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: House bill No. 585 (file No. 372), entitled A bill to repeal all local or special acts providing a salary of one thousand dollars to circuit court commissioners; 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 584 (file No. 373), entitled A bill to amend section 12 of chapter 106 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, as amended, entitled "Of judgments and executions," being section 10307 of the Compiled Laws of 1897; 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. Senator Watkins entered the Senate Chamber and took his seat. Mr. F. D. Scott 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. F. D. Scott 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: A bill to provide a tax to meet the several appropriations for which a tax is not otherwise provided, for the general expenses of the State government, salaries of the State officers, judicial and other expenses of the State departments and expenses of the Legislature for the years 1911 and 1912; Also: House bill No. 287 (file No. 211), entitled A bill releasing the county of Lapeer from any and all liability to the State of Michigan for expenses incurred by the State in maintaining a quarantine at the Michigan Home for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic at the city of Lapeer during the fall of nineteen hundred ten; Also: House bill No. 317 (file No. 319), entitled A bill providing for the improvement of a certain portion of the highway known as the "Fort Gratiot Turnpike," located in the township of Columbus in the county of St. Clair, and making an appropriation there for; Also: House bill No. 144 (file No. 232), entitled A bill making appropriations for the Michigan School for the Blind for repairs and special purposes and for current expenses for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1912, and June 30, 1913, and to provide a tax therefor; Also: House bill No. 198 (file No. 308), entitled A bill making an appropriation for a heating, power and lighting plant for the University of Michigan, and to provide a tax to meet the same; Also: House bill No. 161 (file No. 75), entitled A bill to provide for the publication of a memorial volume containing the history of the statue erected to Major General George A. Custer in the city of Monroe, and a record of the proceedings and speeches delivered at the unveiling of said statue, and to make provision to defray the expense thereof; Also: House bill No. 168 (file No. 317), entitled A bill making appropriations for the Western State Normal School for current expenses and for building and special purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912, and June 30, 1913, and to provide a tax to meet the same; Also: House bill No. 63 (file No. 286), entitled A bill to provide for the erection of armories, and making an appropriation therefor; Also: House bill No. 503 (file No. 314), entitled 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 by Act No. 127 of the Public Acts of 1893, and Act No. 40 of the Public Acts of 1903; Also: House bill No. 327 (file No. 311), entitled A bill to provide appropriations for the State Board of Geological Survey for special purposes for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1912, and June 30, 1913, and to provide a tax to meet the same; Also: House bill No. 554 (file No. 269, entitled A bill to amend sections 8 and 17 of Act No. 254 of the Public Acts of 1905, entitled "An act to establish a State Sanatorium in some suitable locality in Michigan for the care and treatment of persons having taberculosis and making appropriations therefor, and to provide a tax to meet the same;" Also: House bill No. 470 (file No. 292), entitled A bill making appropriation for the Industrial School for Boys for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, to meet a deficiency in the current expense appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, and to provide a tax for the same; Also: House bill No. 521 (file No. 321), entitled A bill for the suppression of contagious diseases among bees in the State of Michigan by creating the office of inspector of apiaries, to define the duties thereof; and to appropriate money therefor; Also: House substitute for House bill No. 133 (file No. 324), entitled A bill making appropriations for building and special purposes for the Upper Peninsula Hospital for the Insane at Newberry, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, and to provide a tax to meet the same; Also: 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 July 30, 1912, and July 30, 1913, and to provide a tax to meet the same; Also: 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; Also: 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; Also: 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 purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, and to provide a tax to meet the same; Also: House bill No. 156 (file No. 313), entitled 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; Also: House bill No. 378 (file No. 218), entitled A bill making appropriations for current expenses, for special purposes and for publication of the collections of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1912, and June 30, 1913, and to provide a tax to meet the same; Has made no amendments thereto, and has directed its chairman to report the same back to the Senate, and recommend their passage. The committee of the whole has also had under consideration the following: House bill No. 97 (file No. 304), entitled A bill making appropriations for the State Highway Department for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1912, and June 30, 1913, and providing a tax to meet the same; Has amended the same as follows: 1. By striking out of line 4 of section 1 the word "two" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "three." 2. By striking out of line 3 of section 2 the word "two" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "three." Also: House bill No. 180 (file No. 303), entitled A bill making appropriations for the Michigan Soldier's Home for special purposes and for current expenses for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1912, and June 30, 1913, and to provide a tax to meet the same; Has amended the same as follows: By striking out of line 3 of section 4 the words "ending June 30." House bill No. 142 (file No. 315), entitled A bill making appropriations for the Central Michigan 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 years ending June 30, 1912, and June 30, 1913, and to provide a tax to meet the same; Has amended the same as follows: By striking out of line 3 of section 5 the word "fiscal." And has directed its chairman to report the same back to the Senate asking that the amendments be concurred in, and recommend that, as amended, the bills pass. The report was accepted. FRANK D. SCOTT, Chairman. The Senate concurred in the recommendation of the committee regarding the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth 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 twenty-first, twenty-second and twenty-third named bills in the report and the bills were placed on the order of third reading of bills. Senator Newton entered the Senate Chamber and took his seat. Unanimous consent being obtained, Mr. Weter presented to the Senate the following petition: To the Honorable the Legislature of the State of Michigan: Your petitioner, James G. Tucker, respectfully represents unto your Honorable body, that at the election held in the county of Macomb and State of Michigan, on the 3d day of April, A. D. 1911, he was a candidate for the office of Circuit Judge; that he had previously been nominated for said office by the Democratic party at the primaries held on the 1st day of March, A. D. 1911; that at said election a Circuit Judge to fill vacancy and a Circuit Judge for the full term were to be elected, and that there was the same Republican candidate for each of said offices and the same Democratic candidate; that the Democratic candidate was: For Circuit Judge to fill vacancy, James G. Tucker; |