The Committee on State Affairs, by Mr. Byrns, Chairman, reported Senate bill No. 136 (file No. 80), entitled

A bill to provide for letting contracts for furnishing fuel, paper and stationery for the use of the State, and also for doing the State printing and State binding, and to provide for heating the Capitol by steam conveyed from central heating plant, and to repeal Act No. 163 of the laws. of the year 1851, as amended, being Sections 1531, 1532, 1533, 1534, 1535, 1536 and 1537 of the Compiled Laws of the year 1897;

With the recommendation that the bill pass.

The report was accepted and the committee discharged.

Mr. Byrns moved that the rules be suspended, and that the bill be placed on its immediate passage.

The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members present voting therefor.

The bill was then read a third time, and, the question being on its passage,

Mr. Colby moved to amend the bill by striking out of lines 18 and 35 of Section 1 the words "and best."

The amendment was not adopted, a majority of all the members present not voting therefor.

The question being on the passage of the bill,

The bill was then passed, a majority of all the members-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:

Mr. Byrns moved that the bill be given immediate effect.

The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members-elect voting therefor.

The Committee on State Affairs, by Mr. Byrns, Chairman, reported House bill No. 43, entitled

A bill to provide for the care and preservation of cemetery lots; With certain amendments thereto, recommending that the amendments be concurred in, and that when so amended, the bill pass.

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 then referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the General Order.

The Committee on Fish and Fisheries, by Mr. Bolton, Chairman, reported

House bill No. 549, entitled

A bill to amend Section 1 of Act No. 106 of the Public Acts of 1901, entitled "An Act to regulate the taking and catching of fish in the inland lakes of Cass County, State of Michigan;"

With the recommendation that the bill pass.

The report was accepted and the committee discharged.

Mr. Higgins moved that the rules be suspended, and that the bill be placed on its immediate passage.

The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members present voting therefor.

The bill was then read a third time and passed, a majority of all the members-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:

The title was agreed to.

Mr. Higgins moved that the bill be given immediate effect.

The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members-elect voting therefor.

The Committee on Fish and Fisheries, by Mr. Bolton, Chairman, reported

House bill No. 361, entitled

A bill relative to fishing in Newaygo County;

With the recommendation that the bill pass.

The report was accepted and the committee discharged.

Mr. Wallace moved that the rules be suspended, and that the bill be placed on its immediate passage.

The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members present voting therefor.

The bill was then read a third time and passed, a majority of all the members-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:

Mr. Wallace moved that the bill be given immediate effect.

The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members-elect voting therefor.

The Committee on Towns and Counties, by Mr. Seeley, Chairman, reported

House bill No. 617, entitled

A bill to detach certain territory from the Township of Forsyth, in the County of Marquette, in the State of Michigan, and to organize the Township of Edwards, in said county:

With the recommendation that the bill pass.

The report was accepted and the committee discharged.

Mr. Wells moved that the rules be suspended, and that the bill be placed on its immediate passage.

The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members present voting therefor.

The bill was then read a third time, and, the question being on its passage,

Mr. Seeley moved to amend the bill by striking out in line 7 of Section 1 the word "Edwards" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "Wells." The amendment was adopted, a majority of all the members present voting therefor.

The question being on the passage of the bill, as amended,

The bill was then passed, a majority of all the members-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows:

The question being on agreeing to the title of the bill,

Mr. Seeley moved to amend the title so as to read as follows:

A bill to detach certain territory from the Township of Forsyth, in the County of Marquette, in the State of Michigan, and to organize the Township of Wells, in said county.

The motion prevailed.

The title as amended was then agreed to.

Mr. Wells moved that the bill be given immediate effect.

The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members-elect voting therefor.

Mr. Read moved that the House take an informal recess of fifteen minutes, for the purpose of having a photograph taken of the House. The motion prevailed, the time being 2:40 o'clock p. m.

AFTER RECESS.

2:55 o'clock p. m.

The House was called to order by the Speaker.

The House resumed the order of Reports of Standing Committees.

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.

The Committee on City Corporations, by Mr. J. S. Monroe, Chairman, reported

House bill No. 1159, entitled

A bill to amend Sections 1 and 21 of Chapter 7 of an act, entitled "An Act to provide for a charter of the City of Detroit and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith," approved June 17, 1883;

With the recommendation that it be referred to the Committee on Elections.

The report was accepted and the committee discharged.

The question being on concurring in the recommendation of the committee,

The recommendation was concurred in, and the bill was referred to the Committee on Elections.

The Committee on City Corporations, by Mr. J. S. Monroe, Chairman, reported

House bill No. 1150, entitled

A bill to authorize Bay City to borrow money and issue its bonds therefor, to defray the expense of construction of local improvements for the year 1903, and to provide for the payment of said bonds; With the recommendation that the bill pass.

The report was accepted and the committee discharged.

Mr. Washer moved that the rules be suspended, and that the bill be placed on its immediate passage.

The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members present voting therefor.

The bill was then read a third time and passed, a majority of all the members-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: