Mr. Murfin moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor. Senate bill No. 12 (file No. 1), entitled A bill to provide for the registration of land titles and transfer of the same, making the title as registered incontestable after two years from date of final registration decree, providing an indemnity fund from which persons may be reimbursed from the mistakes and misfeasance of officials acting hereunder, and also providing for the submission of this Act to the voters of the respective counties before it shall become operative therein; Was read a third time and, pending the taking of the vote on the passage thereof, Mr. Helme moved that the bill be laid on the table. The motion prevailed. Mr. Murfin moved to take from the table the above named bill. Mr. Helme arose to a point of order and stated that the motion made by Mr. Murfin was not in order for the reason that a vote had practically been taken by the Senate upon the question, and no other business had intervened. The President declared the point of order well taken. Mr. Murfin then moved to reconsider the vote by which the Senate laid the foregoing bill upon the table and demanded the yeas and nays. The motion made by Mr. Murfin then did not prevail, a majority of all the Senators present not voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The motion prevailed, the time being 5:15 o'clock p. m., and the President declared the Senate adjourned until tomorrow at 2 o'clock p. m. Lansing, April 25, 1901. 2 o'clock p. m. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment and was called to order by the President. Religious exercises were conducted by Rev. W. M. Puffer of Lansing. The following Senators were present: Messrs. Atwood, Baird, Bang- The following Senators were absent with leave: Messrs. Earle, Loeser, Sleeper, Gad Smith, Weekes-5. MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS. Mr. Loomis moved that when the Senate adjourn today it stand adjourned until tomorrow at 9 o'clock a. m. The motion prevailed. Mr. Loomis moved that when the Senate adjourn tomorrow it stand adjourned until Monday, April 29, at 9 o'clock p. m. The motion prevailed. Mr. Murfin asked and obtained indefinite leave of absence for himself. Mr. High asked and obtained leave of absence for himself from tomorrow's session. Mr. Moore asked and obtained leave of absence for the Committee on Normal School at Mt. Pleasant from tomorrow's session. Mr. Goodell asked and obtained leave of absence for himself from tomorrow's session. Mr. Westover asked and obtained leave of absence for himself from tomorrow's session. Mr. Fuller asked and obtained leave of absence for himself from the sessions of tomorrow and Monday and Tuesday next. Mr. Farr asked and obtained leave of absence for himself from Monday's session. Mr. Nichols asked and obtained leave of absence for himself from Monday's session. Mr. Helme moved to take from the table House bill No. 554, entitled A bill to amend sections 292 and 143 of Act No. 321 of the Local Acts of 1897, entitled "An Act to amend and revise the charter of the City of,Adrian," approved March 10, 1897. The motion prevailed. Mr. Helme moved to suspend rule 36, limiting the time within which a motion to reconsider a vote may be made. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor. Mr. Helme then moved to reconsider the vote by which the Senate, on April 10, ordered the above named bill to take immediate effect. The motion prevailed. The question being on the motion that the bill be ordered to take immediate effct. The motion did not prevail, two-thirds of all the Senators elect not voting therefor. Mr. Helme then moved to reconsider the vote by which the Senate, on April 10, passed the above named bill. The motion prevailed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor. The question being on the passage of the bill, Mr. Helme offered the following substitute for the bill. having the same title: The People of the State of Michigan enact: Section 1. That sections 274, 280 and 292 of Act No. 321 of the Local Acts of 1897, entitled "An Act to amend and revise the charter of the City of Adrian," approved March 10, 1897, be and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 274. After the passage of the annual appropriation bill, no further sums shall be used, raised or appropriated, nor shall any further liability be incurred for any purpose, to be paid from any general fund or street district fund, during the fiscal year for which the appropriation was made, unless the proposition to make the appropriation shall be sanctioned by a majority of the electors voting upon the proposition at the next annual city election, or at a special election called for that purpose. But this section shall not prohibit the council from making any necessary repairs or expenditures at a cost not exceeding $10,000, the necessity for which is caused by casualty or accident, happening after making the annual appropriation of the year, and from loaning money therefor. Section 280. Should any greater amount be required in any year for the purpose of erecting public buildings, or for the purchase of ground therefor, or for other public improvements or purposes to be paid for from the general funds of the city, than can be raised by the council under the foregoing provisions of this Act, such amount may be raised by tax or loan, or partly by tax and partly by loan, if authorized by a majority vote of the electors voting upon the question at an annual city election, or at a special election called for that purpose. The amount that may be voted or raised in any year under the provisions of this section, shall not exceed two per cent of the assessed valuation of the property in the city as shown by the last preceding tax rolls made therein. Section 292. For the purpose of assessing all property equally in the whole city, the supervisors shall meet in the city hall on the Tuesday after the second Monday in April of each year, and shall organize by electing one of the number chairman, and one secretary, and thereafter shall meet in the city hall on each Saturday during the time provided for making their assessments, and shall remain in session from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Said supervisors shall compare the valuations fixed by them and shall have power to increase or decrease any valuation by a majority vote, or to place any property on said roll which they may deem proper, and said values as fixed by them shall be the value as assessed of said property, subject to the action of the board of review thereon: Provided, This section shall not in any way qualify or limit the power of the board of review. Said supervisors shall complete their said assessment rolls on or before the fourth Monday in May of each year, and on or before the said last mentioned day shall each file the assessment roll for his ward in the office of the city clerk, for public examination, and it shall be the duty of the city clerk, within five days preceding the last mentioned date to cause a notice to be published in each daily newspaper published and circulating in said city, stating that the assessment rolls for the several wards of said city will be on file in his office subject to public examination from the fourth Monday in May to the first Monday in June, which said notice shall also be continued in the next two regular publications of each of said papers published thereafter. Said rolls shall remain in the office of the said clerk subject to examination by the public until the meeting of the Board of Review in this Act provided, when they shall be delivered to said board by the city clerk. The substitute was adopted. The question being on the passage of the bill, as substituted, The bill was then passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: Mr. Helme moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor. PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS. No. 285. By Mr. Sovereign: Petition of Pottawattomi Grange, of Riverside, asking that sufficient appropriations be made for the support of the Agricultural College. The petition was referred to the Committee on Agricultural College. No. 286. By Mr. Fuller: Petition of J. L. Richardson and 50 other citizens of Newberry, asking for the passage of Senate bill No. 350, providing for the reduction of railroad fares in the Upper Peninsula. The petition was referred to the Committee on Railroads. No. 287. By Mr. Fuller: Petition of J. A. Somerville and 32 other citizens of Newberry, upon the same subject. Same reference. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. By the Committee on Public Health: The Committee on Public Health, to whom was referred A bill relating to plumbing and drainage, and providing for the inspection thereof, and for the examination, regulation, licensing and registration of plumbers and for the punishment of offenders against 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. FRED F. SOVEREIGN, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Sovereign 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 Taxation: The Committee on Taxation, to whom was referred 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; 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. W. MOORE, 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 Senate bill No. 325 (file No. 74), entitled A bill to amend section 48 of Act No. 190 of the Public Acts of 1891, |