8:30 O'CLOCK P. M. The Senate reconvened. READING BILLS FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THE On motion of Mr. Roos, House Bill No. 229, for "An Act to amend section 9 of 'An Act to revise the law in relation to recorders,' approved March 9, 1874, as amended." Having been printed as received from the House of Representatives, together with the Senate amendments thereto adopted by the Senate, was taken up and read at large a third time. And the question being, "Shall this bill pass, together with the Senate amendments thereto ?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 34; nays, 2. Bailey The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs. Gray Haenisch Barbour Dunlap The following voted in the negative: Messrs. Smith, N. E. Wood Nays-2. Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof and ask their concurrence in the adoption of the Senate amendments to the bill. On motion of Mr. Wright, House Bill No. 314, for "An Act to provide for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the office of the State Treasurer until the expiration of the first fiscal quarter after the adjournment of the next regular session of the General Assembly.' Having been printed as received from the House of Representatives. was taken up and read at large a third time. And the question being, "Shall this bill pass ?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 37; nays, none; answering present but not voting, 1. Bailey The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs. Barbour Boyd Ettelson Boehm Forrester Buck Giberson Searcy Swift Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof. On motion of Mr. Cuthbertson, House Bill No. 218, for "An Act to amend section 9 of Article IV of 'An Act to revise the law in relation to roads and bridges,' approved June 27, 1913, as amended, and to add section 9a thereto." Having been printed as received from the House of Representatives, together with the Senate amendments thereto adopted by the Senate, was taken up and read at large a third time. And the question being, Shall this bill pass, together with the Senate amendments thereto ?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 34; nays, 1. Dunlap Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof and ask their concurrence in the adoption of the Senate amendments to the bill. On motion of Mr. Wright, House Bill No. 678, for "An Act making a reappropriation for medical research laboratory and, library and equipment for the University of Illinois." Having been printed as received from the House of Representatives was taken up and read at large a third time. And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 40; nays, none. The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs. Swift Telford Turnbaugh VanLent Duvall Searcy Shaw Smith, N. E. Smith, O. W. Webster Wood Wright Yeas-40. Nays-0. Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof. On motion of Mr. Wright, House Bill No. 75, for "An Act making an additional appropriation to the Department of Agriculture for State aid to county fairs." Having been printed as received from the House of Representatives, together with the Senate amendments thereto adopted by the Senate, was taken up and read at large a third time. And the question being, Shall this bill pass, together with the Senate amendments thereto ?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 37; nays, none. The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs. Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof and ask their concurrence in the adoption of the Senate amendments to the bill. On motion of Mr. O. W. Smith, House Bill No. 167, for “An Act conveying to the Lower Salt Creek Drainage District certain real estate of the State of Illinois." Having been printed as received from the House of Representatives was taken up and read at large a third time. And the question being, "Shall this bill pass ?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 38; nays, none. The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs. This bill, expressing an emergency in the body of the Act, rendering it necessary that it should go into effect immediately, and having received the votes of two-thirds of the members elected, was declared passed. Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof. On motion of Mr. Wright, House Bill No. 341, for "An Act to add section 63⁄4 to 'An Act in relation to State finance,' approved June 10,1919, as amended." Having been printed as received from the House of Representatives was taken up and read at large a third time. And the question being, "Shall this bill pass ?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 38; nays, none. The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs. Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof. READING BILLS OF THE SENATE THE THIRD TIME. On motion of Mr. Dailey, Senate Bill No. 220, for "An Act to amend sections 3, 12, 14, 35, 211 and 215 of 'An Act to establish and maintain a system of free schools,' approved June 12, 1909, as amended, and to add section 211a thereto." Having been transcribed, typed and printed, was taken up and read at large a third time. And the question being, "Shall this bill pass ?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 41; nays, none; answering present but not voting, 1. Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof and ask their concurrence in the passage of the bill. On motion of Mr. Buck, Senate Bill No. 122, for "An Act to amend section 78 of an Act entitled, 'An Act in regard to elections, and to provide for filling vacancies in elective offices,' approved April 3, 1872, in force July 1, 1872, as amended.” Having been transcribed, typed and printed, was taken up and read at large a third time. And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 40; nays, none. The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs. D'envir Dunlap Smith, O. W. Wright Yeas―40. Nays-0. Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof and ask their concurrence in the passage of the bill. On motion of Mr. Dunlap, Senate Bill No. 437, for "An Act to amend section 82 of 'An Act to establish and maintain a system of free schools,' approved June 12, 1909, as amended." Having been transcribed, typed and printed, was taken up and read at large a third time. And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 32; nays, 4. The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs. Nays-4. The following voted in the negative: Hamilton Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof and ask their concurrence in the passage of the bill. On motion of Mr. Schulze, Senate Bill No. 78, for "An Act authorizing the Director of Public Works and Buildings to negotiate for the purchase of a building, or the acquiring of a site and construction of a building for the several units of the State departments in the city of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, and making an appropriation therefor." Having been transcribed, typed and printed, was taken up and read at large a third time. And the question being, "Shall this bill pass ?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 27; nays, 13. The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs. Barbour Hamilton Hanson Boehm Carlson Dailey D'envir Bailey Essington Ettelson Giberson Glackin Glenn Haenisch Dunlap Duvall Forrester Hicks Hughes The following voted in the negative: Messrs. Cuthbertson Gray Kessinger Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof and ask their concurrence in the passage of the bill. On motion of Mr. Dailey, Senate Bill No. 530, for "An Act to create the Illinois Educational Commission, to define its powers and duties and to make an appropriation therefor." Having been transcribed, typed and printed, was taken up and read at large a third time. And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 31; nays, 4. The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs. Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof and ask their concurrence in the passage of the bill. On motion of Mr. Dailey, Senate Bill No. 438, for "An Act concerning declaratory judgments and decrees and to make uniform the law relating thereto." Having been transcribed, typed and printed, was taken up and read at large a third time. And the question being, "Shall this bill pass ?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 30; nays, none. |