Bay County, requesting the passage of Senate bill No. 214, relative to State-wide prohibition. The petition was referred to the Committee on Liquor Traffic. Mr. Averill presented Petition No. 1108. Petition of John W. Blodgett and 73 other citizens of Grand Rapids, Kent county, requesting the passage of Senate bill No. 64, relative to a retirement fund for teachers. The petition was referred to the Committee on Education. Mr. DeBoer presented Petition No. 1109. Petition of J. Van Wingen and 53 other citizens of Grand Rapids, Kent county, requesting the passage of Senate bill No. 64, relative to a retirement fund for teachers. The petition was referred to the Committee on Education. Mr. Olmsted presented Petition No. 1110. Resolutions adopted by Pleasant Valley Grange No. 1215, of Jasper township, Midland county, favoring the abolishment of the Board of State Tax Commissioners. The resolutions were referred to the Committee on General Taxation. Mr. Henry presented Petition No. 1111. Petition of Eugene Miller and 1339 other citizens of Battle Creek, Calhoun county, requesting the passage of Senate bill No. 64, relative to a retirement fund for teachers. The petition was referred to the Committee on Education. Mr. Henry presented Petition No. 1112. Petition endorsed by Mrs. Burnett Hamilton and 45 other members of Battle Creek Women's League of Battle Creek, Calhoun county, requesting the passage of Senate bill No. 64, relative to a retirement fund for teachers. The petition was referred to the Committee on Education. Mr. Henry presented Petition No. 1113. Petition endorsed by Mrs. Geo. R. Peet and 37 other members of the Battle Creek Woman's Club of Battle Creek, Calhoun county, requesting the passage of Senate bill No. 64, relative to a retirement fund for teachers. The petition was referred to the Committee on Education. Mr. Henry presented Petition No. 1114. Resolution adopted by Gertrude E. Barber and 15 other members of Battle Creek Chapter, Daughters of American Revolution, of Battle Creek, Calhoun county, requesting the passage of Senate bill No. 64, relative to a retirement fund for teachers. The resolution was referred to the Committee on Education. Mr. Henry presented Petition No. 1115. Petition of Eva Wariner and 60 other citizens of Marshall, Calhoun county, requesting the passage of Senate bill No. 64, relative to a retirement fund fór teachers. The petition was referred to the Committee on Education. Mr. Henry presented Petition No. 1116. Petition of S. A. Cram and 40 other citizens of Homer, Calhoun county, requesting the passage of Senate bill No. 64, relative to a retirement fund for teachers. The petition was referred to the Committee on Education. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. The Committee on Ways and Means, by Mr. Hinkley, Chairman, reported Senate bill No. 75 (file No. 99), entitled A bill making an appropriation for the State Public School for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916, to meet a deficiency in the current expense appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915, and to provide a tax for the same. With the recommendation that the bill pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole and placed on the general orders. The Committee on Ways and Means, by Mr. Hinkley, Chairman, reported Senate bill No. 37 (file No. 48), entitled A bill making an appropriation for the State Highway Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916, to meet a deficiency in the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915, and to provide a tax to meet the same. With the recommendation that the bill pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole and placed on the general orders. The Committee on Ways and Means, by Mr. Hinkley, Chairman, reported Senate bill No. 50 (file No. 40), entitled A bill making appropriations for the Michigan Reformatory for general repairs and special purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916, and to provide a tax to meet the same. With the recommendation that the bill pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole and placed on the general orders. The Committee on Ways and Means, by Mr. Hinkley, Chairman, reported House bill No. 88, entitled A bill to provide for a deficiency appropriation for the State Tuberculosis Sanatorium. 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. The Committee on Ways and Means, by Mr. Hinkley, Chairman, reported House bill No. 110, entitled A bill making an appropriation for a library and auditorium building for Michigan Agricultural College, and to provide a tax to meet the same. With a substitute therefor, entitled A bill making an appropriation for a gymnasium building for the Michigan Agricultural College and to provide a tax to meet the same. Recommending that the substitute be concurred in and that the bill as substituted pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The question being on the adoption of the proposed substitute recommended by the committee, The substitute was adopted. The bill was ordered printed, referred to the Committee of the Whole and placed on the general orders. The Committee on Ways and Means, by Mr. Hinkley, Chairman, reported House bill No. 111 (file No. 159), entitled A bill to amend section 1 of Act No. 232 of the Public Acts of 1901, entitled "An act to extend aid to the Michigan Agricultural College," as amended by Act No. 303 of the Public Acts of 1905, and Act No. 266 of the Public Acts of 1907. With the following amendments thereto, recommending that the amendments be concurred in and that when so amended the bill pass: 1. Amend by striking out of line 4 of section 1 the word "third" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "second." 2. Amend by striking out of line 17 of section 1 the words "one-fifth” and inserting in lieu thereof the words "one-sixth.” The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The question being on the adoption of the amendments to the bill recommended by the committee, The amendments were adopted. The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole and placed on the general orders. The Committee on Public Health, by Mr. Newel Smith, Chairman, reported Senate bill No. 105 (file No. 194), entitled A bill to amend section 7 of Act 182 of the Public Acts of 1885, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of a State Live Stock Sanitary Commission and a State Veterinarian, and to prescribe their powers and duties and to prevent and suppress contagious and infectious diseases among live stock of the State," the same being section 5633 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, as amended by Act 172 of the Public Acts of 1909; and to add a new section to said act to stand as section 29 thereof. With the recommendation that the bill pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole and placed on the general orders. The Committee on Public Health, by Mr. Newel Smith, Chairman, reported Senate bill No. 220 (file No. 169), entitled A bill to regulate the establishment of cemeteries and to define the duties of local boards of health and of the State Board of Health in relation thereto. With the following amendment thereto, recommending that the amendment be concurred in and that when so amended the bill pass: 1. Amend by striking out of lines 9, 10, 11 and 12 of section 1 the words "and forward the same to the State Board of Health which shall within thirty days endorse its approval or disapproval on both of said plats and return the same to the person from whom they were received." The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The question being on the adoption of the amendment to the bill recommended by the committee, The amendment was adopted. The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole and placed on the general orders. The Committee on State Normal College, by Mr. Griggs, Chairman, reported House bill No. 397, entitled A bill to amend section 3 of Act No. 204 of the Public Acts of 1913, entitled "An act making appropriations for the Michigan State Normal College for current expenses for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1914, and June 30, 1915, and for purchasing additional land and for building and special purposes, and to provide a tax to meet the same," approved May 7, 1913. With the following amendment thereto, recommending that the amendment be concurred in and that when so amended the bill pass: 1. Amend by striking out of line 7 of section 3 the word “fifty.” The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The question being on the adoption of the amendment to the bill recommended by the committee, The amendment was adopted. The bill was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. The Committee on Judiciary, by Mr. Flowers, Chairman, reported Senate bill No. 18 (file No. 18), entitled A bill to regulate the conditional sale of personal property sold for resale, and to provide for filing the contracts thereof. With the recommendation that the bill pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole and placed on the general orders. The Committee on State Affairs by Mr. James D. Jerome, Chairman, reported House bill No. 310, entitled A bill relating to the regulation, conduct, management and equipment of hotels, inns and public lodging houses, to provide a proper inspection of the same and to provide a punishment for violations of this act. With the following amendments thereto, recommending that the amendments be concurred in and that when so amended the bill pass: 1. Amend by inserting in line 4 of section 4 after the word "floor" the words "a lowering device approved by the Commissioner of Labor on." 2. Amend by striking out section 12 and re-numbering the remaining sections so as to be consecutive. 3. Amend by striking out of lines 8 and 9 of section 14 the words "All acts and parts of acts contravening this act are hereby repealed." The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The question being on the adoption of the amendments to the bill recommended by the committee, The amendments were adopted. The bill was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. The Committee on Agriculture, by Mr. Schmidt, Chairman, reported Senate bill No. 275 (file No. 212), entitled A bill to provide for a State brand for Michigan butter, for the purpose of insuring a higher standard of excellence and quality, a more uniform butter market, and to insure a more healthful product for consumption at home and abroad, and to regulate the use of such mark or brand. With the recommendation that the bill pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole and placed on the general orders. The Committee on Agriculture, by Mr. Schmidt, Chairman, reported House bill No. 437, entitled A bill to regulate the manufacture, display, advertisement and sale, of oleomargarine or imitation butter and to prevent fraud and deception therein and to provide penalties for violations thereof, and to repeal Act No. 63 of the Public Acts of 1913, entitled "An act to regulate the manufacture, display, advertisement and sale, of oleomargarine or imitation butter, and to prevent fraud and deception therein and to provide penalties for violations thereof." With a substitute therefor, entitled A bill to amend section 2 of Act No. 63 of the Public Acts of 1913, |