introduced by Mr. Foote; referred to committee on Michigan Asylum
for the Insane Jan. 21...

reported; referred to committee on ways and means April 21.
reported; general order April 29.

file No. 449.

committee of whole; third reading May 7.

passed; immediate effect; transmitted May 10.
returned; referred for enrollment May 27.
reported enrolled May 31.

approved May 31...

76. A bill to amend Secs. 23 and 24 of act No. 135 of the public acts of
1885, entitled "An act to amend, revise and consolidate the laws
organizing asylums for the insane and regulating the care and manage-
ment thereof, and of the inmates therein, and to repeal act 164, laws
of 1859, also act 194, laws of 1877, also act 91, laws of 1873, and the
acts amendatory thereto, also act 172, laws of 1873." approved
June 3, 1885.

introduced by Mr. Smith; referred to committee on state affairs
Jan. 21....

reported; general order Feb. 4.

file No. 43.

committee of whole; third reading Feb. 16.

passed; transmitted Feb. 17.....

returned; referred for enrollment March 16.
reported enrolled March 19.

approved March 26....

77. A bill to amend Sec. 1 of act No. 97 of the session laws of 1889, entitled
"An act to provide for an additional circuit judge for the 17th judicial
circuit and to define the powers and duties of the judges of said circuit,
and to provide for the manner of conducting the business of said court,"
as amended by act No. 82 of the session laws of 1891.

introduced by Mr. McGill; passed; immediate effect; transmitted
Jan. 21...

returned; referred for enrollment Jan. 22.
reported enrolled Jan. 26..

approved Jan. 28..

78. A bill to make townships in Huron county primarily liable for the pay-
ment of all claims incurred in the care of persons sick with contagious
diseases, or diseases dangerous to the public health, or incurred in pre-
venting the spread of such diseases, where said county is now primarily
liable for such payment.

introduced by Mr. Madill; referred to committee on towns and coun-
ties Jan. 21..

reported; passed; immediate effect; transmitted Jan. 27.
returned; referred for enrollment Feb. 3.

reported enrolled Feb. 4....

approved Feb. 8...

79. A bill to amend Sec. 1 of act No. 159 of the public acts of 1891, entitled
"An act to regulate the taking and catching of fish in the inlaud lakes
of this State," approved June 24, 1891.

186

1739

1903

2029

2046

2508

2685

2692

187

307

485

520

1152

1248

1398

187

194

222

242

188

226

291

308

342

introduced by Mr. Gillam; referred to committee on fisheries and
game Jan. 21..

188

reported; tabled May 28.

2538

80. A bill to amend Sec. 2 of an act entitled "An act to organize the union
school district of the city of Alpena," approved April 4, 1873, and the
acts amendatory thereof.

introduced by Mr. Gustin; referred to committee on education Jan 21
reported; passed; immediate effect; transmitted Feb. 18....
returned; referred for enrollment Feb. 19..

81. A bill to amend act No. 161 of the public acts of 1895, entitled “An act
to require county treasurers to furnish transcripts and abstracts of
records and fixing the fees to be paid therefor."

introduced by Mr. Marsilje; referred to committee on State affairs
Jan. 21....

reported; general order Feb. 3.

file No. 29.

committee of whole; tabled Feb. 11.

taken up; third reading Feb. 18.

passed; transmitted Feb. 18.

returned; referred for enrollment March 4.

reported enrolled March 9.

approved March 11.

82. A bill to amend Sec. 2 of an act entitled "An act to protect fish and
regulate fishing in the waters of this State by prohibiting the use of
seines, pound nets, gill nets and other fixed or set nets with meshes
below certain sizes, and regulating the use of such nets, and to repeal
inconsistent acts," approved June 8, 1889, being consecutive Sec. 2173b
of the third volume of Howell's annotated statutes.

introduced by Mr. VanCamp; referred to committee on fisheries and
game Jan. 21.

83. A bill to provide for the analysis of water in use by the public in certain

cases.

introduced by Mr. Sawyer; referred to committee on university
Jan. 22....

reported; general order Feb. 3.

188

284

420

575

575

918

989

1071

189

202

287

taken up; amendments concurred in; referred for enrollment March 23
reported enrolled March 25..

1301

1359

approved March 26....

1400

84. A bill to provide for the treatment of the children of indigent poor people
that are afflicted with any curable malady or deformity at birth,
and to provide for the expenses thereof.

introduced by Mr. Sawyer; referred to committee on university
Jan. 22..

taken up; amendments concurred in; referred for enrollment March 23 1300
reported enrolled March 25..

1358

approved March 26....

1400-

85. A bill to provide for the adoption, distribution and maintenance of a
uniform series of school text-books throughout the State of Michigan.
introduced by Mr. Sawyer; referred to committee on education
Jan. 22.

86. A bill to provide for the service of notices, writs or other process upon
common councils, boards, commissions or other public bodies, and
for the making of answers by such bodies in suits or other judicial
proceedings.

introduced by Mr. Sawyer; referred to committee on judiciary Jan. 22
reported; general order Jan. 27........

87. A bill to prevent the over or fraudulent issue of stocks or bonds by any
corporation.

introduced by Mr. Sawyer; referred to committee on private corpora-
tions Jan. 22....
reported; tabled May 28.

88. A bill to fix the per diem compensation of members of the State legisla-
ture from the upper peninsula for and during the session of 1897.
introduced by Mr. Gillam; referred to committee on state affairs
Jan. 22.....

reported; general order Feb. 18..

committee of whole; third reading March 9..

203

2653

203

540

file No. 92.

1003

tabled March 10....

1041

taken up; passed; immediate effect; transmitted March 11.
returned; referred for enrollment March 18..

1051

1212

reported enrolled March 19......

1222

approved March 26.....

1386

89. A bill to amend Secs. 1 and 2 of act No. 326 of the local acts of 1895,
entitled "An act to authorize the township of Whitney in Arenac
county, Michigan, to borrow money upon its bonds for the improvement
of certain highways in that township," approved March 13, 1895.
introduced by Mr. Lusk; referred to committee on towns and coun-
ties Jan. 22..

reported; passed; immediate effect; transmitted Jan. 26.
returned; referred for enrollment Feb. 3..

reported enrolled Feb. 4..

approved Feb. 8...

90. A bill to amend Sec. 22, Chap. 263, public acts, relating to the summon-
ing of jurors in the circuit courts of this State, the same being para-
graph No. 7568 of Howell's annotated statutes, edition of 1882.
introduced by Mr. C. C. Phillips; referred to committee on judiciary
Jan. 22...

reported; tabled May 28.

91. A bill to amend act 261 of public acts of 1895, entitled "An act to establish
a normal school in central Michigan," by adding a new section to be
known as Sec. 4.

introduced by Mr. F. Shepherd; referred to committee on central
Michigan normal school Jan. 22.

92. A bill to amend Secs. 9 and 16 of act No. 184 of the session laws of 1895,
entitled "An act to provide for the inspection of all manufacturing
establishments and workshops in this State, and to provide for the
enforcement, regulation and inspection of such establishments and the
employment of women and children therein."

introduced by Mr. M. G. Moore; referred to committee on labor
Jan. 22....

reported; general order March 9.

file No. 176.

committee of whole; third reading March 25.

tabled March 26.

taken up; passed; transmitted April 15.

returned May 31..

203

214

288

308

342

204

2615

204

204

983

1374

1389

1654

2710

93. A bill to subject contracts of sale, where the title to the thing sold
remains in the vendor, to the law relative to the filing and renewal
of chattel mortgages, and to restrict the sale or disposition of such
property.

introduced by Mr. Donovan; referred to committee on judiciary
Jan. 22.

reported; tabled May 28.

94. A bill to provide for more perfectly taking the census of school children,
and to impose a penalty upon persons giving to census enumerators
false information.

introduced by Mr. Donovan; referred to committee on education
Jan. 22..

204

2615

204

reported substitute; general order Feb. 25....
file No. 123.

committee of whole; third reading March 15..
passed; title amended; transmitted March 16.
returned; referred for enrollment April 1.
reported enrolled April 6......
approved April 9....

95. A bill to provide for the collection and publishing of statistics of divorces

794

1127

1170

1473

1499

1569

in Michigan.

reported; general order Jan. 27.

introduced by Mr. Donovan; referred to committee on State affairs
Jan. 22.....

204

225

file No. 13.

committee of whole; third reading Feb. 4.

319

passed; transmitted Feb. 4....

322

returned; amended; concurred in; referred for enrollment Feb. 11..
reported enrolled Feb. 12..

408

430

approved Feb. 12...

431

96. A bill to make an appropriation for the support of the State Agricultural

College, for repairs of buildings and other improvements at said college.
introduced by Mr. Graham; referred to committee on agricultural
college Jan. 22.

returned; amended; amendments concurred in; referred for enroll-

97. A bill to authorize the trustees of the Eastern Michigan Asylum to erect
and equip a laundry building and to provide electric lighting for said
asylum.

introduced by Mr. Hammond; referred to committee on Eastern
Asylum for the Insane Jan. 25..

98. A bill to amend Sec. 105 of act No. 240 of the public acts of 1895,
entitled "An act to amend Sec. 105 of Chap. 10, being compiler's Sec.
595 of the compiled laws of 1871, relating to the duties and com-
pensation of county surveyors, approved April 3, 1869, being com-
piler's Sec. 624 of Howell's annotated statutes."

introduced by Mr. Clark; referred to committee on State affairs
Jan. 25...

213

213

reported; tabled May 28.

2666

99. A bill making an appropriation for promoting the horticultural inter-
ests of the State and the editing and compiling of the reports of the
Michigan State Horticultural Society.

introduced by Mr. Otis; referred to committee on horticulture Jan. 25
reported; ways and means Jan: 27..

100. A bill to provide for the erection and maintenance of shutes or ladders
for the passage of fish over the dams across the Raisin river and tribu-
taries, in the counties of Monroe, Washtenaw, Jackson and Lenawee,
and to provide a penalty for violations of the provisions of this act.
introduced by Mr. Edgar; referred to committee on fisheries and
game Jan. 26.....

218

reported; general order April 14..
file No. 363.

committee of whole; discharged; recommitted April 27..
reported; tabled May 28....

101. A bill to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of the
county of Jackson to dispose of the interest of said county in certain
lands in the city of Jackson, commonly known as the "Fair Grounds.”
introduced by Mr. Peck; referred to committee on towns and counties
Jan. 26.....

102. A bill to provide for the collection of delinquent taxes, on personal
property remaining unpaid after the first of March in each year, in the
county of Wayne.

introduced by Mr. Wetherbee; referred to committee on general taxa-
tion Jan. 26..

reported; passed; immediate effect; transmitted Feb. 3.
returned; referred for enrollment Feb. 4.

1628

1844

2558

218

218

286

312

reported enrolled Feb. 5..

326

approved Feb. 8.....

342

103. A bill to amend Sec. 4 of chapter 232 of Howell's annotated statutes,
relative to sales of real estate on execution, being Sec. 6111 of Howell's
annotated statutes.

introduced by Mr. Eikhoff; referred to committee on judiciary Jan. 26
reported; tabled May 28..

104. A bill to amend Sec. 8 of act No. 192 of the public acts of 1887, entitled
"An act to amend Sec. No. 260 of the public acts of 1881, approved June
10, 1881, being chapter 52 of Howell's annotated statutes, relative to
the protection of children in certain cases, by adding thereto four new
sections to stand as sections 7, 8, 9 and 10 of said act," approved June
18, 1887, as amended by several acts amendatory thereof.
introduced by Mr. Lusk; referred to committee on State affairs
Jan. 26..

reported; general order Feb. 4.

file No. 40.

committee of whole; third reading Feb. 26.

passed; transmitted Feb. 26.

returned; referred for enrollment March 16.

reported enrolled March 17.

approved March 19.....

218

2616

218

306

824

825

1152

1184

1251

105. A bill to consolidate the offices of township highway commissioners
and township drain commissioner, and to provide that the township
highway commissioner shall discharge all the duties of both offices.
introduced by Mr. Alward; referred to committee on towns and coun-
ties

reported; general order March 30.
file No. 311.

committee of whole; tabled April 12....

106. A bill to amend Sec. 1 of act No. 182 of the public acts of 1893.
approved May 31, 1893, entitled "An act to amend Sec. 14 of act
No. 146 of the laws of Michigan for the year 1857, entitled 'An act
to provide for the organization of the supreme court pursuant to Sec.
2 of Art. 6 of the constitution, approved February 16, 1857, as amended,
relative to salaries of justices of the supreme court, and requiring
them to reside, during their terms of office, in the city of Lansing, being
compiler's Sec. 6393 of third Howell's annotated statutes of the State
of Michigan.”

introduced by Mr. E. W. Moore; referred to committee on judiciary
Jan. 26.

reported; general order Feb. 10.

file No. 67.

committee of whole; discharged; recommitted March 3.
reported; tabled May 28..

218

1419

1576

219

378

883

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