Illinois, and upon the adoption of these resolutions the name of such relative appearing upon the pay-roll of the Senate shall be immediately stricken therefrom; be it further

Resolved, That no Senator, who in his private capacity, is in the employ or service of, or is profiting from any person, firm, association, society, organization or corporation interested in pending or proposed legislation or who shall at the time of the adoption of these resolutions or who, for the period of one year prior thereto, has been employed by or received anything of profit or value from any person, firm, society, organization, association or corporation interested in pending or proposed legislation, no matter what the purpose or object of such person, firm, society, organization, association or corporation may be, shall be a member of any committee to which any matter is referred, in which such firm, person, society, organization, association or corporation is interested. Nor shall any Senator be a member of any committee to which any matter is referred as above is mentioned is employed whether it be for the appropriations for such department or in any manner whatsoever affecting such department; and whenever the interest of such department shall appear from the introduction of a bill or otherwise such member so having such relative or relatives employed in said department, shall at once automatically cease to be a member of such committee, and be deprived of all the privileges of said committee.

Nor shall any State elective officer, or any of the members of his family be permitted to appear before any committee of the Senate, in which matters are considered where such State officer or any member of his family are interested by reason of their aforesaid employment.

AMENDMENT No. 2.

Amend Senate Resolution No. 15 by adding the following at the conclusion thereof:

"The purpose of this resolution is to classify Senators into two divisions, viz: Those who stand for and those who stand against the public welfare and with this end in view those Senators who are fortunate enough to escape the odium intended by this resolution shall be known and designated as 'Senatorial Saints,' while those who come within the condemnatory terms thereof shall be known and designated as 'Senatorial Sinners;' and that the public may have full means of distinguishing the Senators according to this classification, the Secretary of the Senate is hereby authorized to procure for the 'Senatorial Saints' garments of immaculate hue, together with harps and suitable haloes; at the same time procuring for the 'Senatorial Sinners' some suitable penitential garb, preferably of the sack cloth and ashes variety.

This salutory provision for senatorial raiment will obviate the necessity of any Senator constantly reminding the Senate and the public of his exclusive honesty and purity, by according the Senate and the public ocular evidence of his senatorial sanctity."

Mr. Cleary raised the point of order that the amendments were out of order, for the reason that they were not germane to the subjectmatter.

The President of the Senate decided the point of order as well taken as to the second amendment, but that the first amendment was germane.

Mr. Cleary was addressing the Senate when Mr. Smith raised the point of order that he was not discussing the question before the Senate. The President of the Senate overruled the point of order.

Mr. Bailey offered the following amendment to the amendment: Amend by adding to the amendment the following:

"Resolved, That the name, address, compensation and occupation of every employee of this Senate shall be at once printed in the Journal with a statement by each employee giving his or her relationship to any member of this body and the name of the person or persons who endorsed or

recommended such employee for appointment: Provided, that any employee of this Senate failing to at once make such statement in writing shall be dropped from the pay-roll."

Mr. Hull moved that the resolution and all amendments lie on the table. The "ayes" and "nays" being called, it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Ayes, 33; nays, 12.

The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs.

Mr. Swanson presented the following petition, which was read, ordered spread at large on the Journal, and, on motion of Mr. Swanson, was referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Judicial Practice:

THE ILLINOIS VIGILANCE ASSOCIATION.

19 South LaSalle Street.

CHICAGO, ILL., March 30, 1915.

Hon. Barret O'Hara, Lieutenant Governor, Springfield, Ill.

MY DEAR SIR: At a meeting Monday of the Illinois Vigilance Ass'n and of the Church Federation Council, the following resolution was unanimously adopted. The meeting was presided over by the President of the Council, Rev. M. P. Boynton, and W. B. Millard, Executive Secretary, was also present:

Resolutions adopted by the Chicago Church Federation Council at its regular bi-monthly meeting held in the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium, Monday, March 29, 1915.

and,

WHEREAS, One of the worst evils known to the race is the social evil;

WHEREAS, A persistent and successful contest has been waged in the city of Chicago and other cities in the State against this evil and commercialized vice; and,

WHEREAS, One of the best laws ever passed in the history of the country to prevent buildings being used for immoral purposes, is what is known as the Iowa Injunction and Abatement Law, enacted by that State in 1909; and, WHEREAS, The principles of this law have been enacted in eighteen states and the District of Columbia; and,

WHEREAS, In the Forty-seventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, the Senate passed the principles of this bill by a vote of 39 to 2, and in the Forty-eighth General Assembly the House vote upon it was 56 yeas and 1 nay, and it failed of a larger vote because of excitement on another matter; and,

WHEREAS, Substantially the same bill has been presented to the Fortyninth General Assembly, introduced March 4, in the House by Hon. John C. Richardson, House Bill No. 95, and in the Senate on March 18, by Hon. John A. Swanson, Senate Bill No. 149;

Resolved, That we earnestly request that the General Assembly of the State of Illinois do pass this bill and that a copy of this resolution be

sent to the presiding officers of the Senate and House, to the Governor of the State and to each member of the Forty-ninth General Assembly. Will you please have a report of action issued officially in the Senate? Yours very truly, ILLINOIS VIGILANCE ASSOCIATION, By WIRT W. HALLAM, Secretary. P. S.-We have made similar request of the Speaker of the House and will greatly appreciate anything you can do. W. W. H.

Mr. Dailey presented the following petition, which was read, and, on his motion, was ordered spread on the Journal of the Senate:

To the Honorable Members of the Forty-ninth General Assembly of the State of Illinois:

We, the undersigned petitioners, would respectfully state to your Honorable Body, that we are representative citizens of the city of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and vicinity, and in part, surviving members of the Eighteenth Tennessee Regiment Confederates, which regiment was organized and enlisted for the Confederate army at said city of Murfreesboro in the year 1861:

That at the time of the organization of said regiment, a flag was presented to it by the ladies and citizens of Murfreesboro, the presentation address being delivered by a young lady of Murfreesboro, who afterwards became one of the most distinguished women of the South.

That thereafter, at the Battle of Fort Donaldson, said flag was captured by Illinois troops and the same is now in the possession of the State of Illinois in the Hall of Relics at Springfield.

Your petitioners are informed that at one time the Legislature of Illinois, by resolution or otherwise, ordered the release and return of said flag to its original holders, but that the purpose of said resolution was not carried out.

Your petitioners, their neighbors and comrades, earnestly desire the return of said flag, and represent that the same would be of great historical value to them and their descendants, and also to the state of Tennessee. Therefore, realizing that the prejudices and animosities resulting from the late Civil War have become things of the past, and trusting in the magnanimity and liberality of your Honorable Body, also that of the people of the great State of Illinois, we ask that said flag be released and returned to be placed with our State Historical Society, or in the archives of the state of Tennessee.

We would further represent that we think Mr. L. M. Armstrong, of Peoria, Illinois, formerly a citizen of Tennessee, who was closely related to donors of said flag and to prominent members of said regiment, would be a suitable person to receive and convey said flag, and we would most respectively ask that in the event of your Honorable Body ordering the release and return of said flag, Mr. Armstrong be deputized to receive the same and to bear it to us, or to the state of Tennessee as may be deemed best and in accord with your wishes.

On motion of Mr. Cleary, it was ordered as the sense of the Senate that Senator Dailey be requested to prepare a bill or resolution covering the facts set out in the petition and, that if in the form of a bill it be advanced after first reading to second reading without reference.

REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEE.

Mr. N. Elmo Franklin, Chairman, from the Committee on Engrossed and Enrolled Bills, reported that bills of the following titles have been correctly engrossed and are returned herewith:

No. 114.

A bill for "An Act to amend an Act entitled, 'An Act to authorize cities, incorporated towns and townships to establish and maintain free public libraries and reading rooms,' approved and in force March 7, 1872, as amended by subsequent Acts, by amending section one (1) and five (5) thereof."

No. 147.

A bill for "An Act to amend an Act entitled, 'An Act to provide for placing United States National flags on school houses, court houses and other public buildings in this State, and to repeal certain Acts therein named,' approved June 2, 1897, in force July 1, 1897, by adding to said Act a new section to be known as section three-a (3a) and by amending the title of said Act so as to read as hereinafter provided."

Mr. Hamilton, from the Committee on Primary Elections, to whom was referred a bill, Senate Bill No. 18, for "An Act to amend section 1 of an Act entitled, 'An Act to provide for the holding of primary elections by political parties,' approved March 9, 1910, in force July 1, 1910,"

Reported the same back with an amendment thereto, and recommended that the amendment be adopted, and that the bill as amended do pass, and that it be ordered to a first reading.

Under the rules, the bill was ordered to a first reading, and was immediately taken up and read at large'a first time, ordered to a second reading, and to be printed with the amendment.

Mr. Barr, from the Committee on Judiciary and Judicial Practice, to which was referred a bill, Senate Bill No. 10, for an Act entitled, 'An Act to prevent any person from discharging any gun, rifle, pistol, revolver or other deadly weapon loaded with gun powder or other explosive upon any public highway and providing a penalty therefor,"

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill do pass and that it be ordered to a first reading.

Under the rules, the bill was ordered to a first reading, and was immediately taken up and read at large a first time, and ordered to a second reading.

Mr. Barr, from the Committee on Judiciary and Judicial Practice, to which was referred a bill, Senate Bill No. 56, for "An Act to amend an Act entitled, 'An Act to revise the law in relation to criminal jurisprudence,' approved March 27, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, by amending sections 142 and 264 of Division I of said Act, and by repealing sections. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Division XIV of said Act,"

Reported the same back with the recommendation that it do not pass.

Mr. Curtis moved that the Senate do not concur in the report of the committee.

Mr. Curtis moved that the consideration of the motion to nonconcur be postponed to and made a special order for Wednesday, April 7, 1915, immediately after the reading of the Journal, which motion was decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Barr, from the Committee on Judiciary and Judicial Practice, to whom was referred a bill, Senate Bill No. 71, for "An Act to amend section 3 of an Act entitled, 'An Act to provide for the incorporation, management and regulation of Pawners' Societies and limiting the rate of compensation to be paid for advances, storage and insurance on pawns. and pledges and to allow the loaning of money upon personal property, approved March 29, 1889, in force July 1, 1889,"

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill do pass and that it be ordered to a first reading.

Under the rules, the bill was ordered to a first reading, and was immediately taken up and read at large a first time and ordered to a second reading.

Mr. Barr, from the Committee on Judiciary and Judicial Practice, to whom was referred a bill, Senate Bill No. 72, for "An Act to amend section 18 of an Act entitled, 'An Act in relation to practice and procedure in courts of record,' approved June 3, 1907, in force July 1, 1907,"

Reported the same back with an amendment thereto, and recommended that the amendment be adopted, and that the bill, as amended, do pass, and that it be ordered to a first reading.

Under the rules, the bill was ordered to a first reading, and was immediately taken up and read at large a first time, ordered to a second reading, and to be printed with the amendment.

Mr. Barr, from the Committee on Judiciary and Judicial Practice, to whom was referred a bill, Senate Bill No. 93, for "An Act to amend section eight (8) of 'An Act to establish and maintain parks and parkways in towns and townships,' approved May 29, 1911, in force July 1, 1911,"

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill do pass and that it be ordered to a first reading.

Under the rules, the bill was ordered to a first reading, and was immediately taken up and read at large a first time, and ordered to a second reading.

Mr. Barr, from the Committee on Judiciary and Judicial Practice, to whom was referred a bill, Senate Bill No. 124, for "An Act to amend an Act to amend an Act entitled, 'An Act to revise the law in relation to criminal jurisprudence,' approved March 27, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, by adding a new section thereto to be known as section 118c,"

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill do pass and that it be ordered to a first reading.

Under the rules, the bill was ordered to a first reading, and was immediately taken up and read at large a first time, and ordered to a second reading.

Mr. Barr, from the Committee on Judiciary and Judicial Practice, to whom was referred a bill, Senate Bill No. 137, for "An Act to amend