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:"

file No. 274.

introduced by Mr. Flowers:

received and referred to the committee on elections...

1146

reported favorably, and on motion, placed on the special order
for April 18

1220

on special order, considered in committee of the whole, and leave
granted the committee to sit again

1370-1

considered in committee of the whole on special order, amended,
amendments concurred in and bill placed on the order of third
reading

..1372-4
1408

read third time and passed, returned
re-received with notice of non-concurrence by the House in certain
of the Senate amendments; Senate insisted and requested a com-
mittee of conference

... 1470-2

House acceded to request for committee of conference and named
its conferees; Senate conferees named.
report of committee of conference adopted; Senate receded from its
amendments, bill repassed and returned..

564. 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:

1496-7

. 1501-2

file No. 375.

introduced by Mr. McBride.

received and referred to the committee on state library.

1252

reported favorably and placed on the general order..

1313

committee of the whole discharged and placed on the order of
third reading

1392

read third time and passed, returned..

1468

565.

A bill to provide for better protection against the setting of fires by
traction or other portable engines:

file No. 357.

introduced by Mr. Myers.

received and referred to the commitee on mechanical interests..
reported favorably and placed on the general order...

1268

1346

committee of the whole discharged and placed on the order of
third reading

1392

read third time and passed, returned..

1474

566. 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:

file No. 294.

introduced by Mr. Hale.

received and referred to the committee on judiciary.
reported favorably and placed on the general order.

1196

1315

committee of the whole discharged and placed on the order of
third reading

1391

read third time and passed, returned..

567. 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 pub-
lic acts of 1877, entitled 'An act to authorize the formation of part-
nership 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 asso-
ciations:

file No. 356.

introduced by Mr. Hale.

received and referred to the committee on banks and corpora-
tions

1467

1250

568.

569.

571.

reported favorably and placed on the general order...
committee of the whole discharged and placed on the order of

third reading

read third time and passed, returned..

A bill to repeal act No. 514 of the local acts of 1905, entitled "An act
to provide for the collection of taxes and accounting therefor, and
for the payment of a salary to the township treasurer of the town-
ship of Calumet, county of Houghton, state of Michigan," approved
May 1, 1905, upon approval by the electors of said township of Calu-
met:

file No. 360.

introduced by Mr. Lucas.

received and referred to the committee on counties and townships
reported favorably and placed on the general order....
committee of the whole discharged and placed on the order of
third reading

read third time and passed, returned.

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:

file No. 322.

introduced by Mr. Chambers.

received and referred to the committee on finance and appropria-
tions

reported favorably and placed on the general order.

considered in committee of the whole and bill placed on the order
of third reading

read third time and passed, given immediate effect and returned.
A bill to amend section 41 of act No. 183 of the public acts of 1897,
entitled "An act to provide for the appointment and to fix the term
of office, duties and compensation of circuit court stenographers in
the state of Michigan," approved May 29, 1897, being section 377 of
the compiled laws of 1897, as amended by act No. 75 of the public
acts of 1903:

1307

1391

1464

1251
1353

1393

1475

1102

1137

1257

1324

file No. 295.

introduced for Mr. Warner by Mr. Yeo.

received and referred to the committee on judiciary.
reported favorably and placed on the general order.

1269

1378

committee of the whole discharged and placed on the order of
third reading

1394

read third time and passed, returned.

577.

580.

A bill to amend section 8 of act No. 119 of the public acts of 1893,
entitled "An act to define what shall constitute fraternal beneficiary
societies, orders or associations; to provide for their incorporation
and the regulation of their business, and for the punishment for
violation of the provisions of the act of their incorporation, and to
repeal all existing acts inconsistent therewith," being section 7747
of the compiled laws of 1897, as last amended by act No. 3 of the
public acts of 1905; relative to residence of officers:
file No. 365.

introduced by Mr. Myers.

received and referred to the committee on insurance..
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 employ-
ment 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:

1479

1251

file No. 364.

introduced by Mr. Stevenson.

received and referred to the committee on state affairs..

1269

reported favorably, rules suspended and placed on the order of
third reading

1463

read third time and passed, returned.

1482

584.

A bill to amend section 12 of chapter 106 of the revised statutes of
1846, as amended, entitled "Of judgments and executions," being sec-
tion 10307 of the compiled laws of 1897:

introduced by Mr. Taylor.

585.

file No. 373.

received and referred to the committee on judiciary..

A bill to repeal all local or special acts providing a salary of one thou-
sand dollars to circuit court commissioners:

1256

file No. 372.

introduced by Mr. Gansser.

received and referred to the committee on judiciary.
reported favorably and placed on the general order.

1256

1345

committee of the whole discharged and placed on the order of
third reading

1392

read third time and passed, returned.

587.

588.

589.

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:

file No. 347.

introduced for Mr. Perry by Mr. Bierd.

received, rules suspended, and referred to the committee on finance
and appropriations

reported favorably and placed on the general order.

considered in committee of the whole and bill placed on the order
of third reading

read third time and passed, given immediate effect and returned..
A bill to provide for the employment of prison labor on state account
at the state house of correction and branch prison 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 appropria-
tion 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:

file No. 348.

introduced for Mr. Perry by Mr. Bierd.

received, rules suspended, and referred to the committee on finance
and appropriations

reported favorably and placed on the general order.

1475

1170

1234

1259

1329

1169

1233

considered in committee of the whole and bill placed on the order

of third reading

1259

read third time and passed, given immediate effect and returned.. 1329-30
A bill to amend sections 10, 11 and 12 of act No. 190 of the public
acts of 1891, approved July 3, 1891, entitled "An act to prescribe
the manner of conducting and to prevent fraud and (deception)
deceptions at elections in this state," the same being compiler's sec-
tions 3621, 3622 and 3623 of the compiled laws of 1897, as amended:
file No. 354.

introduced by Mr. Flowers.

received and referred to the committee on elections...

254-5

599.

A bill to make the mayor of the city of Alpena, in the county of Al-
pena, Michigan, a member of the board of supervisors of said county:
file No. 367.

introduced by Mr. Oppenborn.

received and referred to the committee on cities and villages..... 1271
reported favorably, rules suspended and bill placed on immediate
passage, read third time, passed, given immediate effect and
returned

1462-3

600. A bill to detach certain territory from the township of Long Rapids

610.

in the county of Alpena, state of Michigan, and to organize the same
into a new township to be known as the township of Wellington:
file No. 368.

introduced by Mr. Oppenborn.

received and referred to the committee on counties and townships.1269-70
reported favorably and placed on the general order....

1354

committee of the whole discharged and placed on the order of
third reading ..

read third time and passed, returned.

A bill to amend section 6 of act No. 599 of the local acts of 1907, en-
titled "An act to provide for the creation of a board of county audi-
tors for the county of Bay, to prescribe the powers and duties of
its members, and to provide for their compensation:"

file No. 386.

introduced by Mr. Gansser.

1393

1477

received and referred to the committee on counties and townships 1254
reported favorably and placed on the general order..

1354

committee of the whole discharged and placed on the order of
third reading

1393

third reading discharged and bill referred to committee on judi-
ciary

615. A bill to prohibit drivers of milk wagons and unauthorized persons
from opening milk bottles, or in any way interfering with, or mo-
lesting 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:

1453

file No. 392.

introduced by Mr. Brown.

received and referred to the committee on agricultural interests.
reported favorably and placed on the general order....

1249

1342

committee of the whole discharged and placed on the order of
third reading

1392

read third time and passed, returned..

1474

617. A bill to authorize boards of supervisors to purchase for their respec-
tive counties the reversionary interests in real property, transferred
to counties for public purposes; and to provide for the payment for
the same:

file No. 397.

introduced by Mr. Kerns.

received and referred to the committee on counties and townships 1270
reported favorably, amended, amendments concurred in and placed

on the general order...

1353-4

committee of the whole discharged and placed on the order of
third reading

1393

read third time, amended, passed, returned.

1457

621.

A bill to provide punishment for military offenses and to regulate the
proceeding of courts martial:

file No. 403.

introduced by Mr. Stewart.

received and referred to the committee on military affairs....

1321

623.

A bill to provide for the erection of soldiers' monuments by townships,
incorporated villages, cities and counties:

file No. 404.

introduced by Mr. Baldwin.

received and referred to the committee on military affairs..

1321

For committee to inform the governor that the Senate is ready for
business

13

adopted and committee named.

13

4. By Mr. Snell:

For committee to inform the House that the Senate is ready for
business

14

To dispense with customary ten day recess (concurrent)
adopted, transmitted

returned concurred in, and referred for record.

14

14

To dispense with the reading of the daily journal.
adopted

14

14

14

14

34

retransmittal requested and acceded to....

returned substituted, Senate non-concurred.

35

52

8. By Mr. Fowle:

For joint session to listen to governors' messages (concurrent).
adopted, transmitted

Tribute of respect to the memory of Senator Fox, recently deceased.
remarks by Senators in support of..

For a special committee to group the standing committees and assign
rooms and clerks ...

To notify the heads of state institutions to hasten forward their
budgets

20

adopted

20

14. By Mr. Miller:

Authorizing the president to appoint Henry Weitschat press clerk..
adopted

20

20

15. By Mr. Newton:

To pay the secretary of the last Senate for organizing the present one
adopted

20

20