By unanimous consent, on motion of Mr. Ettelson, the rules were suspended and the foregoing resolution was taken up for consideration and adopted.

The President of the Senate, on behalf of the Executive Committee, announced the following as the committee heretofore ordered to whom was referred the Governor's transmitting nominations: Senators Roos, Barr, Curtis, Ettelson, and Broderick.

Mr. Curtis resigned from the committee, and on his motion, it was ordered that the Executive Committee be instructed to fill his vacancy with a Democratic member.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.

Mr. Campbell introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 252, for "An Act to appropriate the State School Fund,"

Which was read by title, ordered printed, and,

Under Rule 43, was referred by the President of the Senate to the Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Gorman introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 253, for "An Act to amend sections 1, 4 and 6 of an Act entitled, 'An Act to provide for the creation by popular vote of anti-saloon territory within which the sale of intoxicating liquor and the licensing of such sale shall be prohibited, and for the abolition by like means of territory so created,' approved May 16, 1907, in force July 1, 1907,"

Which was read by title, ordered printed, and,

Under Rule 43, was referred by the President of the Senate to the Committee on License and Miscellany.

Mr. Dailey introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 254, for “An Act to amend an Act entitled, 'An Act for the relief of the blind,' approved May 11, 1903, in force July 1, 1903, by amending sections one (1), two (2), four (4), six (6), seven (7), and eight (8) thereof,"

Which was read by title, ordered printed, and,

Under Rule 43, was referred by the President of the Senate to the Committee on Public Efficiency and Civil Service.

Mr. Harris introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 255, for "An Act entitled an Act in relation to contracts for printing, binding, blank book manufacturing, blanks, and other printed matter or stationery, to be used by any county, city, town, township, incorporated village, body politic or municipal corporation therein, or any other political subdivision of this State, and providing for the enforcement thereof," Which was read by title, ordered printed; and,

Under Rule 43, was referred by the President of the Senate to the Committee on Judiciary and Judicial Practice.

Mr. Herlihy introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 256, for “An Act to amend an Act entitled, 'An Act in regard to tax title and providing for the reconveyance of tax titles and fixing a penalty for failure or refusal to reconvey,' approved June 14, 1909, in force July 1, 1909, by amending section one (1) thereof,"

Which was read by title, ordered printed, and,

Under Rule 43, was referred by the President of the Senate to the Committee on Revenue and Finance.

Mr. Jewell introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 257, for "An Act to regulate and fix the time for killing fur-bearing animals and to provide protection for same during certain months of the year and fixing a penalty for violation of this Act,"

Which was read by title, ordered printed, and,

Under Rule 43, was referred by the President of the Senate to the Committee on Fish and Game.

Mr. Jewell introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 258, for "An Act to amend section one (1), article four (4) of an Act entitled, 'An Act to revise the law in relation to justices of the peace and constables,' approved June 26, 1895, in force July 1, 1895,"

Which was read by title, ordered printed, and,

Under Rule 43, was referred by the President of the Senate to the Committee on Judiciary and Judicial Practice.

Mr. Womack introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 259, for "An Act concerning the granting of marriage licenses,"

Which was read by title, ordered printed, and,

Under Rule 43, was referred by the President of the Senate to the Committee on Judiciary and Judicial Practice.

Mr. Manny introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 260, for "An Act in relation to the sentence, commitment, confinement, reformation, punishment, employment and parole of persons convicted of crime, and the manner of applying for pardons, reprieves and commutations,"

Which was read by title, ordered printed, and,

Under Rule 43, was referred by the President of the Senate to the Committee on Public Efficiency and Civil Service.

Mr. Manny introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 261, for "An Act to amend section 146 of an Act entitled, 'An Act to revise the law in relation to justices of the peace and constables,' approved June 26, 1895, in force July 1, 1895,"

Which was read by title, ordered printed, and,

Under Rule 43, was referred by the President of the Senate to the Committee on Judiciary and Judicial Practice.

Mr. Manny introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 262, for "An Act to abolish township treasurers and township trustees of schools, and to provide for performing their powers and duties,"

Which was read by title, ordered printed, and,

Under Rule 43, was referred by the President of the Senate to the Committee on Public Efficiency and Civil Service.

Mr. Keller introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 263, for "An Act making an appropriation to meet a deficiency in the appropriation for the ordinary expenses of the Southern Illinois Penitentiary for the two years ending July 1, 1915, and declaring an emergency,

Which was read by title, ordered printed, and,

Under Rule 43, was referred by the President of the Senate to the Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Keller introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 264, for "An Act making appropriations for the Southern Illinois Penitentiary at Chester," Which was read by title, ordered printed, and,

Under Rule 43, was referred by the President of the Senate to the Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Keller introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 265, for "An Act to amend an Act entitled, 'An Act to regulate the granting of relief to indigent war veterans and their families, and to repeal a certain Act therein named,' approved May 25, 1907, in force July 1, 1907, by amending sections ten (10) and eleven (11) thereof,"

Which was read by title, ordered printed, and,

Under Rule 43, was referred by the President of the Senate to the Committee on Revenue and Finance.

At 10:45 o'clock a. m., on motion of Mr. Canaday, the Senate took a recess for ten minutes.

Senate reconvened.

10:55 O'CLOCK A. M.

The President of the Senate announced that the Executive Committee had appointed Senator Hughes in the place of Senator Curtis as a member of the committee to consider the executive nominations.

By unanimous consent, on motion of Mr. Piercy, the consideration of the following resolution was made a special order for Tuesday, April 13, 1915, immediately after the reading of the Journal:

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 11.

Sec. 2. Amendments to this Constitution may be proposed in either House of the General Assembly, and if the same shall be voted for by twothirds of all the members elected to each of the two Houses, such proposed amendments, together with the yeas and nays of each House thereon, shall be entered in full on their respective Journals; and the said amendments shall be submitted to the electors of this State for adoption or rejection, at the next election of members of the General Assembly, in such manner as may be prescribed by law. The proposed amendments shall be published in full at least three months preceding the election, and if a majority of the electors voting at said election shall vote for the proposed amendments, they shall become part of this Constitution. The General Assembly shall have power at any session thereof, to propose so many amendments to this Constitution as shall seem proper and necessary, and may propose the same or similar amendments at any or as many succeeding regular sessions as shall seem expedient.

By unanimous consent, on motion of Mr. Smith, the consideration of the following resolution was made a special order for Tuesday, April 13, 1915, immediately after the preceding special order:

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 13.

Resolved, by the Senate of the State of Illinois, the House of Representatives concurring therein, That there shall be submitted to the electors of this State for adoption or rejection, at the next election of the members of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, a proposition to amend sections 7 and 8 of article 4 of said Constitution of the State of Illinois, as follows:

Resolved, That sections 7 and 8 of article 4 of the Constitution of Illinois, in force August 8, 1870, be amended so as to read as follows, to wit:

Sections 7 and 8. The House of Representatives shall consist of three times the number of members of the Senate and the term of office shall be two years. Three Representatives shall be elected in each Senatorial District, at the general election in the year of our Lord 1872, and every two years thereafter, in all elections of Representatives aforesaid, each qualified voter may cast one vote for each of as many candidates for Representatives as there are Representatives to be elected and the candidates highest in votes shall be declared elected.

By unanimous consent, Mr. Ettelson offered the following resolution:

SENATE RESOLUTION No. 36.

Resolved, by the Senate, That M. Curtin be appointed special stenographer and Engrossing Clerk in lieu of Hellen Troch.

That Sam Schmitz be hereby appointed janitor. That Bud Hamilton be appointed cloak room attendant in lieu of Carroll Nelson.

By unanimous consent, on motion of Mr. Ettelson, the foregoing resolution was taken up for consideration, and, on his motion, was made a special order for Wednesday, April 7, 1915, immediately after the preceding special order.

READING BILLS OF THE SENATE THE SECOND TIME.

On motion of Mr. Swanson, Senate Bill No. 176, a bill for "An Act to amend an Act entitled, 'An Act to provide for the annexation of cities, incorporated towns and villages, or parts of same, to cities, incorporated towns and villages,' approved and in force April 25, 1889, as heretofore amended."

Having been printed, was taken up and read at large a second time. Mr. Swanson offered the following amendments to bill, which were adopted:

AMENDMENT No. 1.

Strike out words "villages or incorporated towns" after the word "city" appearing in line 9 of the printed bill and insert in lieu thereof the following: "having a population of more than two hundred thousand (200,000) inhabitants."

AMENDMENT No. 2.

Strike out the words "villages or incorporated towns" in line 12 of printed bill.

And the question being, "Shall the bill, as amended, be engrossed and printed for a third reading?" it was decided in the affirmative.

On motion of Mr. Bailey, Senate Bill No. 10, a bill for "An Act entitled, 'An Act to prevent any person from discharging any gun, rifle, pistol, revolver or other deadly weapon loaded with gunpowder or other explosive, upon any highway, and providing a penalty therefor," "

Having been printed, was taken up and read at large a second time. Mr. Bailey offered the following amendments to the bill, which were adopted:

AMENDMENT No. 1.

Strike out all in the title after the words "For an Act" and insert in lieu thereof the following: "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 thereto an additional section to be known and designated as section 54dd."

AMENDMENT No. 2.

Strike out all in said bill after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: "That an Act entitled, 'An Act to revise the law in relation to Criminal Jurisprudence,' approved March 27, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto an additional section to be known as section 54dd.”

Section 54dd. Whoever shall fire off or discharge any gun, pistol, rifle, revolver or other deadly weapon loaded with gunpowder or other explosive in or upon any public highway in the State of Illinois shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than five ($5.00) dollars nor more than twenty-five ($25.00) dollars for each and every offense: Provided, this Act shall not apply to any officer of the law or other person properly authorized to bear arms in the regular discharge of his duty.

And the question being, "Shall the bill, as amended, be engrossed and printed for a third reading?" it was decided in the affirmative.

On motion of Mr. Compton, Senate Bill No. 18, a bill 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,”

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Having been printed, was taken up and read at large a second time. Mr. Compton offered the following amendment, which was adopted: Amend Senate Bill No. 18, by striking out the emergency clause. And the question being, "Shall the bill, as amended, be engrossed and printed for a third reading?" it was decided in the affirmative.

On motion of Mr. Canaday, Senate Bill No. 159, a bill for “An Act making an appropriation to meet a deficiency in appropriations for the Illinois State Public Utilities Commission, and to provide the necessary funds to carry on the business of said commission, including the amount necessary to carry on the business of the State Grain Inspection Department, until the first day of July, 1915, and declaring an emergency," Having been printed, was taken up and read at large a second time, And the question being, "Shall the bill be engrossed and printed for a third reading?" it was decided in the affirmative.

On motion of Mr. Meeker, Senate Bill No. 36, for "An Act to amend section seven (7) of an Act entitled, 'An Act to amend an Act concerning circuit courts and to fix the time for holding the same in the several counties in the judicial circuits of the State of Illinois, exclusive of the county of Cook, approved May 24, 1879, in force July 1, 1879,' approved June 11, 1897, in force July 1, 1897, as amended by an Act entitled, 'An Act to amend section seven (7) of chapter thirtyseven (XXXVII) of an Act fixing the terms of holding court in the several judicial circuits of the State of Illinois, exclusive of Cook County, approved June 11, 1897, and in force July 1, 1897,' approved May 11, 1903, in force July 1, 1903,”

Having been printed, was taken up and read at large a second time. Mr. Meeker offered the following amendments to the bill, which were adopted:

No. 1.

Amend Senate Bill No. 36 as printed, by inserting a comma after the word "Moultrie" in line 15 on page 2 thereof; also by striking out the word "second" in said line of said page, and inserting the word "fourth" in lieu thereof.

No. 2.

Amend Senate Bill No. 36, by striking out the word "first" where the same appears before Monday in lines 12 and 13, and inserting in lieu thereof in each case the word "third."