under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same be indefinitely postponed. R. A. HASSElquist, Chairman. Adopted. So the bill was indefinitely postponed. Senator Elerick, from the committee on Horticulture and Forestry, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Horticulture and Forestry, to whom was referred Senate file No. 264, a bill for an act to encourage the planting of forest and fruit trees in the State of Iowa, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same be indefinitely postponed. J. ELERICK. Chairman. Adopted. So the bill was indefinitely postponed. Senator Jackson, from the committee on Compensation of Public Officers, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Compensation of Public Officers, to whom was referred House file No. 140, a bill for an act to amend sections 495 and 496 of the code, relating to the compensation of county recorders, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same be amended by the following substitute: SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE FILE NO. 140. A BILL for an act to amend the law as it appears in section four hundred ninety-five (495) of the code and in section four hundred ninety-six (496) of the supplement to the code, relating to the compensation of county recorders. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: Section 1. That the law as it appears in section four hundred ninetyfive (495) of the code be and the same is hereby amended by striking out all following the words "received by him" in the sixth line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof words as follows: "and the recorder shall receive as full compensation for all services the sum of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200) per annum in counties having a population of less than twenty-five thousand (25,000), and fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) per annum in counties having a population of twenty-five thousand (25,000) and over. Sec. 2. That the law as it appears in section four hundred ninety-six (496) of the supplement to the code be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence thereof beginning with the word "but" in the seventeenth line of said section. And when so amended the same do pass. JOHN H. JACKSON, The substitute was read first and second time and passed on file. Also: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Compensation of Public Officers, to whom was referred Senate file No. 274, a bill for an act to amend section 491 of the code, relating to salaries of deputy county treasurers, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same be indefinitely postponed. JOHN H. JACKSON, Chairman. Adopted. So the bill was indefiitely postponed. MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Compensation of Public Officers, to whom was referred House file No. 50, a bill for an act to amend section 5256 of the code relating to clerks of grand juries and providing for the appointment and compensation thereof, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same be amended as follows: By inserting the words "the law as it appears in" after the word "'amend" in the title of said bill and also by inserting the words ''the law as it appears in" after the word "that" in the first line of section 1 of said bill. And when so amended the bill do pass. JOHN H. JACKSON, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. Also: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Compensation of Public Officers, to whom was referred Senate file No. 20, a bill for an act to amend chapter 11, title XII of the code, relating to the inspection of petroleum products, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same be indefinitely postponed. JOHN H. JACKSON, Chairman. Adopted. So the bill was indefinitely postponed. Also: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Compensation of Public Officers to whom was referred Senate file No. 290, a bill for an act to amend the law as it appears in section 2604 of the supplement to the code, relative to salary of Commandant of Soldiers' Home, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same be indefinitely postponed. JOHN H. JACKSON, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. Senator Crossley, from the committee mitted the following report: on Schools, sub MR. PRESIDENT- Your committee on Schools to whom was referred Senate file No. 181, a bill for an act to amend sections 2735 and 2742 of the code, relating to the duties and compensation of county superintendents, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same be indefinitely postponed. JAMES J. CROSSLEY, Chairman. Ordered passed on file. Senator Dunham, from the committee on Suppression of Intemperance, submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Suppression of Intemperance, to whom was referred Senate file No. 66, a bill for an act to amend section 2451 of the code, relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors by permit holders, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same be amended by the adoption of the following substitute: SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE FILE NO. 66. A BILL for an act to amend the law appearing as section two thousand four hundred fifty-one (2451) of the code, relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors. Be it Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: Section 1. The law relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors, appearing as section two thousand four hundred fifty-one (2451) of the code, is hereby amended by inserting in line seven and between the words "it" and "then" the following words: "Or whenever after three years from the date of filing said petition for the sale of intoxicating liquors a verified revocation petition containing twenty-five per cent of the names of those who voted at the last preceding election, shall have been filed with the county auditor, and at least ninety days clear notice must be published by the county auditor in the official newspapers of the county, announcing the filing of said revocation petition." And when so amended the bill do pass. GEO. W. DUNHAM, The substitute was read first and second time and passed on file. Also: MR. PRESIDENT-Your committee on Suppression of Intemperance to whom was referred Senate file No. 124, a bill for an act to amend section 2382 of the code of Iowa, relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors by permit holders, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same be amended by the following substitute: SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE FILE NO. 124. A BILL for an act relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors, and defining a bootlegger, and prescribing punishment therefor. Be it Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: Section 1. Any person who shall, by himself, or his employe, servant or agent, for any person, company or corporation, keep or carry around on his person, or in a vehicle, or leave in a place for ano her to secure, any intoxicating liquor as herein defined, with intent to sell or dispose of the same by gift or otherwise, in violation of law, shall be termed a bootlegger. Sec. 2. Every such bootlegger may be restrained by injunction from doing or continuing to do any of the acts prohibited by law, and all the proceedings for injunctions, temporary and permanent, and for fines and costs for violation of same, as defined by law, shall be applicable to such person, company or corporation, and the fact that an offender has no known or permanent place of business or base of supplies, or quits the business after the commencement of an action shall rot prevent a temporary or permanent injunction, as the case may be, from issuing. And when so amended the bill do pass. GEO. W. DUNHAM, The substitute was read first and second time and passed on file. Senator Smith of Mitchell, from the joint committee appointed to investigate as to needed repairs caused by the late fire in the Capitol building, submitted the following report: REPORT OF JOINT INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE. Mr. President and Mr. Speaker: Your joint committee appointed under concurrent resolution to "investigate as to needed repairs caused by the late fire in the capitol building" would respectfully report that we have given careful attention to the work committed to us, investigating as thoroughly as circumstances would permit. It was made our duty to "make recommendations as to such repairs and submit estimates as to probable cost." We decided to recommend that all repairs be made as nearly fireproof as approved methods of modern construction would permit; that all partitions between committee rooms and along corridors be replaced so as to leave rooms and corridors the same size and shape as before the fire, and we advise that the repairs upon the hall of the House of Representatives be made with a view to its restoration in appearance both as to architecture and decoration. With these thoughts to guide them, the Capitol Commissioners were requested to secure estimates on which we could base recommendations as to probable cost of complete restoration of the burned portions of the capitol. These estimates were obtained from first-class, competent contractors. They were all non-competitive, and we doubt not that when this work is finally done a material saving will be made from these figures, but it also |