Mr. Holmes moved to take from the table Senate bill No. 370, entitled A bill to amend section 1 of Act No. 287 of the Public Acts of 1897, entitled "An Act to regulate the catching of speckled trout and grayling in Maple river in Center, Eggleston and Maple River townships in Emmet county." The motion prevailed. Mr. Holmes moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Fisheries. The motion prevailed. PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS. No. 265. By Mr. Nims: Petition of C. H. Going, representing 60 business men of Pontiac, asking for the passage of House bill No. 25, relative to garnishment proceedings. The petition was referred to the Committee on Judiciary. No. 266. By Mr. Helme: Petition of Azalia Grange, No. 739, asking for the passage of Senate bill No. 218, providing for the assessment of the property of certain corporations upon their cash value. The petition was referred to the Committee on Taxation. No. 267. By Mr. Helme: Petition of J. C. Rowley and 109 other citizens of Adrian, asking for the passage of a bill to prohibit the giving away of cigarettes or cigarette papers. The petition was referred to the Committee on Judiciary. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. By the Committee on Military Affairs: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred A joint resolution providing for the erection of a monument to the memory of the army nurse, E. May Tower (who died in Porto Rico), at her place of interment in the cemetery at Byron, in the County of Shiawassee, Michigan, and for a tax to meet the same; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate without amendment and recommend that it do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. W. S. PIERSON, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The joint resolution was referred to the Committee on Finance and Appropriations. By the Committee on Military Affairs: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred House bill No. 928 (file No. 186), entitled A bill to amend section 1 of Act No. 40 of the Public Acts of 1877. entitled "An Act to provide for or facilitate the incorporation of military or light guard companies for certain purposes," being section 8454 of the Compiled Laws of 1897; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate without amendment and recommend that it do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. W. S. PIERSON, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the Committee on Military Affairs: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred A bill to amend Act No. 40 of the Public Acts of 1877, entitled "An Act to provide for or facilitate the incorporation of military or light guard companies for certain purposes," being sections 8454 to 8464 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, by adding thereto a new section to stand as section 12; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate without amendment and recommend that it do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. W. S. PIERSON, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the Committee on Military Affairs: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred House bill No. 859 (file No. 185), entitled A bill to authorize the Governor of this State to appoint a commission to select a design for a State soldiers' and sailors' monument to be erected on the Capitol grounds at Lansing, and to determine the location of the same on such grounds, and to report such design and location to the Governor, with an estimate of the cost of the erection of said monument, so that the matter of the appropriation and details for the erection may be properly submitted to the Legislature by the Governor in his next message; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate without amendment and recommend that it do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. W. S. PIERSON, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the Committee on Finance and Appropriations. ! By the Committee on Military Affairs: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred A bill to prevent and punish the desecration of the flag of the United States; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate without amendment and recommend that it do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. W. S. PIERSON, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the Committee on Taxation: The Committee on Taxation, to whom was referred A bill to amend section 8 of Act No. 206 of the Session Laws 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 land 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 any of the provisions of this Act;" Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate with the accompanying amendment thereto, recommending that the amendment be concurred in and that the bill, when so amended, do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. GEO. W. MOORE, The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Chairman. Mr. Moore moved that the Senate concur in the amendment made to the bill by the committee. The motion prevailed. The bill was ordered printed, referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the Committee on Finance and Appropriations: The Committee on Finance and Appropriations, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 3 (file No. 5), entitled A bill to provide for the locating, establishing and maintaining of a State Normal School in the western part of the State and to make appropriations for the same; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate without amendment and recommend that it do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. CHARLES SMITH, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the Committee on Finance and Appropriations: The Committee on Finance and Appropriations, to whom was referred House bill No. 424 (file No. 246), entitled A bill making appropriations for the State Industrial Home for Girls for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1902, and June 30, 1903, and to provide for a tax to meet the same; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate with the accompanying 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. CHARLES SMITH, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Charles Smith 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 order. By the Committee on Finance and Appropriations: The Committee on Finance and Appropriations, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 438, entitled A bill to amend section 3 of Act No. 28 of the Public Acts of 1895, entitled "An Act to provide for the management and control and for the extension of the usefulness of the State Library;" Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate with the accompanying amendments thereto and with the title amended, 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. CHARLES SMITH, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Charles Smith moved that the Senate concur in the amendments made to the bill by the committee. The motion prevailed. Mr. Charles Smith moved that the Senate concur in the amendments made to the title of the bill by the committee. The motion prevailed. The bill was then ordered printed, referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the Committee on Finance and Appropriations: The Committee on Finance and Appropriations, to whom was referred Senate joint resolution No. 268 (file No. 103), entitled A joint resolution directing the Board of State Auditors to investigate and examine the claims of W. H. Beasley, of Ithaca, Gratiot county, 1 Michigan, against the State of Michigan for services rendered under orders of Captain J. L. Thorborne in recruiting soldiers for the various Michigan regiments in the Spanish-American war from April, 1898, to July, 1898; and for office rent and for expenses to Island Lake and return in the sum of $250.00; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate with the accompanying 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. CHARLES SMITH, The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Chairman. Mr. Charles Smith moved that the Senate concur in the amendments made to the joint resolution by the committee. The motion prevailed. The joint resolution was then referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the Committee on Judiciary: The Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred House bill No. 261 (file No. 63), entitled A bill to amend section 5 of Act No. 285, Local Acts of 1893, entitled "An Act to provide for the compensation and to prescribe the duties of certain officers of the County of Saginaw," approved March 10, 1893; Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the same back to the Senate with the accompanying 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: GEO. E. NICHOLS, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Nichols moved that the Senate concur in the amendments made to the bill by the committee. The motion prevailed. Mr. Baird moved that the rules be suspended and that the bill be placed on its immediate passage. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators present voting therefor. The bill was then read a third time and passed, a majority of all the Senators elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: |