REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.
The Committee on Prisons reported on the bill [H. R. 430] for leasing and hiring out convict labor, recommending indefinite postponement.
On motion of Mr. CARTER, the report and bill were referred back to the Committee.
The Committee on Prisons reported on the bill [H. R. 461] concerning the discharge of convicts, recommending that the bill lie on the table.
The report was concurred in.
The Committee on Rights and Privileges reported on the bill [H. R. 232] to establish a Bureau of Statistics and Geology, recommending its passage by striking out all pertaining to geology, as that subject is fully included in another bill.
The report was concurred in, the bill was read the second time and ordered engrossed; also, on the bill [H. R. 415] defining and suppressing tramps, recommending that the bill lie on the table.
The report was concurred in.
Also, on the bill [H. R. 481] for the protection of game, recommending its passage with amendments.
Mr. LINDLEY thought it very important to know what kind of a game law is established. He was opposed to an extension of the time in which birds can be killed.
The report was concurred in, the bill was read the second time and ordered engrossed.
The Committee on Railroads reported on the bill [H. R. 83]; to repeal an act authorizing Counties and Townships to vote aid to railroads, recommending its indefinite postponement for the reason that the people are fully able to judge.
On motion by Mr. THOMPSON, the bill was made a special order for to-morrow at ll a. m. Also, on the bill [H. R. 327] to aid railroads--amending the act of May 13, 1879, recommending its indefinite postponement for the reason that they reported favorably on a bill having the same provisions.
The report was concurred in.
Also, on the bill [H. R. 376]: concerning railroad employes--amending an act, recommending its passage.
The report was ccurred in; the bill was read the scond time and ordered engrossed.
The Committee on County and Township business reported on the bill [H. R. 482] concerning page: 129[View Page 129] witnesses, duties of officers receiving the same--recommending its passage.
The report was concurred in; the bill was read the second time and ordered engrossed.
Also on the bill [H. R. 421] empowering County Commissioners to make appropriation for the relief of Grand Jurors--recommending its passage.
The report was concurred in, the bill was read the second time and ordered engrossed
Also, on the bill [H. R. 455] amending Sections 4, 8 and 11 of the act concerning married women--recommending that the bill lie on the table.
The report was concurred in.
Also, on the bill [H. R. 38] authorizing Circuit Courts to annul certain gravel and plank road corporation--recommending that the bill be referred to the Committee on Roads.
The report was concurred in.
Also on the bill [H. R. 475] for the relief of Allen Lupton, John Peters, Henry Elders and Eli Holiday, recommending its passage.
The report was concurred in, the bill was read the second time and ordered engrossed.
The Temperance Committee, to which was referred the bill [H. R. 420] to license druggists and apothecaries to deal in spirituous liquors, etc., returned the same recommending its passage.
The report was concurred in and the bill was ordered engrossed.
The Committee on Corporations reported on the bill [H. R. 382] relative to common carriers, recommending its passage.
The report was concurred in, the bill was read the second time and ordered engrossed.
The Committee on Benevolent and Scientific Institutions reported on the bill [H. R. 189] to establish a Female Insane Hospital, recommending that the bill lie on the table.
Mr. MEREDITH said the State Medical Society authorized and empowered a Committee from their Society to ask the Legislature to separate the female from the male Insane Hospital. That is the purpose of this bill. The Committee recommend that the bill lie on the table, and I ask that the House take up this bill and act upon it and order the bill engrossed. There is no doubt but what these female insane can be very much better treated and taken care of in every way if they are placed under the care of women, they can be treated much better and more intelligently than men. I think it is a very important subject--an advanced move that the people of Indiana, I am satisfied, will back up. I move to lay the report of the Committee on the table.
The motion was agreed to.
On motion by Mr. MEREDITH, the bill was made a special order for Wednesday next at 9:30 a. m.
The Committee on Cities and Towns reported on the bill [H. R. 441] to legalize the official acts of Trustees of Cadiz, Henry County, recommending its passage.
The report was concurred in, the bill was read the second time and ordered engrossed.
Also on the bill [H. R 460] to authorize the town of New Harmony, Posey County, to hold an election for town officers, recommending its passage.
The report was concurred in, the bill was read the second time and ordered engrossed.
The Committee on Fees and Salaries reported on the bill [H. R. 415] amending an act fixing fees and salaries of County Auditors, recommending that the bill lie on the table.
The report was concurred in.
Also, on the bill [H. R. 337] concerning the salary of Trustees of the Benevolent Institutions, recommending that the bill lie on the table.
The report was concurred in.
The Committee on Revision of the Laws reported on the joint resolution of Mr. Linsday, proposing an amendment to the fifth section, seventh article of the Constitution, providing for assistance to the Supreme Court, recommending its passage.
The report was concurred in.
Also on the bill [H. R. 491] concerning Railroad Companies, recommending its passage.
The report was concurred in, the bill was read the second time and ordered engrossed.
The Special Committee, raised to consider the bill [H. R 307] concerning commercial fertilizers and regulating their sale, recommended its passage, with amendments.
The report was concurred in.
On motion by Mr. MEREDITH, the bill was made a special order for to-morrow at 9 a. m.
The Committee on Public Health and Vital Statistics reported on the bill [H. R. 277] regulating the sale of medicines, poisons, etc., recommending its passage.
The report was concurred in, the bill was read the second time and ordered engrossed.
On motion by Mr. CARTER, the bills [H. R. 470, 58, 457 and 474] were made a special order for to- morrow at 10 a. m.
