Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to request of the House that the bill be printed for the use of the committee. Report accepted and committee discharged. M. G. Moore, Chairman. The question being on ordering the bill printed for the use of the committee, The House so ordered. By the committee on Private Corporations: The committee on Private Corporations, to whom was referred A bill to authorize the formation of corporations for the prevention of cruelty to children, animals, birds and fowls; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the House with amendments thereto, recommending that the amendments be concurred in, and that the bill when so amended do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. Report accepted and committee discharged. M. G. Moore, Chairman. The question being on concurring in the amendment made by the committee to the bill, The House concurred. The bill was then ordered printed, referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the committee on Private Corporations: The committee on Private Corporations, to whom was referred House bill No. 552, entitled A bill to amend act No. 35 of the session laws of 1867, entitled "An act to provide for the formation of street railway companies," as amended by act No. 222 of the session laws of 1889; 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. M. G. Moore, Report accepted and committee discharged. The bill was ordered printed, referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the committee on Normal School: The committee on Normal School beg leave to report that they have visited the Normal School at Ypsilanti and devoted much time and attention to a careful examination of the management and conduct of the institution and its needs and requirements for the future. We believe the citizens of the State have reason to feel proud of the Ypsilanti Normal, and the splendid work that is being accomplished by it for the educational interests of the State through its able professors and other teachers, under the wise guidance of the very efficient State Board of Education. The system of education and courses of study adopted are fully equal to those of any similar institution of which your committee has knowledge. The Ypsilanti Normal ranks among the very first of similar institutions of the country. Prof. R. G. Boone, an educator of high repute, is the acting superintendent of the institution, and has the aid of a corps of able teachers, who have been selected with care from among the best educators of this and other states. The students attending this institution fully appreciate the value of an education and its influences upon character, and a large majority of them are seeking through their own individual efforts to prepare themselves for their chosen calling, that of teaching in the schools of the State. As a result they need no urging, but push forward with commendable zeal toward the goal of their several ambitions. The new training school will, when ready for occupancy, somewhat relieve the heretofore crowded condition of some of the departments, but more room is greatly needed at this time for additional library facilities, and also to relieve the over-crowded condition of the reading-room. The gymnasium attached to the Normal School is a source of great benefit to the students, and its effects upon them are plainly manifest to the visitor. Instead of the sallow complexions and feeble physiques so unfortunately common to students of most educational institutions, the students at the State Normal are bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked, and every one the picture of health, which fact is illustrative of the benefits derived from the gymnasium. The general appropriation asked for by the institution is, in the judg ment of your committee, both necessary and conservative. The special appropriation desired for a heating plant, additional library facilities and fire protection are, in the judgment of your committee, absolutely necessary, and will not only greatly add to the convenience of the institution, but will prove sources of economy to the State. During the year of 1896 the State Normal paid to private companies for lighting the sum of $665, and the lighting of the new buildings now ready for occupancy will add considerably to that amount another year. An appropriation of $2,500 is asked for the purchase of dynamos sufficient to light all the buildings of the institution. Such can be furnished with power from the boilers now in use for other purposes, and will require no expenditures for labor in operating, as the engineer now in charge of the boilers can also attend to the operating of the lighting plant. Your committee believe, therefore, that the appropriation must necessarily result in economy to the State. F. C. Chamberlain. S. L. VanCamp. M. F. Phillips. J. W. Shisler. Report accepted. The report was referred to the committee on Ways and Means. By the committee on Private Corporations: The committee on Private Corporations, to whom was referred A bill to amend Sec. 9 of act No. 140 of the public acts of 1889, entitled "An act to authorize the formation of corporations for acquiring, holding, leasing and selling real estate, and for the erection of buildings thereon," approved June 8, 1889, and being compiler's Sec. 3983c of third Howell's annotated statutes of Michigan, as amended by act No. 60 of the public acts of 1891, approved May 6, 1891; 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. Report accepted and committee discharged. M. G. Moore, The bill was ordered printed, referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the committee on Private Corporations: The committee on Private Corporations, to whom was referred A bill to amend an act entitled "An act to revise the laws providing for the incorporation of co-operative and mutual benefit associations, and to define the powers and duties, and regulate the transaction of the business of all such corporations doing business within the State," approved June 17, 1887, and the acts amendatory thereof, by adding thereto a new section to stand as Sec. 32; 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. M. G. Moore, Chairman. Report accepted and committee discharged. The bill was ordered printed, referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the committee on Private Corporations: The committee on Private Corporations, to whom was referred A bill to authorize the organization of corporations for the doing of any lawful act or acts, and for the defining of their powers and duties; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the House, with amendments thereto, recommending that the amendments be concurred in, and that the bill when so amended do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. Report accepted and committee discharged. M. G. Moore, The question being on concurring in the amendment made by the committee to the bill, The House concurred The bill was then ordered printed, referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the committee on Private Corporations: The committee on Private Corporations, to whom was referred A bill to amend Sec. 2 of an act entitled "An act to authorize the formation of corporations for the purchase and improvement of grounds to be occupied for summer homes, for camp meetings, for meetings of assemblies or associations and societies organized for intellectual and scientific culture, and for the promotion of the cause of religion and morality, or for any or all of such purposes," approved March 29, 1889, being chapter 120d, volume 3, of Howell's annotated statutes as amended by act No. 116 of the public acts of 1895; 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. Report accepted and committee discharged. M. G. Moore, Chairman. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the committee on Elections: The committee on Elections, to whom was referred House bill No. 877, entitled A bill to provide for three voting precincts in the township of Stephenson, county of Menominee; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the House, with amendments thereto, recommending that the amendments be concurred in, and that the bill when so amended do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. Report accepted and committee discharged. G. D. Crippin, The question being on concurring in the amendment made by the committee to the bill, The House concurred. On motion of Mr. Oberdorffer, 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 therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The question being on agreeing to the title, Mr. Oberdorffer moved to amend the title so as to read as follows: A bill to provide for an additional voting precinct in the township of Stephenson, county of Menominee, to be known as voting precinct No. 3; Which motion prevailed. The title as amended was then agreed to. On motion of Mr. Oberdorffer, By a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect the bill was ordered to take immediate effect. By the committee on Insurance: The committee on Insurance, to whom was referred House bill No. 265, entitled A bill to provide that where disputes between mutual or fraternal mutual life insurance or accident insurance companies, or benefit associations and the persons insured, are submitted to arbitration or referred to some committee, body or board to determine and adjust the insured shall not thereby be precluded from redress in the courts; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the House, with amendments thereto, recommending that the amendments be concurred in, and that the bill when so amended do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. Report accepted and committee discharged. W. R. Bates, Chairman. The question being on concurring in the amendment made by the committee to the bill, The House concurred. The bill was then ordered printed, referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. |