recommendation, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. Report accepted and committee discharged. On motion of Mr. Davis, The bill was laid on the table. By the committee on State Affairs: Geo. B. Davis, Chairman. The committee on State Affairs, to whom was referred House bill No. 401, entitled A bill to prevent monopolies in articles of general necessity, and to provide a penalty therefor; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the House without amendment and recommend that it do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. John Donovan, Acting Chairman. Report accepted and committee discharged. The bill was ordered printed, referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERnor. The Speaker announced the following EXECUTIVE OFFICE, To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: Sir-I have this day approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State, House bill No. 1082 (file No. 411), being An act to provide for committing inmates of the Industrial Home for Girls at Adrain, who become insane to a State asylum for the insane, and for their return to such home on their recovery, and for the cost of examination, committing to, and for their care and maintenance while in such asylum. Respectfully, The message was ordered spread on the Journal. H. S. Pingree, Governor. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: Sir-I have this day approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State, House bill No. 990, being An act to amend Secs. 204, 212 and 243 of the charter of the city of Ypsilanti. Respectfully, H. S. Pingree, Governor. The message was ordered spread on the Journal. The Speaker also announced the following: EXECUTIVE OFFICE, To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: Sir-I have this day approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State, House bill No. 982 (file No. 390), being An act authorizing organized townships in the State of Michigan to issue bonds for the payment of claims against such townships which may have been or which shall hereafter be placed in judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction, and to provide for the manner of issuing the same. Respectfully, The message was ordered spread on the Journal. H. S. Pingree, Governor. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: House bill No. 1067 (file No. 445), being An act to amend the title and Secs. 1, 2 and 5 of act No. 77 of the session laws of 1891, entitled "An act to provide for the adoption and change of name of minors, and for making them heirs at law of the person or persons adopting them, and to repeal act No. 144 of the public acts of 1887, relative to the adoption and change of name of minors and making them heirs at law of the person or persons adopting them." House substitute for Senate bill No. 483 (file No. 172), entitled A bill to provide for the preservation and perpetuation of the bills and resolutions passed by the legislature; Which motion prevailed. On motion of Mr. Gillam, The rules were suspended, two-thirds of all the members present voting therefor, and the bill was put upon its immediate passage. The bill was then read a third time, and the question being upon its passage, pending the taking of the vote thereon, Mr. C. C. Phillips moved that the bill be printed in the Journal and made the special order for tomorrow at 2 o'clock p. m.; Which motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members present voting therefor. The following is the bill: House substitute for Senate bill No. 483 (file No. 172), entitled A bill to provide for the preservation and perpetuation of the bills and resolutions passed by the legislature. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That all bills and resolutions passed by the legislature to which the signature of the Governor in the form of approval is required by the constitution, shall hereafter be preserved by the art of printing and not by being copied or transcribed by the pen. Sec. 2. The bills and resolutions of the two houses of the legislature after being duly passed, shall be printed on a grade of pure linen paper which shall be water-marked with the seal of the State of Michigan so that the water mark shall appear upon each printed page; the printing shall be in eighteen-point Jenson old style type, in lines each of thirty ems pica in length, in pages of twenty-seven lines to the page leaded with single nonpareil slugs between each two lines thereof; each page shall be eight and one-half by twelve inches in size. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of each house of the legislature to provide by rule or joint rule for the proper carrying out of the provisions in sections one and two of this act. Mr. Powers moved to take from the table, House bill No. 425 (file No. 100), entitled A bill to provide for public ingress and egress to and from railroad depots; Which motion prevailed. On motion of Mr. Powers, The bill was referred to the committee of the whole, and placed on the general order. Mr. Herrig moved to take from the table, House bill No. 725, entitled A bill to amend the charter of the board of education of Saginaw, east. side; Which motion prevailed. On motion of Mr. Herrig, The bill was referred to the committee on City Corporations. Mr. Herrig moved to take from the table, House bill No. 726, entitled A bill to amend the charter of union school district, Saginaw, west side; Which motion prevailed. On motion of Mr. Herrig, The bill was referred to the committee on City Corporations. Mr. Gustin moved to take from the table, Substitute for House bill No's 1201 and 1202, entitled A bill to organize and incorporate the townships of Big Creek and Mentor into a single school district and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in anywise contravening the provisions of this act; Which motion prevailed. On motion of Mr. Gustin, The rules were suspended, two-thirds of all the members present voting therefor, and the bill was put upon its immediate passage. The bill was then read a third time and passed, a majority of all the members elect voting thereof, by yeas and nays, as follows: By a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect, the bill was ordered to take immediate effect. Mr. Vought moved to take from the table, Senate bill No. 35 (file No. 11), entitled A bill to incorporate the public schools of district No. 9 of North Star, and enlarge its boundaries; Which motion prevailed. The question being on the passage of the bill, 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 By a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect, the bill was ordered to take immediate effect. Mr. Kelly moved to discharge the committee on State Affairs from the further consideration of House bill No. 378, entitled A bill to provide for supplying of State institutions with Michigan products; Which motion prevailed. By the committee on State Affairs: The committee on State Affairs, to whom was referred House bill No. 378, entitled A bill to provide for supplying of State institutions with Michigan products; Respectfully report the same back to the House in accordance with its order, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. John Donovan, Acting Chairman. Report accepted and committee discharged. On motion of Mr. Kelly, The bill was ordered printed, referred to the committee of the whole, and placed on the general order. Mr. Rulison moved to take from the table, Senate bill No. 66 (file No. 166), entitled A bill providing 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 further equipment of the said school, including an assay |