1 Senate bill No. 244 (file No. 232), entitled A bill to authorize the boards of supervisors of the several counties in this State to borrow money, and issue bonds therefor, for the purchase of land to be used for the purpose of holding thereon fairs and exhibitions of an agricultural character; Was read a third time and pending the taking of the vote on the passage thereof, Mr. F. D. Scott moved that the bill be laid on the table. The motion prevailed. Senate bill No. 309 (file No. 284), entitled A bill to provide for the manner of posting official notices in townships, and for the erection and maintaining by townships of bill boards to be used for the posting thereon of such notices; Was read a third time and pending the taking of the vote on the pas sage thereof, Mr. Foster moved that the bill be laid on the table. The motion prevailed. By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. By the Committee on Cities and Villages: The Committee on Cities and Villages reports House bill No. 533 (file No. 249), entitled A bill giving to cities the power to issue certificates of indebtedness or bonds of the city for the purpose of raising money to pay any judgment or decree rendered or decreed against such city; With the recommendation that the bill pass. WALTER R. TAYLOR, Acting Chairman. The report was accepted and adopted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general orders. By the Committee on Finance and Appropriations: Senate bill No. 170 (file No. 159), entitled A bill making appropriations for the Northern Michigan Asylum for the Insane for building and special purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912; With the following amendments thereto: 1. By striking out of line 1 of section 1 the words "Seventy thousand seven hundred fifty dollars," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Fifty-six thousand and fifty dollars." 2. By striking out of lines 4 and 5 of section 1 the words "For carpenter and paint shop, five hundred thousand and five hundred dollars." 3. By striking out of line 6 of section 1 the words "For fencing, three thousand five hundred dollars." 4. By striking out of lines 7 and 8 of section 1 the words "For roofing cottages twenty-eight and thirty-two, two thousand one hundred dollars." 5. By striking out of line 9 of section 1 the words "One thousand five hundred fifty dollars," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Two thousand and fifty dollars." 6. By striking out of lines 9 and 10 of section 1 the words "For repairs to roofs and gutters, three thousand five hundred dollars." 7. By striking out of lines 12 and 13 of section 1 the words "For porch for cottage thirty-two, six hundred dollars." 8. By striking out of lines 8 and 9 of section 2 the words "Seventy thousand seven hundred fifty dollars," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Fifty-six thousand and fifty dollars." 9. By striking out of line 2 of section 4 the words "Seventy thousand seven hundred fifty dollars," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Fifty-six thousand and fifty dollars." Recommend that the amendments be concurred in, and that when so amended the bill pass. WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Chairman. The report was accepted and adopted and the committee discharged. Mr. Bradley 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 at the head of the general orders. By the Committee on State Affairs: The Committee on State Affairs reports Senate bill No. 378, entitled A bill to aid in the settlement of industrial disputes, to provide a board of mediation in settlement of the same, and to aid in the prevention of strikes and lockouts, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in contravention of this act; With the recommendation that the bill pass. F. B. KLINE, The report was accepted and adopted and the committee discharged. The bill was ordered printed, referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general orders. By the Committee on State Affairs: A bill to amend section 4 of Act No. 150 of the Public Acts of 1893, entitled "An act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a pardoning board, prescribing the powers and duties, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith," being section 144 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, as amended by Act No. 239 of the Public Acts of 1903, and as further amended by Act No. 264 of the Public Acts of 1907; With the recommendation that the bill pass. F. B. KLINE, Chairman. The report was accepted and adopted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general orders. By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE. The following message from the House was received and read: House of Representatives, April 6, 1911. To the President of the Senate: Sir:-I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bill: A bill to amend section 19 of Act No. 183 of the Public Acts of 1897, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment and to fix the term of office, duties and compensation of circuit court stenographers in the State of Michigan," approved May 29, 1897, being section 381 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, as amended by Act No. 242 of the Public Acts of 1905; And to inform the Senate that the bill has passed the House. In this action of the House the concurrence of the Senate is respectfully asked. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. 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 transmit the following bill: A bill to amend sections 2, 6 and 13 of Act No. 6 of the Public Acts of 1907, extra session, entitled "An act to define, and to regulate the treatment and control of dependent, neglected and delinquent children; to prescribe the jurisdiction of the probate courts and the powers, duties and compensation of the probate judges with regard thereto; to provide for the appointment of county agents and probation officers and to prescribe their powers, duties and compensation;" And to inform the Senate that the bill has passed the House. In this action of the House the concurrence of the Senate is respectfully asked. Very respectfully, PAUL H. KING, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. 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 transmit the following bill: House bill No. 171 (file No. 242), entitled A bill to amend sections 2 and 3 of Act No. 200 of the Public Acts of 1905, entitled "An act to provide for the compulsory education of children, for penalties for failure to comply with the provisions of this act, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of the same;" And to inform the Senate that the bill has passed the House. In this action of the House the concurrence of the Senate is respectfully asked. Very respectfully, PAUL H. KING, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Education and Public Schools. 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 transmit the following bill: House bill No. 267 (file No. 238), entitled A bill to amend section 35 of Act No. 285 of the Public Acts of 1909, entitled "An act to provide for the creation of a department of labor; to prescribe its powers and duties; to regulate the employment of labor; to make an appropriation for the maintenance of such department, and to prescribe penalties for the violation of this act;" And to inform the Senate that the bill has passed the House. In this action of the House the concurrence of the Senate is respectfully asked. Very respectfully, PAUL H. KING, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on State Affairs. Mr. Cartier moved that the Senate resolve itself into the committee of the whole on the GENERAL ORDERS OF THE DAY. The motion prevailed. The President called Mr. Wiggins to the chair. After some time spent therein, the committee rose, and through its chairman made the following report: The committee has had under consideration the following: Senate bill No. 415 (file No. 391), entitled A bill to amend section 12 of Act No. 232 of the Public Acts of 1903, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws providing for the incorporation of manufacturing and mercantile companies, or any union of the two, and for the incorporation of companies for carrying on any other lawful business, excepting such as are precluded from organization under this act by its express provisions, and to prescribe the powers and fix the duties and liabilities of such corporations," as amended by Act No. 194 of the Public Acts of 1905, and as further amended by Act No. 137 of the Public Acts of 1907; Also: Senate bill No. 381 (file No. 353), entitled A bill to permit the establishment of a disability and retirement fund for teachers in cities of eight thousand or over; Also: Senate bill No. 397 (file No. 373), entitled A bill to amend section 2 of Act No. 44 of the Public Acts of 1899, approved April 18, 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, approved May 31, 1889, Act No. 20 of the Session Laws of 1889, approved March 19, 1889, and all other laws or parts of laws contravening or inconsistent with this act;" Also: Senate bill No. 317 (file No. 290), entitled · A bill to provide for the appointment of a commission of five citizens of the State of Michigan to make an investigation into. the subject of farm colonies and to report their findings to the next session of the Legislature with recommendations regarding the establishment of a farm colony within the State of Michigan; Also: Senate bill No. 408 (file No. 383), entitled A bill declaring valid sales of real estate made by executors, administrators or guardians under license of the probate court pursuant to the provisions of chapter 243 of the Compiled Laws of 1897; Also: Senate bill No. 398 (file No. 371), entitled A bill to protect railroad and railway property, to prevent destruction and removal of any property or parts thereof and to provide a penalty therefor; Also: |