Presentation of Petitions.

Mr. Allard Presented

Petition No. 4.

Petition of the Board of Supervisors of St. Joseph County for the establishment of a trunk line highway from Cass county through the county of St. Joseph into Berrien county.

The petition was referred to the Committee on Roads and Bridges.

Mr. Smith presented

Petition No. 5.

Petition of L. A. Gibbits and ten other citizens of Wexford county, asking for the repeal of the State Constabulary Law.

The petition was referred to the Committee on State Affairs.

Announcement by Clerk of Printing and Enrollment of Bills.

The Clerk announced that the following named bill had been printed and placed upon the files of the members Saturday, January 15:

Senate bill No. 1 (file No. 1),

A bill to amend sections 52, 53 and 60 of Chapter 1 of Act No. 314 of the Public Acts of 1915,-Judicature Act.

The Clerk also announced that the following named bills had been printed and placed upon the files of the members Monday, January 17:

Senate bill No. 2 (file No 2),

A bill to amend sections 1 and 2 of Act No. 128 of the Public Acts of 1887,act requiring a civil license in order to marry.

Senate bill No. 3 (file No. 3),

A bill to amend section 6 of chapter 1 of Act No. 314 of the Public Acts of 1915, -Judicature Act.

Senate bill No. 4 (file No. 4),

A bill to repeal Act No. 26 of the Public Acts of 1919,-act to create the Michigan State Police.

Senate bill No. 5 (file No. 5),

A bill to provide for the sufficiency of train crews.

Communications From State Officers.

The following communication from the Auditor General was received and read:

To the Speaker of the House of Representatives:

January 17, 1921.

Dear Sir:-Knowing that the members of the House will be interested, I hand you herewith a statement of the amount disbursed from the State Treasury for all State purposes, and the purposes for which the disbursements were made, from July 1, 1920 to December 31, 1920, including the amount paid from the General Fund, Emergency Fund and the Special and Trust Funds.

A detailed statement of the total amount disbursed during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, will be placed on the desk of each member of the House in a few days.

The following is the statement referred to in the communication from the Auditor General:

Statement of the amount of the warrants drawn by the Auditor General payable from the General Fund and the Special and Trust Funds in the State Treasury from July 1, 1920 to December 31, 1920. (First half of the present fiscal year.)

Transportation and Temporary Expense of the Poor

Uniform Accounting System, (Auditor General's Department).

1,309 11

14,772 25

Outstanding checks-assets, City Savings Bank, Detroit

352 06 944 02

1,371 29

906 23

130,391 61

1,071 08 2,361 82

$13,102,493 10

$191,844 76 17,000 00 368 26 170 93

56,417 94

02 97 45 800 00

9,346,031 70

10 80

92,441 65

19,229 12

22,597 76

66,202 00

$9,813,212 39

A bill to revise the laws authorizing the business of banking, and to establish a banking department for the supervision of such business, by adding thereto a new section to stand as section 68.

The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Private Corporations.

Mr. Lee introduced

House Bill No 10, entitled

A bill prescribing the qualifications for admission to the home for the Widows, wives and mothers of soldiers, sailors and marines established by Act No. 212 of the Public Acts of 1893, and repealing all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith.

The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.