Petition No. 303. By Mr. Cummings. Petition of Mrs. Ellen M. Thorn and eighty-one other residents of Kalamazoo on same subject. Same reference. Petition No. 304. By Mr. Herrick. Petition of Mrs. W. D. Orr and seventy-one other residents of Montcalm on same subject. Same reference. Petition No. 305. By Mr. Hinkley. Petition of Mary L. Blackwell and thirtytwo other residents of Flint on same subject. Same reference. Petition No. 306. By Mr. Herald. Petition of Kenneth Arthur Johnson and sixty-eight other residents of Detroit on same subject. Same reference. Petition No. 307. By Mr. Bohn. Petition of S. M. Overholt and twenty-one other residents of Chippewa County on same subject. Same reference. Petition No. 308. By Mr. Herrick. Petition of Mrs. Thomas L. Lewis and twenty-two other citizens of Montcalm County praying for legislation regulating the practice of Chiropractic. The petition was referred to the Committee on Public Health. Petition No. 309. By Mr. Herrick. Petition of J. G. Minier and forty-seven other electors of Odessa Township favoring House Bill No. 44 and other House bills. The petition was referred to the Committee on State Affairs. Petition No. 310. By Mr. Herrick. Petition of Edith M. Face and sixty other electors of Ionia County on same subject. Same reference. Bills Printed and Filed. The Secretary announced the printing of the following entitled bills and that the said printed bills were placed on file in the Document Room of the Senate March 24, 1925: House bill No. 323 (file No. 167), entitled A bill to amend sections 3 and 5 of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1915, as amended, entitled "An act to protect fish in the inland waters of the State and to regulate the manner of taking, possession, transportation, size and sale of fish when taken from said waters, to provide penalties for the violation of this act and to repeal all acts and parts of acts conflicting therewith," being sections 7656 and 7658 of the Compiled Laws of 1915 as last amended by Act No. 260 of the Public Acts of 1919 and Act No. 29 of the Public Acts of 1923. House bill No. 337 (file No. 168), entitled A bill to regulate the taking of fish in the Soo Rapids, St. Mary's River, Chippewa county, and to provide penalties for the violation thereof. House bill No. 327 (file No. 169), entitled A bill to amend section 2 of Act No. 213 of the Public Acts of 1909, entitled "An act to regulate the taking of fish in the waters of Lake Superior, Michigan, Huron and Erie, the bays thereof, and the connecting waters between said lakes, within the jurisdiction of this State, and to regulate the transportation, sale and possession of fish taken from said waters," as amended, same being section 7674 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. Senate bill No. 211 (file No. 208), entitled A bill to fix standard grades for apples; to regulate the grading, packing, branding and sale thereof; and to repeal Act No. 266 of the Public Acts of 1923. Senate bill No. 212 (file No. 209), entitled A bill to amend section 8 of chaper 3 of Part I, and sections 5 and 6 of chapter 2 of Part II, of Act No. 84 of the Public Acts of 1921, entitled "An act to provide for the organization, regulation and classification of domestic corporations; to prescribe their rights, powers, privileges and immunities; to prescribe the conditions upon which corporations may exercise their franchises; to provide for the inclusion of certain existing corporations within the provisions of this act; to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which foreign corporations may be admitted to carry on business within this State; to prescribe penalties for violations of the provisions of this act; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts relating to corporations," as amended by Act No. 153 of the Public Acts of 1923. The Secretary also announced the printing of the following entitled bills, and that the said printed bills were placed on file in the Document Room of the Senate March 25, 1925: House bill No. 295 (file No. 170), entitled A bill to prohibit the taking of perch with nets and regulate the setting of nets in the waters of Suttons Bay, Leelanau county. House bill No. 294 (file No. 171), entitled A bill to regulate the taking of fish by the use of nets in the waters of Northport Harbor and within a line south from Stoney Point to Gas Buoy off Cairn Point to Bellows (Gull) Island to Omena Point. Senate bill No. 213 (file No. 210), entitled A bill to protect and promote the public health and welfare, and to provide for the construction, maintenance and operation of hospitals and sanatoriums for the treatment of tuberculosis. Senate bill No. 214 (file No. 211), entitled A bill to amend section 6 of Act No. 2 of the Public Acts of 1925, entitled "An act to prescribe a privilege tax for the use of the public highways by owners or drivers of motor vehicles by imposing a specific tax upon the sale or use within the State of Michigan, of gasoline as defined herein; prescribing the manner and the time of paying and collecting such tax and the duties of officials and other persons respecting such payment and collection; providing for the registration of dealers as defined herein; providing for certain exemptions and refunds, and for the disposition of the proceeds of such tax; and prescribing penalties for violation of this act", approved January 29, 1925. Senate bill No. 215, (file No. 212), entitled A bill to permit members of the Legislature having certain qualifications to practice law in this State. Senate bill No. 216 (file No. 213), entitled A bill to provide for the marking of public highways; and to regulate the erecting and maintaining of signs, guide posts, markers and advertising devices on or along public highways. Senate bill No. 217 (file No. 214), entitled A bill to amend section 1 of Act No. 269 of the Public Acts of 1909, entitled "An act to revise the laws relating to the State Agricultural College, to prescribe the powers and duties of the State Board of Agriculture, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act", the same being section 1233 of the compiled Laws of Michigan of 1915. Senate bill No. 218 (file No. 215), entitled A bill to regulate the purchase of domestic fowl by retail meat dealers and others for purposes of resale and to provide penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act. Senate bill No. 219 (file No. 216), entitled A bill to amend section 22 of chapter 3 of Act No. 164 of the Public Acts of 1881, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to public instruction and primary schools, and to repeal all statutes and acts contravening the provisions of this act," being section 5689 of the Compiled Laws of 1915, as amended by Act No. 103 of the Public Acts of 1921. Messages from the Governor. The following message from the Governor was received and read: To the President of the Senate: Executive Office, Lansing, March 25, 1925. Sir-I have on March 24 approved, signed and this day deposited in the office of the Secretary of State Senate bill No. 81, (Enrolled No. 5), being An act to provide for the laying out and establishing of additional trunk line mileage; to make all roads that have been improved as Federal aid projects, and all roads that have been, or that may hereafter be, approved for Federal aid, trunk line highways; to provide for the widening, altering or straightening of trunk line highways; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith. Respectfully, ALEX J. GROESBECK, Governor. The following message from the Governor was received and read: To the President of the Senate: Executive Office, Lansing, March 25, 1925. Sir I have on March 24 approved, signed and this day deposited in the office of the Secretary of State Senate bill No. 78, (Enrolled No. 6), being An act to amend section one of act number one hundred four of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred twenty-three, entitled "An act to provide for and to authorize the filing of notices of federal tax liens by the United States of America in the office of the register of deeds in the various counties of this State, pursuant to section three thousand one hundred eighty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States," approved May second, nineteen hundred twenty-three. A message was received from the House of Representatives returning, together with the House amendments thereto, non-concurred in by the Senate, Senate bill No. 42 (file No. 135), entitled A bill to make appropriations for the State Welfare Department for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1926, and June 30, 1927, for maintenance and operation. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives insists on its amendments and asks a conference on the matters of difference between the two houses as to the bill. Mr. Brower moved that the request of the House of Representatives for a conference be granted. The motion prevailed. The president appointed as conferees on the part of the Senate at said conference Senators Baxter, Wood and Pearson. A message was received from the House of Representatives returning, together with the House amendments thereto, non-concurred in by the Senate, Senate bill No. 51 (file No. 126), entitled A bill to make appropriations for the Board of Examiners of Barbers for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1926, and June 30, 1927, for maintenance and operation. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives insists on its amendments and asks a conference on the matters of difference between the two houses as to the bill. Mr. Brower moved that the request of the House of Representatives for a conference be granted. The motion prevailed. The president appointed as conferees on the part of the Senate at said conference Senators Wood, Baxter and Whiteley. A message was received from the House of Representatives returning, together with the House amendments thereto, non-concurred in by the Senate, Senate bill No. 53 (file No. 136), entitled A bill to make appropriations for the Board of Registration in Medicine for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1926, and June 30, 1927, for maintenance and operation. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives insists on its amendments and asks a conference on the matters of difference between the two houses as to the bill. Mr. Brower moved that the request of the House of Representatives for a conference be granted. The motion prevailed. The president appointed as conferees on the part of the Senate at said conference Senators Whiteley, Truettner and Atwood. A message was received from the House of Representatives returning, together with the House amendments thereto, non-concurred in by the Senate, Senate bill No. 55 (file No. 115), entitled A bill to make appropriations for the Michigan State Board of Examiners in Optometry for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1926, and June 30, 1927, for maintenance and operation. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives insists on its amendments and asks a conference on the matters of difference between the two houses as to the bill. Mr. Brower moved that the request of the House of Representatives for a conference be granted. The motion prevailed. The president appointed as conferees on the part of the Senate at said conference Senators Pearson, Wood and Baxter. A message was received from the House of Representatives returning, together with the House amendments thereto, non-concurred in by the Senate, Senate bill No. 56 (file No. 127), entitled A bill to make appropriations for the Board of Osteopathic Registration for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1926, and June 30, 1927, for maintenance and operation. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives insists on its amendments and asks a conference on the matters of difference between the two houses as to the bill. Mr. Brower moved that the request of the House of Representatives for a conference be granted. The motion prevailed. The president appointed as conferees on the part of the Senate at said conference Senators Whiteley, Atwood and Pearson. A message was received from the House of Representatives returning, together with the House amendments thereto, non-concurred in by the Senate, Senate bill No. 57 (file No. 116), entitled A bill to make appropriations for the State Administrative Board for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1926, and June 30, 1927, for maintenance and operation. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives insists on its amendments and asks a conference on the matters of difference between the two houses as to the bill. Mr. Brower moved that the request of the House of Representatives for a conference be granted. The motion prevailed. The president appointed as conferees on the part of the Senate at said conference Senators Atwood, Truettner and Pearson. A message was received from the House of Representatives returning, together with the House amendments thereto, non-concurred in by the Senate, Senate bill No. 70 (file No. 119), entitled A bill to make appropriations for the State Banking Department for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1926, and June 30, 1927, for maintenance and operation. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives insists on its amendments and asks a conference on the matters of difference between the two houses as to the bill. Mr. Brower moved that the request of the House of Representatives for a conference be granted. The motion prevailed. The president appointed as conferees on the part of the Senate at said conference Senators Truettner, Pearson and Atwood. A message was received from the House of Representatives returning A bill to amend section 9 of Act No. 392 of the Local Acts of 1891, entitled "An act to provide salary of and for appointment of clerks for the circuit court com missioners of Wayne county," as added by Act No. 449 of the Local Acts of 1907, The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had passed the bill. The bill was referred to the Secretary for enrollment printing and presentation to the Governor. A message was received from the House of Representatives returning A bill to amend section 1 of Act No. 204 of the Public Acts of 1893, entitled "An act to create a board of jury commissioners, consisting of seven persons for courts of record in the county of Wayne, and to repeal Act No. 95 of the Public Acts of 1887, as amended by Act No. 42 of the Public Acts of 1891, and all other acts and parts of acts contravening the provisions of this act," as last amended by Act No. 141 of the Public Acts of 1923. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had passed the bill. The bill was referred to the Secretary for enrollment printing and presentation to the Governor. A message was received from the House of Representatives returning A bill to regulate the taking of fish in the inland waters of this State located in the west one-half of the southwest one-quarter of section 15 and the east one-half of the southeast one-quarter of section 16 in the township of Lockport, St. Joseph county, and also in that part of the waters of Palmer Lake in the township of Colon which lies between the south line of the north onehalf of the north one-half of section 14 and the south line of State street in the village of Colon, St. Joseph county. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had passed the bill. The bill was referred to the Secretary for enrollment printing and presentation to the Governor. A message was received from the House of Representatives returning A bill to amend sections 1 and 3 of Act No. 149 of the Public Acts of 1911, entitled "An act to provide for the condemnation by State agencies and public corporations of private property for the use or benefit of the public, and to define the terms 'public corporations,' 'state agencies' and 'private property' as used herein", being sections 353 and 355 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had passed the bill. The bill was referred to the Secretary for enrollment printing and presentation to the Governor. A message was received from the House of Representatives returning A bill to make appropriations for the State Department of Agriculture for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1926, and June 30, 1927, for maintenance and operation. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had passed the bill with the following amendment: 1. Amend by striking out all of line 10, section 1, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: The message further informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had ordered that the bill take immediate effect. The question being on concurring in the amendment made to the bill by the House of Representatives, the roll was called and the Senators voted as follows: |