House bill No. 1182, By Mr. Totten, entitled A bill to provide for the protection of fish in the waters of the south arm of Pine Lake, in South Arm township, Charlevoix county, and to regulate the time and manner of taking and catching fish therein; 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, pending its reference to a committee, Mr. Palmer 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 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 authorize the City of Norway, in the County of Dickinson, to extend its system of water works and electric lighting beyond the corporate limits of said city; 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, pending its reference to a committee, Mr. Gad Smith 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. Gad Smith moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor. The following message from the House was also received and read: To the President of the Senate: A bill to amend section 4, chapter 193, of the Revised Statutes of the Compiled Laws of 1897, being compiler's section 7193, relative to life insurance companies; 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 Insurance. The following message from the House was also received and read: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Lansing, May 1, 1901. To the President of the Senate: Sir-I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bill: A bill to amend section 1755 of chapter 58 of the Compiled Laws of 1857, as subsequently amended by Act No. 32 of the Public Acts of 1871, as amended by Act No. 80 of the Public Acts of 1881, as amended by Act No. 132 of the Public Acts of 1893, the same being section 8268 of chapter 222 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, and being an Act, entitled "An Act for the incorporation of charitable societies;" 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 Religious and Benevolent Societies. The following message from the House was also received and read: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Lansing, May 1, 1901. To the President of the Senate: Sir—I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bill: House bill No. 1351 (file No. 266), By Mr. Ferry, entitled A bill to amend section 5 of Act No. 166 of the Public Acts of 1899, approved June 23, 1899, being an Act entitled "An Act for the incorporation of charitable societies;" 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 Religious and Benevolent Societies. The following message from the House was also received and read: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Lansing, May 1, 1901. To the President of the Senate: Sir-I am instructed by the House to return to the Senate the following bill: Senate bill No. 159 (file No. 150), entitled A bill to authorize the Commissioner of the State Land Office to cause a survey of the islands in the lake situated in section 16, township 58 north, range 37 west, in the lakes known as Muskrat Lake and Section Ten Lake, situated in township 22 north, range 8 west, and the lakes known as Crooked Lake and Goose Lake, situated in township 23 north, range 8 west, to be made, and 'to provide for the payment of the necessary expenses incurred thereby; In the passage of which the House has concurred by a majority vote of all the members elect. Very respectfully, LEWIS M. MILLER, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The bill was referred to the Secretary for printing and presentation to the Governor. The following message from the House was also received and read: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Lansing, April 30, 1901. To the President of the Senate: Sir-I am instructed by the House to return to the Senate the following bill: Senate bill No. 60 (file No. 108), entitled A bill to amend Act No. 159 of the Public Acts of 1893, entitled "An Act to incorporate the union of the French Canadian Society of the United States," the same being sections 7855 to 7862 inclusive of Compiled Laws of 1897 of the State of Michigan, by adding a section thereto to stand as section 9; In the passage of which the House has concurred by a majority vote of all the members elect, and by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect has ordered the same to take immediate effect. Very respectfully, LEWIS M. MILLER, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The bill was referred to the Secretary for printing and presentation to the Governor. The following message from the House was also received and read: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Lansing, April 30, 1901. To the President of the Senate: Sir-I am instructed by the House to return to the Senate the following bill: Senate bill No. 216 (file No. 110), entitled A bill to regulate the business of mutual fire insurance companies doing business in the State of Michigan; And to inform the Senate that the House has amended the same as follows: By striking out of line 6 of section 1 the word “or” and inserting in lieu thereof the word "and;" In the passage of which, as thus amended, the House has concurred by a majority vote of all the members elect. Very respectfully, LEWIS M. MILLER, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The question being on concurring in the amendment made to the bill by the House, The amendment was concurred in, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The bill was then referred to the Secretary for printing and presentation to the Governor. The following message from the House was also received and read: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Lansing, April 30, 1901. To the President of the Senate: Sir-I am instructed by the House to return to the Senate the following bill: Senate bill No. 168 (file No. 125), entitled A bill to amend section 131 of Act No. 206 of the Public Acts of 1893, being "An Act to provide for the assessment of property and for the levy and collection of taxes thereon, and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied; making such tax a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and continuing such lien, providing for the sale and conveyance of lands delinquent for taxes and for the inspection and disposition of lands bid off to the State and not redeemed or purchased, and to repeal Act No. 200 of the Public Acts of 1891, and all other Acts or parts of Acts in anywise contravening any of the provisions of this Act," as amended by Acts No. 240 of the Public Acts of 1897, and 107 of the Public Acts of 1899, being section 3953 of the Compiled Laws of 1897; And to inform the Senate that the House has amended the same as follows: By striking out of lines 17, 18 and 19 of section 131, the words "and no one person shall be permitted to buy more than one hundred and sixty acres of such lands;" In the passage of which, as thus amended, the House has concurred by a majority vote of all the members elect, and by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect has ordered the same to take immediate effect. Very respectfully, LEWIS M. MILLER, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The question being on concurring in the amendment made to the bill by the House, |