HOUSE RESOLUTION No. 80. WHEREAS, Hon. John Griffin, of the First Senatorial District, now, and for many years past, a member of this body, is seriously ill at his home: therefore, be it Resolved, by the House of Representatives of the Fifty-fifth General Assembly, That a committee of three be appointed by the Speaker to call on our friend and colleague, and express to him the respect of the members of the House and the hope for his early recovery; and, be it further Resolved, That said committee procure and present, to him, suitable flowers to be paid for out of the contingent fund of the House. And the resolution was unanimously adopted. The Speaker thereupon appointed as such committee, Messrs. O'Grady, Finneran and Perina. At the hour of 12:30 o'clock p. m., Mr. Cutler moved that the House do now take a recess until 3:00 o'clock p. m. And the motion prevailed. The hour of 3:00 o'clock p. m., having arrived, the House resumed its session. The Speaker in the chair. Mr. Cutler moved that Senate bills numbered 420, 585, 586 and 587, be made a special order on Tuesday, June 28th, immediately after the reading of the Journal. And the motion prevailed. Mr. Cutler moved that when the House adjourns on Friday, June 24th, it stand adjourned until Monday, June 27, 1927, a 4:00 o'clock p. m. And the motion prevailed. By unanimous consent, on motion of Mr. Hennebry, Senate Bill No. 69, was ordered to lie on the table. The House again proceeding on the order of Senate bills on third reading, Senate Bill No. 33, a bill for "An Act providing for the construction and maintenance of a hard-surfaced road connecting the Soldiers' Widows' Home with Route No. 4 of the State-wide system of durable hard-surfaced roads." Was taken up, and all amendments adopted thereto having been transcribed, typed and printed, was read at large a third time. And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 108; nays, 1. This bill, having received the votes of a constitutional majority of the members elected, was declared passed. Ordered that the title be as aforesaid, and that the Clerk inform the Senate thereof and ask their concurrence in the House amendment adopted thereto. Senate Bill No. 92, a bill for "An Act to establish and provide for a State reformatory for women." Was taken up, and all amendments adopted thereto having been. transcribed, typed and printed, was read at large a third time. And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 116; nays, 2; answering present but not voting, 1. This bill, having received the votes of a constitutional majority of the members elected, was declared passed. Ordered that the title be as aforesaid and that the Clerk inform the Senate thereof and ask their concurrence in the House amendment adopted thereto. Senate Bill No. 37, a bill for "An Act providing for the purchase of the Black Hawk watch tower site to be used as a State park, and making an appropriation therefor." Was taken up, and all amendments adopted thereto having been transcribed, typed and printed, was read at large a third time. And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 112; nays, 9. Those voting in the affirmative are: FEFLE Coia Cork Corzine Cutler Davis Devine Durso Eckley Elrod Ewing Bauer Baxter Hanley Hennebry Hoff Holmgren Igoe McCarthy Moore Mugler Rew Rice Robbins Rush Trandel Turner, C. M. Turner, E. W. Warren Weber Weeks Murray O'Brien Ryan, Ed Weiss Searle Johnson, E.A. W. O'Grady Those voting in the negative are: Wilson Wright Tice Nays-9. This bill, having received the votes of a constitutional majority of the members elected, was declared passed. Ordered that the title be as aforesaid and that the Clerk inform the Senate thereof. Senate Bill No. 39, a bill for "An Act to provide for the codification of the general statutes of the State of Illinois." Was taken up, and all amendments adopted thereto having been transcribed, typed and printed, was read at large a third time. And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 109; nays, 1. This bill, having received the votes of a constitutional majority of the members elected, was declared passed. Ordered that the title be as aforesaid and that the Clerk inform the Senate thereof. Under rule 12, Mr. Schnacknberg, supported by Messrs. Krump, Pacelli, Marinier and Murray, moved to take up Senate Bill No. 606, in the order of second reading. And on that motion, a call of the roll was had, resulting as follows: Yeas, 88; nays, 46. Those voting in the affirmative are: The motion prevailed, and Senate Bill No. 606, a bill for "An Act to amend section 2 of an Act entitled, 'An Act concerning the levy and extension of taxes,' approved May 9, 1901, as amended." Was taken up and read at large a second time. Whereupon, Mr. Cutler offered the following amendments and moved their adoption: AMENDMENT No. 1. Amend Senate Bill No. 606, in House, as printed, by striking out the title of the bill and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "A bill for 'An Act to amend the title and section 2 of an Act entitled, 'An Act concerning the levy and extension of taxes,' approved May 9, 1901, in force July 1, 1901, as amended, and to add a new section thereto be known as section 3.'" And the amendment was adopted. AMENDMENT No. 2. Amend Senate Bill No. 606, in the House, as printed, by adding the following after line 148, on page 6: "Section 2. That said Act be and the same is hereby further amended by adding thereto a new section to be known as section 3, to read as follows: "Section 3. No county having a population of less than 500,000 and no city, township, school district or other municipal corporation having a population of less than 300,000, shall become indebted in any manner or for any purpose, to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding two and one-half (22) per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness." And the amendment was adopted. AMENDMENT No. 3. Amend Senate Bill No. 606, in the House, as printed, by adding thereto after section 2 of said Senate Bill No. 606, the following: "Section 3. That the title of said Act be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 'An Act concerning the levy and extension of taxes, and also providing for a limitation of indebtedness in counties having a population of less than 500,000 and in cities, townships, school districts and other municipal corporations having a population of less than 300,000." And the amendment was adopted. Pending discussion, Mr. Igoe moved that the amendment be printed and that further consideration of Senate Bill No. 606 be postponed until tomorrow. And on that question, on demand of five members, a call of the roll was had, resulting as follows: Yeas, 50; nays, 87. Those voting in the affirmative are: |