The bill was referred to the Secretary for printing and presentation to the Governor. By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. By the Committee on Finance and Appropriations: The Committee on Finance and Appropriations, to whom was referred House bill No. 536 (file No. 252), entitled A bill making appropriations for the Industrial School for Boys for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1902, and June 30, 1903, and to provide for a tax to meet the same; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate without amendment and recommend that it do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. CHARLES SMITH, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Humphrey moved that the rules be suspended, and that the bill be placed on its immediate passage. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators present voting therefor. The bill was then read a third time and passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The title was agreed to. Mr. Humphrey moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor. By the Committee on School for the Blind: The Committee on School for the Blind, to whom was referred A bill to making appropriations for the Michigan School for the Blind for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1902, and June 30, 1903, and to provide for a tax to meet the same; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate without amendment and recommend that it do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. WM. D. KELLY, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the Committee on Finance and Appropriations. By the Committee on Judiciary: The Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred House bill No. 786 (file No. 168), entitled A bill to amend compiler's section 670 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, relative to the giving of bonds on appeal from the orders and decrees of the probate court; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate without amendment and recommend that it do pass, and ask to be discharged from further consideration of the subject. GEO. E. NICHOLS, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the Committee on Judiciary: The Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred House bill No. 783 (file No. 170), entitled A bill to amend section 4 of Act No. 130, Public Acts of 1897, entitled "An Act to provide for the appointment of guardians of the persons of habitual drunkards and of persons so addicted to the excessive use of intoxicating liquors or narcotic or noxious drugs as to need medical or sanitary treatment or care, and for restraining them in a suitable asylum or hospital," being compiler's section 8742 of the Compiled Laws of 1897; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate without amendment and recommend that it do pass, and ask to be discharged from further consideration of the subject. GEO. E. NICHOLS, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. THIRD READING OF BILLS. Senate bill No. 156 (file No. 52), entitled A bill to provide for the construction and maintenance of a psychopathic ward upon the hospital grounds of the University of Michigan, and to appropriate the sum of $50,000 therefor; Was read a third time and 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. Bangham moved to amend the title so as to read as follows: A bill to provide for the construction and equipping of a psychopathic ward upon the hospital grounds of the University of Michigan, and to appropriate the sum of $50,000 therefor. The motion prevailed, and the title was so amended. The title, as amended, was then agreed to. Senate bill No. 181 (file No. 122), entitled A bill to amend section 6 of Act No. 35 of the Session Laws of 1867, entitled “An Act to provide for the formation of street railway companies," being section 6439 of the Compiled Laws of 1897; Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: Mr. Loomis moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor. Mr. Helme moved that the Senate resolve itself into the committee of the whole on the GENERAL ORDER. The motion prevailed. The President called Mr. McMullen to the chair. After some time spent therein the committee rose and, through their chairman, made the following report: The committee of the whole have had under consideration the following: I. Senate bill No. 53 (file No. 159), entitled A bill to amend section 9 of Act No. 140 of the Public Acts of 1889, entitled "An Act to authorize the formation of corporations for acquiring, holding, leasing and selling real estate, and for the erection of buildings thereon," approved June 8, 1889, as amended by Act No. 60 of the Public Acts of 1891, approved May 6, 1891, as amended by Act No. 182 of the Public Acts of 1895, approved May 22, 1895; Also: House bill No. 1283 (file No. 138), entitled A bill to amend section 9 of Act No. 229 of the Public Acts of Michigan for the year 1887, entitled "An Act establishing a lien for labor and services upon lumber, shingles, logs, timber, cedar posts, telegraph poles, railroad ties, bark, shingle bolts, stave bolts, staves, cord wood, pulp wood, hop poles, hoop poles, veneering wood and ali other forest products, and to repeal Act No. 145 of the Session Laws of 1881, entitled 'An Act establishing a lien for labor and services upon logs, timber, cedar posts, telegraph poles, railroad ties, tanbark, shingle bolts and staves, and to repeal Act No. 185 of the Session Laws of 1873, entitled "An Act establishing a lien for labor and services upon logs and timber as amended by Act No. 253 of the Public Acts of 1879," " " being section 10764 of the Compiled Laws of the State of Michigan for the year 1897; Also: House bill No. 387 (file No. 86), entitled A bill to provide for assigning errors on the rulings, orders, acts, decisions and judgments of any circuit court, or other court of record, in any civil or criminal suit, action or proceeding; Also: House bill No. 37 (file No. 104), entitled A bill to amend sections 7, 18 and 19 of the general railroad laws, being sections 6232 and 6243 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, as amended by Act 266 of the Public Acts of 1899, and section 6244 of said Compiled Laws, relative to the railroad maps and the condemnation of land for railroad purposes; Have made no amendments thereto and have directed their chairman to report the same back to the Senate and recommend their passage. The committee of the whole have also had under consideration the following: II. Senate bill No. 146 (file No. 158), entitled A bill to amend Act No. 68 of the Public Acts of 1853, entitled "An Act relating to telegraph operators and others," being section 11386 of the Compiled Laws of 1897; Have made an amendment thereto and have directed their chairman to report the same back to the Senate asking concurrence therein, and recommending its passage. The committee of the whole have also had under consideration the following: III. Senate bill No. 217 (file No. 160), entitled A bill to provide for the registration of Grange libraries with the Michigan State Library; And have directed their chairman to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the bill be referred to the Committee on Printing. The report was accepted. DAN. P. MCMULLEN, Chairman. The bills named in part I of the report were placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills. Mr. McMullen moved that the Senate concur in the amendment made to the bill named in part II of the report. The motion prevailed and the same was placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills. Mr. McMullen moved that the Senate concur in the recommendation of the committee regarding the bill named in part III of the report. The motion prevailed, and the same was referred to the Committee on Printing. By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE. The following message from the House was received and read: To the President of the Senate: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Sir-I am instructed by the House to retransmit in accordance with the request of the Senate the following bill: House bill No. 888 (file No. 111), entitled A bill to regulate the size of loads to be hauled over such roads as are built or may be built in the County of Bay under the Bay county road system, according to width of wagon tires used thereon, and to give boards of Bay county road commissioners power to prescribe such regulations to preserve roads that are built of stone, gravel, cinders or other material from being rutted or cut up to injure their use; also to give such boards police power on all roads under their jurisdiction. Very respectfully, LEWIS M. MILLER, Clerk of the House of Representatives. Mr. Westover moved to suspend rule 36, limiting the time within which a motion to reconsider a vote may be made. |