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 return to the Senate the following bill: Senate bill No. 290 (file No. 113), entitled A bill to provide for the incorporation of companies for the carrying on of any lawful business; 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, May 8, 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. 37 (file No. 29), entitled A bill to amend the title and sections 1 and 3 of Act No. 237 of the Public Acts of 1881, entitled "An Act to authorize and regulate, within this State, the business of plate glass, accident, live stock, steam boiler and fidelity insurance, and to repeal Acts Nos. 42 and 72 of the Session Laws of 1877," being sections 5110 and 5112 of the Compiled Laws of 1897; And to inform the Senate that the House has amended the same as follows: 1. By striking out of line 7 of section 1 the words "one and three," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "one, three and four." 2. By striking out of line 8 of section 1 the words and figures "5110 and 5112," and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "5110, 5112 and 5113." 3. By adding the following to stand as section 4. (5113) Sec. 4. The words "company" or "association" as used in this Act shall be construed to mean any company, association, corporation, partnership, individual or association of individuals doing or attempting to do business in this State under any charter, compact, agreement or statute of this or any other state or foreign government, or whether incorporated or not, involving a guaranty contract or pledge of insurance upon plate glass or steam boilers, or upon the life of domestic animals and loss by disease, accident or theft of such animals owned or located in this State, or upon individuals, residents of this State, against disease or against personal injury, disablement or death resulting from accident, or against loss from burglary, theft or both, or against any other casualty specified in the charter which may lawfully be the subject of insurance, or guaranteeing the fidelity of any person holding public or private trust, or involving any contract to guarantee and indemnify merchants, traders, and those engaged in business and giving credit, from loss and damage by reason of giving and extending credit to their customers and those dealing with them; And that the House has amended the title as follows: By striking out of line 1 thereof the words "one and three," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "one, three and four," and by striking out of line 6 the words and figures "5110 and 5112," and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "5110, 5112 and 5113." In the passage of which, as thus amended, and the title so 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, Mr. Kelly moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Insur ance. The motion prevailed. 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 re-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; Which the House amended as shown in a former message of May 2, 1901; And to inform the Senate that the House has further amended the same as follows: By striking out of line 5 of section 1 the word "fifty" before the word "patients;" In the passage of which, as thus further 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, 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, May 8, 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. 75 (file No. 156), entitled A bill to amend section 1 of Act No. 78 of the Public Acts of the State of Michigan for the year 1887, being an Act, entitled "An Act to prevent persons from unlawfully using or wearing the badge of the Grand Army of the Republic in this State, or of the Loyal Legion of the United States,” and being section 4859 of Howell's Annotated Statutes; And to inform the Senate that the House has amended the same as follows: 1. By striking out the enacting section of the bill and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Section 1. That the title of Act No. 78 of the Public Acts of the State of Michigan for the year 1887, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows, to wit: "An Act to prevent persons from unlawfully using or wearing the badge or button of the Grand Army of the Republic in this State, or of the Loyal Legion of the United States," and that section 1 of said Act being section 11768 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, be amended to read as follows: 2. By striking out of lines 3, 4 and 5 of section 1 the words "or the order of Patrons of Husbandry, or of any society, order or organization of ten years' standing in the State of Michigan." 3. By striking out of line 5 of section 1 the word "and" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "or;" And that the House has amended the title to the bill, so as to read as follows: A bill to amend the title and section 1 of Act No. 78 of the Public Acts of the State of Michigan for the year 1887, being an Act entitled "An Act to prevent persons from unlawfully using or wearing the badge of the Grand Army of the Republic in this State or of the Loyal Legion of the United States," and being section 11768 of the Compiled Laws of 1897; In the passage of which, as thus amended, and the title so 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 amendments made to the bill by the House, The amendments were concurred in, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The question being on agreeing to the title, as amended by the House, The title, as amended, was agreed to. 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: To the President of the Senate: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Sir I am instructed by the House to retransmit in accordance with the request of the Senate the following bill: 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. Very respectfully, LEWIS M. MILLER, Clerk of the House of Representatives. Mr. High 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. High then moved to reconsider the vote by which the Senate, on April 24, agreed to the title of the above named bill. The motion prevailed. The question being on agreeing to the title, Mr. High moved to amend the title so as to read as follows: A bill to organize and incorporate school districts Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 of the Township of North Star, Gratiot county, Michigan, 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, and the title was so amended. The title, as amended, was then agreed to. The bill was then re-returned to the House. Mr. Holmes moved that the Senate take a recess until 4:20 o'clock p. m. The motion prevailed, the time being 4:10 o'clock p. m. AFTER RECESS. 4:20 o'clock p. m. The Senate was called to order by the President pro tem. A quorum of the Senate was present. Mr. Murfin moved that the Senate resolve itself into the committee of the whole on the GENERAL ORDER. The motion prevailed. The President pro tem. called Mr. Lockerby to the chair. After some time spent therein the committee rose and, through their chairman, made the following report. The committee of the whole have had under consideration the following: I. 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 |