STATE BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS.
Mr. Miles' bill [H. R. 101] to amend an act to establish a Female Prison and Reformatory for Girls and Women, and providing for the organization and government thereof, and making appropriations, approved May 13, 1869, was read the third time and passed--yeas, 76; nays, 4.
Mr. Miles' bill [H. R. 102] to amend an act to establish a House of Refuge and Reformatory for Juvenile Children, approved March 6, 1870, was read the third time and passed--yeas, 80; nays, 8.
Mr. WRIGHT moved to adjourn. He thought the House was not paying enough attention to vote intelligently upon bills.
This motion was withdrawn.
Mr. HUSTON moved to suspend the constitutional rule, and that the bill [H. R. 241] to amend Section 182 of the act of March 11, 1875, to legalize the levy of municipal taxes, be read the second time by title, the third time by sections and put upon its passage.
The motion was rejected--yeas, 44; nays, 46.
The House adjourned till to-morrow.
