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; Was read a third time, and pending the taking of the vote on the passage thereof, Mr. Murtha moved that the bill be laid on the table. The motion prevailed. 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; Was read a third time and passed, a majority of the Senators-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: House bill No. 501 (file No. 267), entitled 2 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; Was read a third time and passed, a majority of the Senators-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: 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; Was read a third time and passed, a majority of the Senators-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: 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; Was read a third time and passed, a majority of the Senators-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: House bill No. 548 (file No. 283), entitled A bill defining and regulating the right of married women to their own earnings; Was read a third time and passed, a majority of the Senators-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: 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; Was read a third time and passed, a majority of the Senators-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: House bill No. 561 (file No. 384), entitled A bill to authorize boards of education to acquire and control lands for sites for school houses, agricultural sites, athletic fields and playgrounds, and to establish, equip and maintain trade and other vocational schools and to acquire lands for such purpose outside the district limits; Was read a third time and passed, a majority of the Senators-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: House bill No. 171 (file No. 242), entitled A bill to amend sections 2 and 3 of Act No. 200 of the Public Acts of 1905, entitled "An act to provide for the compulsory education of children, for penalties for failure to comply with the provisions of this act, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of the same;" 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 bill No. 339 (file No. 153), entitled A bill to fix the minimum amount of tuition to be paid by non-resident students attending the normal schools of this State; Was read a third time, and pending the taking of the vote on the passage thereof, Mr. F. D. Scott moved that the bill be laid on the table. The motion prevailed. House bill No. 111 (file No. 53), entitled A bill to amend section 2 of Act No. 183 of the Public Acts of 1909, entitled "An act to prohibit the taking, killing, trapping or molesting of certain fur bearing animals at certain times, and to prohibit the destruction or the molesting of the houses of certain fur bearing animals at all times," approved June 1, 1909; to remove the protection upon bears and skunks; Was read a third time and passed, a majority of the Senators-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. By the Committee on Judiciary: The Committee on Judiciary reports House bill No. 517 (file No. 246) entitled A bill to amend section 40 of Act No. 118 of the Public Acts of 1893, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relative to the State Prison, the State House of Correction, and the Branch of the State Prison in the Upper Peninsula, and to the House of Correction and Reformatory at Ionia, and the government and discipline thereof, and to repeal all acts inconsistent therewith," the same being compiler's section 2119 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. Mr. Miller 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 bill was then read a third time, and pending the taking of the vote on the passage thereof, Mr. Moriarty moved that the further consideration of the bill be indefinitely postponed. The motion prevailed, a majority of the Senators-elect voting therefor. By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of 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 retransmit the following bill: House bill No. 563 (file No. 274), entitled A bill to amend sections 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 27, 28, 31, 33, 37, 41, 42, 43, 44, 56 and 57 of Act No. 281 of the Public Acts of 1909, entitled, "An act relative to the nomination of party candidates for public office and delegates to political conventions, to regulate primary elections and to prescribe penalties for violations of its provisions, and to provide for the printing upon election ballots of the names of candidates nominated under the terms of this act, and to repeal Act No. 4 of the Public Acts of the Extra Session of 1907, and all local primary election acts contravening the provisions of this act, except as in this act otherwise provided;" |