Mr. Baird moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor. By the Committee on Counties and Townships: The Committee on Counties and Townships, to whom was referred House bill No. 1023, entitled A bill to create a voting precinct in the Township of Ingallston in Menominee 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 the further consideration of the subject. O. B. FULLER, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Fuller 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: Mr. Fuller moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor. By the Committee on Counties and Townships: The Committee on Counties and Townships, to whom was referred House bill No. 574, entitled A bill to amend sections 2 and 3 of Act No. 400, of the Local Acts of the State of Michigan for the 1899, entitled "An Act to provide for the payment of a salary to certain township officers in the Township of Springwells, in the County of Wayne, and to fix the salaries thereof;" 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. O. B. FULLER, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Goodell 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: Mr. Goodell moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor. By the Committee on Insurance: The Committee on Insurance, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 344, entitled A bill to amend sections 8 and 9 of chapter 212, being sections 7747 · and 7748, Compiled Laws, relating to fraternal beneficiary societies, and to add a new section to stand as section 21; 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 substitute therefor, entitled A bill to amend sections 8 and 9 of Act No. 119 of the Public Acts of 1893, entitled "An Act to define what shall constitute fraternal beneficiary societies, orders or associations; to provide for their incorporation and the regulation of their business, and for the punishment for violation of the provisions of the Act of their incorporation, and to repeal all existing Acts inconsistent therewith," the same being sections 7747 and 7748 of the Compiled Laws of 1897; and to add two new sections to said Act, to stand as sections 21 and 22. Recommending that the substitute be concurred in, and that the substitute do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. T. W. ATWOOD, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Atwood moved that the Senate concur in the adoption of the substitute reported by the committee. The motion prevailed. The bill was ordered printed, referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the Committee on Agricultural Interests: The Committee on Agricultural Interests, to whom was referred A bill making appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1902, and June 30, 1903, for the purpose of promoting the horticultural interests of the State and the editing and compiling of the reports of the Michigan State Horticultural Society, and to provide 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 further consideration of the subject. SOLON GOODELL, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the Committee on Finance and Appropriations. By the Committee on Asylum for Insane at Kalamazoo: The Committee on Asylum for Insane at Kalamazoo, to whom was referred House bill No. 251 (file No. 245), entitled A bill making appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902, for erecting one detached building for women patients, for the purchase of furniture and furnishings for the same, and for the erection of five fire-proof stairways and the necessary remodeling incident thereto in the main buildings already erected at the Michigan Asylum for the Insane at Kalamazoo, 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 further consideration of the subject. O. B. FULLER, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the Committee on Finance and Appropriations. 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 transmit the following bill: A bill making appropriations for the Eastern Michigan Asylum for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902, for the purpose of purchasing lands for the use and benefit of said asylum, and to provide for a tax to meet the same; Which has passed the House by a majority vote of all the members elect, and in which the concurrence of the Senate is respectfully asked. Very respectfully, LEWIS M. MILLER, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Asylum for Insane at Pontiac. The following message from the House was also received and read: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Lansing, April 17, 1901. To the President of the Senate: Sir-I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bill: A bill to amend section 1 of Act No. 45 of the Public Acts of 1887, entitled "An Act to facilitate the disposal and settlement of taxes on vacant or part-paid swamp, school and other lands," approved March 24, 1887, as amended by Act No. 69 of the Session Laws of 1889, the same being section 3978 of Compiled Laws of 1897; Which has passed the House by a majority vote of all the members elect, and by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect been ordered to take immediate effect, and in which the concurrence of the Senate is respectfully asked. Very respectfully, LEWIS M. MILLER, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Taxation. The following message from the House was also received and read: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Lansing, April 17, 1901. To the President of the Senate: Sir I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bill: A bill making appropriations for the State Board of Fish Commissioners for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1902, and June 30, 1903, and to provide for a tax to meet the same; Which has passed the House by a majority vote of all the members elect, and in which the concurrence of the Senate is respectfully asked. Very respectfully, LEWIS M. MILLER, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and, on motion of Mr. Kelly, was referred to the Committee on Finance and Appropriations. The following message from the House was also received and read: To the President of the Senate: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Sir-I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bill: A bill to amend section 13 of an Act entitled "An Act relative to free schools in the City of Detroit," approved February 24, 1869; Which has passed the House by a majority vote of all the members elect, and by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect been ordered to take immediate effect, and in which the concurrence of the Senate is respectfully asked. Very respectfully, LEWIS M. MILLER, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Education and Public Schools. The following message from the House was also received and read: To the President of the Senate: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Sir—I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bill: A bill to amend section 1 of chapter 2, section 3 of chapter 3, section 2 of chapter 8, and section 6 of chapter 17 of Act No. 390 of the Local Acts of 1885, and the amendments thereto, entitled "An Act to amend and revise the charter of the City of Port Huron," approved June 17, 1885, and to add a new section to chapter 7 to stand as section 61; Which has passed the House by a majority vote of all the members elect, and by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect been ordered to take immediate effect, and in which the concurrence of the Senate is respectfully asked. Very respectfully, LEWIS M. MILLER, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Cities and Villages. |