REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. By the Committee on Banks and Corporations: The Committee on Banks and Corporations reports A bill to amend section 7 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 6096 of the Compiled Laws of 1897; With the following amendments thereto : 1. By striking out of lines 22 and 23 of section 7 the words "shall have no authority" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "may, in his discretion, refuse." 2. By adding to section 7 the following further proviso: "Provided, further, if the Commissioner of the State Banking Department refuses to issue the certificate applied for for any reason, the application shall not be renewed by the same applicant or applicants or major portion thereof until the expiration of one year from the date of such refusal." Recommend that the amendments be concurred in, and that when so amended the bill pass. L. W. SNELL, Chairman. The report was accepted and adopted and the committee discharged. Mr. Snell 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 on the general orders. By the Committee on Religious and Benevolent Societies: A bill to regulate gifts, grants, bequests and devices to religious, educational, charitable or benevolent uses; With the recommendation that the bill pass. JOHN VANDERWERP, 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 Cities and Villages: The Committee on Cities and Villages reports House bill No. 452 (file No. 181), entitled A bill to amend section 1 of Act No. 249 of the Local Acts of 1871, entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Alpena," as amended, and to further amend said act by adding thereto a new section to stand as section 2; With the following amendments thereto : 1. By striking out of line 6 of section 2 the word "the" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "such." 2. By striking out of line 6 of section 2 the words "to be held." 3. By striking out line 7 of section 2. 4. By striking out of line 8 of section 2 the words "day in April, A. D. 1911." Recommend that the amendments be concurred in, and that when so amended the bill pass. G. G. SCOTT, Chairman. The report was accepted and adopted and the committee discharged. Mr. Taylor 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 on the general orders. By the Committee on Gaming Interests: The Committee on Gaming Interests reports A bill to prohibit the hunting of rabbits with ferrets or guinea-pigs; CHARLES E. CARTIER, 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 Education and Public Schools: House bill No. 391 (file No. 254), entitled A bill to amend Act No. 164 of the Public Acts of 1877, entitled "An act to authorize cities, incorporated villages and townships to estab lish and maintain free public libraries and reading rooms," by adding thereto a new section to be known as section 10a; With the recommendation that the bill pass. G. G. SCOTT, 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. MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE. The following message from the House was received and read: To the President of the Senate: House of Representatives, Sir:-I am instructed by the House to return to the Senate the following bill: Senate bill No. 149 (file No. 139), entitled A bill to provide for the assessment and the collection of a specific tax upon the class of credits founded upon and evidenced by mortgages and liens upon real property, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in contravention thereto; And to inform the Senate that the House has amended the same as follows: 1. By inserting in line 9 of section 2 after the word "library" the word "armory;" 2. By striking out of line 3 of section 7 the word "all" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "one-half of the;" 3. By inserting in line 4 of section 7 after the word "account" the words "and the county treasurer shall credit to the general fund of the county the specific taxes collected by him as aforesaid;" And that in the passage of the bill, as thus amended, the House has concurred. Very respectfully, PAUL H. KING, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The question being on concurring in the amendments made to the bill by the House, Mr. Kingman moved that the Senate concur. The motion prevailed, a majority of the Senators-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The bill was referred to the Secretary for enrollment printing and presentation to the Governor. The following message from the House was also received and read: House of Representatives, To the President of the Senate: Sir-I am instructed by the House to return to the Senate the following bill: Senate bill No. 12 (file No. 9), entitled A bill to amend section 5 of Act No. 212 of the Public Acts of 1893, entitled "An act establishing a home for the soldiers, sailors and marines who served in the late civil war, their wives and mothers, and making an appropriation for the erection and maintenance thereof," approved June 2, 1893, being compiler's section 2070 of the Compiled Laws of 1897; And to inform the Senate that the House has amended the same as follows: 1. By inserting in line 10 of section 5 before the word "for" the words "except fines imposed." 2. By inserting in line 12 of section 5 after the word "shall" the words "give proper receipt for same and." And that in the passage of the bill, as thus amended, the House has concurred. Very respectfully, PAUL H. KING, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The question being on concurring in the amendments made to the bill by the House, Mr. Barnaby moved that the Senate concur. The motion prevailed, a majority of the Senators-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The bill was referred to the Secretary for enrollment printing and presentation to the Governor. 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. 615 (file No. 392), entitled A bill to prohibit drivers of milk wagons and unauthorized persons from opening milk bottles, or in any way interfering with, or molesting the caps or covers therefor after such bottles shall have been closed at the creamery, and during and after the process of delivery to patrons; 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 Agricultural Interests. 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. 567 (file No. 356), entitled A bill to amend section 16 of Act No. 244 of the Public Acts of 1903, entitled "An act to amend sections 1 and 4 of Act No. 191 of the Public Acts of 1877, entitled 'An act to authorize the formation of partnership associations, in which the capital subscribed shall alone be responsible for the debts of the association, except under certain circumstances,' as amended, the same being sections 6079 and 6082 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, and to further amend said act by adding five new sections to stand as sections 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16," approved June 18, 1903; relative to organization of partnership associations; 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 Banks and Corporations. The following message from the House was also received and read: House of Representatives, To the President of the Senate: A bill to authorize incorporated zoological societies to deal in and tranport all forms of wild animal life without infraction of present and future game and fish laws; and to prescribe proper investigations and remedies in respect to their compliance herewith where necessary; And to inform the Senate that the bill has passed the House. In this action of the House the concurrence of the Senate is respect fully 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 Gaming Interests. |