No. 263. By Mr. Gallup: Petition of P. M. Peterson and 229 other citizens of Delta County, asking for the passage of House bill No. 225, prohibiting State Prison Labor from entering into competition with Union Labor. The petition was referred to the Committee on State Prison. No. 264. By Mr. Seeley: Petition of Joseph S. Stork well and 22 other citizens of Pontiac, asking for the passage of a bill providing for the erection of a sailors and soldiers' monument on the Capitol grounds. The petition was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. No. 265. By Mr. Vandercook: Petition of Clay H. Hollister and 99 other citizens of Grand Rapids, asking for the passage of a bill making election days legal holidays. The petition was referred to the Committee on Elections. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. The Committee on State Affairs, by Mr. Byrns, Chairman, reported House bill No. 154, entitled A bill to establish a Board of Accountancy, to provide for the granting of certificates to those public accountants who qualify under the provisions of this act, and to provide a penalty for violations 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 order. The Committee on Liquor Traffic, by Mr. C. S. Adams, Chairman, reported House bill No. 198, entitled A bill to amend Sections 1 and 2 of Act No. 313 of the General Laws of 1887, approved June 28, 1887, entitled "An Act to provide for the taxation and regulation of the business of manufacturing, selling, keeping for sale, furnishing, giving or delivering, spirituous and intoxicating and malt, brewed or fermented liquors, or vinous liquors in this State, and repealing all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act," as amended by Act No. 93 of the Public Acts of 1895, approved April 25, 1895; 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. The bill was then referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. The Committee on Eastern Asylum for Insane, by Mr. H. E. Powell, Chairman, reported House joint resolution No. 616, entitled A joint resolution to direct and authorize the Board of State Auditors to investigate, examine and settle the claim of Genesee County against the State of Michigan, for the board, lodging and care of certain State insane patients who were transferred temporarily from the Eastern Michigan Insane Asylum at Pontiac, in order to accommodate more violently insane patients in said asylum; and to provide for the payment to said Genesee County therefor; With the recommendation that the joint resolution pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The joint resolution was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. The Committee on Insurance, by Mr. Kidder, Chairman, reported House bill No. 505, entitled A bill to amend Section 3 of Act No. 119 of the Public Acts of 1893, being an act, entitled "An Act to define what shall constitute fraternal beneficiary societies, orders or associations, to provide for their incorporation and the regulation of their business, and for the punishment for violation of the provisions of the act of their incorporation, and to repeal all existing acts inconsistent therewith," approved May 25, 1893, as amended by Act 263 of the Public Acts of 1895, approved June 3, 1895, the same being Section 7742 of the Compiled Laws 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 Towns and Counties, by Mr. Seeley, Chairman, reported House bill No. 284, entitled A bill to provide for the compensation of the members of the Board of Supervisors of Kent County, and to authorize said board to pay an auditing committee for work done between sessions; 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. Mr. Rodgers entered the House and took his seat. The Committee on Elections, by Mr. Colby, Chairman, reported House bill No. 400, entitled A bill relative to voting precincts on the Islands of North Manitou and South Manitou; With the recommendation that the bill pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Reynolds 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. Reynolds 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 A bill to provide for the public care of country cemeteries; A bill to provide for the public care of country cemeteries of Kalamazoo County; 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. Osborn 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. Osborn moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members-elect voting therefor. The Committee on State Capitol and Public Buildings, by Mr. Batchelder, Chairman, reported House joint resolution No. 656, entitled A joint resolution authorizing and directing the Board of State Auditors to furnish the general vault in the department of the Auditor General with a system of steel filing cases, and also to furnish files and cases for the proper preservation and care of receipts and vouchers relating to the tax division of that department; With the recommendation that the joint resolution pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The joint resolution was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. The Committee on State Capitol and Public Buildings, by Mr. Batchelder, Chairman, reported Senate joint resolution No. 112 (file No. 77), entitled A joint resolution authorizing the Board of State Auditors to sell and dispose of certain State property; With the recommendation that the joint resolution pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The joint resolution was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. The Committee on Ways and Means, by Mr. Neal, Chairman, reported House joint resolution No. 804 (file No. 110), entitled A joint resolution to direct the Board of State Auditors to investigate, examine and settle the claim of Charles A. Jordan, of Lena wee County, Michigan, against the State of Michigan, on account of money disbursed by him as second lieutenant of Company D, 35th Michigan Volunteer Infantry, during the Spanish-American War, for the maintenance of the said company at Dundee, Michigan, after the said company had been recruited and while awaiting orders at Dundee, Michigan; With the recommendation that the joint resolution pass. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The joint resolution was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. The Committee on Ways and Means, by Mr. Neal, Chairman, reported House bill No. 459, entitled A bill making appropriations for the State Industrial Home for Girls for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1904 and June 30, 1905, and to provide for a tax to meet the same; With the accompanying substitute therefor, entitled A bill making appropriations for the State Industrial Home for Girls for building and special purposes and for current expenses for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1904 and June 30, 1905; also making an appropriation for special purposes as mentioned in Section 3 and to provide a tax therefor, and repealing House enrolled Act No. 36, bill No. 84, entitled "An Act making an appropriation for the State Industrial Home for Girls for grading the grounds and to provide fire escapes at Bliss cottage and to provide for a tax to meet the same, approved March 4, 1903; 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. The bill was then referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE. The following message from the Senate was received and read: Senate Chamber, To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: Sir-I am instructed by the Senate to return to the House the following bills and joint resolution: House bill No. 279, entitled A bill to authorize the Township Board of the Township of Sebewaing, County of Huron, to issue the bonds of said township to the amount of fifty thousand dollars for the purpose of building stone roads in said. township and to levy taxes sufficient for the payment of the same and the interest thereon; House bill No. 417, entitled A bill to provide salary of and for appointment of a clerk for the county commissioner of schools for the County of Wayne; |