Mr. Washer moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members-elect voting therefor. The Committee on City Corporations, by Mr. J. S. Monroe, Chairman, reported House joint resolution No. 24, entitled A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Article IV of the Constitution of this State by adding a section thereto relative to the ownership and operation of street railways by incorporated cities; Without recommendation. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Greusel moved that the joint resolution be referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the General Order. The motion prevailed. The Committee on Education, by Mr. Combs, Chairman, reported A bill to provide salary of, and for appointment of a clerk for, the county commissioner of schools for the County of Wayne; With the accompanying substitute therefor, with the same title, and recommended that the substitute be concurred in and that the bill, as substituted, do 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. Mr. Neal 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. Neal moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members-elect voting therefor. The Committee on Education, by Mr. Combs, Chairman, reported A bill to provide for the printing and binding by the State, in one of its penal institutions, of the text books to be used in the first eight grades of the public schools, to provide for the distribution of the same, and making an appropriation therefor; With the recommendation that the bill be printed. The report was accepted. The question being on concurring in the recommendation of the committee, The recommendation was concurred in and the bill was ordered printed for the use of the committee. The Committee on Education, by Mr. Combs, Chairman, reported A bill to provide for the payment of tuition in another district of children who have completed the eighth grade in any school district; 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 Order. The Committee on Education, by Mr. Combs, Chairman, reported A bill to authorize School District No. 1 of the Township of Vevay and City of Mason, in the County of Ingham, and State of Michigan, to borrow money and issue bonds therefor, the proceeds of which are to be used for the purchase of real estate to be used as an addition to the schoolhouse site and for construction of a schoolhouse for the use of said district; With the recommendation that the bill pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Hemans 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. Hemans moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members-elect voting therefor. The Committee on Judiciary, by Mr. Wade, Chairman, reported A bill to define the liabilities of railroad companies in relation to damages sustained by their employees; With the recommendation that the bill pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Wade moved that the bill be referred to the committee of the whole and made a special order for Thursday, March 26. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members present voting therefor. The Committee on Judiciary, by Mr. Wade, Chairman, reported A bill to extend and regulate the liability of employers to make compensation for personal injuries suffered by employees in their service; With the recommendation that the bill pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Wade moved that the bill be referred to the committee of the whole and made a special order for Thursday, March 26. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members present voting therefor. The Committee on Judiciary, by Mr. Wade, Chairman, reported A bill to amend Section 1 of Act No. 87 of the Public Acts of 1891, entitled "An Act to provide for appropriation of money to pay the salary of the Attorney General, clerks and certain expenses in such department, and to provide the manner and condition of payment, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts contravening the provisions of this act," as amended; 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 Order. The Committee on Judiciary, by Mr. Wade, Chairman, reported A bill to prevent the desertion and abandonment of wife or children by persons charged by law with the maintenance thereof, to make such abandonment and desertion a felony and to prescribe the punishment therefor; With certain amendments thereto, recommending that the amendments be concurred in, and 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 Judiciary, by Mr. Wade, Chairman, reported House bill No. 575, entitled A bill to repeal Act No. 252 of the Public Acts of 1899, entitled "An Act for the suppression of mob violence;" With the recommendation that the bill pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Wade moved that the bill be referred to the committee of the whole and made a special order for Tuesday, March 24. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members present voting. therefor. The Committee on Judiciary, by Mr. Wade, Chairman, reported A bill to amend Sections 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Act No. 124 of the Public Acts of the State of Michigan for the year 1855, approved February 12, 1855, and the acts amendatory thereto, entitled "An Act providing for the transfer of causes from one circuit court to another in certain cases,” being Sections 10106, 10107, 10108, 10109 and 10110 of the Compiled Laws of the State of Michigan for the year 1897; 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 Order. The Committee on Private Corporations, by Mr. Ferry, Chairman, reported House bill No. 269, entitled A bill to amend an act, entitled "An Act to provide for the formation of corporations for the purpose of owning, maintaining and improving lands and other property kept for the purpose of summer resorts or for ornament, recreation or amusement, and to repeal all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith," approved June 4, 1897, being Sections 7618 to 7638, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1897, by adding a new section thereto to be known as Section 23; 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 Order. The Committee on Private Corporations, by Mr. Ferry, Chairman, reported House bill No. 53, entitled A bill to amend Section 3 of Act No. 230 of the Session Laws of 1897, entitled "An Act to provide for the formation of corporations for the purpose of owning, maintaining and improving lands and other property kept for the purpose of summer resorts or for ornament, recreation or amusement, and to repeal all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith," approved June 4, 1897, the same being Section 7620 of the Compiled Laws of the State of Michigan of 1897; 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 Order. The Committee on Private Corporations, by Mr. Ferry, Chairman, reported House bill No. 360, entitled A bill relative to the trimming of shade trees by telegraph or telephone companies; 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 Upper Peninsula Hospital for Insane, by Mr. Chapman, Chairman, reported House bill No. 357, entitled A bill making appropriations for the Upper Peninsula Hospital for the Insane, at Newberry, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, for building and special purposes, to provide for a tax to meet the same; With the accompanying substitute therefor, with the same title, and recommended that the substitute be concurred in and that the bill, as substituted, do pass. |