The House agreed to the title of the bill. Mr. Farrier moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members-elect voting therefor. Senate Bill No. 39 (file No. 186), entitled A bill to make appropriations for the Commissioner of Pardons and Paroles for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1926, and June 30, 1927, for maintenance and operation, Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the members-elect voti therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The House agreed to the title of the bill. Mr. Farrier moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members-elect voting therefor. Senate Bill No. 54 (file No. 187), entitled A bill to make appropriations for the Board of Registration of Nurses and Trained Attendants for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1926, and June 30, 1927, for maintenance and operation, Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the members-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: Langsford Peters 95 Darin DeBoer Dexter NAYS Campbell, J. L. The House agreed to the title of the bill. Mr. Farrier moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members-elect voting therefor. 1 Mr. Jos. L. Campbell, having reserved the right to explain his vote, made the following statement: "I voted 'No' on this bill because I have investigated a number of these appropriation bills and find that in the greater portion of them the increase of the appropriations in the last six years has been from 20 to 300 per cent. In view of the present high tax rate on real estate, I can not vote for this unusual increase of appropriation bills." Senate Bill No. 62 (file No. 238), entitled A bill to make appropriations for the Michigan Public Utilities Commission for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1926, and June 30, 1927, for maintenance and operation, Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the members-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The House agreed to the title of the bill. Mr. Farrier moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members-elect voting therefor. Mr. Dykstra rose to a question of personal privilege and made the following statement: "The action taken by the House of Representatives with reference to the rejection of the bill, as reported by the committee on reapportionment, and the placing on General Orders of a bill providing for a larger number of Representatives for Wayne county, has brought to light, what seems to be a most deplorable state of affairs. A short time ago, before any action was taken to force members of the House in line, not less than fifty-six members of this House voted against receiving a reapportionment bill, and by a majority vote of all the members-elect, a motion was adopted to indefinitely postpone further consideration of the subject matter. From that time until now, statements have appeared in the newspapers to the effect that members of the House were being brought in line, either by threats or promises, to vote for a reapportionment bill. It has been published in the newspapers that the question whether or not there shall be an additional normal school in the northern part of the Lower Peninsula, was made dependent upon the vote of certain members of the House in regard to the matter of reapportionment. I wish to say that the matter of reapportionment, and the number of members which any county shall have in the legislature, is of secondary importance at this time, but if the vote on this matter this afternoon is the result of threats or promises, as the case may be, as has been stated in the newspapers, then it reveals a most deplorable state of affairs. We are fast approaching the one man power in the State of Michigan, and if the people of the State of Michigan do not take notice of these things, we shall have autocracy at home, which is just as dangerous as the one which our boys helped to wipe out on the other side of the ocean." Senate Bill No. 69 (file No. 239), entitled A bill to make appropriations for the Board of State Tax Commissioners for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1926, and June 30, 1927, for maintenance and operation, Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the members-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The House agreed to the title of the bill. Mr. Farrier moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members-elect voting therefor. Senate Bill No. 61 (file No. 166), entitled A bill to make appropriations for the Superintendent of the Capitol for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1926, and June 30, 1927, for maintenance and operation, Was read a third time and passed, a majority of all the members-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The House agreed to the title of the bill. Mr. Farrier moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members-elect voting therefor. Senate Bill No. 206 (file No. 201), entitled A bill to authorize the State Administrative Board to assist in defraying the expenses of the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held in Michigan in 1925, and to make appropriations therefor, Was read a third time and 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. Watson moved to amend the title so as to read as follows: 0 A bill to authorize the State Administrative Board to assist in defraying the expenses of the National and State Encampments of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held in Michigan in 1925, and to make appropriations therefor. The motion prevailed. The title as amended was then agreed to. Mr. Farrier moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members-elect voting therefor. A bill to authorize the conversion of the Industrial School for Boys at Lansing into a State Technical School for Boys, continuing said school under the control of the State Corrections Commission; prescribing who may be admitted thereto, the powers and duties of the officers immediately in charge of said school, the character and extent of education, discipline and training to be enforced and provided therein, the compensation of the officers, teachers and other assistants appointed or hired in said institution, and penalties for violations of certain provisions of this act, Was read a third time, and, the question being on its passage, Mr. Clancy moved to amend the bill by striking out of lines 2 and 3 of section 1 the words "State Technical" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Boys' Vocational". The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted, a majority of all the members-elect voting therefor. Mr. Clancy moved to amend the bill by striking out of line 6 of section 1 the words "State Training" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Boys' Vocational". The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted, a majority of all the members-elect voting therefor. Mr. Clancy moved to amend the bill by striking out of line 10 of section 1 the words "State Technical" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Boys' Vocational". The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted, a majority of all the members-elect voting therefor. |