By a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect, the bill was ordered to take immediate effect. House bill No. 540 (file No. 404), entitled A bill to provide for the erection and maintenance of shutes or ladders for the passage of fish over the dam across the Maple river at Elsie Mills, town of DuPlain, county of Clinton, and to provide a penalty for violations of the provisions of this act; 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, Mr. Jackson moved to amend the title by striking out the word "town" and inserting the word "township" in lieu thereof; Which motion prevailed. The title as amended was then agreed to. On motion of Mr. Jackson, By a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect, the bill was ordered to take immediate effect. MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS. Mr. Lusk moved to take from the table, House bill No. 843, entitled A bill to amend and revise the charter of West Bay City, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith; Which motion prevailed. On motion of Mr. Lusk, The bill was referred to the committee on City Corporations. Mr. Lusk offered the following: Resolved, That the time for the consideration of Senate bill No. 26 (file No. 54), entitled A bill to provide for the registration of physicians and surgeons and to repeal acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith; Be fixed for 2 o'clock p. m., Wednesday, May 5; Which was adopted, two-thirds of all the members present voting therefor. Mr. Otis moved to take from the table, House bill No. 506 (file No. 412), entitled A bill to authorize the reorganization of road districts in the townships of Michigan, prescribe the manner of reorganization, election of overseer of highways, and to fix the rate of assessment in said townships for highway purposes; Which motion prevailed. The pending question being on concurring in the action of the committee of the whole in striking out all after the enacting clause of the bill, On motion of Mr. Otis, The bill was referred to the committee on Roads and Bridges. Mr. Eikhoff moved to take from the table, House joint resolution No. 35, entitled Joint resolution to provide for the relief of Thomas Allen; Which motion prevailed. On motion of Mr. Eikhoff, The joint resolution was referred to the committee on State Affairs. Mr. Molster moved to take from the table, House bill No. 641, entitled A bill to amend Sec. 29 of act No. 118 of the public acts of 1893, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws relative to the State Prison, to the State House of Correction and branch of the State Prison in the Upper Peninsula, and to the House of Correction and Reformatory at Ionia, and of the government and discipline thereof, and to repeal all acts inconsistent therewith," approved May 26, 1893; Which motion prevailed. On motion of Mr. Molster, The bill was referred to the committee on State Affairs. On motion of Mr. Gillam, The rules were suspended, two-thirds of all the members present voting therefor, and the House took up the order of MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE. The Speaker announced the following: SENATE CHAMBER, To the Speaker of the House of Representatives: Sir I am instructed by the Senate to return to the House the following bill: House bill No. 915, entitled A bill to detach certain territory from the township of Clement and from the township of Gladwin, in the county of Gladwin, and to organize such territory into the township of Bourrett; And to inform the House that the Senate has amended the same, as follows: By striking out of line 2 of Sec. 2 the word "first" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "second;" In the passage of which, as thus amended, the Senate has concurred by a majority vote of all the Senators elect, and by a vote of two-thirds of all the Senators elect has ordered the same to take immediate effect. Very respectfully Charles S. Pierce, Secretary of the Senate. The question being on concurring in the amendment made by the Senate to the bill, The House concurred, a majority of all the members elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The bill was then referred to the committee on Enrollment for enrollment, and presentation to the Governor. By the committee on Enrollment: The committee on Enrollment report as correctly enrolled, signed and presented to the Governor. House bill No. 53 (file No. 80), entitled A bill to amend Sec. 1 of act No. 95 of the public acts of 1895, approved April 26, 1895, entitled “An act to provide for the compulsory education of children, for the punishment of truancy, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of the same;" For which your committee hold the receipt of the Executive office dated May 4, 1897, at 4:48 o'clock p. m. Report accepted. By the committee on Enrollment: C. W. Perry, Acting Chairman. The committee on Enrollment report as correctly enrolled, signed and presented to the Governor, House bill No. 262 (file No. 262), entitled An act to amend Secs. 1 and 2 of act No. 3 of the public acts of 1874, entitled "An act to authorize proceedings by the State to condemn private property for public use," approved March 24, 1874, the same being compiler's Secs. 5196 and 5197 of Howell's annotated statutes; For which your committee hold the receipt of the Executive office dated May 4, 1897, at 4:48 o'clock p. m. Report accepted. By the committee on Enrollment: C. W. Perry, Acting Chairman. The committee on Enrollment report as correctly enrolled, signed and presented to the Governor, House bill No. 1012, entitled An act to amend Sec. 1 of Chap. 26 of act No. 322 of the local acts of 1893, being an act to incorporate the city of Grand Ledge; For which your committee hold the receipt of the Executive office dated May 4, 1897, at 3:12 o'clock p. in. Report accepted. By the committee on Enrollment: Geo. E. Gillam, Chairman. The committee on Enrollment report as correctly enrolled, signed and presented to the Governor, House bill No. 231 (file No. 62), entitled An act to provide for the appointment of guardians of the persons of habitual drunkards and of persons so addicted to the excessive use of intoxicating liquors or narcotics, or noxious drugs, as to need medical or sanitary treatment or care, and for restraining them in a suitable asylum or hospital, and to repeal act 241, public acts of 1879, entitled "An act concerning the appointment of guardians of habitual drunkards, or of persons so addicted to the excessive use of intoxicating liquors as to need medical or sanitary treatment or care;" For which your committee hold the receipt of the Executive office dated May 4, 1897, at 3:12 o'clock p. m. Report accepted. By the committee on Enrollment: Geo. E. Gillam, Chairman. The committee on Enrollment report as correctly enrolled, signed and presented to the Governor, House bill No. 575 (file No. 351), entitled An act to fix the responsibility for making permanent improvements to manufacturing establishments in Michigan when ordered by factory or deputy factory inspectors; For which your committee hold the receipt of the Executive office dated May 4, 1897, at 3:13 o'clock p. m. Report accepted. By the committee on Enrollment: Geo. E. Gillam, Chairman. The committee on Enrollment report as correctly enrolled, signed and presented to the Governor, House bill No. 812 (file No. 299), entitled An act to amend Sec. 1 of act No. 221 of the session laws of 1865, entitled "An act requiring judges of probate in certain cases to give notice to foreign consuls of an application for administration in the estate of deceased persons," approved March 18, 1865, as amended by the acts amendatory thereof, the same being Sec. 6812 of Howell's annotated statutes; For which your committee hold the receipt of the Executive office dated May 4, 1897, at 3:13 o'clock p. m. Report accepted. By the committee on Enrollment: Geo. E. Gillam, Chairman. The committee on Enrollment report as correctly enrolled, signed and presented to the Governor, House bill No. 811 (file No. 298), entitled An act to amend Sec. 1 of act No. 109 of public acts of 1895, entitled “An act to provide for recording in the offices of registers of deeds certified copies of judgments and decrees of courts of record and making the record thereof evidence in courts and making such records heretofore made like evidence;" For which your committee hold the receipt of the Executive office dated May 4, 1897, at 3:13 o'clock p. m. Report accepted. By the committee on Enrollment: Geo. E. Gillam, Chairman. The committee on Enrollment report as correctly enrolled, signed and presented to the Governor, House bill No. 810 (file No. 296), entitled An act to permit sureties on bonds given by executors, administrators, guardians or trustees and filed in any probate court of this State to |