The question being on agreeing to the title,

Mr. Hart moved to amend the title so as to read as follows:

A bill to prevent and punish deception in the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine, imitation butter, or butterine.

Which motion prevailed.

The title, as amended, was then agreed to.

On motion of Mr. Hart,

By a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect, the bill was ordered to take immediate effect.

By unanimous consent:

Mr. Dingley moved to take from the table,

Senate bill No. 22 (file No. 10), entitled

A bill 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.

Which motion prevailed.

On motion of Mr. Dingley,

The bill was placed on the order of third reading.

THIRD READING OF BILLS.

House joint resolution No. 361 (file No. 211), entitled

Joint resolution proposing the repeal of section 3 of article 18 of the constitution of this State, and the adding of a new section thereto to stand as section 3 of article 18, relative to the employment of prisoners confined in the several penitentiaries of this State.

Was read a third time, and pending the taking of the vote on the passage thereof,

Mr. Gillam demanded the previous question.

The demand was seconded.

The question being shall the main question be now put,

The same was ordered.

The joint resolution was then not passed, two-thirds of all the members elect not voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:

Mr. Eikhoff moved to reconsider the vote by which the House refused to pass the joint resolution,

Which motion prevailed.

The question being on the passage of the joint resolution,

On motion of Mr. Eikhoff,

The joint resolution was laid on the table.

House joint resolution No. 61 (file No. 212), entitled

Joint resolution directing the Board of State Auditors to settle claim made by George W. Crump against the State of Michigan for compensation for injuries received by him while superintending the removal of camp supplies and equipage from the military camp at Island Lake to the railroad station, on the ninth day of August, 1887.

Was read a third time, and pending the taking of the vote on the passage thereof,

Mr. Gillam demanded the previous question.

The demand was seconded.

The question being shall the main question be now put,

The same was ordered.

The joint resolution was then passed, a majority of all the members elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:

By a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect, the bill was ordered to take immediate effect.

House bill No. 298 (file No. 158), entitled

A bill to enable the regents of the University of Michigan to receive any money or other property for the ultimate use of the university and to invest the same in the best manner possible subject to the payment of the net income or any portion thereof derived therefrom to any speci fied person or persons then living, during the life or lives of such person or persons.

Was read a third time, and pending the taking of the vote on the passage thereof,

Mr. Hart demanded the previous question.

The demand was seconded.

The question being shall the main question be now put,

The same was ordered.

The bill was then passed, a majority of all the members elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:

Title agreed to.

On motion of Mr. Heineman,

By a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect, the bill was ordered to take immediate effect.

House bill No. 135 (file No. 199), entitled

A bill to amend sections 4 and 5 of act No. 150 of the public acts of 1893, entitled "An act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a pardoning board, prescribing the powers and duties, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith," also to amend section 6 of above entitled act, as amended by act No. 256 of the public acts of 1895, and to add a new section thereto, to stand as section No. 11.

Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the members elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:

The question being on agreeing to the title,

Mr. Hammond moved to amend the title by inserting in next to last line after the date "1895" the words "being sections 144, 145 and 146 of the compiled laws of 1897."

Which motion prevailed.

The title, as amended, was then agreed to.

On motion of Mr. Hammond,

By a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect, the bill was ordered to take immediate effect.

House bill No. 616 (file No. 200), entitled

A bill to amend section 40 of chapter 177 of the compiled laws of 1871, being compiler's section 6794 of Howell's annotated statutes, relative to the probate courts.

Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the members elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: