The President also announced the following: To the President of the Senate: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SIR-I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bill: House bill No. 803 (file No. 229), entitled A bill to amend sections three, eight, eleven, fifteen and twenty of an act entitled "An act to establish a board of police and fire commissioners in the city of Grand Rapids, and to prescribe their powers and duties, approved May 24, 1881, and the several acts amendatory thereof," approved May 6, 1891, Which has passed the House by a majority vote of all the members elect, and by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect been ordered to take immediate effect, and in which the concurrence of the Senate is respectfully asked. Very respectfully, LEWIS M. MILLER, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the committee on Cities and villages. The President also announced the following: To the President of the Senate: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SIR-I am instructed by the House to return to the Senate the following concurrent resolution: WHEREAS, Events of recent occurrence have given rise to criticisms upon the management and control of the State Prison at Jackson, indicating a condition of affairs detrimental to and suggesting a lack of understanding, if not a want of good government, discipline and system for and over said institution; therefore be it Resolved (the House concurring), That a special committee of six persons, to be composed of three members of the Senate, to be appointed by the President thereof, and three members of the House, to be named by the Speaker of that body, be appointed and directed and instructed to visit the said prison within the first ensuing ten days and investigate whether there is just cause for complaint against said management and control, and whether any changes in the rules, regulation and system governing the said institution or the manner of doing business therein and therefor, or the inmates thereof, are needed and can be adopted that will secure greater safety to the public, more efficient conduct of the prison, safer confinement of the prisoners confined therein, and a stricter compliance with the prison laws of this State; and that said committee be and they are hereby empowered to send for and examine all persons, books and papers, and to detail or employ such clerical and stenographic assistance as they may deem necessary to secure the fullest possible information that will enable them to compile and present a thorough and perfect report. And to inform the Senate that the House has adopted a substitute therefor, as follows: WHEREAS, Events of recent occurrence have given rise to criticisms upon the management and control of the State Prison at Jackson, indicating a state of affairs detrimental to, and suggesting a lack of understanding, if not a want of good government, discipline and system for and over said institution; therefore be it Resolved (the House concurring), That the standing committees on State Prison of the two houses be instructed to visit the said prison within the ensuing week and investigate whether there is just cause for complaint against said management and control; and whether any changes in the rules, regulations and system governing the said institution or the manner of doing the business therein and therefor, or the inmates thereof, are needed, and can be adopted, that will secure greater safety to the public, more efficient conduct of the prison, safer confinement of the prisoners, and a stricter compliance with the prison laws of this State; and that said joint committee be and they are hereby empowered to send for and examine all persons, books and papers, and to employ an accountant and such legal and stenographic assistance as they may deem necessary to secure the fullest possible information, and such as will enable them to prepare and present to the Legislature a thorough and clear report. In the adoption of which as thus substituted the House has concurred. Very respectfully, LEWIS M. MILLER, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The question being on concurring in the adoption of the resolution as substituted by the House, On motion of Mr. Morrow, The resolution and substitute were laid on the table. The President also announced the following: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, To the President of the Senate: SIR-I am instructed by the House to transmit the following bill: A bill to provide for the election of two justices of the peace, and for the appointment of a justices' clerk in and for the city of Saginaw, and to define their jurisdiction and to fix their compensation and to abolish and discontinue the five offices of justice of the peace of said city upon the expiration of the terms of the present incumbents thereof, and to provide for the filing of the files, records and dockets belonging to or appertaining to the offices abolished and discontinued; and for the issuance of executions upon judgments appearing on said dockets; and to repeal all provisions of the charter of the city of Saginaw and of all other acts or parts of acts in anywise contravening the provisions of this act, Which has passed the House by a majority vote of all the members elect, and in which the concurrence of the Senate is respectfully asked. Very respectfully, LEWIS M. MILLER, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the committee on Cities and villages. The President also announced the following: To the President of the Senate: } HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SIR-I am instructed by the House to return to the Senate the following bill: Senate bill No. 54 (file No. 25), entitled A bill to amend section 1 of act No. 154, public acts of 1891, entitled "An act to amend section 10 of chapter 342 of Howell's annotated statutes of Michigan, as amended by act No. 172 of the session laws of 1885, relative to the Reform School," And to inform the Senate that the House has amended the same as follows: 1. By striking out of line 1 of section 10 the word "fifteen" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "sixteen." 2. By striking out of line 7 of section 10 the word "sixteen" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "seventeen." In the passage of which, as thus amended, the House has concurred by a majority vote of all the members elect, and by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect, has ordered the same to take immediate effect. Very respectfully, LEWIS M. MILLER, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The question being on concurring in the amendments made by the House to the bill, On motion of Mr. Fox, The Senate concurred, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: Mr. Barnard Burt Champion Clapp Clark Crane Earle The bill was then referred to the committee on Engrossment and enrollment for enrollment. The President also announced the following: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Lansing, April 6, 1893. To the President of the Senate: SIR-I am instructed by the House to return to the Senate the following bill: Senate bill No. 192, entitled A bill to amend sections 3 and 5 of act No. 111 of the public acts of Michigan of 1891, being "An act providing for the appointment, defining the duties and fixing the compensation of a stenographer for the 33d judicial circuit, In the passage of which the House has concurred by a majority vote of all the members elect, and by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect, has ordered the same to take immediate effect. Very respectfully, LEWIS M. MILLER, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The bill was referred to the committee enrollment for enrollment. On motion of Mr. Doran, on Engrossment and The Senate adjourned and the President announced that the Senate would stand adjourned until tomorrow at 2 o'clock p. m. Lansing, Friday, April 7, 1893. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment and was called to order by the President. Roll called: quorum present. Absent without leave: Mr. Mears. On motion of Mr. Pierce, Leave of absence was granted to Mr. Mears from today's session. PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS. No. 151. By Mr. McLaughlin: Protest of Angus L. May and 100 others against the passage of the minnow bill. On motion of Mr. McLaughlin, The protest was ordered spread on the Journal as follows: To the Honorable the Senate of the State of Michigan: We, the undersigned, interested in hook and line fishing on the St. Clair Flats, petition your honorable body to not pass the bill now before the Senate which seeks to prohibit the catching of chub minnows and other small fish for bait in the inland waters of this State. A great number of persons are frequenters of what are known as the St. Clair Flats at the mouth of the St. Clair river, who are attracted to that locality by the bass fishing which has made these waters famous and will be seriously affected by the passage of this bill. The bait used there consists of chub and shiner minnows, which are not edible fish, and which have no commercial value, and if the bill referred to should pass the Senate it would practically result in the prohibition of hook and line fishing on the flats. We would therefore respectfully urge upon the Senate that the bill do not be passed. Referred to the committee on Fisheries. No. 152. By Mr. McLaughlin: Protest of A. J. Dupins and 36 others on the same subject. Referred to committee on Fisheries. No. 153. By Mr. Mellen: Petition of Charles N. Coe, Wm. C. Green, George Townsend and 154 other citizens of Macomb county, praying for No. 154. By Mr. Mellen: Petition of 250 electors of Macomb county, Referred to committee on Fisheries. No. 155. By Mr. McGinley: Protest of Capt. Oscar Haskett and many On motion of Mr. McGinley, The protest was ordered spread on the Journal as follows: WE HEREBY PETITION the Honorable Members of the Michigan Legisla- Referred to the committee on Fisheries. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. By the committee on Finance and appropriations: The committee on Finance and appropriations, to whom was referred A bill to establish a permanent State weather service in this State co- Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, EDWIN G. FOX, Chairman. Report accepted and committee discharged. By the committee on Finance and appropriations: The committee on Finance and appropriations, to whom was referred Joint resolution authorizing the Board of State Auditors to examine, Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration EDWIN G. FOX, Chairman. Report accepted and committee discharged. On motion of Mr. Fox, The Senate concurred in the amendments made to the joint reso- |