of the General Statutes of 1868, relating to elections, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the House with the recommendation that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

M. T. LANDON, Chairman.

Mr. Woods, chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following reports:

MR. SPEAKER: The Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred House bill No. 160, An act making appropriations for the Insurance Department, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the House with the recommendation that it be passed.

J. J. WOODS, Chairman.

MR. SPEAKER: The Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred House bill No. 150, An act for the better protection of the annual and permanent school funds of the State of Kansas, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the House with the recommendation that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

J. J. WOODS, Chairman.

Mr. Buchan, chairman of the Committee on Judiciary, submitted the following reports:

MR. SPEAKER: The Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred House bill No. 11, An act to legalize the official acts of R. A. Hamill, deputy county clerk of Republic county, State of Kansas, in the years 1869 and 1870, in the assessing of Dudley M. Steele's lands for taxation in the year 1870 for the year 1869, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the accompanying substitute be passed.

W. J. BUCHAN, Chairman.