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The question then being on the motion made by Mr. Nichols, as substituted by the motion made by Mr. Murfin,

The motion prevailed.

The following is the report of the minority of the Committee on Railroads, which was then read and ordered spread upon the Journal: By a minority of the Committee on Railroads:

A minority of the Committee on Railroads, to which committee was referred

House bill No. 26 (House file No. 259), entitled

A bill to provide for the assessment of the property of railroad companies, union station and depot companies, telegraph companies, telephone companies, express companies, sleeping car companies, car loaning companies, stock car companies, refrigerator car companies, fast freight line companies, and all other companies not above specified owning and operating cars of any character and description within the State of Michigan, and for the levy thereof by a State board of assessors of taxes, and for the collection thereof, and to repeal all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith;

Respectfully report that it has had the same under consideration and recommends that the bill do not pass, as amended, for the following

reasons:

First, Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4, as amended, should be stricken from said bill, and in lieu thereof should stand section 1 of said bill as passed by the House; and section 2 of said bill should be amended by striking out lines 4, 5 and 6 of section 1, being the words, "The secretary of the Board of Tax Commissioners shall be ex officio secretary of the State board of assessors without extra compensation," and inserting in lieu thereof the words, "Section 2. Said board shall elect a secretary at a salary not to exceed $1,800 per annum, who shall hold office during the pleasure of said board."

Second, By amending said bill by inserting in section 14 after the word "purposes" in the 7th line, the following: "And said board shall determine and enter upon its record the aggregate ad valorem tax to be raised in the whole State for State, county and municipal purposes for the current year, not including special assessments on property par ticularly benefited, and not including taxes to be assessed by the State board of assessors. It shall also, within the time above limited, enter upon its records the aggregate value of the property upon which said aggregate ad valorem taxes were raised as shall appear or be determined from the assessed valuation levied upon said property. From said aggregate assessed valuation and said aggregate taxes so determined and entered upon its record, it shall compute and determine the average rate of State, county and municipal taxes throughout the State by dividing the aggregate taxes for the current year, so determined by it, by the aggregate assessed valuation, so determined by it, of the prop

erty upon which the same has been raised, which said rate so arrived at and determined shall be entered upon the record of said board, and shall constitute the rate of taxation of the several companies liable to taxation under this Act," and strike out the balance of said section. As to the other amendments proposed and reported by the committee, the minority concurs and recommends that the bill do pass with the foregoing amendments and changes herein suggested.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

By the Committee on Public Buildings:

GEO. E. NICHOLS.

The Committee on Public Buildings, to whom was referred

Senate bill No. 245 (file No. 68), entitled

A bill to provide for the erection and construction of an addition to State Capitol building, to make an appropriation therefor, and provide for same by tax;

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. JOHN ROBSON,

Chairman.

The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Robson 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 on Finance and Appropriations.

By the Committee on Judiciary:

The Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred

House bill No. 1000 (file No. 147), entitled

A bill to amend section 1 of Act No. 233 of the Session Laws of 1861, entitled "An Act to facilitate the commencement of suits against joint defendants residing in several counties," approved March 16, 1861, as subsequently amended, and being compiler's section 10010 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 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. GEO. E. NICHOLS,

Chairman.

The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Nichols moved that the Senate concur in the amendment made to the bill by the committee.

The motion prevailed.

Mr. Holmes moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Cities and Villages.

The motion prevailed.

By the Committee on Supplies and Expenses:

The Committee on Supplies and Expenses, have had under consideration the following account:

Robson Bros. Carpet Co.:

One rug

$21 00

And have directed me to recommend that the account be allowed and ordered paid.

The report was adopted.

A. J. DOHERTY,

Chairman.

By the Committee on Finance and Appropriations:

The Committee on Finance and Appropriations, to whom was referred

House bill No. 329 (file No. 224), entitled

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.

CHARLES SMITH,

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 Finance and Appropriations:

The Committee on Finance and Appropriations, to whom was ferred

House bill No. 859 (file No. 185), entitled

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A bill to authorize the Governor of this State to appoint a commission to select a design for a State soldiers and sailors' monument to be erected on the Capitol grounds at Lansing, and to determine the location of the same on such grounds, and to report such design and location to the Governor, with an estimate of the cost of the erection of said monument, so that the matter of the appropriation and details for the erection may be properly submitted to the Legislature by the Governor in his next message;

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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.

CHARLES SMITH,

Chairman.

The report was accepted and the committee discharged.
The bill was then referred to the committee of the whole and placed

on the general order.

By the Committee on Finance and Appropriations:

The Committee on Finance and Appropriations, to whom was referred

Senate bill No. 179 (file No. 162), entitled

A bill to provide for the inspection of manufacturing establishments, workshops, hotels and stores in this State; to provide for the regulation of such establishments, and the employment of women and children therein; to regulate the conduct of sweatshops, so-called; to provide for the enforcement of the provisions of this Act, and to make an appropriation for the purpose of carrying out 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.

CHARLES SMITH,

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 Finance and Appropriations:

The Committee on Finance and Appropriations, to whom was referred

House bill No. 810 (file No. 161), entitled

A bill to authorize and direct the Commissioner of the State Land Office to cause an examination of the unsold primary school, swamp, salt spring, Normal School, asylum and State building lands belonging to the State, and to fix the minimum price for which such lands shall hereafter be sold;

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.

CHARLES SMITH,

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 Finance and Appropriations:

The Committee on Finance and Appropriations, to whom was referred

House joint resolution No. 1091 (file No. 253), entitled

A joint resolution providing for the erection of a monument to the memory of the army nurse. E. May Tower (who died in Porto Rico), at her place of interment in the cemetery at Byron, in the County of Shiawassee, Michigan, and 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.

CHARLES SMITH,

Chairman.

The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The joint resolution was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order.

MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE.

The following message from the House was received and read: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Lansing, April 18, 1901.

To the President of the Senate:

Sir-I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bill: House bill No. 1022, By Mr. Spencer, entitled

A bill to reincorporate the City of Menominee, to provide for the election and appointment of officers therein, and to repeal Act No. 228 of the Session Laws of 1883, entitled "An Act to incorporate the City of Menominee," and to repeal Act No. 281 of the Session Laws of 1891, entitled "An Act to revise and amend the charter of the City of Menominee,” being Act 228 of the Session Laws of 1883, entitled "An Act to incorporate the City of Menominee," approved April 9, 1891, and all amendments thereto;

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 effect June 1, 1901, 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.

The following message from the House was also received and read: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Lansing, April 18, 1901.

To the President of the Senate:

Sir—I am instructed by the House to transmit to the Senate the following concurrent resolution:

Concurrent resolution to provide for the submission to the qualified electors of School District No. 4, fractional, of the Township of Evergreen, in the County of Montcalm, the question of relief of Almon G. Giddings, assessor of said school district in said county, from liability on account of the loss of school funds occasioned through the failure of the bank of Stone and Hemingway of Sheridan, Michigan.

Resolved by the House (the Senate concurring), That there shall be submitted to the qualified electors of School District No. 4, fractional, of the Township of Evergreen, County of Montcalm, at the annual