Senate bill No. 4 (file No. 3), entitled A bill to provide for the erection and construction of a State office building in the city of Lansing, and to make appropriation therefor. By unanimous consent Mr. Newkirk offered the following resolution: House resolution No. 13. Resolved, That the Speaker appoint a special committee, consisting of three Representatives, to group the committees of the House for assignment to committee rooms. The resolution was adopted. The Speaker named as such committee Representatives Newkirk, Jerome and Wiley. REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES. The Special Committee appointed under House concurrent resolution No. 5, by Mr. O'Brien, chairman, made its report, recommending the adoption of the following: That the Journals of the two Houses be mailed, on request therefor, to the following persons: Secretaries of commercial clubs, secretaries of Granges and local Arbors of Gleaners, secretaries of farmers' clubs, all public officials, newspapers, State institutions, public schools and members of State boards. The report was received and the committee discharged. The Speiale Committee appointed under House resolution No. 12, by Mr. Glaspie, chairman, made its report, recommending the adoption of the following resolutions: Whereas, The House of Representatives of the State of Michigan in regular session assembled this 11th day of January, A. D. 1917, has learned with deepest regret of the death in Florida of the Hon. Frederick Weiland, member of the last House, and Whereas, In the death of Mr. Weiland, his family, town and community have lost a loving husband, a public spirited citizen and a man of noblest character and sterling worth, and the State a servant whose services were given unstintingly for the public welfare; therefore be it Resolved, That the profound sympathy of the members of this House be extended the bereaved family in their hour of tribulation; and be it further Resolved, That the Clerk of this House be instructed to spread these resolutions upon the records of this body, and to send an engrossed copy hereof to the family of the deceased. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The question being on the adoption of the report of the committee, The report, by a rising vote, was unanimously adopted. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. The Committee on Public Health, by Mr. Hulse, Chairman, reported House bill No. 12, entitled A bill to provide for the establishment and maintenance of joint county sanatoriums for the treatment of tuberculosis. With the recommendation that the bill pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was ordered printed, referred to the Committee of the Whole and placed on the general orders. MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE. A message was received from the Senate informing the House of Representatives that the Senate had concurred in the adoption of House concurrent resolution No. 5. Relative to mailing the daily Journal to officials and others. And further informing the House of Representatives that Senators Roberts and Tripp had been named as a committee on the part of the Senate. A message was received from the Senate transmitting Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House be instructed to mail copies of the daily Journals to the following persons, upon request therefor: Secretaries of commercial clubs, secretaries of Granges the local arbors of Gleaners, secretaries of Farmers' Clubs, all public officials, newspapers, State institutions, public schools and members of State boards; and that the amount of postage on such copies of said Journals so sent out shall be paid by the State Treasurer on the warrant of the Auditor General; on the presentation of bills duly certified by the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House, showing that such stamps have been purchased and used only for the payment of postage in mailing copies of the Journal hereby ordered to be distributed. The question being on concurring in the adoption of the resolution, The House concurred. The Special Committee appointed to group and make committee room assignments of the several committees, by Mr. Newkirk, chairman, made its report, recommending that the several standing committees be assigned to rooms, as follows: Room A.-Newspaper reporters. Room B.-Sergeant-at-Arms. Room C.-Committees on Public Health, Roads and Bridges, Michigan Industrial School for Boys, Michigan State Prison, State Industrial Home for Girls, State Sanatorium, Michigan School for the Blind, Pontiac State Hospital, Traverse City State Hospital, Michigan Reformatory, Michigan Employment Institution of the Blind, Ionia State Hospital and Michigan Farm Colony for Epileptics. Room D.-Committees on Agricultural College, University, State House of Correction and Branch of the State Prison in the Upper Peninsula, Michigan Soldiers' Home, Michigan School for the Deaf, Agriculture, Newberry State Hospital, Mines and Minerals, Kalamazoo State Hospital, Michigan Home and Training School, State Public School and Lumber and Salt. Room E.-Clerk and Financial Clerk. Room F.-Bill Clerk and Reading Clerk. Room G.-Journal Clerk. Room H.-Proofreaders. Room I.-Committees on State Affairs, Fish and Fisheries, Labor, Game Laws, Military Affairs and State Psychopathic Hospital. Room J.-Committees on Judiciary, Elections, Revision and Amendment of the Constitution and State Library. Room K.-Committees on City Corporations, Geological Survey, Religious and Benevolent Societies, Federal Relations, State Capitol and Public Buildings, Printing and College of Mines. Room L.-Committees on Railroads, General Taxation, Towns and Counties and Insurance. Room M.-Committees on Village Corporations, Drainage, Supplies and Expenditures, Horticulture, Education, Central Michigan Normal School, Northern State Normal School, State Normal College and Western State Normal School. Room N.-Committees on Ways and Means, Public Lands and Forestry, Interests, Rules and Joint Rules and Local Taxation. Room 0.-Committees on Revision and Amendment of the Statutes, Private Corporations, Liquor Traffic and Apportionment. The question being on concurring in the recommendation of the committee, The recommendation was concurred in. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. Mr. John Schmidt introduced A bill to amend section 10 of chapter V 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. 355 of the Public Acts of 1913. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Roads and Bridges. Mr. Chew introduced House bill No. 26, entitled A bill to amend section 2 of Act No. 334 of the Public Acts of 1913, entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment, survey, improvement and maintenance of State reward trunk line highways, to provide for the payment of double State reward thereon, to define the duties of State, county, good roads district and township officers in regard thereto, and to appropriate funds to carry out the provisions thereof," approved May 13, 1913. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Roads and Bridges. Mr. Vine introduced House bill No. 27, entitled A bill to amend section 9 of chapter LII of Act No. 314 of the Public Acts of 1915, entitled "An Act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this State; the powers and duties of such courts, and of the judges and other officers thereof; the forms of civil actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in said courts; pleading, evidence, practice and procedure in civil actions and proceedings in said courts; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with, or contravening any of the provisions of this act." The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Mr. Wood introduced House bill No. 28, entitled A bill to prohibit the unauthorized taking or using of automobiles or other motor vehicles by drivers or caretakers thereof, or by any other person or persons, whether with or without the intent to steal the same, and to provide a penalty therefor, and to repeal Act 33 of the Public Acts of 1909, entitled "An Act to prohibit the unauthorized taking or using of automobiles or other motor vehicles by drivers or caretakers thereof, or of any other person or persons without intent to steal the same, and to provide a penalty therefor." The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the committee on Judiciary. Mr. Gayde introduced House bill No. 29, entitled A bill to require certain vehicles to carry lights at night on public highways and bridges of this State. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Roads and Bridges. Mr. Young introduced House bill No. 30, entitled A bill to provided for the purchase of all supplies, merchandise and articles of every description and character needed for the maintenance and operation of all State, penal, reformatory or charitable institutions. The bill was read first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on State Affairs. Mr. Blinn introduced House bill No. 31, entitled A bill abrogating the common law disability of married women insofar as to make and render them competent to bind themselves and become liable with their husbands upon any written instrument, so as to subject the real estate of the husband and wife owned by them as tenants by entirety, or the real estate acquired by either as survivor of the other, and all crops, rents, profits or proceeds thereof or taken therefrom to the payment and satisfaction of judgments and decrees of courts rendered upon such written instruments and providing for the enforcement of such liabilities, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts contravening the provisions of this act. The bill was read first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Mr. Hall introduced House bill No. 32, entitled A bill to amend section 4 of Act No. 48 of the Public Acts of 1901, entitled "An Act to provide for a tax upon dogs and to create a fund for the payment of certain damages for sheep killed or wounded by them in certain cases," as amended by Act No. 264 of the Public Acts of 1915. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on General Taxation. Mr. Person introduced House bill No. 33, entitled A bill authorizing and requiring the purchase of certain primary school lands for general State public purposes, and making an appropriation therefor. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on State Affairs. Mr. Lemire introduced House joint resolution No. 3, entitled A joint resolution proposing an amendment to section 1 of article III of the Constitution, relative to the right of absent voters to vote. The joint resolution was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Revision and Amendment of the Constitution. Mr. Person introduced House joint resolution No. 4, entitled A joint resolution proposing an amendment to section 1 of article III of the constitution, relative to the elective franchise. The joint resolution was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Revision and Amendment of the Constitu |