The committee of the whole has also had under consideration the following: Senate bill No. 364 (file No. 360), entitled A bill to create a State school-book commission, and to provide for free school text-books and supplies; Has agreed to the following substitute for the bill: A bill to provide for the appointment of a commission to investigate the school text-book situation. The People of the State of Michigan enact: Section 1. The Governor of the State of Michigan is hereby empowered to appoint a commission of three members to investigate the school text-book situation in this and other states, said commission to report to the Legislature of nineteen hundred thirteen and recommend to said Legislature a text-book bill. Sec. 2. This commission, immediately after appointment, shall or ganize by choosing from its own membership a chairman and secretary. Sec. 3. The members of this commission shall serve without pay but their actual traveling expenses shall be audited by the Board of State Auditors and paid from the general fund of the State upon the warrant of the Auditor General. Said commission shall maintain its organization until July one, nineteen hundred thirteen, when it shall expire by limitation, unless renewed by subsequent act of the Legislature. And has directed its chairman to report the same back to the Senate, asking that the substitute be concurred in, and recommend that, as substituted, the bill pass. The committee of the whole has also had under consideration the following: Senate bill No. 3 (file No. 3), entitled A bill to create a department of public accounts, to provide for uniform accounts of public property and moneys, for uniform reports thereof, and for the audit of public offices and accounts; to prescribe penalties for violations of its provisions; and making appropriations to carry the same into effect; Has directed its chairman to report the same back to the Senate, with the recommendation that further consideration of the bill be indefinitely postponed. The committee of the whole has also had under consideration the following: Senate bill No. 439 (file No. 416), entitled A bill to provide for the appointment of a county farm manager and to prescribe his powers and duties and to provide for his compensation; But not having gone through therewith, has directed its chairman to report progress thereon and asks leave to sit again for the further consideration of the bill. ROBERT E. WALTER, The report was accepted. The Senate concurred in the recommendation of the committee regarding the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh named bills in the report and the bills were placed on the order of third reading of bills. The Senate concurred in the amendments made to the eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth named bills in the report and the bills were placed on the order of third reading of bills. The Senate concurred in the substitute agreed to by the committee for the fourteenth named bill in the report, and the bill as substituted was placed on the order of third reading of bills. The Senate concurred in the recommendation of the committee regarding the fifteenth named bill in the report and further consideration of the bill was indefinitely postponed. The Senate granted the committee leave to sit again for the further consideration of the sixteenth named bill in the report. By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR. The following message from the Governor was received and read: To the President of the Senate: Executive Office, Lansing, April 13, 1911. Sir: I have this day approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State Senate bill No. 17 (enrolled No. 28), being An act to amend section 1 of Act No. 205 of the Public Acts of 1887, entitled "An act to revise the laws authorizing the business of banking, and to establish a banking department for the supervision of such business," the same being section 6090 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, as amended by Act No. 265 of the Public Acts of 1899; Also: Senate bill No. 270 (enrolled No. 29), being An act to amend section 18 of Act No. 188 of the Public Acts of 1899, entitled "An act to provide for the taxation of inheritances, transfers of property by will, transfers of property by the intestate laws of this -State, or transfers of property by deed, grant, bargain, sale or gift, made in contemplation of the death of the grantor, vendor, or donor, or intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment at or after such death," as amended by Act No. 195 of the Public Acts of 1903; Also: Senate bill No. 33 (enrolled No. 31), being An act to provide for the appointment of deputies by certain county officers, and for fixing their salaries; Also: Senate bill No. 20 (enrolled No. 32), being An act making appropriations for the Michigan Reformatory for current expenses and for special purposes, for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twelve, and June thirty, nineteen hundred thirteen; Also: Senate bill No. 61 (enrolled No. 33), being An act making appropriations for the deficiency in the current expense fund of the Michigan School for the Deaf for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1910, and June 30, 1911, and to provide a tax to meet the same; Also: Senate bill No. 99 (enrolled No. 34), being An act to create a commission to aid in securing permanent encampment and maneuvering grounds for the Michigan National Guard, and to make an appropriation therefor; Also: Senate bill No. 56 (enrolled No. 35), being An act to amend section 1 of Act No. 295 of the Public Acts of 1909, entitled "An act to provide for the erection and maintenance of fish chutes or fish ladders for the free passage of fish through or over dams now in existence, or which shall hereafter be erected, across rivers, streams or creeks, and to prohibit the obstruction of rivers, streams and creeks in such a manner as to prevent the free passage of fish up and down." Very respectfully, CHASE S. OSBORN, By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. By the Committee on Finance and Appropriations: A bill providing for appropriations for the Eastern Michigan Asylum at Pontiac, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1912, and June 30, 1913, for building and special purposes, and to provide a tax to meet the same; With the recommendation that the bill pass. WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, 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: House bill No. 102 (file No. 320), entitled A bill making appropriations for the Northern State Normal School for current expenses for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1912, and June 30, 1913, and for building and special purposes for said institution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912, and for building and special pur poses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, and to provide a tax to meet the same; With the recommendation that the bill pass. WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, 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: The Committee on Finance and Appropriations reports House bill No. 588 (file No. 348), entitled A bill to provide for the employment of prison labor on State account at the State House of Correction and Branch of the State Prison in the Upper Peninsula, to provide for the sale and disposition of the manufactured product; to define the duties of the warden and board of control of said prison in relation thereto; to make an appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912, to carry into effect the object and purposes of this act and to provide a tax to meet the same; With the recommendation that the bill pass. WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, 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: House bill No. 587 (file No. 347), entitled A bill to provide for the employment of prison labor on State account at the State Prison at Jackson, Michigan, to provide for the sale and disposition of the manufactured product; to define the duties of the warden and board of control of said prison in relation thereto; to make an appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912, to carry into effect the object and purposes of this act and to provide a tax to meet the same; With the recommendation that the bill pass. WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, 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: House bill No. 145 (file No. 310), entitled A bill making appropriations for special purposes for the Michigan Home for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic at Lapeer, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1912, and June 30, 1913, and to provide a tax to meet the same; With the recommendation that the bill pass. WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, 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 State Affairs: The Committee on State Affairs reports Senate bill No. 403 (file No. 378), entitled A bill to compel the use of Michigan mined bituminous coal in all State institutions within this State; Without recommendation. F. B. KLINE, Chairman. The report was accepted. The question being, what disposition will the Senate make of the bill, Mr. Leidlein moved that the bill be referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general orders. The motion prevailed. By the Committee on Forestry and State Lands: A bill to authorize the exchange of certain lands in certain cases; EUGENE FOSTER, 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 Fisheries: The Committee on Fisheries reports House bill No. 465 (file No. 199), entitled A bill to regulate the taking of bluebacked herring in the waters of lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron and Erie, and the bays thereof, within the jurisdiction of this State; With the following amendments thereto: 1. By striking out section 1 and inserting a new section to stand as section 1 and to read as follows: Section 1. It shall be lawful to use pound or trap nets, the meshes of the pot, crib or pocket of which shall not be less than two inches, extension measure, as manufactured, for taking or catching perch, herring and other rough fish, in the waters of Green Bay within the counties of Delta and Menominee, from the first day of September in each year until the first day of July in the year following. 2. By striking out section 2 and inserting a new section to stand as section 2 and to read as follows: |