1. By inserting in line 2 of section 2 after the word "patients" the words “and no more at any one time.”

2. By striking out of line 1 of section 4 the word "all.”

3. By striking out of line 4 of section 4 the word "two" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "three."

4. By inserting in line 11 of section 5, after the word "received" the words "the charges for the care, maintenance and transportation to be paid by the respective counties or by the State as the patient may be a county or a State charge.”

5. By striking out section 10 and inserting in lieu thereof the following to stand as section 10:

Sec. 10. Upon the filing of such account and affidavit with the treasurer of the university it shall be the duty of said treasurer to forward the same to the treasurer of the county from which said insane person was sent to said psychopathic ward. The treasurer of said county shall pay the same to the treasurer of said university in the same manner as like accounts are now paid by counties to asylums under the general laws for the care and maintenance of insane in this State: Provided, That if said county shall not pay the treasurer of the university within sixty days from the time such notice was given, the treasurer of the university may notify the Auditor General as provided in section 1923, Compiled Laws of 1897, when the Auditor General shall pay the treasurer of the university and charge the same to the proper county under the provisions of the said section; said county having the same right to maintain actions against any person, town, county or city for reimbursement as now given under said general laws of this State. Any patient transferred from said psychopathic ward to any of the State asylums shall there be kept and maintained as a county charge as aforesaid for a period, which with the time such patient was in said psychopathic ward shall amount to one year: Provided, If any patient sent from any asylum to said psychopathic ward be a State charge, then such account and affidavit shall be by the treasurer of said university forwarded to the State Board of Auditors at Lansing, who shall examine and audit the account and shall draw their warrant upon the State Treasurer for the amount so audited by them, and the State Treasurer shall cause a draft for such amount to be forwarded to the treasurer of the university; the treasurer of the university shall duly credit upon the books of the university the amounts thus received from the county and State treasurers in a special account kept by him and designated, "Maintenance of Psychopathic Ward."

6. By striking out of line 1 of section 13 the figures "13," and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "14.”

7. By inserting a new section to be known as section 13, to read as follows:

Sec. 13. Nothing in this Act shall prevent the relatives or friends of any patient who is made an inmate of the aforesaid psychopathic ward from exercising a choice as to which school of medicine established at the University of Michigan shall have charge of the treatment of said patient: Provided, That nothing connected therewith shall conflict with the general rules established by the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan for the proper government of the aforesaid psychopathic ward.

8. By adding to the end of the bill the following to stand as section 15:

Sec. 15. The Auditor General shall add to and incorporate with the State tax for the year 1901, the sum of $50,000, which sum when collected shall be placed to the credit of the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated.

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 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 bill was then referred to the Secretary for printing and presentation to the Governor.

The President pro tem. announced that he would be unavoidably absent from the session of tomorrow and that, acting under rule 2 of the Senate rules, which provides that the "President, or in his absence, the President pro tempore, shall have the right to name any Senator to act as presiding officer," he would designate Senator Humphrey as Acting President during his absence.

Mr. Pierson moved that the Senate resolve itself into the committee of the whole on the special order.

Mr. Fuller moved as a substitute that the rules be suspended and that the Senate take up the order of Third Reading of Bills.

The substitute was adopted.

The question then being on the motion made by Mr. Pierson, as substituted by the motion made by Mr. Fuller, that the Senate take up the order of Third Reading of Bills,

The motion prevailed.

THIRD READING OF BILLS.

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;

Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:

Mr. Cannon moved that the bill be given immediate effect.

The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor.

Senator Kelly entered the Senate chamber and took his seat.

Senate bill No. 259 (file No. 188), entitled

A bill to amend section 25 of Act No. 44 of the Public Acts of 1899, entitled "An Act to provide for the publication and distribution of laws and documents, reports of the several officers, boards of officers, and public institutions of this State, now or hereafter to be published, and to provide for the replacing of books lost by fire or otherwise, and to provide for the publication and distribution of the Official Directory and Legislative Manual of the State of Michigan, and to repeal Act No. 122 of the Session Laws of 1889, Act No. 20 of the Session Laws of 1889, and all other laws or parts of laws contravening or inconsistent with this Act;"

Was 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. Fuller moved that the bill be given immediate effect.

The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor.

House bill No. 191 (file No. 231), entitled

A bill to provide for the recording of bonds and other securities by the county clerk in civil cases;

Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:

House bill No. 714 (file No. 139), entitled

A bill to provide for the incorporation of Christian Reformed churches of America;

Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:

Senator Sleeper entered the Senate chamber and took his seat.

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;"

Was 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.

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Mr. Lockerby moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor.

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;"

Was 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. Lockerby moved that the bill be given immediate effect.

The motion did not prevail, two-thirds of all the Senators elect not voting therefor.

Mr. Moore moved that the bill be laid on the table.

The motion prevailed.

House bill No. 190 (file No. 216), entitled

A bill to amend section 13 and section 14 of chapter III of Act 164 of