Thebill closing barber shops on^Sunday passed by a vote of 28 to 24^Thirty bills were read a third time^and passed among them being:
Amendingthe laws relating to the^reform schools; to pay assessors for^furnishing statistics: punishing the^defacement of marks and brands^cutting the mineral land commissioner^out of the code; requiring annual re^^ports of corporations, instead of^semi-annual; to pay sheriffs for trans^porting prisoners to the state reform^school; fixing the tax levy at 2'._, mills^fixing the order of administration on^estates; providing for the completion^of the eastern state prison; limiting^witnesses to fees in one criminal case^a day.
Thefirst thing at the night session^was the senate anti-gambling bill,^was taken up in committee of the^whole. Metcalf said he believed all^had made up their minds, and^would be a waste of time to discuss^the measure. Tallent succeeded in^getting in an amendment which pro^hibitsdraw poker, when Swett served^notice that be would oppose any fur^ther amendments, as he wanted the^bill to pass and did not care to en^danger it on the return to the senate^Then Joe Oker offered one to incliid^pool selling. It was not seconded^An amendment by Love to allow^games for drinks and cigars was voted^down and the bill ordered reported^favorably with only one or two dis^^senting voices.
Thereport was adopted by the^house by yeas 40, nays 8 (Burkett,^Cunningham, Love, Monteath, Joseph^Oker, Tallant and Winter). Cooper,^Gordon, Meyer, Rodgers, Shober and^Yegen were absent. Monteath, in ex^^plaining his vote, said he would sup^^port the bill if he thought it would^stop Rambling. He wassatisfied, how^^ever, it simply meant the transfer of^the money charged for licenses from^the state treasury to the Dockets of^the city marshals and sheriffs.
Theremainder of the session was^spent in consideration of the license^bill which makes a general increase in^all licenses.
