HOUSE BILL No. 284.

A bill for "An Act to amend sections 11, 44, 63, 76 and 79 of 'An Act concerning local improvements,' approved June 14, 1897, as amended."

HOUSE BILL No. 390.

A bill for "An Act to amend section 60 of ‘An Act in regard to the administration of estates,' approved April 1, 1872, as amended."

HOUSE BILL No. 391.

A bill for "An Act to amend section 109 of 'An Act in regard to the administration of estates,' approved April 1, 1872, as amended."

HOUSE BILL No. 509.

A bill for "An Act to amend section 15 of "The Co-operative Marketing Act,' approved June 21, 1923."

HOUSE BILL No. 553.

A bill for "An Act to amend section 3 and the title of 'An Act to regulate public warehouses, and the warehousing and inspection of grain, and to give effect to Article thirteen of the Constitution of this State,' approved April 25, 1871, as amended, and to add thereto, sections 6a, 6b, 6c and 6d."

The foregoing bills, numbered 284, 390, 391, 509 and 553, were placed in the order of House bills on third reading.

Mr. Stanfield, from the Committee on Elections, to which was referred bills of the following titles, to-wit:

HOUSE BILL No. 568.

A bill for "An Act to amend section 20 of Article II of 'An Act regulating the holding of elections and declaring the result thereof in cities, villages and incorporated towns in this State,' approved June 19, 1885, as amended."

HOUSE BILL No. 542.

A bill for "An Act to amend section 63 of 'An Act in regard to elections and to provide for filling vacancies in elective offices,' approved April 3, 1872, as amended."

pass.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bills do

The report of the committee was concurred in and House bills numbered 568 and 542 were ordered to a first reading.

Mr. Stanfield, from the Committee on Elections, to which was referred bills of the following titles, to-wit:

SENATE BILL No. 221.

A bill for "An Act to amend sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 16 and 22 of 'An Act to provide for the printing and distribution of ballots at public expense, and for the nomination of candidates for public offices, and to regu late the manner of holding elections and to enforce the secrecy of the ballot,' approved June 22, 1891, as amended."

SENATE BILL No. 223.

A bill for "An Act to amend sections 4, 6, 9, 10, 28, 29, 30, 31, 35, 37 and 46 of 'An Act to provide for the holding of primary elections by political parties,' approved March 9, 1910, as amended."

Reported the same back with amendments thereto, with the recommendation that the amendments be adopted and that the bills as amended do pass.

The report of the committee was concurred in and Senate bills numbered 221 and 223 were ordered to a second reading.

Mr. Weiss, from the Committee on Education, to which was referred bills of the following titles, to-wit:

A bill for "An Act to maintain a system of free

HOUSE BILL No. 437.

amend section 93 of 'An Act to establish and schools,' approved June 12, 1909, as amended."

HOUSE BILL No. 723.

A bill for "An Act to amend section 127 of 'An Act to establish and maintain a system of free schools,' approved June 12, 1909, as amended." Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bills do

pass.

The report of the committee was concurred in and House bills numbered 437 and 723 were ordered to a first reading.

Mr. Swanson, from the Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred House Bill No. 585, being a bill for "An Act conveying a certain right-of-way located in Jackson County, Illinois."

pass.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill do

The report of the Committee was concurred in and the bill ordered to a first reading.

Mr. Swanson, from the Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 393, being a bill for "An Act to amend section 1 of 'An Act to revise the law in relation to quo warranto,' approved March 23, 1874, as amended."

pass.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill do

The report of the committee was concurred in and the bill ordered to a second reading.

Mr. Swanson, from the Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred bills of the following titles, to-wit:

HOUSE BILL No. 288.

A bill for "An Act for the prevention of crime by the segregation of the mentally defective with uncontrollable criminal propensities."

HOUSE BILL No. 494.

A bill for "An Act to legalize the organization of certain community high school districts and to declare an emergency."

HOUSE BILL No. 225.

A bill for "An Act to amend sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 24, 29 and 35 and the title of 'An Act to revise the law in relation to the commitment and detention of lunatics, and to provide for the appointment and removal of conservators, and to repeal certain Acts therein named,' approved June 21, 1893, as amended."

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bills do not pass.

The report of the committee was concurred in and House bills, numbered 288, 494 and 225, were ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Swanson, from the Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred House Bill No. 338, being a bill for "An Act entitled, 'An Act to provide for the establishment, maintenance and administration. of a firemen's pension fund in cities having a population exceeding five hundred thousand inhabitants.'

Reported the same back with amendments thereto, with the recommendation that the amendments be adopted and that the bill, as amended, do pass.

The report of the committee was concurred in and the bill ordered to a first reading.

Mr. Durso, from the Committee on Banks, Banking and Building and Loan Associations, to which was referred House Bill No. 464, being a bill for "An Act to amend sections 6 and 9 of 'An Act to revise the law with relation to banks and banking,' approved June 23, 1919, as amended, and to add section 41⁄2 thereto, and to provide for the submission thereof to the vote of the people of this State."

pass.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill do

The report of the committee was concurred in and the bill ordered to a first reading.

Mr. Durso, from the Committee on Banks, Banking and Building and Loan Associations, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 189, being a bill for "An Act to add section 16 to 'An Act to provide for the appointment, qualification, and duties of notaries public, and certifying their official acts,' approved April 5, 1872, as amended."

pass.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill do

The report of the committee was concurred in and the bill ordered to a second reading.

Mr. Durso, from the Committee on Banks, Banking and Building and Loan Associations, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 190, being a bill for "An Act to add section 188b to the 'Negotiable Instrument Law,' approved June 5, 1907, as amended."

Reported the same back with amendments thereto, with the recommendation that the amendments be adopted and that the bill, as amended, do pass.

The report of the committee was concurred in and the bill ordered to a second reading.

Mr. Soderstrom, from the Committee on Public Utilities and Transportation, to which was referred House Bill No. 527, being a bill for "An Act to require railroad companies to provide and maintain railroad yards with floodlighting, in order to safeguard the health, safety and comfort of the public and the railroad employee, to provide for its enforcement and a penalty for its violation."

Reported the same back with amendments thereto, with the recommendation that the amendments be adopted and that the bill, as amended do pass.

The report of the committee was concurred in and the bill ordered to a first reading.

Mr. Curran, from the Committee on Appropriations, to which was referred bills of the following titles, to-wit:

HOUSE BILL No. 531.

A bill for "An Act to provide for the erection of a suitable memorial of the Lincoln-Douglas debate at Alton, Illinois, and making an appropriation therefor."

HOUSE BILL No. 591.

A bill for "An Act to provide for the construction of a bridge across the Wabash River at Mt. Carmel, Illinois, and making an appropriation therefor."

HOUSE BILL No. 549.

A bill for "An Act to authorize the sale of certain property devised to the State of Illinois, for the use of the Illinois Soldiers' Orphans' Home, at Normal, Illinois."

pass.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bills do

The report of the committee was concurred in and House bills numbered 531, 591 and 549 were ordered to a first reading.

Mr. Curran, from the Committee on Appropriations, to which was referred bills of the following titles, to-wit:

SENATE BILL No. 92.

A bill for "An Act to establish and provide for a State reformatory for women."

SENATE BILL No. 181.

A bill for "An Act for the relief of certain named persons in Madison County who burned their straw stacks to prevent the spread of flag smut in wheat."

Reported the same back with amendments thereto, with the recommendation that the amendments be adopted and that the bills as amended do pass.

The report of the committee was concurred in and Senate bills numbered 92 and 181, were ordered to a second reading.

Mr. Curran, from the Committee on Appropriations, to which was referred bills of the following titles, to-wit:

SENATE BILL No. 39.

A bill for "An Act to provide for the codification of the general statutes of the State of Illinois."

SENATE BILL NO. 102.

A bill for "An Act to provide for the construction of a hard-surfaced road connecting Route No. 1 of the State-wide system of durable hard-surfaced roads with the Ft. Massac State Park, and making an appropriation for that purpose."

pass.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bills do

The report of the committee was concurred in and Senate bills numbered 39 and 102 were ordered to a second reading.

Mr. Curran, from the Committee on Appropriations reported the following committee bill, House Bill No. 743, being a bill for "An Act making an appropriation for the pay of judges of City Courts."

And recommended that it do pass.

The report of the committee was concurred in and the bill read at large a first time, ordered printed and to a second reading.

Mr. Reeves, from the Committee on Fish and Game, reported the following committee bill, House Bill No. 744, being a bill for "An Act to amend sections 8, 16, 20, 22, 23, 24, 27, 27a, 34a, 34b, 34c, 42, 44, 48, 61 and 62 of the Game Code of Illinois,' approved June 30, 1923, as amended and to add thereto section 24a."

And recommended that it do pass.

The report of the committee was concurred in and the bill read at large a first time, ordered printed and to a second reading.

Mr. Reeves, from the Committee on Fish and Game, reported the following committee bill, House Bill No. 745, being a bill for "An Act to amend sections 17, 50 and 51 of 'An Act to revise the law in relation to the conservation of fish, mussels, frogs and turtles in the State of Illinois, and to provide penalties for the violation thereof, and to repeal all Acts in conflict with this Act,' approved June 30, 1923, as amended." And recommended that it do pass.

The report of the committee was concurred in and the bill read at large a first time, ordered printed and to a second reading.

The House proceeding on the order of House bills on first reading, House Bill No. 170, a bill for "An Act to amend section IV of ‘An Act relating to the sale or other disposition of securities and providing penalties for the violation thereof and to repeal Acts in conflict therewith,' approved June 10, 1919, as amended."

Was taken up, read at large a first time and ordered to a second reading.

House Bill No. 171, a bill for "An Act to amend section 1 of 'An Act to provide for and regulate the administration of trusts by trust companies,' approved June 15, 1887, as amended."

Was taken up, read at large a first time and ordered to a second reading.