NAYS. 0 The title of the bill was agreed to. House bill No. 371 (file No. 182), entitled 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; Was read a third time and passed, two-thirds of the Senators-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: 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; Was read a third time and passed, a majority of the Senators-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: House bill No. 301 (file No. 229), entitled A bill to change the name of the village of South Frankfort, in the county of Benzie, to that of Elberta; Was read a third time and passed, a majority of the Senators-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: Mr. Walter moved that the bill be ordered to take immediate effect for the reason that the bill comes under the provisions of section 21 of Article V of the Constitution of the State of Michigan, which provides "that the Legislature may give immediate effect to acts immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health or safety." The motion prevailed and the bill was ordered to take immediate effect, two-thirds of the Senators-elect voting therefor. 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 substitute for House bill No. 599 (file No. 367), entitled A bill to make the mayor of the city of Alpena, in the county of Alpena, Michigan, a member of the board of supervisors of said county; With the recommendation that the bill pass. JAMES A. MURTHA, Chairman. The report was accepted and adopted and the committee discharged. Mr. F. D. Scott moved that the rules be suspended and that the bill be placed on its immediate passage. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of the Senators present voting therefor. The question being on the passage of the bill, The bill was then read a third time and passed, a majority of the Senators-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: Mr. F. D. Scott moved that the bill be ordered to take immediate effect for the reason that the bill comes under the provisions of section 21 of Article V of the Constitution of the State of Michigan, which provides "that the Legislature may give immediate effect to acts immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health or safety." The motion prevailed and the bill was ordered to take immediate effect, two-thirds of the Senators-elect voting therefor. By the Committee on State Affairs: The Committee on State Affairs reports House bill No. 580 (file No. 364), entitled A bill to amend section 13 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," approved June 2, 1909; relative to penalty for violation of said section; With the recommendation that the bill pass. F. B. KLINE, The report was accepted and adopted and the committee discharged. Pending the reference of the bill to the committee of the whole, Mr. Kline moved that the rules be suspended and that the bill be placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of the Senators present voting therefor. By the Committee on Insurance: The Committee on Insurance reports House bill No. 312 (file No. 156), entitled A bill relative to deposits of fire, life and casualty insurance companies with the State Treasurer; With the recommendation that the bill pass. L. W. SNELL, Chairman. The report was accepted and adopted and the committee discharged. Pending the reference of the bill to the committee of the whole, Mr. Snell moved that the rules be suspended and that the bill be placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of the Senators present voting therefor. By the Committee on Insurance: The Committee on Insurance reports House bill No. 513 (file No. 227), entitled A bill to require mutual fire, tornado and hail insurance companies to file in the office of the Commissioner of Insurance lists of their authorized agents in this State, and to provide a penalty for violations thereof; With the recommendation that the bill pass. L. W. SNELL, Chairman. The report was accepted and adopted and the committee discharged. Pending the reference of the bill to the committee of the whole, Mr. Snell moved that the rules be suspended and that bill be placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of the Senators present voting therefor. 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 19, 1911. Sir: I herewith submit the following nomination for the consideration of the Senate: Dr. George F. Burke, Detroit, county of Wayne, as a member of the Board of Examiners in Dentistry, to succeed Dr. Charles H. Oakman, resigned, for the term ending December 31, 1912. The message was referred to the Committee on Executive Business. By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of THIRD READING OF BILLS. 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 circumstnaces,' 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 reorganization of partnership associations; Was read a third time and passed, a majority of the Senators-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: NAYS. 0 The title of the bill was agreed to. 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; Was read a third time and passed, a majority of the Senators-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: House substitute for House bills Nos. 101 and 181 (file No. 215), entitled 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; Was read a third time, and pending the taking of the vote on the passage thereof, Mr. Collins moved that the bill be laid on the table. The motion did not prevail. The question being on the passage of the bill, The bill was then passed, a majority of the Senators-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: |