AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr. FRAZER moved that the civil code bill be referred to the Revision Committee, with instructions to print the new revised matter for the use of the House.
The motion was agreed to.
RELEASED CONVICTS.
The following described bill was read the first time and referred:
By Mr. Davis, [H. R.461]: Concerning the discharge of convicts from State Prisons. [At expiration of the time sentenced the Warden of the Prison shall take the prisoner to the County from whence he came, and pay him the amount of money allowed by law ]
MEDICAL LEGISLATION.
By unanimous consent of the House, Mr. FRAZER offered the following amendment to the bill[S. 74] regulating the practice of medicine, as follows: At the end of Section 6, add: Any physician who is entitled to practice medicine, surgery and obstetrics according to the provisions of this act, shall appear before the Clerk of the Circuit Court, in the County in which he or she intends to practice medicine, and make affidavit that he or she has practiced medicine in the United States twenty years continuously previous to the passsage of this act.
The amendment was adopted and ordered engrossed.
RULES, LIST OF MEMBERS, ETC.
Mr. SCHWEITZER moved that the Clerk of the House have 300 copies of the Rules of the House, the Standing Committees, and a list of Representative Districts, the names of members for each, and the Constitution of the State of Indiana, printed in pamphlet form, for the use of the members and officers of the House.
The motion was agreed to.
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.
The Committee on County and Township Business, to whom was referred the bill [H. R. 332] for the fencing and repairing of public cemeteries in this State, reported the same back, recommending its passage.
The Committee on Cities and Towns reported back the bill [H. R. 144] amending Section 2 of an act in relation to County Auditors, approved May 31, 1852, recommending its passage with amendments.
The Committee on County and Township Business reported back the bill [H. R. 338] requiring semi-annual settlements of County Treasurer with the Board of County Commissioners, fixing the time when Treasurers shall take possession of their office, recommending is passage with amendments.
The Committee on Cities and Towns reported on the bill [H. R. 428] authorizing cities and towns to disannex territory, recommending its passage.
These reports were concurred in, the bills were read the second time and severally ordered engrossed.
The Committee on County and Township business submitted a report on the bill [ . 212] concerning ferries, recommending its passage.
The same Committee reported on the bill [H. R. 135] providng for the letting of bridge contracts, and recommending its passage with amendments.
The report was concurred in, and on motion by Mr. THOMPSON 200 copies were ordered printed.
The Committee on Benevolent Institutions reported the bll [H. R. 384] amending an act to page: 31[View Page 31] organize and establish an Asylumn for Feeble Minded Children, recommendng its passage.
The Agricultural Committee reportd on the bill [H. R. 208] concerning estrays and animals running at large, recommending its passage.
The Committee on Agriculture reported on the bill [H. R. 173] relating to the construction and repair of partition fences, recommending its passage with amendments.
These three reports were concurred in, the bills were read a second time and ordered engrossed.
The Committee on Education reported on the bill [H. R.109] legalizing the sale of lands mortgaged to the State of Indiana, recommending its passage with amendments.
On motion by Mr. Buskirk, the report was laid on the table until Tuesday next, awaiting the presence of Mr. Ryan.
The Committee on Temperance reported on the bill [H. R. 110] prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors, recommending that the bill lie on the table, for the reason that the state Constitution, in its present form, will not allow the passage of a prohibitory law.
The report was concurred in.
A majority of the Committee on Temperance reported on the bill (H. R. 420] licensing druggists, recommending its passage.
The House agreed to postpone the disposition of the report until Tuesday next.
The Temperance Committee reported on the bill [H. R. 63] prohibiting the sale of gum opium, strychnine and other intoxicating drugs, recommending that the bill be laid on the table.
The report was concurred in.
The Temperance Committee reported that from day to day over eighty petitions have been received containing the names of 11,230 voters [a copy of the petition was read to the House] praying the General Assembly to enact some measure tending to lessen the sale and use of liquors.
The Committee on Cities and Towns reported. On the bill [H. R. 345] to provide for the transfer of the school library of Center Township, Marion County to the County Library, recommending its passage.
The report was concurred in. The bill was read the second time and ordered engrossed.
Also, on the bill [H. R. 362] to amend Section 29 of an act repealing the general laws for the incorporation of cities and towns, recommending its passage.
The report was laid on the table.
Also on the bill [H. R. 380] amending a section to authorize cities and incorporated towns to construct and maintain water works, recommending its passage.
The report was concurred in, and the bill was read the second time.
Mr. McCORMICK believed the bill should not pass. Since the law of 1879 was passed, many towns and cities have increased the rates of water works over 40 per cent. He made an ineffectual effort to indefinitely postpone the bill.
The report was concurred in and the bill was ordered engrossed.
The same Committee reported on the bill [H. R. 241] to amend Sections 1 and 2 of an act legalizing the assessment, equalization and collection of municipal taxes for 1872 and 1874.
The report was concurred in. The bill was read the second time and ordered engrossed.
Also on the bill [H. R. 325] legalizing the elections held in the years 1878, 1879 and 1880 in Elizabethtown, Bartholomew County, recommending indefinite postponement, for the reason that House bill 280 covers the same ground.
By consent of the House, Mr. McCormick withdrew the bill.
Also on the bill [S. 245] enlarging the powers of incorporated towns, recommending its passage.
The report was concurred in and the bill was read the second time.
Also, on the bill [S. 57] authorizing incorporated towns to contract with Water Works Companies, recommending its passage.
The report was concurred in and the bill was read the second time.
Also, on the bill [S. 16] to amend Section 79 for the incorporation of cities, recommending its passage.
The report was concurred in.
Also, on the bill [H. R. 395] platting, additions and subdivisions of Terre Haute, etc., recommending its passage.
The report was concurred in, the bill was read the second time and ordered engrossed.
Pursuant to a resolution adopted this forenoon, the Speaker made the Committee on Phraseology to consist of Messrs. Fancher, Gardner, Cauth rne, Gregory and Cole.
The Speaker added to the Committee on Enrolled bills Messrs. Baker and Hottell.
Then the House adjourned to meet on Tuesday, March 15, at 2 p. m., in pursuance of a concurrent resolution heretofore adopted by both Houses.
