or eye-glass frames made to resemble gold or silver and manufactured, sold or offered for sale as gold-filled, roll-plate, gold-front, electro-plate, plated goods, or known by any other name as imitation gold or silver, shall be marked, stamped or labeled with the quality of the article and the name of the manufacturer; Also: House bill No. 201 (file No. 148), entitled A bill to provide for the support of certain dependents of those confined in the prisons and reformatories of the State of Michigan, and to provide a tax to meet the same; Also: House bill No. 94 (file No. 190), entitled A bill to amend sections 24, 26, 37 and 39 of Act No. 206 of the Public Acts of 1893, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon, and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied, making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and continuing such lien, providing for the sale and conveyance of lands delinquent for taxes, and for the inspection and disposition of lands bid off to the State and not redeemed or purchased, and to repeal Act No. 200 of the Public Acts of 1891, and all other acts and parts of acts in anywise contravening any of the provisions of this act," said sections being compiler's sections 3847, 3849, 3860 and 3862 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, said section 24 having been amended by Act No. 226 of the Public Acts of 1907; 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 bills. The committee of the whole has also had under consideration the following: 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; Also: Senate bill No. 246 (file No. 234), entitled A bill to provide for the better enforcement of the laws relating to the assessment of personal property, increasing the powers of the Board of State Tax Commissioners, giving it the power to cause personal property omitted from regular assessment to be discovered; to employ expert assistants, and to retrospectively assess for taxation such omitted personal property; to cause the taxes and penalties due thereon to be collected; and to constitute an "omitted tax fund," and to provide for the payment of expenses incidental to the discovery of such omitted property of said fund, and repealing all acts inconsistent herewith; And has directed its chairman to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the bills be laid on the table. The committee of the whole has also had under consideration the following: House bill No. 471 (file No. 202), entitled A bill to regulate the use of common or public drinking cups or other containers, and providing a penalty for the violation thereof; Also: House bill No. 358 (file No. 231), entitled A bill to prevent unlawful discrimination in the sale of milk, cream and butter-fat, and to provide a punishment for the same; Has directed its chairman to report the same back to the Senate, with the recommendation that all after the enacting clause of each of the bills be stricken out. The committee of the whole has also had under consideration the following: House substitute for House bills Nos. 71, 72 and 73 (file No. 17), entitled A bill to create a commission to examine, investigate and inquire into the several boards, commissions, institutions, and the departments and bureaus of the State, and to fix its powers and duties, and to make an appropriation to pay the expenses thereof, and to provide a tax there for; And has directed its chairman to report the same back to the Senate, with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on State Affairs. The report was accepted. JAMES A. MURTHA, Chairman. The Senate concurred in the recommendation of the committee re garding the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seven, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth 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 seventeenth named bill in the report and the bill was placed on the order of third reading of bills. The Senate concurred in the amendments made to the eighteenth named bill in the report, and granted the committee leave to sit again for the further consideration of the bill. The Senate granted the committee leave to sit again for the further consideration of the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first named bills in the report. The Senate concurred in the recommendation of the committee regarding the twenty-second and twenty-third named bills in the report and the bills were laid on the table. The Senate concurred in the recommendation of the committee regarding the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth named bills in the report and all after the enacting clause of each of the bills was stricken out. The Senate concurred in the recommendation of the committee regarding the twenty-sixth named bill in the report and the bill was rereferred to the Committee on State Affairs. By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. By the Committee on State Library: The Committee on State Library reports House bill No. 564 (file No. 375), entitled A bill to authorize the Board of State Auditors to replace the present wooden shelves in the State Library with fireproof steel stacks, and to cause to be floored over a portion of the area of said State Library; With the recommendation that the bill pass. GUY A. MILLER, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general orders. By the Committee on Judiciary: The Committee on Judiciary reports House bill No. 519 (file No. 250), entitled A bill to prohibit the false billing, false classification and false weighing of any goods, property, or effects offered to any common carrier in this State for the purpose of transportation and to provide a penalty for the violation thereof; With the recommendation that the bill pass. CHAS. E. WHITE, 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 Judiciary: The Committee on Judiciary reports House substitute for House bills Nos. 101 and 181 (file No. 215), en titled A bill to provide for the punishment of persons fraudulently connecting, using or obtaining water, steam, electric or gas service or supply, and to repeal Act No. 147 of the Public Acts of 1897, being sections 11603, 11604 and 11605 of the Compiled Laws of 1897; With the recommendation that the bill pass. CHAS. E. WHITE, 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 Judiciary: The Committee on Judiciary reports House bill No. 86 (file No. 214), entitled A bill to amend section 7 of Act No. 70 of the Public Acts of 1877, entitled "An act for the more effectual prevention of cruelty to animals," being section 11745 of the Compiled Laws of 1897; With the recommendation that the bill pass. CHAS. E. WHITE, 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 Judiciary: The Committee on Judiciary reports House bill No. 37 (file No. 162), entitled A bill to repeal Act No. 238 of the Public Acts of 1889, entitled "An act to provide for the amicable adjustment of grievances and disputes that may arise between employers and employes, and to authorize the creation of a State court of mediation and arbitration," the same being sections 559 to 568 of the Compiled Laws of 1897 inclusive, as amended by Act No. 69 of the Public Acts of 1903 and Act No. 152 of the Public Acts of 1909; With the recommendation that the bill pass. CHAS. E. WHITE, 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 Judiciary : The Committee on Judiciary reports House bill No. 501 (file No. 267), entitled A bill to authorize the establishment of houses of correction in cities and to authorize the sentencing of persons convicted of crime thereto, and the confinement and detention of persons charged with or convicted of crime therein, and to fix and prescribe the duties and powers of all city, State and county officers with regard thereto; With the recommendation that the bill pass. CHAS. E. WHITE, 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 Judiciary: The Committee on Judiciary reports House bill No. 495 (file No. 284), entitled A bill to provide for the selection, designation and number of jurors in cities where the commission form of government has been or may hereafter be adopted; With the recommendation that the bill pass. CHAS. E. WHITE, 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 Judiciary: The Committee on Judiciary reports House bill No. 450 (file No. 280), entitled A bill to amend section 34 of chapter 103 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, as amended, being section 344 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, relative to the return and summoning of jurors; With the recommendation that the bill pass. CHAS. E. WHITE, 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 Judiciary: The Committee on Judiciary reports House bill No. 566 (file No. 294), entitled A bill to permit the transfer of jurisdiction in guardianship matters from the probate court of one county in this State to that of another county, in certain cases; With the recommendation that the bill pass. CHAS. E. WHITE, 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 Judiciary: The Committee on Judiciary reports House bill No. 548 (file No. 283), entitled A bill defining and regulating the right of married women to their own earnings; With the recommendation that the bill pass. CHAS. E. WHITE, 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. Mr. F. D. Scott moved that when the Senate adjourns today, it stand adjourned until Monday, April 17, at 3 o'clock p. m. The motion prevailed. Mr. Miller moved that the Senate adjourn. The motion prevailed, the time being 12:30 o'clock p. m. The President declared the Senate adjourned until Monday, April 17, at 3 o'clock p. m. ELBERT V. CHILSON, Secretary of the Senate. |