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 Cities and Villages: The Committee on Cities and Villages, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 467, entitled A bill to amend the charter of the City of Manistee, County of Manistee, Michigan; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the bill back to the Senate with the accompanying substitute therefor, entitled A bill to authorize the City Council of the City of Manistee, Michigan, to submit to the qualified electors of said city at a special election to be held for that purpose a proposition of acquiring by purchase or construction the necessary grounds and works for the purpose of supplying the City of Manistee and the inhabitants thereof with gas or electric lights; and to authorize said City of Manistee to construct, purchase, own and maintain a system of gas or electric light works, and to provide means of constructing or purchasing, maintaining and managing the same; Recommending that the substitute be concurred in and that the bill, as substituted, do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. J. O. MURFIN, The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Murfin moved that the Senate concur in the adoption of the substitute reported by the committee. The motion prevailed. Mr. Farr 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 title was agreed to. Mr. Farr moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor. Senator Cannon entered the Senate Chamber and took his seat. By the Committee on Cities and Villages: The Committee on Cities and Villages, to whom was referred A bill to amend sections 5, 8, 10 and 15 of Act No. 306 of the Local Acts of 1893, entitled "An Act relative to justices' courts in the City of Grand Rapids, to reduce the number thereof, and to fix the compensation of such justices, and to provide a clerk and officers therefor," approved March 22, 1893, as amended; 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. O. MURFIN, Acting Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Weekes 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. Weekes 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 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; 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. O. MURFIN, Acting Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Fuller moved that the rules be suspended and that the bill be placed on its immediate passage. Mr. Pierson moved as a substitute that the bill be referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. The substitute was not adopted. The question then being on the motion made by Mr. Fuller 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. Fuller moved that the bill be ordered to take effect June 1, 1901. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor. By the Committee on Gaming Interests: The Committee on Gaming Interests, to whom was referred House bill No. 606 (file No. 203), entitled A bill to amend section 7 of Act No. 268 of the Public Acts of 1897, approved June 2, 1897, entitled "An Act to regulate the use of firearms in hunting for and killing deer protected by the laws of this State, and providing a penalty for its violation," the same being section 5798 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 amendments thereto, recommending that the amend ments be concurred in, and that the bill when so amended do pass, and Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Westover 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 Gaming Interests: The Committee on Gaming Interests, to whom was referred House bill No. 104 (file No. 240), entitled A bill to revise and amend the laws for the protection of game and birds; 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. F. L. WESTOVER, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Westover 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 Fisheries: The Committee on Fisheries, to whom was referred A bill to amend sections 1 and 7 of Act 296 of the Local Acts of 1895, entitled "An Act to protect fish and to regulate fishing in the waters of Green Bay within the County of Menominee by prohibiting the use of seines, pound nets, gill nets and other fixed or set nets with meshes below certain sizes and to regulate the use of such nets and provide a penalty for the violation of such law," approved March 20, 1895; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the bill back to the Senate, with the accompanying substitute therefor, entitled A bill to provide for the catching of carp, suckers and red sides with nets in the inland waters of Wayne county; Recommending that the substitute be concurred in, and that the bill, as substituted, do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. O. B. FULLER, The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Fuller moved that the Senate concur in the adoption of the substitute reported by the committee. The motion prevailed. Mr. Goodell 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. Goodell moved to amend the title so as to read as follows: A bill to provide for the catching of carp, suckers and red sides with nets or spears in the inland waters of Wayne county; The motion prevailed, and the title was so amended. The title, as amended, was then agreed to. Mr. Goodell moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor. By the Committee on Fisheries: The Committee on Fisheries, to whom was referred House bill No. 588, entitled A bill to provide for the protection of fish in the lakes known as Whitefish Lake, and Little Whitefish Lake, in the Township of Pierson, County of Montcalm, and State of Michigan; 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. O. B. FULLER, 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 Fisheries: The Committee on Fisheries, to whom was referred House bill No. 114 (file No. 323), entitled A bill to prohibit the catching of black bass in the inland waters of this State, at certain times, and to provide a penalty for the violation of this Act; |