The House agreed to the title of the bill. Mr. Jerome moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members-elect voting therefor. House Bill No. 399 (file No. 199), entitled A bill creating the State Welfare Department, prescribing its form of organization, its powers and duties; providing for the management and control of State hospitals, prisons, and other State institutions of a special nature; to provide for the welfare of persons in the custody or under the tutelage of the State, abolishing certain boards governing institutions embraced within this act, and creating certain commissions in succession thereto; and making an appropriation for certain purposes of this act, Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the members-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The House agreed to the title of the bill. Mr. Jerome moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members-elect voting therefor. House Bill No. 93 (file No. 229), entitled A bill to make appropriations for the Uniform Accounting Division of the Auditor General's Department for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1922, and June 30, 1923, for maintenance, operation and other specific purposes, Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the members-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The House agreed to the title of the bill. Mr. Jerome moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members-elect voting therefor. House Bill No. 108 (file No. 230), entitled A bill to make appropriations for the Michigan Farm Colony for Epileptics for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1922, and June 30, 1923, for maintenance, operation and other specific purposes, Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the members-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The House agreed to the title of the bill. Mr. Jerome moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members-elect voting therefor. House Bill No. 53 (file No. 233), entitled A bill to make appropriations for the State House of Correction and Branch of State Prison in the Upper Peninsula for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1922, and June 30, 1923, for maintenance, operation and other specific purposes, Was read a third time, and, the question being on its passage, Mr. Rasmussen moved to amend the bill by striking out of line 25 of section 1 the figures "3,000.00," and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "2,000.00." The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted, a majority of all the members-elect not voting therefor. The question being on the passage of the bill, The bill was then passed, a majority of all the members-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The House agreed to the title of the bill. Mr. Ewing moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members-elect voting therefor. House Bill No. 94 (file No. 234), entitled A bill to make appropriations for the State Banking Department for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1922, and June 30, 1923, for maintenance, operation and other specific purposes, Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the members-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The House agreed to the title of the bill. Mr. Dean moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members-elect voting therefor. By unanimous consent, the House returned to the order of Reports of Standing Committees. The Committee on State Affairs, by Mr. Hunter, Chairman, reported House Bill No. 560 A bill to authorize the Auditor General under certain circumstances to use certain fees, etc., towards the payment of appropriations. The committee recommended that the bill pass. The bill was ordered printed, referred to the Committee of the Whole and placed on the general orders. Mr. Jerome moved that the rules be suspended and that the bill be placed at the head of the general orders. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members present voting therefor. The Committee on Printing, by Mr. Hartway, Chairman, reported The written request of Mr. Braman for the printing of House Bill No. 544 A bill providing regulations for the sale of bread. With the recommendation that the request be granted. The question being on concurring in the recommendation of the committee, The recommendation was concurred in, and the bill was ordered printed. By unanimous consent, the House returned to the order of General Orders of the Day. The Speaker called Mr. Holland to the chair, to preside during the sitting of the Committee of the Whole. After a time spent in the consideration of bills upon the general orders the committee rose and, through its chairman, made a report recommending the passage, without amendment, of the following bill: House Bill No. 390 (file No. 200) A bill to provide for the improvement and maintenance of the bridge across Portage Lake, Houghton County, etc. The bill was placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills. The Committee of the Whole also reported Senate Bill No. 6 (file No. 84) A bill to amend the title and sections 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 of Act No. 226 of the Public Acts of 1917-an act to provide for the establishment of rural agricultural schools. The Committee recommended the adoption of the following amendments thereto, and the passage of the bill when so amended: 1. Amend by striking out of section 17 the first 5 lines and the sixth line except the last four words thereof. 2. Amend by inserting in line 2 of section 18 the figures "1921" in lieu of "1917" and striking out the remaining words of line two beginning with "the" after the figures "1917." 3. Amend by inserting after the word "be" in line five of section 18 in lieu of the words "credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the moneys hereby appropriated" the following: "used for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act." 4. Amend by striking out of line 87 of section 3 the word "A" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "the proposed." 5. Amend by striking out the second amendment made by the Committee on Education, to insert certain matter after the word "final" in line 89, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Provided, That in voting to form a rural agricultural school district in which one or more graded school districts of twelve grades is to be included as a part of the unit, the rural school district or districts, which includes said graded school district or districts, shall vote separately, and all other territory to be included in the rural agricultural school district shall vote separately but as one unit. The school board shall conduct the election in the school district containing the graded school district; and the township board designated by the county school commissioner, as herein provided, shall conduct the election for the portion of the territory outside of the rural district or districts which include said graded school district. The election in the school district including the graded school district or districts and the election in that portion of the territory outside of the rural district including said graded school district shall be held on the same day and during the same hours. The result of said elections shall |