MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Senatorial and Representative Apportionment, to whom was referred House bill No. 595, entitled "An act apportioning the State of Missouri into Representative and Senatorial districts," beg leave to report that they have considered the same and I am instructed by a majority of your committee to report the same back with the recommendation that it do pass with the accompanying amendments.

House bill No. 595 was taken up, and the following amendment offered by the committee, was read:

Amend by striking out all after section 1, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

Section 2. The State shall be divided into thirty-four Senatorial Districts, which shall be constituted and numbered as follows:

The first District shall be composed of the counties of Nodaway, Atchison and Holt.

Second District-The counties of Buchanan and Andrew.

Third District-The counties of Clinton, Clay, Platte and DeKalb.

Fourth District-The counties of Gentry, Worth, Harrison and Daviess.

Fifth District-The counties of Livingston, Grundy, Mercer and Putnam.

Sixth District--The counties of Chariton, Linn and Sullivan. Seventh District-The counties of Randolph, Macon and Adair. Eighth District-The counties of Ray, Caldwell and Carroll. Ninth District-The counties of Boone, Howard and Cooper. Tenth District-The counties of St. Charles, Warren, Montgomery and Callaway.

Eleventh District-The counties of Pike, Lincoln and Audrain. Twelfth District-The counties of Lewis, Clark, Knox, Scotland and Schuyler.

Thirteenth District-The counties of Marion, Shelby, Ralls and

Monroe.

Fourteenth District-The counties of Bates, Cass and Henry.
Fifteenth District-The county of Jackson.

Sixteenth District-The counties of Vernon, Barton and Jasper. Seventeenth District-The counties of Lafayette and Johnson. Eighteenth District-The counties of Newton, McDonald, Lawrence, Barry and Stone.

Nineteenth District--The counties of Saline, Pettis and Benton. Twentieth District-The counties of Polk, Hickory, Dade, Cedar and St. Clair.

Twenty-first District-The counties of Webster, Douglas, Taney, Ozark, Greene and Christian.

Twenty-second District--The counties of Phelps, Maries, Pulaski, Texas, Wright, Dent and Crawford.

Twenty-third District--The counties of Mississippi, Cape Girardeau, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Dunklin and Scott.

Twenty-fourth District-The counties of Butler, Wayne, Reynolds, Carter, Ripley, Shannon, Oregon, Howell and Stoddard.

Twenty-fifth District-The counties of Franklin, Gasconade, Osage and Cole.

Twenty-sixth District--The counties of St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve, Perry, Madison, Iron and Bollinger.

Twenty-seventh District--The counties of Jefferson, St. Louis and

Washington.

Twenty-eighth District--The counties of Moniteau, Morgan, Miller, Camden, Dallas and Laclede.

The city of St. Louis shall be divided into six districts, numbered respectively as follows: Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, Thirty-first, Thirtysecond, Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth.

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Sec. 3. In each county entitled to more than one representative the county court shall cause the county to be subdivided into districts of compact and contiguous territory, corresponding to the number of representatives to which such county is entitled, and in population as nearly equal as may be, in each of which the qualified voters thereof shall elect one representative, who shall be a resident of such district.

Sec. 4. In the city of St. Louis the circuit court shall cause the city to be subdivided into districts, so as to give each district not less than two nor more than four representatives, who shall be residents of such district. The population of the districts shall be proportioned to the number of representatives to be elected therefrom.

Sec. 5. In the city of St. Louis the circuit court shall cause the said city to be subdivided into six senatorial districts, as provided by section 2 of this act; said districts to be of compact and contiguous territory, and of population as nearly equal as may be, corresponding in number with the senators to be elected from the said city of St. Louis; and each of these districts shall be entitled to one senator, who shall be a resident of said district, and shall be elected by the voters thereof: Provided, That said district shall not be so formed as to cause the residence of two senators now representing odd numbered districts to be in the same district, and the numbers of the districts now represented by such senators shall not be changed.

Sec. 6. At the general election in eighteen hundred and eighty :

two, the whole number of representatives, and the senators from the districts having even numbers, who shall compose the second class shall be chosen; and in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, the senators from the districts having the odd numbers, who shall compose the first class, shall be chosen; and so on at each succeeding general election half the senators provided by this act, and the whole number of representatives shall be chosen.

Sec. 7. All courts required by this act to district any county or city into representative or senatorial districts, shall perform such duty on or before the first day of January, 1882, and cause their entries of record touching the premises to be promptly published in some newspaper or newspapers of the proper county or city, at the cost of such county or city.

Sec. 8. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.

On motion of Senator Bryant the bill and amendments were laid over informally, and 300 copies ordered printed.

Senator Heard called up House bill No. 428, entitled "An act for the relief of Sewall W. Smith and James R. Jones," and offered the following amendment, which was read twice and adopted:

Amend by inserting after the enacting clause the following, to be section 1 of the bill: "Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the State Treasury, not otherwise appropriated and chargeable to the revenue fund, the sum of one hundred and eightyeight dollars and thirty-two cents ($188.32), the same being the amount due the said Sewall W. Smith and James R. Jones, from the State of Missouri for the publication of tax lists in 1876."

Senator Heard offered the following amendment, which was read twice and adopted:

Amend section 1 by striking out the words "section 1," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "section 2."

The bill was then read third time and passed by the following vote: AYES Senators Allen, Bryant, Byrns, Bland, Cabell, Dungan, Edwards of Lafayette, Edwards of St. Charles, Gottschalk, Headlee,. Heard, Lloyd, McMahan, Mackay, Pehle, Rogers, Rouse and Stephens -18.

NOES-Senators Caldwell, Cottey, DeArmond, Dobyns, Heaston, Hutt, Mabrey, Manring and Morrisson-9.

ABSENT-Senators Bradley, Jacobs, Manistre, Naylor, Perkins,. Walker and McGrath-7.

The title of the bill was read and Senator Heard offered the following amendment:

Amend title by adding the words " and to appropriate money therefor," which was read first and second times and adopted, and the title as amended agreed to.

Senator Heard moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill passed, and to lay the motion to reconsider on the table; the latter motion prevailed.

Senator Bradley submitted the following report from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, which was read:

MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Enrolled Bills have carefully examined and find truly enrolled Senate bill No. 133, entitled "An act to provide for the registration of all voters in cities having a population of more than one hundred thousand inhabitants, and to govern elections in such cities, and to repeal an act entitled 'An act to provide for the exercise of the right of voting by persons who have failed to register,' approved March 30, 1877, and all acts and parts of acts conflicting herewith."

The president announced that all other business would be suspended and directed the secretary to read at length, Senate bill No. 133, entitled "An act to provide for the registration of all voters in cities having a population of more than one hundred thousand inhabitants, and to govern elections in such cities, and to repeal an act entitled 'An act to provide for the exercise of the right of voting by persons who have failed to register,' approved March 30, 1877, and all acts and parts of acts conflicting herewith."

The bill was read at length by the secretary, and no objection being made, no other business intervening, the president in the presence of the Senate, in open session, signed said bill.

Senator Rogers moved that when the Senate adjourn, it adjourn to meet Monday morning at 10 o'clock, which was carried."

Senator Cottey submitted the following report from the Special Committee on adjournment, which was read:

MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee to whom was referred Concurrent Resolution, passed by the House March 18, 1881, fixing the day of adjournment of the 31st General Assembly of Missouri, beg leave to report that they have considered the same, and recommend that it do pass with the accompanying amendment.

The resolution so reported was taken up and the following amendment offered by the committee, was read:

Amendment to resolution passed by the House March 18, 1881, fixing the day of adjournment of the 31st General Assembly of Missouri:

Amend by striking out all after the words "concurring therein," and inserting the following in lieu thereof: "That the Thirty-first General Assembly of Missouri adjourn sine die on Monday, March the 28th, 1881, at twelve o'clock, meridian."

Senator Hutt moved that the resolution and amendment be laid over informally until next Monday.

The ayes and nays being demanded, the motion prevailed by the following vote:

AYES-Senators Allen, Cabell, Cottey, Dobyns, Dungan, Heaston, Hutt, Lloyd, McGrath, Mackay, Manistre, Morrisson, Naylor and Rogers-14.

NOES-Senators Bradley, Bryant, Caldwell, DeArmond, Gottschalk, Heard, Jacobs, Mabrey, Rouse and Stephens-10.

ABSENT-Senators Byrns, Bland, Edwards of Lafayette, Edwards of St. Charles, Headlee, McMahan, Manring, Pehle, Perkins and Walker-10.

Senator Bryant called up Senate bill No. 234, which was ordered engrossed.

On motion of Senator Hutt the Senate adjourned.

SIXTY-SECOND DAY-MONDAY, March 21.

MORNING SESSION.

The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.

The President in the chair.

A quorum present.

Prayer by the Chaplain.

The journal of yesterday was read and approved.

Senator Bradley submitted the following report from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, which was read:

MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Enrolled Bills have carefully examamined and find truly enrolled Senate bill No. 30, entitled "An