A message was received from the House of Representatives returning A bill to provide for the several counties of the State of Michigan purchasing or making, establishing and maintaining systems of abstracts of title of lands in such counties; the making and selling of abstracts of title and furnishing of information concerning the condition of titles and charging of fees therefor; the employing of persons to keep and maintain such systems of abstracts, and the doing of all things necessary for the carrying on of a general business of making and furnishing abstracts of title to the lands in such counties. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had passed the bill and had ordered that it be given immediate effect. 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 prohibit the marriage of a female under the full age of sixteen years and to declare such marriage void. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had passed the bill and had ordered that it be given immediate effect. On motion of Mr. Riopelle, two-thirds of all the Senators-elect voting therefor, The bill was given immediate effect. 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 prohibit any mutual fire, cyclone, automobile or hail-storm insurance company doing an insurance business in Michigan taking or assuming a greater risk or liability on a single hazard than one-fifth of one per cent of the total insurance in force in said company unless the excess insurance or liability over and above said one-fifth of one per cent be at once reinsured in some other insurance or reinsurance company doing business in and under the laws of the State; authorizing and making it legal for any mutual fire, cyclone, automobile or hailstorm insurance company organized under the laws of and doing business in the State to reinsure with and receive reinsurance from any other company authorized to do an insurance business in the State on any and all property situate within the State; defining what shall constitute a single hazard; fixing a penalty for the violation of this act; and amending all acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith. 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 6 and 10 of chapter 58 of Act No. 314 of the Public Acts of 1915, "The Judicature Act of 1915," being sections 13955 and 13959 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 amend section 3 of Act No. 192 of the Public Acts of 1871, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of a board of commissioners for the general supervision of penal, pauper, and reformatory institutions and defining their duties and powers," being section 1982 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 authorize counties to make provisions for the care, custody and maintenance of feeble-minded and epileptic persons, to authorize the levying and collection of taxes, the borrowing of money and issuing of bonds for such purpose and to provide for the care of State patients by counties and the reimbursement of such counties for such care. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had passed the bill and had ordered that it be given immediate effect. 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 amendment thereto, House bill No. 50 (file No. 191), entitled A bill to make appropriations for the Central Michigan Normal School for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1922 and June 30, 1923, for maintenance, operation and other specific purposes. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had non-concurred in the amendments made to the bill by the Senate. Mr. Clark 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. A message was received from the House of Representatives returning: A bill to provide for the public safety; to establish the State Department of Public Safety, and the manner of organizing the same; to transfer thereto the offices, duties and powers of the State Fire Marshal, the State Oil Inspector, the Department of the Michigan State Police, and certain powers and duties of the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Department; to create the office of Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety, to prescribe their powers, duties and compensation. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had passed the bill with the following amendments: 1. Amend by striking out section 8 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Section 8. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund for the State Department of Public Safety for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, the sum of $350,000, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, the sum of $350,000, for all purposes: Provided, That all expenditures hereunder shall be subject to the control of the State Administrative Board." 2. Amend by adding three new sections to stand as sections 9, 10 and 11 and to read as follows: "Section 9. The amounts hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the State Treasury, and the disbursing officer of the State Department of Public Safety shall render his accounts therefor at such times and in such manner as is or may be provided by law. Section 10. All fees or other moneys received by said State Board of Public Safety shall be forwarded to the State Treasurer each month and shall be by said Treasurer deposited in the State Treasury to be disbursed in such manner and for such purposes as may be provided by law. "Section 11. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the years 1921 and 1922 sufficient amounts to reimburse the general fund for the appropriations hereby made." The question being on concurring in the amendments made to the bill by the House of Representatives, the roll was called and the Senators voted as follows: So, a majority of all the Senators-elect having voted in favor thereof, The bill was referred to the Secretary for enrollment printing and presentation to the Governor. A message was received from the House of Representatives, requesting the Senate to return to the House the following entitled bill: Senate bill No. 158 (file No. 177), entitled A bill to provide for the determination of the natural height and level of the waters in navigable inland lakes of this State, and to maintain such waters at their natural height and level for the purpose of protecting fish or the public health or welfare or to improve navigation; to build dams and embankments and to provide for acquiring by gift, grant, or condemnation proceedings lands and other property; to authorize the raising of money by taxation and by special assessments for the purposes hereof; and to repeal Act No. 202 of the Public Acts of 1911, entitled "An act to authorize boards of supervisors in certain counties to determine the natural height and level of the waters in navigable Inland lakes; to maintain the waters in navigable inland lakes at their natural height and level; to build dams and embankments and acquire for such purposes by condemnation, or otherwise, lands, easements appropriate moneys therefor; and to assess the expenses of such improvements or other property; to on property benefited thereby," the same being sections 7377 to 7403 inclusive of the Compiled Laws of 1915. Mr. McArthur moved that the bill be taken from the table. The motion prevailed. The question being on complying with the request of the House for the return of the bill, Mr. McArthur moved that the request be granted. The motion prevailed. A message was received from the House of Representatives returning: A bill to amend section 6 of Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1909, entitled "An act to define and regulate common carriers and the receiving, transportation and delivery of persons and property, prevent the imposition of unreasonable rates, prevent unjust discrimination, insure adequate service, create the Michigan Railroad Commission, define the powers and duties thereof, and to prescribe penalties for violations hereof," being section 8114 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had passed the bill with the following amendments: (1) Amend by inserting in line 28, section 6-a after the word "therefor," the words "including rules and regulations regarding absorption of switching rates." (2) Amend by striking out of line 13 of section 6 the word "may," and inserting in lieu thereof the word "shall." (3) Amend by striking out of line 48 of section 6 the words "Michigan Railroad Commission," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Public Utilities Commission." The question being on concurring in the amendments made to the bill by the House of Representatives, the roll was called and the Senators voted as follows: So, a majority of all the Senators-elect having voted in favor thereof, The Senate concurred in the amendments made to the bill by the House of Representatives. 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 provide for the disposition of county war chest funds, and other funds raised for patriotic purposes in counties, townships, cities and villages. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had passed the bill with the following amendments: (1) Amend by striking out of section 3, line 3, the word "shall," and inserting in lieu thereof the word "may." (2) Amend by striking out of line 1 of section 2 the word "shall," and inserting in lieu thereof the word "may." The question being on concurring in the amendments made to the bill by the House of Representatives, the roll was called and the Senators voted as follows: So, a majority of all the Senators-elect having voted in favor thereof, The Senate concurred in the amendments made to the bill by the House of Representatives. 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 authorizing the State to reimburse counties and townships to the extent of one-half of the amounts spent by such counties and townships in connection with the destruction of grasshoppers and similar pests, making an ap propriation therefor, and providing a tax to meet the same. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had passed the bill with the following amendments: 1. Amend section one by striking out of lines five and six the words "to the extent" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "not more than." 2. Amend section one, line six by striking out the words "any fiscal year" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-two and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-three." 3. Amend by adding at the end of section one the following: "Provided that no payment shall be made out of the appropriations hereby made until November first of each year, and that should the amount of the claims on the basis of one half of the amount expended exceed the appropriation, then such claims shall be reduced pro rata." The question being on concurring in the amendments made to the bill by the House of Representatives, the roll was called and the Senators voted as follows: NAYS-0. So, a majority of all the Senators-elect having voted in favor thereof, The Senate concurred in the amendments made to the bill by the House of Representatives. 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 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17 and 19 of Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1919, entitled "An act to define, regulate and license real estate brokers, real estate salesmen and business chance brokers and to provide a penalty for a violation of the provisions hereof. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had passed the bill with the following amendments: (1) Amend by inserting in line 3, section 19, before the word "person" the word "natural." (2) Amend by inserting in line 9, section 19, before the word "person" the word "natural." (3) Amend by striking out of line 6 of section 17 the words "five cents per folio page" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "ten cents per page." (4) Amend by inserting in line 3 of section 17 after the word "licenses" the words "in their respective counties." The question being on concurring in the amendments made to the bill by the House of Representatives, the roll was called and the Senators voted as follows: So. a majority of all the Senators-elect having voted in favor thereof, The Senate concurred in the amendments made to the bill by the House of Representatives. The bill was referred to the Secretary for enrollment and presentation to the Governor. A message was received from the House of Representatives returning: Senate bill No. 19 (file No. 20), entitled A bill to authorize and direct the State Highway Commissioner to lay out and establish a trunk line highway from a point on the boundary line between the States of Michigan and Indiana southwest of Montville on the Elkhart Road to Port Sanilac in Sanilac County, passing through certain intermediate towns, villages and cities, to be known and designated as the Colgrove Highway. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives had passed the bill with the following amendments: (1) Amend by striking out of section 1, line 6, after the word “St. Charles," the amendment made by the Senate "through James township to" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "with an extension from the quarter corner common to sections 28 and 29 town 12 north range 3 east, westerly through Merrill to the prime meridian trunk line." (2) Amend by inserting in section 1, line 7, after the word "county," the following words, "and from New Buffalo in Berrien County, through Buchanan, Niles, Cassopolis, Vandalia, Fabius, Three Rivers, Mendon, Leonidas, Union City, Burlington, Tekonsha, Homer, Concord, Spring Arbor, to Jackson in Jackson county." |