No. 311. By Mr. Helme: Petition of Vine Grange, No. 744, of Iosco county, asking for the passage of House bill No. 959, detaching territory from fractional School District No. 7, in the Township of Tawas, Iosco county, and forming a new district therefrom. The petition was referred to the Committee on State Affairs. No. 312. By Mr. Earle: Petition of the President of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Detroit, and others, asking for the passage of a bill to prohibit the sale, use or giving away of cigarettes or cigarette paper. The petition was referred to the Committee on Judiciary. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. By the Committee on Agricultural College: The Committee on Agricultural College, to whom was referred A bill to extend aid to the Michigan Agricultural College; 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. AMBROSE E. PALMER, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was then referred to the Committee on Finance and Appropriations. By the Committee on Public Health: The Committee on Public Health, to whom was referred House bill No. 142 (file No. 235), entitled A bill to amend section 5 of Act No. 217 of the Public Acts of Michigan for the year 1897, approved May 29, 1897, entitled "An Act to provide for the registration of deaths in Michigan, and requiring certificates of death," being compiler's section No. 4618 of the Compiled Laws of the State of Michigan for the year 1897; 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 Cities and Villages: The Committee on Cities and Villages, to whom was referred House bill No. 559, entitled A bill to amend sections 57 and 61 of chapter 7, sections 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of chapter 10, sections 1, 34, 35, 36, 37, 42 and 43 of chapter 11, and section 11 of chapter 15 of the Session Laws of 1883, entitled "An Act to provide a charter for the City of Detroit, and to repeal all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict therewith," approved June 7, 1883, and to repeal sections 58 and 63 of chapter 7, and section 18 of chapter 20 thereof; 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. J. O. MURFIN, Acting Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Murfin moved that the Senate concur in the amendments made to the bill by the committee. The motion prevailed. Mr. Murfin 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. Murfin moved to amend the title so as read as follows: A bill to amend sections 57 and 61 of chapter 7, sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 13 of chapter 10, sections 1, 42 and 43, of chapter 11, and section 11 of chapter 15, of the Session Laws of 1883, entitled "An Act to provide a charter for the City of Detroit, and to repeal all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict therewith," approved June 7, 1883, and to repeal sections 58 and 63, of chapter 7, and section 18, of chapter 20 thereof, and to add a new chapter to be known as chapter 22a. The motion prevailed, and the title was so amended. The title, as amended, was then agreed to. Mr. Murfin moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor. Mr. Murfin then gave notice of a motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed. By the Committee on Cities and Villages: The Committee on Cities and Villages, to whom was referred A bill to amend section 1 of chapter 2, section 3 of chapter 3, section 2 of chapter 8, and section 6 of chapter 17 of Act No. 390 of the Local Acts of 1885, and the amendments thereto, entitled "An Act to amend and revise the charter of the City of Port Huron," approved June 17, 1885, and to add a new section to chapter 7 to stand as section 61; 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. J. O. MURFIN, Acting Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Murfin moved that the Senate concur in the amendments made to the bill by the committee. The motion prevailed. Mr. Moore 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. Moore moved to amend the title so as to read as follows: A bill to amend section 1 of chapter 2, section 3 of chapter 3, section 2 of chapter 8 and sections 2, 6 and 35 of chapter 17 of Act No. 390 of the Local Acts of 1885, and the amendments thereto, entitled "An Act to amend and revise the charter of the City of Port Huron," approved June 17, 1885, and to add a new section to chapter 7 to stand as section 61. The motion prevailed, and the title was so amended. The title, as amended, was then agreed to. Mr. Moore moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor. Mr. Moore then gave notice of a motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill was passed. By the Committee on Cities and Villages: The Committee on Cities and Villages, to whom was referred A bill to amend Act No. 210 of the Public Acts of 1891, entitled “An Act to incorporate the City of Clare, in the County of Clare," and also Act No. 341 of the Public Acts of 1893; 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 reincorporate the City of Clare, in the County of Clare, under the provisions of chapter SS of the Compiled Laws of Michigan of 1897, being an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for the incorporation of cities of the fourth class," and to repeal Act 210 of the Local Acts of 1891, entitled "An Act to incorporate the City of Clare, in the County of Clare, and to repeal Act No. 404 of the Local Acts of 1879, entitled 'An Act to incorporate the Village of Clare, in the County of Clare,' and all other Acts relating to said Village of Clare," and all amendments thereto; 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. Doherty 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. Doherty 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 revise and amend the charter of the City of Saginaw, and to amend sections 5, 6 and 8 of title 11, sections 3, 20, 22, 23 and 24 of title 14 of Act No. 465 of the Local Acts of 1897, entitled "An Act to revise and amend the charter of the City of Saginaw as existing under an Act, entitled 'An Act to annex the territory embraced within the City of East Saginaw to that of the City of Saginaw, and to consolidate the City of East Saginaw with Saginaw under the name of the City of Saginaw; to specify and fix the boundaries of the consolidated city, to provide for the assuming and payment of the indebtedness and liabilities of the present cities of East Saginaw and Saginaw, and for the ownership of all the corporate rights, powers and privileges of said City of Saginaw as so consolidated, and to repeal all Acts inconsistent herewith and Acts supplementary and amendatory thereof, and to repeal all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent herewith,'" approved June 2, 1897, be and the same is hereby amended; 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 revise and amend Act No. 426 of the Local Acts of 1869, approved April 3, 1869, entitled "An Act to revise an Act, entitled 'An Act to incorporate the board of education of the City of East Saginaw,' and the several Acts amendatory thereto, and to repeal all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act; 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. Baird 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: |