Speaker of the House to sign enrolled bills for presentation to the Governor and the entry of the same on the journals by the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House, and the time of final adjournment of the legislature shall be the 31st day of May next, at 12 o'clock noon, of that day;

Which has been adopted by the House, and in which the concurrence of the Senate is respectfully asked.

Very respectfully,

LEWIS M. MILLER,

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

The question being on concurring in the adoption of the resolution, Mr. Wagar moved that the resolution be laid on the table,

On which motion Mr. Colman demanded the yeas and nays.

The motion to lay the resolution on the table then prevailed, a majority of all the Senators present voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:

Mr. Loomis moved that when the Senate adjourn today, it stand adjourned until 9 o'clock Monday night,

Which motion prevailed.

GENERAL ORDER.

On motion of Mr. Prescott,

The Senate went into committee of the whole on the general order, whereupon,

The President called Mr. Wagar to the chair.

After some time spent therein, the committee rose and through their chairman, made the following report:

The committee of the whole have had under consideration the following:

1.

Senate bill No. 123 (file No. 159), entitled

A bill to provide for a special record of mortgages upon farms, a special record of farm mortgages discharged from record, to provide blank form books for such records, and to prescribe the duties of registers of deeds relative to the keeping of such records;

Senate bill No. 66 (file No. 166), entitled

A bill to provide for the support and maintenance of the Michigan College of Mines at Houghton, Mich., for the years 1897 and 1898, and for the refitting and the further equipment of said school, including an assaying building and the equipment thereof, and making an appropriation therefor;

House bill No. 810 (file No. 296), entitled

A bill to permit sureties on bonds given by executors, administrators, guardians or trustees and filed in any probate court of this State to appear in such court in support of or in opposition to the allowance of the accounts of such executor, administrator, guardian or trustee and to appeal from the final decree of such court thereon;

House bill No. 950 (file No. 294), entitled

A bill to preclude the appointment as administrator of the estate of a deceased incompetent person of any person who, within one year prior to the death of such deceased incompetent persin, was the guardian of such deceased incompetent person, except heirs;

House bill No. 422 (file No. 297), entitled

A bill to amend Sec. 9 of Chap. 157 of the compiled laws of 1871, the same being compiler's Sec. 5877 of Howell's annotated statutes of Michigan, relative to examinations of persons suspected of having concealed, embezzled, conveyed away, or disposed of money, goods, or chattels of deceased persons, and persons suspected of having in their possession or knowledge any deeds, conveyances, bonds, contracts, or other writings, which contain evidence of or tend to disclose the right, title, interest or claims of deceased persons to any real or personal estate, or any claim or demand, or any last will and testament of deceased persons; House bill No. 812 (file No. 299), entitled

A bill to amend Sec. 1 of act No. 221 of the session laws of 1865, entitled "An act requiring judges of probate in certain cases to give notice to foreign consuls of an application for administration in the estate of deceased persons," approved March 18, 1865, as amended by the acts amendatory thereof, the same being Sec. 6812 of Howell's annotated statutes;

House bill No. 811 (file No. 298), entitled

A bill to amend Sec. 1 of act No. 107 of the public acts of 1895, entitled "An act to provide for recording in the offices of registers of deeds certified copies of judgments and decrees of courts of record and making the record thereof evidence in courts and making such records heretofore made like evidence;"

House bill No. 363 (file No. 316), entitled

A bill to amend Sec. 1 of Chap. 93 of the revised statutes of 1846, as amended by act No. 173 of the session laws of 1855, entitled "Of courts held by justices of the peace," the same being Sec. 6814 of Howell's annotated statutes;

House bill No. 826 (file No. 317), entitled

A bill to amend Sec. 11 of Chap. 140 of the revised statutes of 1857, being compiler's section 7996, Howell's annotated statutes, relative to filing copy of attachment in the office of the register of deeds;

House bill No. 231 (file No. 62), entitled

A bill to provide for the appointment of guardians of the persons of habitual drunkards, and of persons so addicted to the excessive use of

intoxicating liquors or narcotic drugs as to need medical or sanitary treatment or care, and for restraining them in a suitable asylum or hospital, and to repeal act 241, public acts of 1879, entitled "An act concerning the appointment of guardians of habitual drunkards, or of persons so addicted to the excessive use of intoxicating liquors as to need medical or sanitary treatment or care;"

House bill No. 262 (file No. 262), entitled

A bill to amend Secs. 1 and 2 of act No. 3 of the public acts of 1874, entitled "An act to authorize proceedings by the State to condemn private property for public use," approved March 24, 1874, the same being compiler's sections 5196 and 5197 of Howell's annotated statutes; House bill No. 575 (file No. 351), entitled

A bill to fix the responsibility for making permanent improvements to manufacturing establishments in Michigan where ordered by factory or deputy factory inspectors;

House bill No. 542 (file No. 336), entitled

A bill to amend Sec. 3 of act No. 129 of the public acts of 1883, entitled "An act for the organization of telephone and messenger service companies," approved May 31, 1883, the same being Sec. 3718c of the third volume of Howell's annotated statutes;

House bill No. 1012, entitled

A bill to amend Sec. 1 of Chap. 26 of act No. 322 of the local acts of 1893, being an act to incorporate the city of Grand Ledge;

House bill No. 782 (file No. 113), entitled

A bill to protect the lives and property of persons at the crossing of railroads and publis highways, within the State of Michigan;

House bill No. 454 (file No. 337), entitled

A bill appropriating money for the use of the Michigan Asylum for Dangerous and Criminal Insane;

Have made no amendments thereto, and have directed their chairman to report the bills back to the Senate and recommend their passage. E. S. WAGAR,

Report accepted.

Chairman.

The above named bills were placed on the order of third reading of bills.

On motion of Mr. Colman,

The Senate took up the order of

THIRD READING OF BILLS.

Senate bill No. 66 (file No. 166), entitled

A bill to provide for the support and maintenance of the Michigan College of Mines at Houghton, Michigan, for the years 1897 and 1898, and for the refitting and the further equipment of the said school, including an assaying building and the equipment thereof, and making an appropriation therefor;

Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:

By a vote of two-thirds of all the Senators elect the bill was ordered to take immediate effect.

House bill No. 810 (file No. 296), entitled

A bill to permit sureties on bonds given by executors, administrators, guardians or trustees and filed in any probate court of this State to appear in such court in support of or in opposition to the allowance of the accounts of such executor, administrator, guardian or trustee and to appeal from the final decree of such court thereon;

Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:

House bill No. 950 (file No. 294), entitled

A bill to preclude the appointment as administrator of the estate of a deceased incompetent person of any person who, within one year prior to the death of such deceased incompetent person, was the guardian of such deceased incompetent person, except heirs;

Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:

House bill No. 422 (file No. 297), entitled

A bill to amend Sec. 9 of Chap. 157 of the compiled laws of 1871, the same being compiler's Sec. 5877 of Howell's annotated statutes of Michigan. relative to examinations of persons suspected of having concealed, embezzled, conveyed away or disposed of money, goods or chattels of deceased persons, and persons suspected of having in their possession or knowledge any deeds, conveyances, bonds, contracts, or other writings, which contain evidence of or tend to disclose the right, title, interest or claims of deceased persons to any real or personal estate, or any claim or demand, or any last will and testament of deceased persons;

Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:

House bill No. 812 (file No. 299), entitled

A bill to amend Sec. 1 of act No. 221 of the session laws of 1865, entitled "An act requiring judges of probate in certain cases to give notice to foreign consuls of an application for administration in the estate of deceased persons," approved March 18, 1865, as amended by the acts amendatory thereof, the same being Sec. 6812 of Howell's annotated statutes;