to the extortion or attempted extortion of money or property for the purpose of avoiding, settling or terminating disputes or controversies between associations or classes of workmen or workwomen and employers or property owners,'

Reported the same back with amendments thereto, and recommended that the amendments 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 amendments.

Mr. Barr, from the Committee on Judiciary and Judicial Practice, to whom was referred a bill, Senate Bill No. 213, for "An Act to provide for the registration of all births, stillbirths and deaths in the State of Illinois, and to repeal an Act entitled, 'An Act requiring reports of births and deaths, and the recording of the same, and prescribing a penalty for non-compliance with the provisions thereof, and repealing certain Acts therein named,' approved May 6, 1903, in force July 1, 1903,"

Reported the same back with amendments thereto, and recommended that the amendments 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 amendments.

Mr. Ettelson, for Mr. Harding, from the Committee on Revenue and Finance, to whom was referred a bill, Senate Bill No. 180, for "An Act to enable park commissioners to issue bonds for the completion, improvement and maintenance of public parks, boulevards and pleasureways, under their control, and to provide for the payment thereof,"

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. 63, for "An Act relative to untrue and misleading advertisement,"

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. Ettelson, for Mr. Harding, from the Committee on Revenue and Finance, to whom was referred a bill, Senate Bill No. 28, for "An Act to amend section 2 of an Act entitled, 'An Act concerning the levy and extension of taxes,' approved May 9, 1901, in force July 1, 1901; as amended by an Act approved March 29, 1905, in force July 1, 1905; as amended by an Act approved June 14, 1909, in force July 1, 1909; as amended by an Act approved May 20, 1913, in force July 1, 1913;" and Senate Bill No. 59, for "An Act to amend section 2 of an Act entitled, 'An Act concerning the levy and extension of taxes,' approved May 9, 1901, in force July 1, 1901; as amended by an Act approved March 29, 1905, in force July 1, 1905; as amended by an Act approved June

14, 1909, in force July 1, 1909; as amended by an Act approved May 20, 1913, in force July 1, 1913,"

Reported the same back with a substitute therefor, with the recommendation that the original bill be laid on the table, and that the substitute do pass.

The report of the committee was concurred in, and,

On motion of Mr. Ettelson, for Mr. Harding, the original bill was ordered to lie on the table, and the substitute, being Senate Bill No. 31312, a bill for "An Act to amend section 2 of an Act entitled, 'An Act concerning the levy and extension of taxes,' approved May 9, 1901, in force July 1, 1901; as amended by an Act approved March 29, 1905, in force July 1, 1905; as amended by an Act approved June 14, 1909, in force July 1, 1909; as amended by an Act approved May 20, 1913, in force July 1, 1913,"

Was, under the rules, read at large a first time, ordered to a second reading, and to be printed.

Mr. Ettelson, for Mr. Harding, from the Committee on Revenue and Finance, to whom was referred a bill, Senate Bill No. 7, for "An Act to amend section 2 of an Act entitled, 'An Act for the assessment of property and providing the means therefor, and to repeal a certain Act therein named,' approved February 25, 1898, in force July 1, 1898; as amended by Act approved May 25, 1903,"

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. Ettelson, for Mr. Harding, from the Committee on Revenue and Finance, to whom was referred a bill, Senate Bill No. 39, for “An Act to amend section 36 of an Act entitled, 'An Act concerning fees and salaries, and to classify the several counties of this State with reference thereto,' approved March 29, 1872, in force July 1, 1872,"

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. Ettelson, for Mr. Harding, from the Committee on Revenue and Finance, to whom was referred a bill, Senate Bill No. 70, for "An Act to consolidate in the Government of the City of Chicago the powers and functions now vested in local governments and authorities within the territory of said city and to make provisions concerning the same,”

Reported the same back with 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. Ettelson, for Mr. Harding, from the Committee on Revenue and Finance, to whom was referred a bill, Senate Bill No. 15, for "An Act to establish a State Athletic Commission, and defining the powers. and duties thereof,"

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

Mr. Canaday moved that the bill be recommitted to the Committee on Revenue and Finance.

Mr. Barr moved that Mr. Canaday's motion lie on the table, and the yeas and nays being called it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 25; nays, 13.

The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs.

Mr. Canaday moved the bill be referred to the Committee an Appropriations.

Mr. Ettelson moved that the motion to refer lie on the table, and the yeas and nays being called it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 22; nays, 15.

The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs.

Mr. Canaday moved that the bill be referred to the Committee of the Whole.

Mr. Ettelson moved that the motion to refer be laid on the table, and the yeas and nays being called the motion was decided in the negative by the following vote: Yeas, 18; nays, 19.

The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs.

The question then being "Shall the bill be referred to the Commitee of the Whole?" it was decided in the affirmative.

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

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; as amended by Act approved June 30, 1913, in force July 1, 1913."

SENATE BILL No. 132.

"For an Act to regulate the Civil Service of Sanitary Districts by amending ‘An Act to create sanitary districts and to remove obstructions in the Des Plaines and Illinois Rivers,' approved May 29, 1889, in force July 1, 1889, and all Acts amendatory thereof, by amending section 4 and by adding thereto thirteen new sections to be known as section 4a, section 4b, section 4c, section 4d, section 4e, section 4f, section 4g, section 4h, section 4i, section 4j, section 4k, section 41, and section 4m.”

Mr. Swanson, from the Committee on Waterways, to whom was referred a bill, Senate Bill No. 126, for "An Act to amend section seventeen (17) of an Act entitled, 'An Act to create sanitary districts and to remove obstructions in the Des Plaines and Illinois Rivers,' approved May 29, 1889, in force July 1, 1889,"

Reported the same back with amendments thereto, and recommended that the amendments 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 amendments.

Mr. Curtis, from the Committee on Appropriations, to whom was referred a bill, House Bill No. 265, for "An Act to re-appropriate for the use of the Illinois State Horticultural Society the sum of $5,000 already appropriated by the Forty-eighth General Assembly,”

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

Under the rules, the bill was ordered to a second reading, and to be printed with the amendments.

Mr. Curtis, from the Committee on Appropriations, to whom was referred a bill, Senate Bill No. 238, for "An Act for an emergency appropriation to meet a deficiency in the office expenses of the clerk of the Supreme Court,"

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. Cornwell, from the Special Committee on Insurance, appointed under and by virtue of House Joint Resolution No. 26 of the Fortyseventh General Assembly, made the following report,

Which, on motion of Mr. Cornwell, was ordered spread on the Journal and five thousand copies thereof ordered printed:

THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATIVE INSURANCE COMMISSION SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING

REPORT.

To the Senate and House of Representatives, Forty-ninth General Assembly, of the State of Illinois:

Pursuant to House Joint Resolution No. 26, of the Forty-seventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, adopted by the House of Representatives on the 10th day of May, 1911, and concurred in by the Senate on the 18th day of May, 1911, the following commission of ten members was duly ap

pointed: W. Tudor ApMadoc, Willett H. Cornwell, Albert C. Clark, William H. Maclean, John M. O'Connor, Carl Lundberg, Chicago; George H. Wilson, Quincy; Edward J. King, Galesburg; Martin J. Dillon, Galena, and Henry L. Wheelan, Rock Island.

The resolution under which said appointments were made is, in words and figures, as follows:

LEGISLATIVE INSURANCE COMMISSION.

(HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NUMBER 26.)

WHEREAS, The Committee on Insurance of the House of Representatives has devoted considerable time in the consideration of House Bill No. 284, known as the "Quincy Rating Bill," and the amendments thereto, known as the Illinois Manufacturers' Association amendments, and also in the consideration of suggestions thereon made by various commercial associations, associations of commerce and business interests throughout the State of Illinois; and,

WHEREAS, The fire insurance laws of the State of Illinois make no provision whatever for classification of the physical conditions of property as the basis for fire insurance rates in the State of Illinois; and,

WHEREAS, There is a great demand for practical information regarding the possibility of equitably classifying the various properties subject to insurance, and also regarding the wisdom of providing for a general supervision by public authority of rates for fire insurance; and,

WHEREAS, The said Committee on Insurance also has had under consideration House Bill No. 386, providing for a commission to investigate and report on old age insurance; and,

WHEREAS, The insurance laws of the State of Illinois, as they appear at the present time on the statute books, are in an incoherent and unsatisfactory condition, in so far as classification of the same is concerned, and a demand throughout the State has existed for several years for codification thereof; and,

WHEREAS, By unanimous vote of said committee this resolution is presented for the purpose of creating a joint committee to consist of five members of the House of Representatives and five members of the Senate, to consider the questions hereinbefore referred to and set forth; therefore, be it

Resolved, by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That a joint committee of ten be appointed, five to be named by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and five to be named by the President of the Senate, to make a careful and exhaustive investigation of the questions of classification of physical conditions of property as a basis of fire insurance rates in the State of Illinois, of providing for a general supervision by public authority of insurance rates, of old age insurance, and of the advisability of laws regulating fire insurance rates in the State of Illinois and laws in reference to old age insurance, and to consider and arrange a codification of insurance laws of the State of Illinois.

To carry out the provisions of this resolution said committee is authorized to employ such assistance as is necessary. The said committee and members thereof shall be entitled to actual expenses incurred in the carrying out of the provisions of this resolution.

Said committee shall prepare its findings and present the same with its recommendations to the Governor of the State of Illinois and the next General Assembly of this State, or may present same to any special session of the Forty-seventh General Assembly, if such should be called and this subject matter be included in the call for the special session; and, be it further

Resolved, That the General Assembly proceed to make an appropriation for the necessary expenses for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this resolution.

The Forty-eighth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, following reports made to the House and Senate by certain members of said commission which reports were made on the floors of the House of Representatives and of the Senate respectively, passed the following House Joint Resolution No. 21, perpetuating the said Legislative Insurance Commission.

The said resolution is in words and figures as follows: