PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS. No. 258. By Mr. Westover: Petition of Gustin, Cook & Buckley, and 70 other merchants of Bay City, asking for the passage of House bill No. 25, relative to garnishment proceedings. The petition was referred to the Committee on Judiciary. No. 259. By Mr. Pierson: Petition of George W. Hubbard, and 40 other citizens of Flint, upon the same subject. Same reference. No. 260. By Mr. Pierson: Petition of Crawford & Wright, and 28 other firms of Flint, upon the same subject. Same reference. No. 261. By Mr. Bangham: Petition of the State Board of Health, asking for the passage of Senate bill No. 149, relative to the determination of the qualifications of persons engaged in the business of preparing human bodies, dead of contagious diseases, for shipment or transportation. The petition was referred to the Committee on Public Health. No. 262. By Mr. McMullen: Petition of Five Lakes Grange, of Gaylord, asking that sufficient appropriations be made for the support of the Agricultural College. The petition was referred to the Committee on Agricultural College. No. 263. By Mr. McMullen: Petition of H. J. Todd, and 28 other citizens of Cheboygan county, asking for the passage of a bill to prohibit the giving away of cigarettes or cigarette paper in this State. The petition was referred to the Committee on Judiciary. No. 264. By Mr. Robson: Petition of T. A. Weadock and 65 other lawyers of this State, asking for the passage of a bill to provide for an addition to the Capitol. The petition was referred to the Committee on Public Buildings. REPORTS OF standing COMMITTEES. By the Committee on State Library: The Committee on State Library, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 438, entitled A bill to amend section 3 of Act No. 28 of the Public Acts of 1895, entitled “An Act to provide for the management and control and for the extension of the usefulness of the State Library;" 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. HIRAM M. HIGH, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the Committee on Finance and Appropriations. By the Committee on Public Health: The Committee on Public Health, to whom was referred House bill No. 169 (file No. 191), entitled A bill to require adequate water supply, sewerage and drainage to all slaughter houses in or within one mile of any city, park or highway; 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. FRED F. SOVEREIGN, 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 Religious and Benevolent Societies: The Committee on Religious and Benevolent Societies, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 437 (file No. 165), entitled A bill to amend sections 1 and 3 of Act No. 46 of the Public Acts of 1869, entitled "An Act to prohibit, discourage and punish prize fighting within the State of Michigan," approved March 22, 1869, being compiler's sections 11732 and 11734 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. FRED F. SOVEREIGN, 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 Public Health: The Committee on Public Health, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 46, entitled A bill to prohibit the manufacture and sale of articles of food containing unhealthy ingredients; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate, with the accompanying amendment thereto, recommending that the amendment be concurred in, but without recommendation as to the passage of the bill, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. FRED F. SOVEREIGN, The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Chairman. Mr. Sovereign moved that the Senate concur in the amendment made to the bill by the committee. The motion prevailed. Mr. Moore moved that the bill be laid on the table. The motion prevailed. By the Committee on Education and Public Schools: The Committee on Education and Public Schools, to whom was referred House bill No. 704 (file No. 212), entitled A bill to amend section 18, chapter 3, of Act No. 164 of the Public Acts of 1881, being compiler's section 4683 of the Compiled Laws of the State of Michigan, entitled "An Act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to public instruction and primary schools, and to repeal all statutes and acts contravening the provisions of this Act;" Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate with the accompanying amendment thereto, recommending that the amendment be concurred in, and that the bill when so amended do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. J. W. HUMPHREY, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Humphrey moved that the Senate concur in the amendment made to the bill by the committeė. The motion prevailed. The bill was then referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the Committee on Elections: The Committee on Elections, to whom was referred A bill to provide for the registration of electors and to preserve the purity of elections, and guard against the abuse of the election franchise by a registration of electors of the County of Saginaw, excepting the City of Saginaw, and to regulate the sessions of the several boards of registration in said county; 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. JEROME W. NIMS, 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 Elections: The Committee on Elections, to whom was referred A bill to amend section 4, section 5, section 6, section 8 and section 13, of Act 147 of the general school laws of 1891, entitled "An Act to provide for the election of county commissioner of schools, for the appointment of school examiners, (and) to define the duties and fix the compensation for the same, and to repeal all existing acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this act;" Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate, with the, accompanying amendments thereto, recommending that the amendments be concurred in, and that the bill when so amended do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. JEROME W. NIMS, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Nims moved that the Senate concur in the amendments made to the bill by the committee. The motion prevailed. The bill was then 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 A bill to amend section 1 of an Act to authorize proceedings against garnishees and for other purposes, being compiler's section 990 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, with the accompanying amendments thereto, recommending that the amendments be concurred in, and that the bill when so amended do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. GEO. E. NICHOLS, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Nichols moved that the Senate concur in the amendments made to the bill by the committee. The motion prevailed. Mr. Nichols 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 question being on agreeing to the title, Mr. Nichols moved to amend the title so as to read as follows: A bill to amend section 1 of Act No. 137 of the Session Laws of 1849, entitled "An Act to authorize proceedings against garnishees and for other purposes," being compiler's section 990 of the Compiled Laws of 1897. The motion prevailed, and the title was so amended. The title, as amended, was then agreed to. By the Committee on State Affairs: The Committee on State Affairs, to whom was referred A bill to provide for the licensing and regulation of sales of goods, wares and merchandise by itinerant vendors, and to repeal Act No. 259, Public Acts of the State of Michigan of 1899; 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. DAN P. MCMULLEN, 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 Printing: The Committee on Printing, to whom was referred A bill to provide for the registration of Grange libraries with the Michigan State Library; 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. DAN P. MCMULLEN, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Palmer moved that the bill be placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills. The motion prevailed. |