of the disagreement. Such other house shall then either recede from its position relative to the subject under consideration, or insist thereon and ask for a conference. Upon granting the request for a conference the house granting the request shall name three of its members as conferees on its part at said conference, and shall notify the other house of its action. Such other house shall thereupon name three of its members as conferees on its part at said conference. The bill under consideration shall be delivered to the conferees on the part of the house in which it originated. The conferees on the part of the two houses shall meet and consider the matters of difference between the two houses. In case the conferees of the two houses are unable to agree they shall report that fact to both houses, and the bill shall accompany the report to the house in which it originated. The situation shall then be the same as if no conference had been requested. In case of an agreement the conferees of the two houses shall make detailed report thereof, which report shall be signed by at least two of the conferees of each house, and the report, together with the papers in the case, shall be submitted to the house in which the bill originated. The vote shall be on the adoption of the conference report, and if the question shall be decided in the affirmative, the bill, together with the conference report, shall be transmitted to such other house with the information that the report has been adopted. If the question be decided in the negative the other house shall be notified thereof, and the situation shall then be the same as if no conference had been requested. When (the conference report having been adopted by one house) the report with the papers in the case shall have been transmitted to the other house, the question in such other house shall be on the adoption of the conference report. If the question shall be decided in the affirmative the bill shall be returned to the house in which it originated with the information that the other house has concurred in the adoption of the conference report, and the bill shall then be referred for enrollment printing and presentation to the Governor. If the question shall be decided in the negative, the situation shall then be the same as if no conference had been requested. In either house the question on the adoption of the conference report shall not be subject to amendment or division, and the vote thereon shall be taken by yeas and nays. Rule 6. It shall be in order for either house to recede from any subject matter of difference existing between the two houses at any time previous to a conference, whether the papers on which such difference has arisen are before the house receding, formally or informally. A majority shall govern, except in cases where two-thirds are required by the constitution; and the question, having been put and lost, shall not be again put the same day. The consideration thereof in other respects shall be regulated by the rules of the respective houses. Rule 7. In case each house adheres to its disagreement, the bill which is the subject of difference shall be deemed lost, and shall not be again revived during the same session in either house, unless by consent of three-fourths of the members present of the house reviving it. Rule 8. The same bill shall not amend or repeal more than one act of incorporation; nor shall the same bill appropriate public money or property to more than one local or private purpose. Any bill appropriating moneys for the payment of the officers of the government shall be confined to that purpose exclusively. Rule 9. Whenever there shall be an election of any officer in joint convention the result shall be certified by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives; shall be announced by the presiding officers to their respective houses; shall be entered on the journal of each; and shall be communicated to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Rule 10. Whenever both houses, by the constitutional vote, direct that any bill shall take effect immediately, a statement shall be added thereto at the enrollment of the bill in words to this effect: "This act is ordered to take immediate effect." Rule 11. Proposals for amendments to the constitution shall be by joint resotution, which shall take the same course as a bill. Rule 12. Whenever a bill shall have been passed by both houses of the Legislature, the objections of the governor to the contrary, notwithstanding, or whenever a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution shall have been agreed to by both houses in the manner prescribed by the constitution, such bill or such joint resolution shall be duly enrolled and signed by the presiding officers of both houses. The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the Huose shall then each attach a certificate to such enrolled copy, to the effect that the same has been passed or agreed to, as the case may be, by the senate and house respectively, in accordance with the provisions of the constitution, and shall forthwith file the same in the office of the secretary of state. Rule 13. The title of every bill to amend or repeal existing laws passed prior to the date of the last general compilation shall refer to the chapter of the compilation containing such act, and to the sections proposed to be amended or repealed. When a bill to amend an existing law is printed, words proposed to be added to such law shall be enclosed in brackets; the omission of words shall be indicated by stars; and when the proposed alteration is of such character that it cannot readily be indicated in either of the foregoing ways, it shall be indicated by printing in italics the parts differing from the existing law. Rule 14. The legislative postoffice shall be kept open every week day from 8 o'clock a. m. to 9 o'clock p. m., and on each Sunday from 12 o'clock noon until 1 o'clock p. m., and the mail shall be delivered to the Lansing postoffice in time for the outgoing trains on Sunday evenings. Rule 15. As soon as may be after the announcement of the standing committees of the two houses, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall prepare and have printed a legislative handbook containing information as to the district, home postoffice, Lansing address and profession or occupation of each Senator and Representative. Such handbook shall also contain a list of the standing committees of each house showing membership of each committee, a list of officers and employes of each house and such other matter as the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives deem advisable. Pending the reference of the resolution to a committee, Mr. Culver moved that the rules be suspended and that the resolution be considered at this time. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members present voting therefor. The question then being on the adoption of the resolution, The resolution was adopted. Introduction of Bills. Mr. Darin introduced House Bill No. 8, entitled A bill governing appeals in the Circuit Court and Supreme Court of causes from Justices' Courts in cities of a population of one hundred thousand or more, and to provide for stenographers in said Justice Courts to prepare the record on appeal, and to repeal all acts inconsistent therewith; and to allow other cities to adopt the provisions hereof. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Mr. Roxburgh introduced House Bill No. 9, entitled A bill to amend section 2 of Act No. 85 of the Public Acts of 1921, entitled, "An act prescribing the fees, taxes and charges to be paid to the State by corporations doing, or seeking to do business in this State; prescribing the method and basis of computing such fees, taxes and charges; requiring certain annual reports to be filed by corporations; providing for the disposition of the moneys received under this act and prescribing penalties for non-compliance with the provisions thereof." The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on General Taxation. Mr. Preston introduced House Bill No. 10, entitled A bill to impose a license fee on the use of gasoline in the State of Michigan, providing for the payment, collection and distribution thereof, prescribing certain exemptions therefrom and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on General Taxation. Mr. Culver introduced A bill to amend section 2 of Chapter 58 of Act 314 of the Public Acts of 1915, entitled, "An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this State; the powers and duties of such courts, and of the judges and other officers thereof; the forms of civil actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in said courts; pleading, evidence, practice and procedure in civil actions and proceedings in said courts; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with, or contravening any of the provisions of this act," being section 13951 of the Compiled Laws of 1915. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the ComImittee on Judiciary. Mr. Culver introduced House Bill No. 12, entitled A bill to amend sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, and 15 of Act No. 7 of the Public Acts of the First Extra Session of 1921, entitled, "An act to regulate the practice of dentistry and dental surgery, providing for the examination, licensing, registration and regulation of persons who may practice the same, providing penalties for violations thereof, and to repeal Act No. 338 of the Public Acts of 1907." The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Public Health. Mr. Hayes E. Wells introduced House Bill No. 13, entitled A bill to authorize and direct the State Highway Commissioner to lay out and establish a trunk line highway from a point in the City of Jackson where the so-called Eaton Rapids road connects with trunk line 14; thence running in a northwesterly direction on a road formerly known as the Clinton Trail through Tompkins and continuing in a northwesterly direction to a point on the county line between Eaton and Jackson Counties, on the southerly side of Section 35 of Hamlin Township, Eaton County; thence continuing in a northerly and northwesterly direction to Eaton Rapids; thence in a northwesterly direction to Charlotte; thence north and northwesterly following so far as possible the old Clinton Trail so-called, to its intersection with trunk line 39 in Sunfield Township, Eaton County. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Roads and Bridges. Mr. Kooyers introduced House Bill No. 14, entitled A bill to promote the safety of persons on public streets, alleys and highways, and to provide a penalty for violation of the provisions thereof. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Mr. Evans introduced House Bill No. 15, entitled A bill to amend section 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 34 of Act No. 302 of the Public Acts of 1915, entitled,"An act to provide for the registration, identification and regulation of motor vehicles and trailers attached thereto operated upon the public highways of this State, and of the operators of such vehicles, and to provide for levying specific taxes upon such vehicles so operated, and to provide for the disposition of such funds, and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith or contrary hereto," and to add a new section thereto to stand as section 39. The bill was read a first and second time by its title and referred to the Committee on Roads and Bridges. Mr. Look moved that the House adjourn. The motion prevailed. The Speaker declared the House adjourned until Thursday, January 15, at 2 o'clock p. m. CHARLES S. PIERCE, Clerk of the House of Representatives. JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE NUMBER FIVE. Lansing, Thursday, January 15, 1925. The House was called to order by the Speaker. Rev. R. V. Starr, of the Church of the Nazarene, offered the invocation: "God Our Heavenly Father, we graciously recognize Thy presence here this hour, for Thou art the One in Whom we live and move and have our being. We recognize Thy divine right to direct us in the affairs of this life as well as that that is to come. Thou art the one Who hast brought us safe thus far in our personal affairs, as well as in the affairs of the State and of the Nation. Grant that Thy spirit and directing power will be given to this representative body in all of their deliberations and legislation; that they may be enabled by Thy divine spirit to legislate and plan the affairs of our State, and of all those that they have to do with, to the glory of Thy Name and to the highest and best good. We implore Thy special blessing on the session of this afternoon. May all that comes before these men redound to the glory of Thy great Name. We ask it in Thy Name. Amen." The roll of the House was called by the Clerk, who announced that a quorum was present. The following members were absent with leave: The following members were absent without leave: Messrs. Callender, Farrand and Farrier. Mr. Holland moved that Mr. Farrier be excused from today's session. Mr. Wade moved that all other absentees without leave be excused from today's session. The motion prevailed. Announcement by Clerk of Printing and Enrollment of Bills. The Clerk announced that the following named bills had been printed and placed upon the files of the members, Wednesday, January 14: Senate Bill No. 3 (file No. 3) A bill to provide for the establishment and maintenance of courts of record in certain counties of this State, etc. Senate Bill No. 5 (file No. 4) A bill to amend section 3 of Act No. 128 of the Public Acts of 1887-an act for the acquiring of a civil license in order to marry. Senate Bill No. 6 (file No. 5) A bill to amend sections 1, 7 and 8 of Act No. 369 of the Public Acts of 1919an act to supplement existing laws providing for the establishment and maintenance of municipal courts of record. |