SECRETARY OF STATE HIS OFFICEHIS DUTIES.
Mr. Brett, from the Committee on Public Buildings, returned Secretary's office bill [H. R. 391], recommending that it be laid on the table, which was concurred in.
He also returned the bill [S. 250] further to prescribe the duties of Secretary of State, with amendments in section two inserting after the word "office" these words: "Provided no more shall be expended for the purchase or procurement of any such missing laws, papers or files." And again in the bill: "And one additional clerk for the special purposes of this act, at a salary of $1,200, for a period not exceeding two years;" which were adopted, by concurrence in the report; and so the bill was read the third time, and finally passed the House of Representatives - yeas 53, nays 39.
The bill [S. 120] to protect the ballot box, secure fair elections, define felonies and prescribe punishments, etc., coming up, was read the first time, and on motion of Mr. Kimball (there being a dispensation for the purpose), it was advanced and passed the final reading in the House of Representatives - yeas 89, nays 0.
Mr. Furnas, from the Committee on Temperance, returned the bill [S. 143] to restrain all persons from hiring any person under twenty-one years of age to make or vend intoxicating liquors, recommending its passage.
Messrs. Butterworth, Woollen, Barrett, Brett and Given suggested difficulties about hiring boys in a drug store or by a distillery owner to drive a cart, etc., and there were several suggested amendments - as, by Mr. Ogden: "Provided, that the provisions of this act shall not apply to sales by druggists for medical purposes," which was adopted.
page: 250[View Page 250]Mr. Shirley proposed this section: Any person under twenty-one years of age, who falsely representing himself to be twenty-one, for the purpose of procuring intoxicating liquor, and who does procure the same by false statements, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined in any sum not exceeding $20.
The Speaker. It is not germane to the bill.
Mr. Lenfesty proposed, ineffectually, to amend by adding a proviso: "The provisions of this act shall only apply to places where liquors are sold as a beverage."
On motion of Mr. Furnas, the restriction was suspended for the advancement of the bill.
Mr. Baker suggested that the bill might interfere with the farming interests in raising apples and grapes, whence a debate by Messrs. Mellett, Kimball, Butterworth, Barrett and others; when Mr. Smith moved, ineffectually, to reconsider the vote by which Mr. Lenfesty's amendment was rejected. The bill was rejected - yeas, 38; nays, 49.
On motion of Mr. Kimball the bill was recommitted to the Temperance Committee with instructions to strike out the objectionable provisions in relation to parent and child.
