The following message from the House was also received and read: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Lansing, May 2, 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. 40 (file No. 168), entitled A bill making appropriations for the State Asylum, Ionia, Michigan, for building and other special purposes, for the year ending June 30, 1901; And to inform the Senate that the House has amended the same as follows: 1. By striking out of line 2 of section 1 the words "one hundred five," and inserting in lieu thereof the word "eighty-two." 2. By striking out of line 5 of section 1 the word "seventy-two," and inserting in lieu thereof the word "fifty." 3. By striking out of line 12 of section 1 the words "one hog pen, five hundred dollars.” 4. By striking out of line 13 of section 1 the words "one silo five hundred dollars." 5. By striking out of line 2 of section 4 the words "one hundred five,” and inserting in lieu thereof the word "eighty-two." 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 amendments made to the bill by the House, The amendments were then 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. Mr. Pierson moved that the Senate resolve itself into the committee of the whole on the general order. The motion did not prevail. Mr. Nichols moved that the Senate adjourn. Mr. Pierson demanded the yeas and nays. The motion made by Mr. Nichols then prevailed, a majority of all the Senators present voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The President pro tem declared the Senate adjourned until tomorrow at 2 o'clock p. m., the time being 9:45 o'clock p. m. Lansing, May 7, 1901. 2 o'clock p. m. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment and was called to order by the President pro tem. The roll of the Senate was called by the Secretary. The following Senators were present: Messrs. Baird, Bangham, Doherty, Earle, Farr, Fuller, Goodell, Helme, High, Holmes, Humphrey, Lockerby, Moore, Murfin, Nichols, Nims, Palmer, Pierson, Robson, Schumaker, Sleeper, Charles Smith, Gad Smith, Sovereign, Weekes, Westover, President pro tem.-27. The following Senator was absent with leave: Mr. McMullen-1. The following Senators were absent without leave: Messrs. Atwood, Cannon, Kelly, Loeser-4. Mr. Farr moved that leave of absence be granted to the absentees from today's session. The motion prevailed. Mr. Sovereign asked and obtained indefinite leave of absence for Senator Loeser on account of sickness. MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS. Mr. Sovereign moved that a respectful message be sent to the House, asking the return to the Senate of House bill No. 157 (file No. 322), entitled A bill to regulate the taking and catching of black bass in the lakes known as Indian Lake, in Silver Creek township, Cass county, and in Magician Lake, in Silver Creek township, in Cass county. The motion prevailed. Mr. High moved that a respectful message be sent to the House, asking the return to the Senate of House bill No. 881, entitled A bill to organize and incorporate School Districts Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8, of the Township of North Star, and to change the boundaries of School District No. 9, in said township, and to take certain territory therefrom, and attach the same to another district, and to repeal all Acts or parts of Acts in anywise contravening the provisions of this Act. The motion prevailed. Mr. Fuller moved that a respectful message be sent to the House, asking the return to the Senate of House bill No. 451, entitled A bill to prohibit fishing with, using or setting seines, gill nets, or any form of pound, trap, sweep or set nets, or like device, in any of the waters connecting Lakes Superior and Huron, and the tributaries thereof. The motion prevailed. Mr. Goodell moved to take from the table A bill to amend sections 2 and 3 of Act No. 400 of the Local Acts of the State of Michigan for the year 1809, 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." The motion prevailed. The question being on the passage of the bill, Mr. Goodell moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Counties and Townships. The motion prevailed. Mr. Helme offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the Attorney General be requested to furnish to the Senate an opinion on the legality of the present tax statements, as requested in a resolution adopted by the Senate on April 17. The question being on the adoption of the resolution, Mr. Moore moved that the resolution be laid on the table. Mr. Schumaker offered the following concurrent resolution: Whereas, The Legislature of the State of Michigan has learned with profound sorrow of the death of Hon. Henry A. Goodyear, at his late residence in the City of Hastings, Sunday morning, May 5; and Whereas, The people of the State of Michigan sympathize with his immediate family in their bereavement; now, therefore Resolved by the Senate (the House concurring), That we place on record our sense of sorrow and bereavement over the loss sustained by the people of the entire State, in common with those of the Fifteenth Senatorial District, in the loss of an able and conscientious man. He was a member of the House of Representatives of 1845 and elected State Senator in 1852 and was the only survivor of both those bodies; and be it further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to his family, and that as a further mark of respect the flags over the Senate and House wings of the Capitol be placed at half mast on the day of the funeral. The resolution was unanimously adopted. Mr. Charles Smith moved to take from the table A bill making an appropriation for the use of the State Board of Health for general purposes for the promotion of the public health for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902, and each fiscal year thereafter, and to provide for a tax to meet the same. The motion prevailed. Mr. Pierson moved to reconsider the vote by which the above named bill was taken from the table. The motion did not prevail. Mr. Charles Smith then moved that the bill placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills. The motion prevailed. Mr. Kelly moved to take from the table Senate bill No. 405, entitled A bill to amend Act No. 154 of the Public Acts of 1899, being "An Act to amend sections 21 and 22 of Act No. 206 of the Public Acts of 1893, entitled ‘An Act to provide for the assessment of property, and the levy and collection of taxes thereon, and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied; making such taxes 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 and parts of Acts in anywise contravening any of the provisions of this Act,' approved June 1, 1893, as amended by Acts Nos. 25, 154, 162 and 299 of Public Acts of 1895, and Acts Nos. 206, 214, 224, 225, 229, 240 and 261 of the Public Acts of 1897, and to add ten new sections thereto, to stand as sections 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153 and 154, providing for the creation of a Board of State Tax Commissioners, charged with the duty of enforcing this Act, and exercising supervisory control over officers administering the general tax laws of this State and reporting to the Legislature thereon, and empowered in certain cases to review assessment rolls and correct the same or add thereto, and to provide for the assessment and taxation of property omitted from the assessment rolls." The motion prevailed. Mr. Kelly moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Taxation. The motion prevailed. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. By the Committee on Insurance: The Committee on Insurance, to whom was referred A bill to regulate the making of contracts and issuing of policies of insurance within this State by insurance companies not organized under the laws of this State; 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 section 1 of Act No. 101 of the Public Acts of 1893, entitled "An Act making it unlawful for foreign insurance companies legally admitted to do business in the State of Michigan to place or cause to be placed, except through a duly licensed agent in this State, insurance on property in the State of Michigan in offices outside the State of Michigan," and to add one new section to said Act to be known as section 7. 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 then ordered printed, 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 House bill No. 350 (file No. 175), entitled A bill to protect the owners of bottles, boxes, siphons, fountains and kegs used in the sale of milk, cream, or other dairy products, soda water, mineral, drinking or aerated waters, porter, ale, cider, ginger ale, small beer, lager beer, Weiss beer, beer, white beer, fruits, preserves, cordials, drugs, medicines, mixtures, perfumes, compounds or other manufactured articles or beverages, and to repeal Act No. 36 of the Public Acts of 1897, entitled "An Act to protect the owners of bottles, boxes, siphons, fountains and kegs, used in the sale of milk, cream, soda water, mineral or aerated waters, porter, ale, cider, ginger ale, small beer, lager beer, Weiss beer, beer, white beer, or other beverages," approved March 25, 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 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, The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Chairman. |