Mr. Foster moved that when the Senate adjourns today it stand adjourned until tomorrow at 9 o'clock a. m. The motion prevailed. Mr. Foster moved that the Senate take a recess until 7:30 o'clock p. m. The motion prevailed, the time being 5:30 o'clock p. m. AFTER RECESS. The Senate was called to order by the President. A quorum of the Senate was present. The Senate took up the order of 7:30 o'clock p. m. * MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS. Mr. Morford moved to take from the table House bill No. 100 (file No. 228), entitled A bill making appropriations for the Michigan Farm Colony for Epileptics, for special purposes for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1918, and June 30, 1919, and to provide a tax to meet the same. The motion prevailed. On motion of Mr. Morford, and by unanimous consent, the vote by which the Senate passed the bill was reconsidered, and the vote by which the amendments recommended by the Committee on Finance and Appropriations were agreed to, was reconsidered. [Said amendments are printed in the Senate Journal of April 12.] The question then being on agreeing to said amendments, amendments Nos. 1, 2, 3, 6 and 10 were disagreed to. Amendments Nos. 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 11, recommended by the Committee on Finance and Appropriations, were agreed to. Mr. Morford then offered the following amendments: 1. Amend section 1, line 5, by striking out the word "fifty-three" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "fifty-five.” 2. Amend section 1, by inserting after line 40 the following: "For ditching, drainage and fencing, two thousand dollars;". 3. Amend section 2, by striking out all of lines 6 and 7 and inserting in lieu thereof the words "For the construction of two cottages for one hundred patients each, one hundred thirty thousand dollars." 4. Amend section 4, line 3, by striking out the word "fifty-three" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "fifty-five." Which amendments were adopted. The question then being on the passage of the bill, as thus amended, the bill was passed, a majority of all the Senators-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The title of the bill was agreed to. Mr. Morford moved that the bill, being within the purview of section 21, article V, of the Constitution, viz., a bill making an appropriation, be ordered to take immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of the Senators-elect voting therefor. Mr. Foster moved to take from the table House bill No. 269 (file No. 206), entitled A bill to amend Act No. 7 of the Public Acts, Second Special Session of 1912, entitled "An act to provide for the erection of armories, and making an appropriation therefor," being sections 979 to 982, both inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1915. The motion prevailed. Mr. Foster moved that the rules be suspended and that the vote by which the Senate on April 5, passed the bill, be reconsidered. The motion prevailed. The question being on the passage of the bill, Mr. Foster offered the following amendments: 1. Amend by striking out of line 6, section 1, the word "five" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "4a." 2. Amend by striking out of line 1, section 5, the figure "5" and inserting in lieu thereof the figure "4a." Which amendments were adopted. The bill was then passed, a majority of all the Senators-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The question being on agreeing to the title, Mr. Foster moved to amend the title so as to read as follows: A bill to amend Act No. 7 of the Public Acts, Second Special Session of 1912, entitled "An act to provide for the erection of armories, and making an appropriation therefor," being sections 979 to 982, both inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1915, by adding a new section thereto to stand as section 4a. The motion prevailed, and the title of the bill was so amended. Mr. Morford moved that the rules be suspended and that House bill No. 125 (file No. 145), entitled A bill to require the establishment of an optional course of military training in all high schools in this State. Be placed on its immediate passage. The motion prevailed. The bill was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the Senators-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE. The following message from the House of Representatives was received and read: To the President of the Senate: House of Representatives, Sir: I am instructed by the House of Representatives to return to the Senate House bill No. 372 (file No. 138), entitled A bill to prohibit the manufacture, sale, keeping for sale, giving away, bartering or furnishing of any vinous, malt, brewed, fermented, spirituous or intoxicating liquors, except for medicinal, mechanical, chemical, scientific and sacramental purposes; to regulate the manufacture, sale and possession thereof for such excepted purposes, to provide for the enforcement of, and to prescribe penalties for violations of this act; to prohibit certain advertising and advertisements pertaining to the liquor traffic, to prescribe the duties of officers, and of carriers pertaining to the liquor traffic; to prescribe rights of action, recovery of damages and rules of evidence thereunder; and to repeal all acts in conflict therewith. To which the Senate made certain amendments, in the adoption of which amendments the House of Representatives non-concurred, and upon which amendments the Senate insisted and asked for a conference with the House of Representatives relative to the matters of difference between the two houses as to the bill. And now to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has granted the request of the Senate for a conference and has named Representatives Wiley, Lewis and Amon as conferees on the part of the House of Representatives. Very respectfully, CHARLES S. PIERCE, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The President appointed as conferees on the part of the Senate, at said conference, Senators Foster, Damon and Willison. The following message from the House of Representatives was received and read: House of Representatives, To the President of the Senate: Sir:-I am instructed by the House of Representatives to return to the Senate House bill No. 246 (file No. 159), entitled A bill to make appropriation for the Mackinac Island State Park and for the Michilimackirac State Park, for the fiscal years ending June 30th, 1918 and June 30, 1919, and to provide a tax to meet the same. To which the Senate made certain amendments, in the adoption of which amendments the House of Representatives non-concurred, and upon which amendments the Senate insisted and asked for a conference with the House of Representatives relative to the matters of difference between the two houses as to the bill. And now to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has granted the request of the Senate for a conference and has namd Representatives Croll, Green and Clark as conferees on the part of the House of Representatives. Very respectfully, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The President appointed as conferees on the part of the Senate, at said conference, Senators Morford, Wood and W. W. Smith. The following message from the House of Representatives was received and read: To the President of the Senate: House of Representatives, Sir:-I am instructed by the House of Representatives to return to the Senate House bill No. 51 (file No. 213), entitled A bill making appropriations for the Pontiac State Hospital at Pontiac, for building and special purposes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, and to provide a tax to meet the same. To which the Senate made certain amendments, in the adoption of which amendments the House of Representatives non-concurred, and upon which amendments the Senate insisted and asked for a conference with the House of Representatives relative to the matters of difference between the two houses as to the bill. And now to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has granted the request of the Senate for a conference and has named Representatives Warner, John Schmidt and Cowan as conferees on the part of the House of Representatives. Very respectfully, CHARLES S. PIERCE, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The President appointed as conferees on the part of the Senate, at said conference, Senators Covert, Morford and Willison. The following message from the House of Representatives was received and read: To the President of the Senate: House of Representatives, Sir: I am instructed by the House of Representatives to return to the Senate House bill No. 232 (file No. 130), entitled A bill to regulate the spearing of cisco, white fish and carp in the inland waters of this State. To which the Senate made certain amendments, in the adoption of which amendments the House of Representatives non-concurred, and upon which amendments the Senate insisted and asked for a conference with the House of Representatives relative to the matters of difference between the two houses as to the bill. And now to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has granted the request of the Senate for a conference and has namd Representatives Anderson, Ewing and Chapin as conferees on the part of the House of Representatives. Very respectfully, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The President appointed as conferees on the part of the Senate, at said conference, Senators Wood, Bryant and Harrington. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. The Committee on Cities and Villages to whom was referred A bill to amend Act No. 3 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1895, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of villages within the State of Michigan and defining their powers and duties," being sections 2555 to 2871 of the Compiled Laws of Michigan of 1915, and constituting |