9. By striking out of line 8 of section 20 all after the word "who." 10. By striking out all of line 9 of section 20. 11. ple." By striking out all of line 12 of section 20 after the word "peo 12. By striking out all of line 13 of section 20 and down to and including the word "organization" in line 14. 13. By striking out of line 16 of section 29 the word "district" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "prosecuting." 14. By striking out of line 1 of section 35 the word "district" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "prosecuting." 15. By striking out of line 5 of section 35 the word "district" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "prosecuting." 16. By striking out of lines 7 and 8 of section 35 the word "district" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "prosecuting." 17. By striking out of line 11 of section 35 the word "district" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "prosecuting." 18. By striking out of line 6 of section 44 the word "district" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "prosecuting." Recommend that the amendments be concurred in, and that when so amended the bill pass. CARL E. MAPES, Chairman. The report was accepted and adopted and the committee discharged. Mr. Mapes moved that the Senate concur in the amendments made to the bill by the committee. The motion prevailed. The bill was then referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general orders. By the Committee on Insurance: The Committee on Insurance reports House bill No. 240 (file No. 157), entitled A bill to amend section 22 of an act, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of mutual fire insurance companies, and defining their powers and duties; and to repeal chapter 97 of the Compiled Laws of 1871, and also Act No. 94 of the Session Laws of 1871, approved April 12, 1871, as amended, the same being Act No. 82 of the Session Laws of 1873, as amended," the same being Act No. 188 of the Public Acts of 1909; With the recommendation that the bill pass. L. W. SNELL, Chairman. The report was accepted and adopted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general orders. By the Committee on Agricultural Interests: A bill to prohibit drivers of milk wagons and other persons from opening milk bottles, or in any way interfering with, or molesting the caps or covers thereof after such bottles shall have been closed at the creamery, and during and after the process of delivery to patrons; With the recommendation that the bill pass. L. W. SNELL, Chairman. The report was accepted and adopted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general orders. By the Committee on Insurance: The Committee on Insurance reports House bill No. 318 (file No. 146), entitled A bill to allow insurance companies transacting the business of insuring motor cars and other vehicles against loss or damage by fire, loss or damage while being transported in any conveyance by land or water, loss or damage by theft, robbery or pilferage, loss or damage sustained by collision with any object, moving or stationary, and loss or damage done to property by such motor cars and other vehicles through the operations thereof, to transact business in this State; With the following amendments thereto : 1. By striking out of line 2 of section 1 the word "as" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "and authorized by law to." 2. By inserting in line 8 of section 1 after the word "do" the word "the." 3. By inserting in line 8 of section 1 after the word "business" the words "of insuring automobiles and other vehicles against the hazards herein enumerated only." Recommend that the amendments be concurred in, and that when so amended the bill pass. L. W. SNELL, The report was accepted and adopted and the committee discharged. Mr. Snell moved that the Senate concur in the amendments made to the bill by the committee. The motion prevailed. The bill was then referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general orders. By the Committee on Taxation: The Committee on Taxation reports House bill No. 290 (file No. 121), entitled A bill to amend section 14 of Act No. 206 of the Public Acts of 1893, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment of property and the levy and collection of taxes thereon, and for the collection of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied; making such taxes a lien on the lands taxed, establishing and continuing such lien, providing for the sale and conveyance of lands delinquent for taxes, and for the inspection and disposition of lands bid off to the State and not redeemed or purchased; and to repeal Act No. 200 of the Public Acts of 1891, and all other acts and parts of acts in anywise contravening the provisions of this act," approved June 1, 1893, as amended by Act No. 32 of the Public Acts of 1899, approved April 8, 1899, being section 3837 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, as amended by Act No. 129 of the Public Acts of 1907, approved June 5, 1907. With the recommendation that the bill pass. A. C. KINGMAN, Chairman. The report was accepted and adopted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general orders. By the Committee on Judiciary: The Committee on Judiciary reports Senate bill No. 415 (file No. 391), entitled A bill to amend section 12 of Act No. 232 of the Public Acts of 1903, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the laws providing for the incorporation of manufacturing and mercantile companies, or any union of the two, and for the incorporation of companies for carrying on any other lawful business, excepting such as are precluded from organization under this act by its express provisions, and to prescribe the powers and fix the duties and liabilities of such corporations," as amended by Act No. 194 of the Public Acts of 1905, and as further amended by Act No. 137 of the Public Acts of 1907; With recommendation that the bill pass. CHAS. E. WHITE, Chairman. The report was accepted and adopted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general orders. By the Committee on Elections: The Committee on Elections reports House substitute for House bill No. 134 (file No. 25), entitled A bill in relation to a primary election to nominate candidates for county and city offices, and school offices in cities, and candidates for circuit judge to be voted for at the election to be held in the month of April; With the accompanying substitute therefor, having the following title: A bill in relation to a primary election to nominate candidates for school offices; Recommend that the substitute be concurred in, and that the bill as substituted, pass. CARL E. MAPES, Chairman. The report was accepted and adopted and the committee discharged. Mr. Mapes moved that the Senate concur in the substitute recommended by the committee. The motion prevailed. The bill was then referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general orders. The following is the substitute: A bill in relation to a primary election to nominate candidates for school offices. The People of the State of Michigan enact: Section 1. Women who are entitled to vote at school elections shall be entitled to enroll at the same times and places and in the same manner, as near as may be, in which male electors are enrolled. The proper election officers shall cause to be prepared and furnished separate enrollment books for the enrollment of such women voters. Such women voters shall be enrolled in such separate books, under their full names. Where candidates for school offices are to be nominated at such primary election, separate ballots containing the names of candidates for school offices, shall be prepared for the use of the voters and women who are enrolled in accordance with this act shall have the right to vote for candidates for school offices at such primary election. The results of such primary elections shall be certified by the proper Boards of Canvassers to the proper officials within ten days after such primary election. The provisions of Act No. 281 of the Public Acts of 1909 are hereby made applicable except as the contrary may be herein expressed. MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE. The following message from the House was received and read: To the President of the Senate: House of Representatives, Sir: I am instructed by the House to return to the Senate the following bill: Senate bill No. 270 (file No. 252), entitled A bill to amend section 18 of Act No. 188 of the Public Acts of 1899, entitled "An act to provide for the taxation of inheritances, transfers of property by will, transfers of property by the intestate laws of this State, or transfers of property by deed, grant, bargain, sale or gift, made in contemplation of the death of the grantor, vendor, or donor, or intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment at or after such death," as amended by Act No. 195 of the Public Acts of 1903; And to inform the Senate that the House has amended the same as follows: 1. By striking out of lines 23, 24, 25 and 26 of section 18 the words "In the determination of any inheritance tax it shall be the duty of the judge of probate to deduct debts secured upon realty from the value of the real estate and in no case shall such debts be deducted from the value of the personalty." 2. By striking out of line 26 of section 18 the words "Provided, That a deficiency decree taken in mortgage foreclosure proceedings shall not be deemed to be a debt secured upon real estate." And that in the passage of the bill, as thus amended, the House has concurred. Very respectfully, PAUL H. KING, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The question being on concurring in the amendments made to the bill by the House, Mr. White moved that the Senate concur. The motion prevailed, a majority of the Senators-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The bill was referred to the Secretary for enrollment printing and presentation to the Governor. The following message from the House was also received and read: To the President of the Senate: House of Representatives, Sir:-I am instructed by the House to return to the Senate the following bill: Senate bill No. 165 (file No. 154), entitled A bill establishing standard provisions and conditions to be contained. in policies insuring against accidental bodily injury or disease, issued by companies authorized to do business in this State; And to inform the Senate that the House has amended the same as follows: 1. By striking out of line 48 of section 1 the word "notices" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "notice." 2. By inserting in line 57 of section 1 after the word "policy" the words "if so authorized at the time of the acceptance of the past due premium." 3. By striking out of line 16 of section 2 the word "shall" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "may stipulate that it will.” 4. By striking out of lines 10 and 12 of section 6 the words "or endowment." 5. By striking out subdivision 9 of section 1 and inserting in lieu thereof a new subdivision as follows: "A provision specifying the time within which proofs of claim shall be furnished to the company, which time shall not be less than ninety days from the date of death, dismemberment or loss of sight or from the termination of any other disability." And that in the passage of the bill, as thus amended, the House has concurred. Very respectfully, |