Mr. Westover moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor. By the Committee on Cities and Villages: The Committee on Cities and Villages, to whom was referred A bill to amend sections 3 and 4 of Act 429 of the Local Acts of 1887, entitled "An Act to revise and amend an Act, entitled 'An Act to organize the union school district of Bay City,' approved April 13, 1887," as amended by Act 429 of the Local Acts of 1897, approved May 7, 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 amend ments be concurred in and that the bill, when so amended, do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. R. B. LOOMIS, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Loomis moved that the Senate concur in the amendments made to the bill by the committee. The motion prevailed. Mr. Westover 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. Westover moved to amend the title so as to read as follows: A bill to amend section 3 of Act 429 of the Local Acts of 1887, entitled "An Act to revise and amend an Act, entitled 'An Act to organize the union school district of Bay City,' approved April 13, 1887," as amended by Act 429 of the Local Acts of 1897, approved May 7, 1897. The motion prevailed, and the title was so amended. The title, as amended, was then agreed to. Mr. Westover moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor. By the Committee on Religious and Benevolent Societies: The Committee on Religious and Benevolent Societies, to whom was referred House bill No. 1350 (file No. 265), entitled 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;" 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. 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 House bill No. 1351 (file No. 266), 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;" 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. 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. 149, entitled A bill to authorize the State Board of Health to determine the qualifications, and issue licenses to persons engaged in preparing for burial or transportation, human bodies dead of infectious or contagious diseases; 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 amend ments 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 ordered printed, 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. 507 (file No. 330), entitled A bill making a supplemental appropriation for the current expenses of the Northern State Normal School at Marquette for the six months ending June 30, 1901, and appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1902, and June 30, 1903, 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 the 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. 125 (file No. 343), entitled A bill making appropriations for the Michigan Soldiers' Home for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1902, and June 30, 1903, 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 the 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 Education and Public Schools: The Committee on Education and Public Schools, to whom was referred House bill No. 190 (file No. 216), entitled A bill to amend section 13 and section 14 of chapter 3 of Act 164 of the Laws of 1881, entitled "An Act to revise and consolidate the laws relat ing 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 without amendment and recommend that it 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. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the Committee on Insurance: The Committee on Insurance to whom was referred House bill No. 109 (file No. 262), entitled 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; 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. T. W. ATWOOD, 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 Supplies and Expenses: The Committee on Supplies and Expenses have had under consideration the following account: General Typewriter Co.: Rent of typewriter.... $12 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 Executive Business: The Committee on Executive Business, to whom was referred The following nomination to office by the Governor: John McKay, of Romeo, Macomb county, as member of the State Live Stock Sanitary Commission, for the unexpired portion of the term ending the second Tuesday of July, 1903, succeeding J. H. Brown, resigned; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the Senate advise and consent to said nomination to office. T. W. ATWOOD, Chairman. The report was accepted. Mr. Atwood moved that the Senate advise and consent to the foregoing nomination to office. The motion prevailed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: By the Committee on Executive Business: The Committee on Executive Business, to whom was referred John Henes, of Menominee, Menominee county, as member of the Board of Control of the State House of Correction and Branch of State Prison in the Upper Peninsula, for the term of six years from and after the 15th day of February, 1901; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the Senate advise and consent to said nomination to office. The report was accepted. T. W. ATWOOD, Chairman. Mr. Atwood moved that the Senate advise and consent to the foregoing nomination to office. The motion prevailed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: By the Committee on Education and Public Schools: The Committee on Education and Public Schools, to whom was re ferred |