AFTERNOON SESSION.
On motion by Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. Wagner was appointed President pro tempore during the absence of Mr. Cravens.
Pursuant to order, adopted before noon, the Senate resolved itself into a committee of the whole-Mr. WILLIAMS in the Chair-and took up the consideration of the Common School bill [S. 217.]
This bill-described on page 249 of these Reports-was read through.
The first section was then read.
Mr. CLAYPOOL moved to amend by adding; "Provided further, that the funds shall be retained for distribution in the county where the same are raised or collected."
Mr. STUDABAKER protested against further proceedings in committee, because so few page: 273[View Page 273]Senators were present. He made an ineffectual motion that the committee rise and ask to be excused from the further consideration of the subject.
The amendment was rejected.
The first section was then adopted.
Mr. BLAIR declared these proceedings to be a farce. He moved that the committee rise and ask to be discharged from the consideration of this bill.
Mr. WOLFE. Seeing that the committee is not what it purports to be, a committee of the whole Senate, and is not a committee even of half the Senate, I am in favor of the motion.
The motion was lost.
The second section being read-
Mr. JOHNSON made an ineffectual motion to strike out all that relates to swamp lands.
The second section was adopted.
The third section being read-
Mr. TARKINGTON moved to amend by adding: "Provided the Superintendent of public Instruction shall at any time when he discovers from the report that there is a deficit in the amount collected, for the want of prompt collection, direct the attention of the Board of County Commissioners and the County Auditor to that fact."
This amendment was agreed to.
On motion by Mr. JONES, the words "or may have been," were inserted in the second line, after the word "is."
The third section was then adopted.
The fourth section being read-
Mr. WAGNER made an ineffectual motion to add the words: "Who together with the school house director shall compose a board for school purposes."
On motion by Mr. TARKINGTON, the words: "and perform the duties of," were inserted after the word "trustee."
The fourth section was then adopted.
The fifth section being read-
Mr. CLAYPOOL made an ineffectual motion to add the words: "and all white persons, male or female, who have the care of children entitled to the benefits of this act," after the first three words of the section.
The fifth section was then adopted.
The sixth section being read-
On motion by Mr. MILLER, the following words were added: "And the auditor shall report to the superintendent of public instruction the name and postoffice address of each trustee."
The sixth section was then adopted.
The seventh section being read-
On motion, the seventh and eighth sections were passed over informally.
The ninth section being read-
On motion by Mr. WAGNER, all that relates to the employment of teachers and the purchase of fuel, was stricken out.
The ninth section was then adopted.
On motion by Mr. STUDABAKER, the Committee rose, reported progress, and asked to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.
On the further motion of Mr. STUDABAKER, the bill and report of the Committee were made the special order for Tuesday, at 10 o'clock.
WORK FOR COMMITTEES.
The following described bills were read and referred to appropriate Committees, viz:
Judiciary-H R. 8, Messrs. March's 211, 223, 226, 228, O'Brien's 213, Tarkington's 219, Blair's 229, and Claypool's 232.
Organization of Courts-Messrs. Claypool's 212, and Cravens' 221.
State Prison-Messrs. Beeson's 215 and Anthony's 222.
Finance-Mr. Wagner's 224.
Education-Mr. Tarkington's 225, 227.
Corporations-Messrs. Wagner's 230 and Newcomb's 231.
Messrs. Bearss' 214, Wagners 218 and Turner's, 220, were ordered engrossed.
Mr. MARCH introduced a bill [241] To amend sections 4 and 5 of an act. concerning interest on money, approved May 27, 1857.
And then the Senate (at 5:30) adjourned.
