I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a resolution adopted by the House of Representatives, this 31st day of March, A. D. 1868.

S. A. FLANDERS, Assistant Clerk.

DES MOINES, March 30, 1868.

HON. ED WRIGHT, Secretary of State:

SIR:-I have your note of this date inclosing the resolutions of the House of Representatives relating to the Twenty-First Volume of Iowa Reports, and in compliance with your request to "furnish such information as will satisfy the demands of said resolutions," would say, as to the first resolution:

1. The delay in the publication of the volume is attributable to varions causes, among which may be mentioned constant engagement in the court-room during the greater part of last Spring and all of the Summer; the loss of proof-sheets in the mails; delays in the transmission of manuscript to the printer; delay in the revision of proofs; illness in my family; and the printing of the Twenty Second Volume, as hereinafter mentioned.

2. The Twenty-Second Volume was published before the Twenty-First, because the present reporter went to Albany to remain while his first volume was going through the press, thereby inducing the printing house at which both were executed to lay aside my volume, one-half of which was then in type, until his could be completed-to which arrangement I interposed no objection, because the reporter's inexperience in supervising the publication of books made his presence while his first volume was being printed a matter of importance to himself, the printer, and the public.

3. That I finished reading the proofs of the Twenty-First Volume before the commencement of the present session of the General Assembly, and have for several weeks daily expected the books for delivery to the State. A few days since I received from the printers, in answer to a letter urging a shipment of the books, the receipt of the Merchants' Dispatch Fast Freight Line showing that they were delivered to that company on the tenth instant. There is some unusual delay somewhere, arising from causes beyond my knowledge or control.

As to the second resolution:

1. I had forgotten that under the law I was entitled to fifteen or twenty dollars' worth of stationery to be used in preparing the volume for the press. You will remember that I have never asked you for that stationery, and consequently have never received it— an instance of official negligence difficult to account for, and more difficult to excuse.

2. I have not received any sum whatever for books not delivered to the State. The drawing of a warrant in my favor by the

Auditor without the production of your receipt showing that you had received the books, would be a violation of the law and his official oath on his part; and the execution of such a receipt by you before the books were received would render you guilty in the same degree. Neither yourself nor the Auditor have ever volunteered a favor to me which could be granted only by the commission of perjury; and I have never been disposed to ask favors which could be granted only at that cost.

The delay in the delivery of this volume subjects me to much annoyance and regret, beside the loss of the use of a considerable sum of money, none of which can come to my hands until the five hundred copies are delivered to the State.

Yours, truly,

THO. F. WITHROW. The following Senate joint resolution_relative to the appointment of trustees of the Hospital for the Insane, was taken ap and adopted:

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That Martin L. Edwards, of Henry county, and George Achison, of Jefferson county, are hereby appointed trustees of the Hospital for the Insane for the term commencing on the fourth day of July

next.

BILLS ON SECOND READING.

Mr. Chase moved that House File No. 306, A bill for an act apportioning the State into senatorial districts, be ordered printed, which motion prevailed.

House File No. 16, A bill for an act to ascertain the citizens entitled to the right of suffrage and to prevent fraudulent voting, was taken up.

Mr. Ordway moved to substitute Senate File No. 42, A bill for an act for the registry of electors, and to prevent fraudulent voting, which was considered by sections.

Mr. Ordway moved that the House do now adjourn.
The motion prevailed, and the House adjourned.

House called to order by the Speaker.

Two O'CLOCK, P. M.

Mr. Rippey from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, submitted the following report:

MR. SPEAKER:-The Committee on Enrolled Bills have examined the following bill, and have directed me to report it as correctly enrolled, and to present it for your signature:

House File No. 117, A bill for an act making appropriations for two Lawson wood furnaces, pipes and register, furnished and_put in the adjutant-general's office and state arsenal, by Fuller, Warren & Co.

H. C. RIPPEY, Chairman.

MR. SPEAKER:-The Committee on Enrolled Bills have presented the following bills to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate, and obtained their signatures, and have presented the same to His Excellency, the Governor :

House File No. 230, A bill for an act relating to the qualification of notaries public.

House File No. 39, A bill for an act to provide for the incorporation of towns and cities.

H. C. RIPPEY, Chairman.

The hour having arrived for the consideration of the special order, House File No. 339, A bill for an act resuming certain rights conferred upon the Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad Company, by an act approved March 26, 1860, and granting certain lands to the Mississippi, Maquoketa and North-Western Railroad Company.

On motion of Mr. Wilson of Tama, the bill was taken up and

considered.

Mr. Cotton offered a substitute to the bill.

Mr. Tritz moved to amend the amendment by substituting: "Substitute for House File No. 339, A bill for an act resuming certain rights conferred upon the Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad Company, by an act approved March 26, 1860, and granting certain lands to the Mississippi, Maquoketa and NorthWestern Railroad Company."

Leave was granted Mr. Williams, from the Committee on Railroads, to submit the following report:

The Railroad Committee, to whom was submitted Senate File No. 213, it being a bill for an act providing for and requiring the completion of the Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad as near as practicable to the forty-second parallel, have considered the same, and have concluded that two hundred and forty sections of the lands granted and conferred upon said road upon certain conditions, should be withheld and set apart to aid in the construction of a railroad from a point at or near Denison, in a westerly direction, as near as practicable on the forty-second parallel, to the Missouri river, through the counties of Crawford and Monona. WILLIAMS, Chairman. House resumed the consideration of the special order.

MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.

The following message was received from the Senate:

MR. SPEAKER-I am directed to inform your Honorable Body

that the Senate has passed the following bills, in which the concurrence of the House is asked:

Senate File No. 228, A bill for an act to amend chapter 95 of the acts of the Eleventh General Assembly entitled an act to provide for the settlement of certain claims against the General Government.

Senate File No. 230, A bill to legalize the acts of certain cities and towns in their attempts to amend and abandon their special charters and to legalize elections held, ordinances enacted, and other proceedings had by said cities and towns.

Also, that the Senate has passed House File No. 364, A bill for an act to amend an act fixing the time of holding court in the county of Hardin and State of Iowa, approved March 9, 1868.

House File No. 204, A bill for an act to equalize the acts of the council of the city of Clinton, with the following amendments: add to publication clause the words "Provided such publication shall be without expense to the State.

J. A. T. HULL, Assistant Secretary. Mr. Criss moved that the House do now adjourn. The motion did not prevail.

The amendment to the amendment did not prevail.

Mr. Wilson of Tama moved to amend section 4 of the substitute as follows: Provided the company accepting the propositions of this act shall at all times be subject to such rules, regulations and rates of tariff for the transportation of freight and passengers as may from time to time be enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

Upon the adoption of the amendment to the substitute the yeas and nays were demanded and were as follows:

The yeas were, Messrs. Allen, Atkins, Atwood, Babbitt, Bailey, Bolton, Bowen, Brown of Fayette, Brown of Howard, Browne of Lee, Brown of Van Buren, Burnett, Caldwell, Chase, Cotton, Craig, Ellis, Fulton, Garrett, Glasgow, Grantham, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hart, Hartsock, Hayden, Hunter, Johnson of Marshall, Kelley, Knapp, Lambert, Leach, Leffingwell, McKean, McNutt, Mechem, Miles, Morrison, Newberry, Orr, Ordway, Parker, Perry, Phillips, Ramsay, Rohlfs, Stanley, Stuart, Traer, Tritz, Wheeler, Wilson of Davis, Wilson of Tama, Wright, and Mr. Speaker.-55.

The nays were, Messrs. Ballinger, Criss, Donavan, Johnson of Cherokee. Kasson, Kilburn, Lockwood, McConn, Rees, Rippey, Rowell, Sanborn, Sheldon, Stone, Trusdell-16.

Absent and not voting, Messrs. Adams, Bauder, Bent, Blackwell, Burrows, Cramer, Dashiell, Davis, Dudley, Gaylord, Goodspeed, Hatch, Hawthorn, Irish, Longueville, Miller, Murray, Peck, Rector, Smith of Dickinson, Smith of Harrison, Tenney, Tucker, Walling, Werner, Wilcox, Williams and Wilson of Dubuque-28. So the substitute to the substitute did not prevail. Leave of absence was granted Mr. Rowell, for one day.

Mr. Donavan moved that the House do now adjourn, which motion did not prevail.

Upon the adoption of the substitute, as amended, the yeas and nays were as follows:

The yeas were, Messrs. Adams, Allen, Atkins, Atwood, Babbitt, Bailey, Ballinger, Bolton, Bowen, Brown of Fayette, Brown of Howard, Browne of Lee, Brown of Van Buren, Burnett, Caldwell, Chase, Cotton, Craig, Criss, Davis, Donavan, Ellis, Fulton, Garrett, Glasgow, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hart, Hartsock, Hayden, Hunter, Johnson of Marshall, Kasson, Kelley, Kilburn, Knapp, Lambert, Leach, Leffingwell, Lockwood, McCoun, McKean, McNutt, Mechem, Miles, Morrison, Newberry, Orr, Ordway, Parker, Perry, Phillips, Ramsay, Rees, Rohlfs, Rowell, Sanborn, Sheldon, Stanley, Stone, Stuart, Tillson, Tritz, Wheeler, Wilson of Davis, Wilson of Tama, Wright and Mr. Speaker-68.

The nays were, Messrs. Grantham, Hawthorn, Rippey, Smith of Harrison and Trusdell.-5.

Absent and not voting, Messrs. Bauder, Bent, Blackwell, Burrows, Cramer, Dashiell, Dudley, Gaylord, Goodspeed, Hatch, Irish, Johnson of Cherokee, Longueville, Miller, Murray, Peck, Rector, Smith of Dickinson, Tenney, Traer, Tucker, Walling, Werner, Wilcox, Williams, and Wilson of Dubuque-26.

So the substitute was adopted.

Mr. Wilson of Tama, moved that the rule be suspended, and the bill read a third time now, which motion prevailed, and the bill was read a third time.

Upon the question "Shall the bill pass?" the yeas and nays were as follows:

The yeas were, Messrs. Adams, Allen, Atkins, Atwood, Babbitt, Bailey, Ballinger, Bolton, Bowen, Brown of Fayette, Brown of Howard, Browne of Lee, Brown of Van Buren, Caldwell, Chase, Cotton, Craig, Criss, Davis, Donavan, Ellis, Fulton, Garrett, Glasgow, Grantham, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hart, Hartsock, Hayden, Johnson of Marshall, Kilburn, Knapp, Lambert, Leach, Leffingwell, Lockwood, McCoun, McKean, McNutt, Mechem, Miles, Morrison, Newberry, Orr, Ordway, Parker, Perry, Phillips, Ramsay, Rees, Rohlfs, Rowell, Sanborn, Smith of Dickinson, Smith of Harrison, Sheldon, Stanley, Stone, Stuart, Tenney, Tillson, Traer, Tritz, Wheeler, Wilson of Davis, Wilson of Tama, Wright, and Mr. Speaker-69.

The nays were, Messrs. Hawthorn, Rippey, and Trusdell-3.

Absent and not voting, Messrs. Bauder, Bent, Blackwell, Burnett, Burrows, Cramer, Dashiell, Dudley, Gaylord, Goodspeed, Hatch, Hunter, Irish, Johnson of Cherokee, Kasson, Kelley, Longueville, Miller, Murray, Peck, Rector, Tucker, Walling, Werner, Wilcox, Williams, and Wilson of Dubuque—27.

So the bill passed, and the title was agreed to.