note resided at the time of executing the chattel mortgage or acquiring an automobile, auto-truck or other automotive vehicles by a conditional sales contract or property note, without the consent of the mortgagee or of the vendor in the conditional sales contract or property note. Messages from the Governor. The following message from the Governor was received and read: To the President of the Senate: Executive Office, Lansing, April 8, 1925. Sir I have this day approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State Senate bill No. 58, (Enrolled No. 16), being An act to make appropriations for the Department of the Auditor General for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hunderd twenty-six, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-seven, for mainteance and operation. Respectfully, ALEX J. GROESBECK, The following message from the Governor was received and read: To the President of the Senate: Governor. Executive Office, Lansing, April 8, 1925. Sir I have this day approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State Senate bill No. 36, (Enrolled No. 14), being An act to make appropriations for the Uniform Accounting Division, Auditor General's Department, for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-six, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-seven, for maintenance and operation. Respectfully, ALEX J. GROESBECK, Governor. Messages from the House. A message was received from the House of Representatives transmitting A bill to amend sections 1, 3, 5, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30 and 38 of Act No. 302 of the Public Acts of 1915, entitled "An act to provide for the registration, identification and regulation of motor vehicles and trailers attached thereto operated upon the public highways of this State, and of the operators of such vehicles, and to provide for levying specific taxes upon such vehicles so operated, and to provide for the disposition of such funds, and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith or contrary hereto," being sections 4797, 4799, 4801, 4807, 4808, 4811, 4812, 4813, 4814, 4816, 4817, 4819, 4820, 4822, 4824, 4825, and 4826 of the Compiled Laws of 1915, as amended and added to said act by Act No. 383 of the Public Acts of 1919; and to repeal sections 10, 13, 14, 19, 22, 25, 27, 31 and 32 of said act, being sections 4806, 4809, 4810, 4815, 4818, 4821, 4823, 4827 and 4828 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had passed the bill and had ordered that it take immediate effect, in which action the concurrence of the Senate was requested. The House has ordered that the bill be known as the "Wells-Horton-Jewell Bill." The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Taxation. A message was received from the House of Representatives transmitting A bill to amend the title and section 1 of Act No. 179 of the Public Acts of 1891, entitled as amended "An act to establish, protect and enforce by lien the rights of mechanics and other persons furnishing labor or materials for the building, altering, improving, repairing, erecting or ornamenting of buildings, machinery, wharves, and all other structures, and the building and repairing of sidewalks, and wells, and to repeal all acts contravening the provisions of this act", being section 14796 of the Compiled Laws of 1915, as amended by Act No. 140 of the Public Acts of 1919. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had passed the bill, in which action the concurrence of the Senate was requested. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. A message was received from the House of Representatives transmitting A bill to amend sections 2 and 11 of Act No. 27 of the Public Acts of 1909, entitled "An act defining the powers and duties of local health officers and boards of health in the matter of the protection of the people of the State of Michigan from the disease known as tuberculosis," as amended by Act No. 317 of the Public Acts of 1909 and being sections 5100 and 5109 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had passed the bill, in which action the concurrence of the Senate was requested. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Public Health. A message was received from the House of Representatives transmitting A bill to provide sanitary regulation for conveying shipment and delivery of baked goods and pastries and to provide penalty for violation. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had passed the bill, in which action the concurrence of the Senate was requested. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on State Affairs. A message was received from the House of Representatives transmitting A bill to prohibit obstructions and encroachments on public highways, to provide for the removal thereof, to prescribe the conditions under which telegraph, telephone, power and other public utility companies and municipalities may enter upon construct and maintain telegraph, telephone or power lines, pipe lines, wires, cables, poles, conduits, sewers and like structures upon, over, across or under public roads, bridges, streets and waters and to provide penalties for the violation of this act. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had passed the bill, in which action the concurrence of the Senate was requested. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the ComImittee on Highways. A message was received from the House of Representatives transmitting A bill to authorize the sale of certain lands owned by the State and providing for the disposition of the moneys received therefrom. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had passed the bill, in which action the concurrence of the Senate was requested. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on State Affairs. A message was received from the House of Representatives transmitting A bill to provide for the management and expansion of activities of the employment bureau of the Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind; to make an appropriation therefor; to provide for a tax to meet the same and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had passed the bill; in which action the concurrence of the Senate was requested. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Schools for the Blind and Deaf. A message was received from the House of Representatives transmitting A bill to provide for the suppression of and to prevent the spread of the European corn borer; to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to prepare and enforce regulations for the control of the European corn borer, and to make an appropriation for carrying out the provisions of this act. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had passed the bill and had ordered that it take immediate effect, in which action the concurrence of the Senate was requested. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. A message was received from the House of Representatives transmitting A bill to amend section 8 of Act No. 63 of the Public Acts of 1889, entitled "An act relative to the board of county auditors for the County of Wayne, and to their powers, duties and compensation," being section 2341 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had passed the bill, in which action the concurrence of the Senate was requested. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on State Affairs. A message was received from the House of Representatives transmitting A bill to amend sections 2, 5 and 12 of Act No. 222 of the Public Acts of 1901, entitled "An act relating to plumbing and drainage, and providing for the inspection thereof and for the examination, regulation, licensing and registration of plumbers and for the punishment of offenders against this act," being sections 6858, 6861 and 6868 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had passed the bill, in which action the concurrence of the Senate was requested. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Public Health. A message was received from the House of Representatives transmitting A bill to amend section 6 of Act 188 of the Public Acts of 1913, entitled "An act relating to the conduct of hotels, inns and public lodging houses," being section 6937 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had passed the bill, in which action the concurrence of the Senate was requested. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on State Affairs. A message was received from the House of Representatives transmitting A bill to amend the title of Act No. 85 of the Public Acts of 1923, entitled "An act to provide for the licensing and regulation of the sale of drugs, nostrums, face powders, face creams, face bleaches, face lotions, cosmetics, tooth powders, tooth pastes, dentifrices and other toilet preparations or ointments or applications for the treatment of diseases, injuries or deformities, by itinerant and traveling vendors or hawkers." The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had passed the bill, in which action the concurrence of the Senate was requested. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Public Health. A message was received from the House of Representatives returning A bill to regulate the sale of potatoes in the State of Michigan; to fix standard grades for potatoes; to provide for inspection and penalties for violation thereof. 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, transmitting, together with the Senate amendments thereto, House bill No. 137 (file No. 49), entitled A bill to amend section 2 of Act No. 188 of the Public Acts of 1899, entitled "An act to provide for the taxation of inheritances, transfers of property by will, transfer of property by the intestate laws of this State or transfers of property by deed, grant, bargain, sale or gift made in contemplation of the death of the grantor, vendor or donor or intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment at or after such death," being section 14525 of the Compiled Laws of 1915, as last amended by Act No. 257 of the Public Acts of 1923. The following are the Senate amendments to the bill: (1) Amend section 2, by striking out lines 13 and 14 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "of the clear market value of ten thousand dollars shall be exempt from all taxation under this act." (2) Amend section 2, by striking out lines 15, 16 and 17 and inserting in lieu thereof the following "(b) Where the transfer is to a husband or wife such transfer of property of the clear market value of forty thousand dollars shall be exempt from all taxation under this act." (3) Amend section 2, by striking out the word "entire" in line 21 and the word "transfer" in line 22, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "transfer of such property in excess of the exemptions herein provided." (4) Section 2, after line 33, insert the following proviso: "Provided, That portion of the property so transferred to each individual of the persons included in the classes specified in paragraph one hereof, which consists of real estate, shall be taxable at three-fourths the rates specified in this act. In determining the tax payable under this act, the property subject to tax shall be deemed to consist of real and personal property in the proportions that the clear market value of the real property so transferred bears to the clear market value of the total property so transferred." The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had nonconcurred in the amendments made to the bill by the Senate. Mr. Baxter moved that the Senate insist on its said amendments and ask a conference with the House of Representatives on the matters of difference between the two houses as to the bill. The motion prevailed. Reports of Standing Committees. Mr. Condon submitted the following report: The Committee on Judiciary respectfully reports back to the Senate the following entitled bill, without amendment, and with the recommendation that the bill do pass: Senate bill No. 271 (file No. 274), entitled A bill to amend section 1 of chapter 10 of Act No. 314 of the Public Acts of 1915, known as the "Judicature Act of 1315," being section 12340 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. GEO. M. CONDON, Chairman. The report was accepted. The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole. Mr. Condon submitted the following report: The Committee on Judiciary respectfully reports back to the Senate, the following entitled bill, without amendment, and with the recommendation that the bill do pass: Senate bill No. 102, entitled A bill to amend section 1 of Act No. 213 of the Public Acts of 1915, entitled "An act to provide for a presiding circuit judge and for the manner of his selection, to prescribe his powers and duties and to defray the expenses incident thereto," being section 14516 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. GEO. M. CONDON, Chairman. Mr. Condon submitted the following report: The Committee on Judiciary respectfully reports back to the Senate the following entitled bill, without amendment, and with the recommendation that the bill do pass: House bill No. 397 (file No. 207), entitled A bill making certified copies and photostat copies of records, books and papers of any public library, college library, university library, or of any incorporated library society, when sworn to and made under the supervision of library authorities, evidence in court, in like manner and to the same extent as the original would be if produced. GEO. M. CONDON, Chairman. The Committee on Judiciary respectfully reports back to the Senate the following entitled bill, without amendment, and with the recommendation that the bill do pass: House bill No. 422 (file No. 229), entitled A bill to amend sections 2, 3 and 4 of Act No. 105 of the Public Acts of 1913, entitled "An act to provide a uniform system of probation throughout the State of Michigan; the appointment of probation officers and to prescribe the powers, duties and compensation of such officers; to provide a penalty for the violation of his duties; and to repeal Act No. 91 of the Public Acts of 1903, as amended," being sections 2030, 2031 and 2032 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. GEO. M. CONDON, The report was accepted. The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole. Chairman. Mr. Condon submitted the following report: The Committee on Judiciary respectfully reports back to the Senate the following entitled bill, without amendment, and with the recommendation that the bill do pass: House bill No. 336 (file No. 166), entitled A bill to amend sections 1, 3, and 4 of Act No. 353 of the Public Acts of 1913, entitled "An act to fix the term of office and the compensation of the judge, clerk and bailiff, and to limit the time for appeal of police courts in cities of this State of a population of not less than one hundred thousand inhabitants nor more than two hundred thousand inhabitants, and to repeal all other acts. or parts of acts inconsistent with this act," being sections 14720, 14722 and 14723 of the Compiled Laws of 1915, and to repeal Act No. 57 of the Public Acts of 1919, and Act No. 275 of the Public Acts of 1921. GEO. M. CONDON, Chairman. The report was accepted. The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole. Mr. Condon submitted the following report: The Committee on Judiciary respectfully reports back to the Senate the following entitled bill, without amendment, and with the recommendation that the bill do pass: House bill No. 263 (file No. 230), entitled A bill to amend section 1 of Act No. 159 of the Public Acts of 1917, entitled "An act to provide for writs of error in criminal cases on behalf of the people of the State of Michigan in certain instances." The report was accepted. The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole, GEO. M. CONDON, Chairman. |