So, a majority of all the Senators-elect having voted therefor, The bill was passed. The Senate agreed to the title of the bill. The following entitled bill was read a third time: Senate bill No. 83 (file No. 288), entitled A bill to authorize the employment of public health nurses by counties. The question being on the passage of the bill, the roll was called and the Senators voted as follows: So, a majority of all the Senators-elect having voted therefor, The Senate agreed to the title of the bill. General Orders. Mr. MacNaughton moved that the Senate resolve itself into Committee of the Whole for consideration of the general orders. The motion prevailed and the President designated Mr. MacNaughton as chair man. Accordingly the Senate resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, with Mr. MacNaughton in the chair. After some time spent therein the committee rose; and, the President having resumed the chair, the committee, through its chairman, reported back to the Senate, favorably and without amendment, the following entitled bills: House bill No. 58 (file No. 174), entitled A bill to make appropriations for the State Department of Health for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1924, and June 30, 1925, for maintenance, operation and other purposes. House bill No. 39 (file No. 186), entitled A bill to make appropriations for the State House of Correction and Branch Prison for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1924, and June 30, 1925, for maintenance, operation and other purposes. House bill No. 369 (file No. 200), entitled A bill to require committees, clubs and other organizations formed for the purpose of initiating legislation or any constitutional amendment by petition, to file certain reports and to regulate the conduct of such committees, clubs or organizations. House bill No. 232 (file No. 140), entitled A bill to amend section 2 (as amended by Act No. 91 of the Public Acts of 1921), section 4 (as amended by Act No. 23 of the Public Acts of the Extra Session of 1919), and sections 3 and 8 of Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1919, entitled "An act to provide for the licensing of operators of motor vehicles, and the suspension and revocation of such licenses in certain cases," approved May 13, 1919. House bill No. 434 (file No. 250), entitled A bill to amend section 23 of Act No. 166 of the Public Acts of 1917, as amended, entitled “An act to classify all school districts, now in existence or hereafter created, which shall have a population of five hundred or more and less than seventy-five thousand as districts of the third or fourth classes; to provide for the government, control and administration of such school districts and the schools therein through boards of education; to provide for the manner of nomination and election of such boards and their powers and duties; and to repeal all general or special laws that conflict with the provisions of this act." House bill No. 474 (file No. 313), entitled A bill to amend section 3 of chapter 10 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 5736 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. The bills were placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills. The Senate returned to the order of Messages From The House. A message was received from the House of Representatives returning A bill to make appropriations for the Ionia State Hospital for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1924, and June 30, 1925, for maintenance, operation and other purposes. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives has passed the bill and ordered that it take immediate effect. The bill was referred to the Secretary for enrollment printing and presentation to the Governor. A message was received from the House of Representatives returning A bill to make appropriations for the Legislature for the fiscal year's ending June 30, 1923, and June 30, 1924, and June 30, 1925, for maintenance, operation and other specific purposes. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives has passed the bill and ordered that it take immediate effect. The bill was referred to the Secretary for enrollment printing and presentation to the Governor. A message was received from the House of Representatives re-returning together with the Conference Report theron, Senate bill No. 137 (file No. 103), entitled A bi'l 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. The message informed the Senate that the House has adopted the Conference Report. The bill was referred to the Secretary for enrollment printing and presentation to the Governor. A message was received from the House of Representatives transmitting A joint resolution proposing an amendment to section 22 of article 5 of the Constitution. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives has passed the joint resolution. The joint resolution was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on State Affairs. A message was received from the House of Representatives transmitting A bill relating to children born out of wedlock, to make uniform the law relating thereto; and to repeal chapter 42 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, entitled "Maintenance of Illegitimate Children," being sections 7753 to 7763, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1915. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives has passed the bill. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. A message was received from the House of Representatives transmitting A bill to amend Act No. 25 of the Public Acts of 1919, Extra Session, entitled "An act to authorize and provide for the raising of money by taxation and for the borrowing of money by the State for the construction and improvement of highways and bridges, to authorize the issuance of notes and bonds as evidence of the indebtedness so created, and to provide a tax for the payment of the principal of such obligations and interest thereon," as amended by Act No. 65 of the Public Acts of 1921, by adding a new section to said act, to stand as section 6-a. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives has passed the bill. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Highways. A message was received from the House of Representatives transmitting A bill to provide for the certification of the unimproved land and improved farms in the State of Michigan, the creation of a list of accredited dealers in lands, the examination of those qualified to certify lands, and the authorization to prescribe rules and regulations necessary to comply with the provisions of this act and provide for a penalty for violation of the provisions of this act. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives has passed the bill. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Conservation.. A message was received from the House of Representatives transmitting A bill to provide for the incorporation, maintenance and supervision of credit unions. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives has passed the bill. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Banks and Corporations. A message was received from the House of Representatives transmitting A bill to amend section 2 of Act No. 185 of the Public Acts of 1897, as amended, entitled "An act to provide for the publication of the proceedings of the annual school meeting, and an annual financial statement in graded school districts in which a newspaper is published, and to provide for the expense thereof," being section 5810 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives has passed the bill. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Education. A message was received from the House of Representatives transmitting A bill to provide for the taxation and reforestation of cut over lands. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives has passed the bill. The message further informed the Senate that the House has ordered that the bill be known as the "Meggison-Sargent Bill." The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Conservation. A message was received from the House of Representatives transmitting A bill to amend section 34 of Act No. 206 of the Public Acts of 1893, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon, and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied; making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and continuing such lien, providing for the sale and conveyance of lands delinquent for taxes, and for the inspection and disposition of lands bid off to the State and not redeemed or purchased; and to repeal Act No. 200 of the Public Acts of 1891, and all other acts and parts of acts in anywise contravening any of the provisions of this act," being section 4028 of the Compiled Laws of 1915, as amended by Act No. 380 of the Public Acts of 1921. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives has passed the bill. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the ComImittee on Taxation. A message was received from the House of Representatives transmitting A bill to provide for appointing a special legislative committee to investigate the necessity of establishing and maintaining an additional normal school to train persons for teaching in the public schools and to make an appropriation therefor. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives has passed the bill and has ordered that it take immediate effect. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Education. A message was received from the House of Representatives transmitting A bill to protect game by prohibiting hunting thereof on Sunday in Sanilac county of this State, and prescribing a penalty therefor. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives has passed the bill. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Conservation. A message was received from the House of Representatives transmitting A bill to amend section 2 of Act No. 184 of the Public Acts of 1905, entitled "An act to provide for the indeterminate sentence as a punishment for crime upon the conviction thereof, and for the detention and release of persons in prison or detained on such sentence, and for the expense attending the same," being section 15860 of the Compiled Laws of 1915, as last amended by Act No. 259 of the Public Acts of 1921. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives has passed the bill. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the ComImittee on Judiciary. A message was received from the House of Representatives transmitting A bill to provide for the payment of costs in the criminal proceedings instituted by the State. The message informed the Senate that the House of Representatives has passed the bill and has ordered that it take immediate effect. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Mr. Pearson moved that the Senate adjourn. The motion prevailed, the time being 5:47 o'clock p. m. Accordingly, and in pursuance of the order previously made, the President declared the Senate adjourned until Monday, April 30, 1923, at 4:00 o'clock p. m. DENNIS E. ALWARD, |