in the waters of Green Bay within the Counties of Delta and Menominee, where they will not interfere with or catch immature whitefish, lake trout or wall-eyed pike, and to repeal Act No. 296 of the Local Acts of Michigan for the year 1895;

In the passage of which the House has concurred by a majority vote of all the members elect, and by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect has ordered the same to take immediate effect.

Very respectfully,

LEWIS M. MILLER, Clerk of the House of Representatives.

The bill was referred to the Secretary for printing and presentation to the Governor.

The following message from the House was also received and read: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Lansing, April 18, 1901.

To the President of the Senate: Sir—I am instructed by the House to return to the Senate the following bill:

Senate bill No. 396, entitled

A bill to provide for the lawful taking of German carp, suckers and mullet from the waters of the Flint river in Genesee county, Michigan; In the passage of which the House has concurred by a majority vote of all the members elect. By a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect the House has also ordered the bill to take immediate effect. In this action the concurrence of the Senate is respectfully asked.

Very respectfully,

LEWIS M. MILLER,

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Pending the order that bill be referred to the Secretary for printing and presentation to the Governor,

Mr. Pierson moved that the bill be given immediate effect.

The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor.

The bill was then referred to the Secretary for printing and presentation to the Governor.

Mr. Holmes moved that the Senate resolve itself into the committee of the whole on the

The motion prevailed.

GENERAL ORDER.

The President pro tem. called Mr. Sovereign to the chair.

After some time spent therein the committee rose and, through their chairman, made the following report:

The committee of the whole have had under consideration the following:

I.

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,

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;

Also:

House bill No. 928 (file No. 186), entitled

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 section 8454 of the Compiled Laws of 1897;

Also:

House bill No. 929 (file No. 187), entitled

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 8461 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, by adding thereto a new section to stand as section 12;

Also:

House bill No. 859 (file No. 185), entitled

A bill to authorize the Governor of this State to appoint a commis. sion 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;

Also:

House bill No. 810 (file No. 161), entitled

A bill to authorize and direct the Commissioner of the State Land Office to cause an examination of the unsold primary school, swamp, salt spring, Normal School, asylum and State building lands belonging to the State, and to fix the minimum price for which such lands shall hereafter be sold;

Also:

House joint resolution No. 1091 (file No. 253), entitled

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;

Also:

Senate bill No. 179 (file No. 162), entitled

A bill to provide for the inspection of manufacturing establishments, workshops, hotels and stores in this State; to provide for the regulation of such establishments, and the employment of women and children therein; to regulate the conduct of sweatshops, so-called; to provide for the enforcement of the provisions of this Act; and to make an appropriation for the purpose of carrying out the same;

Also:

House bill No. 329 (file No. 224), entitled

A bill making appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1902, and June 30, 1903, for the purpose of promoting the horticultural interests of the State and the editing and compiling of the reports of the Michigan State Horticultural Society, and to provide a tax to meet the

same;

Also:

Senate bill No. 533 (file No. 172), entitled

A bill to amend sections 13 and 14 of Act 193 of the Public Acts of 1895, entitled "An Act to prohibit and prevent adulteration, fraud and deception in the manufacture and sale of articles of food and drink," approved May 22, 1895, being section 5022 and 5023 of the Compiled Laws of 1897;

Have made no amendments thereto, and have directed their chairman to report the same back to the Senate, and recommend their passage. The committee of the whole have also had under consideration the following:

II.

House bill No. 161 (file No. 206), entitled

A bill to prevent and punish the desecration of the flag of the United States;

Have made an amendment thereto, and have directed their chairman to report the same back to the Senate, asking concurrence therein, aud recommending its passage.

The report was accepted.

FRED F. SOVEREIGN,

Chairman.

The bills and joint resolutions named in part I of the report were placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills.

Mr. Sovereign moved that the Senate concur in the amendment made to the bill named in part II of the report.

The motion prevailed, and the same was placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills.

By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.

By the Committee on Finance and Appropriations:

The Committee on Finance and Appropriations, to whom was referred

House bill No. 251 (file No. 245), entitled

A bill making appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902 for erecting one detached building for women patients, for the purchase of furniture and furnishings for the same, and for the erection of five fire proof stairways and the necessary remodeling incident thereto in the main buildings already erected at the Michigan Asylum for the Insane at Kalamazoo, 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 without amendment and recommend that it do pass, and ask to be discharged from 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 Fisheries:

The Committee on Fisheries, to whom was referred

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;"

Respectfully report that they have had the same under consideration, and have directed me to report the bill back to the Senate with the accompanying substitute therefor, entitled

A bill to repeal Act No. 287 of the Public Acts of 1897, being an Act, 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;"

Recommending that the substitute be concurred in and that the bill, as substituted, do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.

WM. D. KELLY,

Chairman.

The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Kelly moved that the Senate concur in the adoption of the substitute reported 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 Military Affairs:

The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred

House bill No. 1126 (file No. 288), entitled

A bill to provide for the presentation of bronze medals to the sailors and soldiers who enlisted and served in the Spanish-American war and in the campaign in the Philippine Islands from Michigan; also in certain cases to the relatives of such sailors and soldiers who perished in such service; to make an appropriation therefor 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 without amendment and recommend that it do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.

W. S. PIERSON,

The report was accepted and the committee discharged.

Chairman.

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

House bill No. 557 (file No. 301), entitled

A bill making an appropriation for the Michigan State Naval Brigade for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902, and to provide 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 bill was referred to the Committee on Finance and Appropriations.

Mr. Helme moved that the Senate take a recess until 4:25 o'clock p. m., to listen to an address by Hon. H. C. Smith, Congressman from the second district.

The motion prevailed, the time being 4:15 o'clock p. m.

AFTER RECESS.

4:25 o'clock p. m.

The Senate was called to order by the President pro tem.

A quorum of the Senate was present.

The Senate resumed the order of

THIRD READING OF BILLS.

Senate bill No. 280 (file No. 98), entitled

A bill relative to granting, regulating and licensing the business of hawking and peddling goods, wares and merchandise in the several counties of this State, and to repeal all Acts or parts of Acts in any way contravening any of the provisions of this Act;

Was read a third time and, pending the taking of the vote on the passage thereof,

Mr. Palmer moved to amend the bill

1. By inserting in line 13 of section 7 after the word "court" the words "The provisions of this Act shall not become operative in any county of this State until a resolution be adopted by a majority vote of the members elect of the Board of Supervisors of such county, declaring the same to be in force in such county."

2. By striking out of lines 9, 10 and 11 of section 3 the words, "if he