Mr. Gray presented

Petition No. 1560.

Petition of W. A. Maxwell and nine other residents of Clare, Clare county, making the same request.

The petition was referred to the Committee on Private Corporations.

Mr. Skeels presented

Petition No. 1561.

Petition of Curtis E. Brooks and fifty-one other residents of Oceana Center, Oceana county, requesting the passage of House resolution No. 101, to provide for prohibition in this State.

The petition was referred to the Committee on Revision and Amendment of the Constitution.

Mr. Evans presented

Petition No. 1562.

Petition of W. F. Jungklas and sixteen other residents of Saginaw, requesting the passage of House bill No. 176, making appropriations for the Michigan School for the Deaf to replace the buildings destroyed by fire.

The petition was referred to the Committee on Michigan School for the Deaf.

Mr. Weidenfeller presented

Petition No. 1563.

Petition of A. D. Prentice and sixty-six other residents of South Haven, Van Buren county, requesting the passage of House bill No. 82, to provide a retirement system for the public school teachers of the State of Michigan.

The petition was referred to the Committee on Education.

Mr. James N. McBride presented

Petition No. 1564.

Protest of E. E. Rourke and twenty-five other members of the Modern Woodmen of America, of Owosso, Shiawassee county, against the passage of House bill No. 203 (file No. 40), to define fraternal beneficiary societies and to provide for their incorporation and regulation. The protest was referred to the Committee on Insurance.

Mr. Moore presented

Petition No. 1565.

Resolutions adopted by the members of Onstead Grange No. 279, of Onstead, Lenawee county, protesting against changing the name of The Michigan Agricultural College to Michigan State College.

The resolutions were referred to the Committee on Agricultural College.

ANNOUNCEMENT BY CLERK OF PRINTING AND ENROLLMENT OF BILLS.

The Clerk announced that the following named bills and concurrent resolution had been printed and placed upon the files of the members, Friday, March 28:

House bill No. 450 (file No. 234), entitled

A bill to amend section 2 of Act No. 237 of the Public Acts of 1881, entitled "An act to authorize and regulate within this State the business of plate glass, accident, employers' liability, live stock, health, burglary, steam boiler, credit, casualty and fidelity insurance, and to repeal Acts Nos. 42 and 72 of the Public Acts of 1877."

House bill No. 572 (file No. 235), entitled

A bill to provide for the punishment of persons who conspire or attempt to conspire or mislead persons who have had loss by fire, by falsely representing that they are public officials or fire adjusters, or by the procuring of the policy of insurance and withholding the same by false representations.

House bill No. 409 (file No. 236), entitled

A bill to fix the leaves of absence and furloughs of officers and men in the fire departments of cities having over two hundred fifty thousand inhabitants.

House bill No. 647 (file No. 299), entitled

A bill making an appropriation for the relief of the suffering and destitute inhabitants of Ohio, and providing for the distribution of such relief.

Senate bill No. 429 (file No. 413), entitled

A bill to regulate public utilities in the State of Michigan, to create a commission to be known as the public service commission of Michigan, and to define its powers and duties.

Senate bill No. 430 (file No. 414), entitled

A bill to amend section 1 of Act No. 200 of the Public Acts of 1905, entitled "An act to provide for the compulsory education of children, for penalties for failure to comply with the provisions of this act, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of the same," as amended by Act No. 74 of the Public Acts of 1907. Senate bill No. 431 (file No. 415), entitled

A bill to provide for the reception, treatment and education at the State Public School at Coldwater, of dependent crippled children of sound mind between five and fourteen years of age, to provide for two cottages and an industrial building and to provide a tax to meet the

same.

Senate concurrent resolution No. 15 (file No. 416), entitled

A concurrent resolution proposing an amendment to section 1 of Article III of the Constitution, relative to the right of traveling salesmen in the pursuit of their occupation while absent from their legal residence, and at some other place within the State to vote.

Senate bill No. 433 (file No. 417), entitled

A bill to amend section 5 of Act No. 140 of the Public Acts of 1911, entitled "An act making appropriations for the Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind for current expenses and for building and special purposes for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1912, and June 30, 1913, and to provide a tax therefor, and providing for the maintenance, expenditure, renewal and regulation of a revolving industrial fund for the blind," approved April 25, 1911, and to add thereto a new section to stand as section 6 of said act.

The Clerk also announced that the following named bills had been
printed and placed upon the files of the members, Saturday, March 29:
House bill No. 498 (file No. 237), entitled

A bill to fix the leave of absence and furlough of officers and men
in the police department of cities having a population of over two
hundred fifty thousand inhabitants.

House bill No. 479 (file No. 238), entitled

A bill to amend section 38 of Act No. 215 of the Public Acts of 1895,
entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of cities of the fourth
class," being compilers section 3060 of the Compiled Laws of 1897.
House bill No. 543 (file No. 239), entitled

A bill to amend Act No. 313 of the Public Acts of 1887, entitled "An
act to provide for the taxation and regulation of the business of manu-
facturing, selling, keeping for sale, furnishing, giving or delivering
spirituous and intoxicating liquors and malt, brewed or fermented
liquors and vinous liquors in this State, and to repeal all acts and parts
of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act," as amended, the
same being sections 5379 to 5411 inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of
1897, and as since amended by Act No. 291 of the Public Acts of 1909,
and by Act No. 170 of the Public Acts of 1911, and by Act No. 1 of
the Public Acts of 1912, second special session, by adding two new
sections thereto to be known as sections 41 and 42.

House bill No. 253 (file No. 240), entitled

A bill to amend section 1 of Act No. 233 of the Laws of 1861, en-
titled "An act to facilitate the commencement of suits against joint de-
fendants residing in several counties," as amended, and being section
10010 of the Compiled Laws of 1897.

House bill No. 552 (file No. 241), entitled

A bill to legalize and make valid ordinances and local franchise
grants heretofore made and granted by villages organized under the
general laws of the State.

House bill No. 561 (file No. 242), entitled

A bill to create a department of public accounts, to provide for uni-
form accounts of public property and moneys, for uniform reports there-
of, and for the audit of public offices and accounts; to prescribe penal-
ties for violation of its provisions; and making appropriations to carry
same into effect, and to repeal Act No. 183 of the Public Acts of 1911
and all acts inconsistent herewith.

House bill No. 583 (file No. 243), entitled

A bill to amend section 5 of Act No. 6 of the Public Acts of 1907,
extra session, entitled "An act to define and to regulate the treatment
and control of dependent, neglected and delinquent children; to pre-
scribe the jurisdiction of the probate court and the powers, duties and
compensation of the probate judges with regard thereto; to provide for
the appointment of county agents and probation officers, and to prescribe
their powers, duties and compensation," as amended by Act No. 262
of the Public Acts of 1911.

House bill No. 597 (file No. 244), entitled

A bill to amend section 11 of Act No. 6 of the Public Acts of the
extra session of the Legislature of 1907, entitled "An act to define and
to regulate the treatment and control of dependent, neglected and de-

linquent children; to prescribe the jurisdiction of the probate courts
and the powers, duties and compensation of the probate judges with
regard thereto; to provide for the appointment of county agents and
probation officers and to prescribe their powers, duties and compensa-
tion," as amended by section 11 of Act No. 310 of the Public Acts of
1909.

House bill No. 194 (file No. 245), entitled

A bill to amend chapter 3 of Act No. 254 of the Public Acts of 1897.
entitled "An act to provide for the construction and maintenance of
drains, and the assessment and collection of taxes therefor, and to re-
peal all other laws relative thereto," approved June 2, 1897, being sec-
tions 4319 to 4339 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, as amended by Act No.
272 of the Public Acts of 1899, by adding thereto a new section to stand
as section 19a, relative to the construction of drains across highways.
Senate bill No. 434 (file No. 418), entitled

A bill to provide for the re-incorporation of cities.

Senate substitute for Senate bill No. 306 (file No. 419), entilted
A bill to establish a farm colony for the humane, curative, scientific
and economical treatment of epileptic persons, exclusive of insane and
idiotic persons, to be known as the "Michigan farm colony for epileptics,"
to provide for the management and control thereof and making an ap-
propriation therefor.

Senate bill No. 92 (file No. 420), entitled

A bill to amend section 1 of Act No. 212 of the Public Acts of 1893,
entitled "An act establishing a home for the soldiers, sailors and marines
who served in the late Civil War, their wives and mothers and making
an appropriation for the erection and maintenance thereof," being com-
pilers section 2067 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, as amended by Act
No. 139 of the Public Acts of 1899.

Senate bill No. 103 (file No. 421), entitled

A bill making appropriations for the Ionia State Hospital at Ionia,
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, and for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1914, for building and special purposes, and to provide taxes
to meet the same.

Senate bill No. 408 (file No. 422), entitled

A bill to amend section 2 of Act No. 271 of the Public Acts of 1911,
entitled "An act to abolish fraternities, sororities, and all other secret
societies among the pupils of the public schools of the State of Michigan,"
approved May 1, 1911.

Senate bill No. 435 (file No. 423), entitled

A bill to amend section 26 of Act No. 285 of the Public Acts of 1909,
entitled "An act to provide for the creation of a department of labor;
to prescribe its powers and duties; to regulate the employment of labor;
to make an appropriation for the maintenance of such department, and
to prescribe penalties for the violation of this act."

Senate bill No. 436 (file No. 424), entitled

A bill to promote the safety of passengers, employes and property in
transportation over interurban railways by providing for the installa-
tion of a system of block signals upon the same; defining what shall
constitute interurban railways within the meaning of this act; and

defining the powers and duties of the Michigan Railroad Commission in relation thereto.

Senate bill No. 472 (file No. 463), entitled

A bill making an appropriation for the relief of sufferers by reason of the great floods of March, 1913, in the states of Ohio and Indiana.

The Clerk also announced that the following named bills and concurrent resolutions had been printed and placed upon the files of the members today, March 31:

House bill No. 448 (file No. 246), entitled

A bill to prevent and punish the sale of immature and unwholesome calves and veal.

House bill No. 373 (file No. 247), entitled

A bill to provide for the medical and surgical treatment of children who are afflicted with a curable malady or deformity, and whose parents are unable to provide proper treatment, providing for the expenses there of, and prescribing. the jurisdiction of the probate court in such cases. House bill No. 212 (file No. 248), entitled

A bill making an appropriation for the State Board of Library Commissioners for the special purposes of defraying the expenses of organization of existing and new libraries, and for the expense of library institutes and training schools, and for the general expenses of the board for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1914, and June 30, 1915, and to provide a tax to meet the same.

House bill No. 18 (file No. 249), entitled

A bill making appropriation for the Michigan Reformatory at Ionia. Michigan, for the purchase of land.

House bill No. 595 (file No. 250), entitled

A bill to repeal Act No. 57 of the Public Acts of 1905, entitled "An act to regulate the taking and catching fish in Klinger lake in the county of St. Joseph in this State."

House bill No. 608 (file No. 251), entitled

A bill to permit the catching or taking of rainbow or steel head trout by the use of spears and dip nets in any of the waters of the State of Michigan, from the first day of March to the twenty-fifth day of April. inclusive, of each year.

House bill No. 613 (file No. 252), entitled

A bill to repeal Act No. 287 of the Local Acts of 1885, entitled "An act to prohibit all fishing with nets in Black River lake, Black river, and in the streams tributary to said lake in Ottawa county, and Kalamazoo lake and Kalamazoo river, Allegan county," approved March 20, 1885.

House bill No. 577 (file No. 253), entitled

A bill to legalize the use of natural bait in fishing in the inland waters of the State of Michigan.

House bill No. 54 (file No. 254), entitled

A bill to amend section 45 of Act No. 183 of the Public Acts of 1897, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment and to fix the term of office, duties and compensation of circuit court stenographers in the State of Michigan," approved May 29, 1897, the same being sec