file No. 157.

received, March 28, and referred to committee on insurance.

reported favorably, April 24, and placed on the general order.
considered in committee of the whole, April 25, and ordered to third
reading

1179

passed, April 25, given immediate effect and returned.
799. A bill to amend section 1 of act No. 31 of the session laws of 1858, entitled
"An act to provide for the sale of swamp lands and the reclamation thereof,
and to secure pre-emption claims of settlers thereof," being section 1447 of
the compiled laws of 1897:

file No. 308.

received, May 8, and referred to committee on judiciary.
reported favorably, May 23, and placed on the general order.
803. A bill to provide for the construction of a bridge across the Kawkawlin
river, in Bangor township. Bay county, Michigan, and authorizing the
township board to issue bonds to defray the cost thereof:
received, April 17, and tabled. .

1211

1214

1366

1554

1110

taken up, April 18, rules suspended, passed, given immediate effect and
returned

1121

807. A bill to detach certain territory from school district No. 2 of the township
of Marion, in the county of Osceola, and to attach the same to school dis-
trict No. 6 in said township:

received, May 28, rules suspended, passed, given immediate effect and
returned

1633

809. A bill to determine the territory to be embraced in and to reorganize the
school districts of the township of Marion, in Osceola county:

received, March 13, and referred to committee on education and public
schools

695

reported favorably, March 19, rules suspended, passed, given immediate
effect and returned

810. A bill to authorize and direct the commissioner of the state land office to
cause an examination of the unsold primary school swamp, salt spring,
normal school, asylum and state building lands belonging to the state, and
to fix the minimum price for which such lands shall hereafter be sold: ·
file No. 161.

757

received, March 26, and referred to committee on roads and bridges.
committee discharged, March 28, and referred to committee on state
lands

861

889

reported favorably, April 11, and referred to committee on finance and
appropriations

1033

reported favorably, April 18, and placed on the general order.
considered in committee of the whole, April 18, and ordered to third
reading

passed, April 18, given immediate effect and returned.

815. A bill to amend act 184, public acts of 1895, entitled "An act to provide for
the inspection of all manufacturing establishments and workshops in this
state, and to provide for the enforcement, regulation and inspection of
such establishments, and the employment of women and children therein,"
as amended by acts No. 92 and No. 241, public acts of 1897, and acts No.
77 and No. 233, public acts of 1899, by adding one new section, to be known
as section No. 21:

file No. 218.

received, May 14, and referred to committee on state affairs..
823. A bill to provide for the organization, maintenance and management of a
free public library in the city of Sault Ste. Marie:

1437

received, February 19, and tabled...

taken up, February 20, rules suspended, passed, given immediate effect
and returned

826. A bill to revise and consolidate the laws of this state providing for and
permitting the use of the Abbott and other voting machines at elections in
this state, and to prescribe the manner in which such machines shall here-
after be used at all elections in this state:

file No. 315.

472

506

1364

1475

1515

1554

579

received, May 8, and referred to committee on state affairs.
reported amended, May 16, and placed on the general order.
considered in committee of the whole, May 21, and recommitted to com-
mittee on state affairs..

reported amended, May 23, and placed on the general order.
828. A bill to change the name of John Rapp to John Heinkel:

received, February 26, and referred to committee on state affairs..

832. A bill to permit fishing with bob lines in Livingston county, state of Michi-
gan:

received, April 30, and referred to committee on fisheries...
reported favorably, May 1, rules suspended, passed and returned.
833. A bill to amend section 1 of act No. 129 of the public acts of 1887, the
same being compiler's section 11513 of the compiled laws of 1897, entitled
"An act to prevent the carrying of concealed weapons and to provide pun-
ishment therefor:"

file No. 294.

received, May 7, and referred to committee on military affairs.

851. A bill to amend section 1 of act 412 of local acts of 1897, the same being
an act to amend section 1 of act 458, laws of 1871, entitled "An act to
provide for the publication of lists of claims allowed by the board of county
auditors for the county of Wayne:"

1247

1254

1328

file No. 129.

received, March 18, and referred to committee on counties and townships
reported amended, March 19, and placed on the general order.
considered in committee of the whole, March 26, and tabled.
taken up, April 3, and referred to the committee of the whole..
considered in committee of the whole, April 3, amended, and ordered to
third reading

743

756

passed, April 3, given immediate effect and returned.
855. A bill to authorize the city of Hastings to borrow $8,000 and to issue the
bonds of the city therefor to pay outstanding city bonds:

received, March 12, and referred to committee on cities and villages....
reported favorably, April 9, rules suspended, passed, given immediate
effect and returned

857. A bill to amend sections 3, 6 and 10 of chapter 21, and section 12 of chapter
26, of act No. 434 of the local acts of Michigan for the year 1895, ap-
proved May 24, 1895, entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Three
Rivers, and to repeal act No. 161 of the session laws of 1855, entitled
'An act to incorporate the village of Three Rivers,' approved February 13,
1855, and all amendments thereto :'

received, May 9, and referred to committee on cities and villages.
reported favorably, May 14, rules suspended, passed, given immediate
effect and returned..

859. A bill to authorize the governor of this state to appoint a commission to
select a design for a state soldiers and sailors' monument, to be erected
on the capitol grounds at Lansing, and to determine the location of the
same on such grounds, and to report such design and location to the gov-
ernor, with an estimate of the cost of the erection of said monument, so
that the matter of the appropriation and details for the erection may be
properly submitted to the legislature by the governor in his next message:
file No. 185.

received, April 2, and referred to committee on military affairs.
reported favorably, April 17, and placed on the general order.
considered in committee of the whole, April 18, and ordered to third
reading

871. A bill to provide for a tax upon the gross income of each and every person
of lawful age living in the state of Michigan, where the amount of said
gross income exceeds seven hundred dollars, and to provide for the dis-
position of the tax arising therefrom:

file No. 342.

received, May 27, and referred to committee on taxation...

1607

876. A bill to authorize the city of Norway, in the county of Dickinson, to extend
its system of water works and electric lighting beyond the corporate
limits of said city:

received, May 1, rules suspended, passed, given immediate effect and
returned

880. A bill to authorize the village of Blissfield, in the county of Lenawee, to
raise $5,000 by bonding said village for the purpose of improving the
streets in said village, and authorizing the manner of doing the same:
received, May 27, rules suspended, passed, given immediate effect and
returned

881. 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 dis-
trict 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:
received, April 24, rules suspended, passed and returned.
recalled from house, May 7...

1264

1608

1186, 1187
1316

re-received, May 8, rule 36 suspended, agreement to title reconsidered,
title amended, and returned.
883. A bill to promote the efficiency of the Pan-American exposition commission;
to make an appropriation therefor for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902;
to provide for a tax to meet the same, and to make available for immediate
use an appropriation made by an act entitled "An act to create a commis-
sion and define its duties and powers, and make an appropriation of
money for the purpose of making an exhibit of the various manufactures
and products of the state of Michigan at the Pan-American exposition at
Buffalo, New York, in the year 1901," approved January 24, 1901:
file No. 287.

received, April 17, and referred to committee on finance and appropria-
tions

reported favorably, April 17, rules suspended, passed, given immediate
effect and returned

884. A bill to provide for the organization of a fractional school district in the
township of Pickford, in the county of Chippewa, and in the township of
Marquette, county of Mackinac and state of Michigan, to be known as the
Pickford public school district:

received. May 2, rules suspended, passed, given immediate effect and re-
turned

1372

1110

1117

SSS. A bill to regulate the size of loads to be hauled over such roads as are built
or may be built in the county of Bay under the Bay county road system,
according to width of wagon tires used thereon, and to give boards of Bay
county road commissioners power to prescribe such regulations to preserve
roads that are built of stone, gravel, cinders or other material from being
rutted or cut up to injure their use; also to give such boards police power
on all roads under their jurisdiction:

file No. 111.

1295

received, March 21, and referred to committee on roads and bridges..
reported favorably, March 27, rules suspended, passed, given immediate
effect and returned..

815

876

recalled from house, April 12.

1057

re-received, April 12, rule 36 suspended, immediate effect reconsidered
and not given, and returned.

1063

S90. A bill to authorize the state board of fish commissioners to employ a com-
petent person as superintendent of fisheries and fix his salary for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1902, and each fiscal year thereafter:
file No. 376.

received, May 21, and referred to committee on fisheries..

1503

reported favorably, May 21, rules suspended, and placed on the general
order

considered in committee of the whole, May 21, and ordered to third
reading

891. A bill to amend sections 27, 54, 55, 58, 61, 79 and 173 of an act, entitled
"An act to revise and amend the charter of the city of Ypsilanti," ap-
proved May 5, 1877, as amended by act No. 400 of the session laws of
1881, and act No. 310 of the session laws of 1891, as amended by act No.
323 of the session laws of 1895, as amended by act No. 437 of the session
laws of 1897, as amended by act No. 370 of the session laws of 1899, and
to add sections to said act to stand as 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295,
296, 297, 298 and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith:
received, March 19, rules suspended, passed, ordered to take effect May
1, 1901, and returned...

892. A bill to regulate the use of chemical preservatives in articles of food or
drink, and to provide punishment for the violation of this act:
file No. 314.

received, May 8, and referred to committee on public health..
896. A bill to prohibit fishing in Mill lake, in the township of Bloomingdale, Van
Buren county, and to provide a penalty for the violation of the same:
received, April 24, and referred to committee on fisheries.
reported favorably, April 25, rules suspended, passed and returned.
907. A bill to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Man-
istique, in the county of Schoolcraft, as a city of the fourth class, and to
repeal all acts or parts of acts relative to the incorporation of the village
of Manistique," approved February 7, 1901, by adding thereto a new section
relative to the terms of office of the justices of the peace in said city:
received, April 10, rules suspended, passed, given immediate effect and
returned

908. A bill to amend section 1 of act No. 87 of the public acts of 1891, entitled
"An act to provide for appropriation of money to pay the salary of the
attorney general, clerks and certain expenses in such department, and to
provide the manner and condition of payment, and to repeal all acts and
parts of acts contravening the provisions of this act," as amended:
received, March 28, and referred to committee on judiciary.
reported favorably, April 11, and referred to committee on finance and
appropriations

762

1365

1189

1202

1020

906

1035

reported favorably, May 8, and placed on the general order.
considered in committee of the whole, May 9, and ordered to third
reading

1351

1394

passed, May 9, and tabled.

1396

taken up, May 13, given immediate effect and returned.

914. Joint resolution for the relief of Fred L. Wait, member of company F, First
infantry, Michigan national guard:

file No. 370.

received, May 15, rules suspended, and referred to committee on finance
and appropriations

1460

reported favorably. May 28, and placed on the general order.
committee of whole discharged, May 29, and made a special order for
May 29

reported favorably, May 16, and referred to committee on state affairs..
reported favorably, May 23, and re-referred to committee on finance and
appropriations

considered in committee of the whole, May 29, and ordered to third
reading

passed by two-thirds vote, May 29, given immediate effect and returned.
915. A bill to amend section 16 of article 4 of chapter 164 of an act entitled "An
act to revise the laws providing for the incorporation of the railroad,
bridge and tunnel companies, and to regulate the running and management
and to fix the duties and liabilities of all railroad, bridge, tunnel or other
corporations owning or operating any railroad, bridge or tunnel within
this state," as amended by act No. 266 of the public acts of the year 1899,
said section 16 being section 6295 of the compiled laws of 1897:
file No. 371.

received, May 27, and referred to committee on railroads.
reported favorably, May 28, and placed on the general order.

1670

1607

1616

921. A bill to amend act No. 442 of the local acts of 1897, entitled "An act to
revise the charter of West Bay City and to repeal all acts and parts of
acts inconsistent therewith," approved May 26, 1897, by amending sections
8 and 9 of chapter 21 and section 6 of chapter 30:

received, April 18, and referred to committee on cities and villages..... 1130
reported favorably, April 24, rules suspended, passed, given immediate
effect and returned

926. A bill to amend section 56 of chapter 77 of the revised statutes of 1846, en-
titled "Of the sale of lands for the payment of debts by executors, adminis-
trators and guardians,” as added by act No. 127 of the public acts of 1895,
being section 9133 of the compiled laws of 1897, as amended by act 235
of the public acts of 1899:

file No. 172.

received, March 27, and referred to committee on judiciary.
928. A bill to amend section 1 of act No. 40 of the public acts of 1877, entitled
“An act to provide for or facilitate the incorporation of military or light
guard companies for certain purposes," being section 8454 of the compiled
laws of 1897:

file No. 186.

1176

884

received, April 2, and referred to committee on military affairs.
reported favorably, April 17, and placed on the general order.
considered in committee of the whole, April 18, and ordered to third
reading..

919

1099

1135

1142

passed, April 18, given immediate effect and returned.
929. A bill to amend act No. 40 of the public acts of 1877, entitled "An act to
provide for or facilitate the incorporation of military or light guard com-
panies for certain purposes," being sections 8454 to 8464 of the compiled
laws of 1897, by adding thereto a new section to stand as section 12:
file No. 187.

received, April 2, and referred to committee on military affairs..
reported favorably, April 17, and placed on the general order.
considered in committee of the whole, April 18, and ordered to third
reading

919
1100

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1135

1142

passed, April 18, given immediate effect and returned.
931. A bill to provide for the incorporation of trustees to take, hold, invest, sell
and otherwise manage and control property of religious denominations,
subject to the regulations of representative bodies of such denominations:
file No. 189.

received, April 2, and referred to committee on religious and benevolent
societies

919

reported favorably, April 9, and placed on the general order

989

considered in committee of the whole, April 10, and ordered to third
reading

1015

1017

passed, April 10, given immediate effect and returned.
936. A bill authorizing the board of supervisors of the county of Tuscola to ap-
appropriate money toward building a bridge across the Quanicassee river in
the township of Wisner, in said county:

received, March 18, rules suspended, passed, given immediate effect
and returned

939. A bill to amend chapter 2 by adding two new sections thereto; to amend
section 1 of chapter 4; section 2 of chapter 6; sections 2 and 3 of chapter
12; section 4 of chapter 13; sections 1 and 3 of chapter 19; section 12 of
chapter 20; sections 2 and 7 of chapter 28; section 1 of chapter 30; the
title to chapter 34; section 1 of chapter 34; section 1 of chapter 38; sec-
tions 1, 4 and 6 of chapter 40; section 2 of chapter 41; of act No. 430 of
the local acts of 1899, entitled "An act to amend and revise the charter
of the city of Battle Creek," approved June 1, 1899:

received, March 6, and referred to committee on cities and villages.
reported amended, March 20, rules suspended, passed, March 20, title
amended and returned.