House bill No. 452 (file No. 232), entitled A bill to provide for the filling of vacancies in appointive and elective public offices. House bill No. 350 (file No. 171), entitled A bill to authorize the sale of certain lands owned by the State of Michigan. House bill No. 401 (file No. 273), entitled A bill to amend section 7 of Act 279 of the Public Acts of 1909, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of cities and for revising and amending their charters," being section 3310 of the Compiled Laws of 1915, as amended by Act 286 of the Public Acts of 1917. House bill No. 9 (file No. 4), entitled A bill to amend section 9 of chapter 1, of part 3 of Act No. 84 of the Public Acts of 1921, entitled "An act to provide for the organization, regulation and classification of domestic corporations; to prescribe their rights, powers, privileges and immunities; to prescribe the conditions upon which corporations may exercise their franchises; to provide for the inclusion of certain existing corporations within the provisions of this act; to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which foreign corporations may be admitted to carry on business within this State; to prescribe penalties for violations of the provisions of this act, and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts relating to corporations." House bill No. 255 (file No. 276), entitled A bill to amend section 14 of chapter 2, of Act No. 164 of the Public Acts of 1881, as amended, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to public instruction and primary schools, and to repeal all statutes and acts contravening the provisions of this act," being section 5661 of the Compiled Laws of 1915, as amended. House bill No. 505 (file No. 293), entitled A bill to amend section 1 of Act No. 350 of the Public Acts of 1913, entitled "An act to enable counties to establish and maintain public hospitals, levy a tax and issue bonds therefor, elect hospital trustees, maintain training schools for nurses, provide suitable means for the care of tuberculous persons, and to make possible the utimate establishment of an adequate supply of hospitals," being section 10858 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. Senate bill No. 316 (file No. 331), entitled A bill to amend section 47 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," being section 14514 of the Compiled Laws of 1915, as amended by Act No. 321 of the Public Acts of 1917. Senate bill No. 195 (file No. 330), entitled A bill to amend section 5 of Act No. 91 of the Public Acts of 1911, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment and the collection of a specific tax upon the class of credits founded upon and evidenced by mortgages and liens upon real property, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in contravention thereto," being section 4272 of the Compiled Laws of 1915, as amended by Act No. 213 of the Public Acts of 1921. House bill No. 455 (file No. 248), entitled A bill to authorize an exchange of land between the State of Michigan and the county of Genesee. House bill No. 64 (file No. 270), entitled A bill to make appropriations for the Department of Public Safety for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1924, and June 30, 1925, for maintenance, operation and other purposes. House bill No. 368 (file No. 269), entitled A bill authorizing the construction of a stadium at the Michigan Agricultural College; making an appropriation therefor and providing for the refunding thereof to the State. House bill No. 485 (file No. 303), entitled A bill to provide an appropriation for the removal, the erection and repair of Custer Monument, at Monroe, Michigan. House bill No. 46 (file No. 225), entitled A bill to make appropriations for the Department of Labor and Industry for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1924, and June 30, 1925, for maintenance, operation and other purposes. House bill No. 480 (file No. 275), entitled A bill to amend section 8 of chapter 9 of Act No. 283 of the Public Acts of 1909, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate and add to the laws relating to the establishment, opening, improvement, maintenance and use of the public highways and private roads, the condemnation of property and gravel therefor; the building, repairing and preservation of bridges; setting and protecting shade trees, drainage, cutting weeds and brush within this State, and providing for the election and defining the powers, duties and compensation of State, county, township and district highway officials," as last amended by Act No. 335 of the Public Acts of 1913, being section 4454 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. House bill 493 (file No. 249), entitled A bill to amend section 16 of Act No. 46 of the Public Acts of 1921, entitled "An act to protect the title of motor vehicles and trailers within this State; to provide for the issuance of certficates of title and evidence of registration thereof; to regulate the purchase and sale or other transfer of ownership; to facilitate the recovery of motor vehicles and trailers stolen or otherwise unlawfully taken; to provide for the regulation and licensing of certain dealers in used and second hand vehicles as herein defined; to prescribe the powers and duties of the Secretary of State hereunder; and to provide penalties for the provisions hereof." House bill No. 484 (file No. 315), entitled A bill to provide better highway facilities between the cities of Detroit and Pontiac and to provide for the payment of the cost and expense thereof, and to provide for acquiring the necessary land for a right-of-way by condemnation or otherwise. House bill No. 481 (file No. 317), entitled A bill to amend section 2 of Act No. 91 of the Public Acts of 1911, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment and the collection of a specfic tax upon the class of credits founded upon and evidenced by mortgages and liens upon real property, and to repeal all acts and parts, of acts in contravention thereto," being section 4269 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. House joint resolution No. 16 (file No. 288), entitled A joint resolution proposing an amendment to section 2 of article 10 of the Constitution of the State of Michigan, to limit the amount of taxes which may be levied on real and personal property, except in case of emergency. House bill No. 508 (file No. 296), entitled A bill to amend sections 14, 21 and 24 of Act No. 117 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, entitled "An act to provide for the organization and disbandment of township school districts in the State of Michigan," being section 5922, section 5929 and section 5932 of the Compiled Laws of 1915, as amended. House bill No. 465 (file No. 265), entitled A bill to amend sections 4 and 5 of chapter 6 of Act No. 203 of the Public Acts of 1917, entitled "An act to provide for the holding of elections, to prescribe the manner of conducting and to regulate elections, to prevent fraud and deception in the conducting of elections and to guard against abuses of the elective franchise," approved May 10, 1917. The bills and joint resolution were placed on the order of third reading of bills. The Committee of the Whole, through its Chairman, reported back to the Senate, favorably and with amendment, the following entitled bill: House bill No. 444 (file No. 247), entitled A bill to amend sections 2, 9, 10, 11, 15 and 35 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," being sections 5323, 5330, 5331, 5332, 5336 and 5356 of the Compiled Laws of 1915, as last amended by Act No. 341 of the Public Acts of 1919, Act No. 280 of the Public Acts of 1917, Act No. 255 of the Public Acts of 1915 and Act No. 216 of the Public Acts of 1915. The following is the amendment recommended by the Committee of the Whole: Section 10, line 68, after the word "working," insert "during vacation periods and". The Senate agreed to the amendment recommended by the Committee of the Whole and the bill as amended was placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills. The Committee of the Whole, through its Chairman, reported back to the Senate the following entitled bill, recommending that all after the enacting clause be stricken out: House bill No. 203 (file No. 62), entitled A bill to regulate the hours of employment of nurses in State hospitals and certain State institutions. The recommendation of the Committee of the Whole was concurred in and all after the enacting clause was stricken out. By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of Reports of Standing Committees. Mr. Riopelle submitted the following report: The Committee on Judiciary respectfully reports back to the Senate the following entitled bill, without amendment, and with the recommendation that the bill do pass: House Bill No. 483 (file No. 318), entitled A bill to amend section 2 of Act No. 195 of the Public Acts of 1903, as amended, entitled "An act to provide for the taxation of inheritance, transfers of property by will, transfers of property by the intestate laws of this State, or transfers of property by deed, grant, bargain, sale or gift, made in contemplation of the death of the grantor, vendor, or donor, or intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment at or after such death." The report was accepted. OSCAR A. RIOPELLE, The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole. Mr. Riopelle submitted the following report: Acting Chairman. The Committee on Counties and Townships respectfully reports back to the Senate the following entitled bill, without amendment, and with the recommendation that the bill do pass: Senate bill No. 310 (file No. 279), entitled A bill to amend Act No. 392 of the Public Acts of 1921, entitled "An act to authorize counties to make provisions for the care, custody and maintenance of feeble-minded and epileptic persons, to authorize the levying and collection of taxes, the borrowing of money and issuing bonds for such purpose, and to provide for the care of State patients by counties and the reimbursement of such counties for such care," approved May 18, 1921, by adding thereto a new section to be known as section 5. The report was accepted. O. A. RIOPELLE, The bill was placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills. Conference Report. The following Conference Report was received and read: The Committee of Conference on the matters of difference between the two Houses relative to Senate bill No. 137 (file No. 103), entitled A bill to make appropriations for the State Department of Agriculture for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1924, and June 30, 1925, for the purpose of performing the duties imposed upon it by the provisions of Act No. 294 of the Public Acts of 1915, as amended, Having met and considered said matters of difference, have agreed to recommend, and do recommend, as follows: That the House recede from its amendments numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4, which amendments read as follows: 1. Amend by striking out of line 3 section 1 the words "seventy-five" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "fifty." 2. Amend by striking out of line 4, section 1 the words "seventy-five" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "fifty." 3. Amend by striking out of line 11, section 1 the amounts 72,500-72,500 and inserting in lieu thereof the amounts 47,500-47,500. 4. Amend by striking out of line 12, section 1 the amounts 75,000-75,000 and inserting in lieu thereof the amounts 50,000-50,000. ORVILLE E. ATWOOD, HARRY H. WHITELEY, Conferees on the part of the Senate. HOWARD F. BAXTER, MILTON R. PALMER, D. F. MORRISON, Conferees on the part of the House of Representatives. The question being on the adoption of the Conference Report, So, a majority of all the Senators-elect having voted therefor, The Conference Report was adopted. The Senate returned to the order of Reports of Standing Committees. Mr. Bohn submitted the following report: The Committee on Public Health respectfully reports back to the Senate the following entitled bill, without amendment, and with the recommendation that the bill do pass: Senate bill No. 83 (file No. 288), entitled A bill to authorize the employment of public health nurses by counties. The report was accepted. The bill was placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills. Mr. Connelly submitted the following report: F. P. BOHN, Chairman. The Committee on Highways respectfully reports back to the Senate the following entitled bill, with a substitute therefor, recommending that the substitute be agreed to and that the bill, as thus substituted, do pass: Senate bill No. 197 (file No. 150), entitled A bill to amend sections 3, 4 and 17 of Act No. 59 of the Public Acts of 1915, entitled, as amended, "An act to provide for the construction, improvement and maintenance of highways; for the levying, spreading and collecting of taxes and of special assessments therefor, to authorize the borrowing of money and the issuance of bonds under certain restrictions, regulations and limitations; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain officers with reference thereto; and to validate certain proceedings heretofore taken," same being sections 4673, 4674 and 4687 of the Compiled Laws of 1915, as amended. The following is the substitute recommended by the committee: A bill to amend Section five of Act number 59 of the Public Acts of 1915, entitled, as amended, "An act to provide for the construction, improvement and maintenance of highways; for the levying, spreading and collecting of taxes and of special assessments therefor, to authorize the borrowing of money and the issuance of bonds under certain restrictions, regulations and limitations; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain officers with reference thereto; and to validate certain proceedings heretofore taken," being Section 4675 of the Compiled Laws of 1915, as amended, and to add a new section thereto to stand as section 82. The People of the State of Michigan enact: Section 1. Section 5 of Act No. 59 of the Public Acts of 1915, entitled, as amended, "An act to provide for the construction, improvement and maintenance of highways, for the levying, spreading and collecting of taxes and of special assessments therefor, to authorize the borrowing of money and the issuance of bonds under certain restrictions, regulations and limitations; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain officers with reference thereto; and to validate certain proceedings heretofore taken," being section 4675 of the Compiled Laws of 1915, is hereby amended and a new section is hereby added thereto to stand as section 82 to read as follows: Sec. 5. Improving a highway shall include (widening), grading, drainage, bridging, stoning, macadamizing, paving and making of cement, asphalt, bituminous products, or slag, gravel, or any material suitable for road purposes, or any combination of the same. Where a petition is presented for improving any highway the county road commissioners or the State. Highway Commissioner may adopt such kind of improvement as they shall deem best under the circumstances. (Sec. 82. Whenever the legislature of the State of Michigan directs or authorizes the State Highway Commissioner to lay out or establish a particular highway or to widen an existing highway or to construct an improved road over an existing highway, and in order to carry out such authority or direction it shall be necessary to enter the corporate limits of any city, such Commissioner shall have the power and authority to enter within the corporate limits of any city and carry out such authority or direction, under the provisions of this act, and such Commissioner shall have full power and authority to carry out such authority or directions under the provisions of this act without any petition therefor as fully in all respects as though a petition signed by the requisite number of persons as herein before in this act provided had been duly filed. In such case said Commis sioner shall in his first order, set forth the termini of such improvement.) WILLIAM M. CONNELLY, Chairman. The report was accepted. The substitute recommended by the committee was agreed to. Mr. Connelly 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 the question being on its passage, the roll was called and the Senators voted as follows: So, a majority of all the Senators-elect having voted therefor, The bill was passed. The Senate agreed to the title of the bill. On motion of Mr. Glaspie, two-thirds of all the Senators-elect voting therefor, The bill was given immediate effect. Leaves of Absence. Senators Karcher, Gettel, Leland, Osborn and Wood asked and were granted leaves of absence until Monday, April 30. Mr. MacNaughton moved that when the Senate adjourns today it stand adjourned until tomorrow, Saturday, April 28, 1923, at 10:00 o'clock a. m. The motion prevailed. |