The bill was referred to the Clerk for enrollment printing and presentation to the Governor. A message was received from the Senate returning A bill to amend section 67, Act No. 84, Public Acts of 1909-an act to increase the efficiency of the military establishment of the State. The message informed the House that the Senate had passed the bill and had ordered that it take immediate effect. The bill was referred to the Clerk for enrollment printing and presentation to the Governor. A message was received from the Senate returning with an amendment House Bill No. 456 (file No. 241) A bill to amend sections 1, 2 and 10, chapter 3; section 3, chapter 4; section 8, chapter 7; section 1, chapter 8, and section 15, chapter 9, of Act No. 254, Public Acts of 1897-the general drain law. The following is the amendment made to the bill by the Senate: (1) Section 1, line 10, after the word "filed" strike out the following "It shall only be necessary that such application be signed by freeholders liable to assessment for the same." The message informed the House of Representatives that the Senate had passed the bill as thus amended. The Speaker announced that under Rule 58 the bill would lie over one day. Mr. Fuller moved that Rule 58 be suspended. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members present voting therefor. The question being on concurring in the amendment made to the bill by the Senate, The amendment was concurred in, a majority of all the members-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: The bill was referred to the Clerk for enrollment printing and presentation to the Governor. The Sergeant-at-Arms announced Mr. Copley at the bar of the House. Mr. Dunn moved that Mr. Copley be admitted within the bar, and be allowed to take his seat. The motion prevailed. A message was received from the Senate re-transmitting, together with the House amendments thereto, disagreed to by the Senate, Senate Bill No. 31 (file No. 258) A bill to make appropriation for the Michigan Soldiers' Home. The message informed the House of Representatives that the Senate had named Senators Vandenboom, Davis and Brower as conferees on the part of the Senate. The Speaker named as conferees on the part of the House Messrs. Wells, Byrum and Hopkins. A message was received from the Senate returning with certain amendments House Bill No. 249 (file No. 289) A bill to amend chapter 30, Act No. 314, Public Acts of 1915-to amend the Judicature Act relative to the issuing of summons. The following are the amendments made to the bill by the Senate: (1) Section 1, line 11, after the figures "1915," strike out "chapter 30" and insert in lieu thereof, "as amended by Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1919." (2) Section 15, line 20, strike out "county" and insert in lieu thereof "country." (3) Section 15, line 24, strike out balance of section and insert in lieu thereof the following: If his whereabouts shall be known, a copy of such order shall be personally served upon such defendant at least ten days before the time prescribed for the appearance of such defendant and proof of such service shall be made by the affidavit of the person who shall serve the same, made before a Justice of the Peace or Notary Public, and when such affidavit shall be made outside this State it shall have attached thereto the certificate of the clerk of a court of record certifying to the official character of the Justice or Notary and the genuineness of his signature to the jurat of the affidavit. If the whereabouts of such defendant shall be unknown, upon filing an affidavit to that effect with the officer making the order, such order shall be published within five days after it shall have been entered, in such newspaper printed in the county, or in such paper as the court may direct, once in each week for three successive weeks, and shall contain the date, time and place set for the hearing of such case. The message informed the House of Representatives that the Senate had passed the bill as thus amended. The message further informed the House that the Senate had amended the title of the bill so as to read as follows: "A bill to amend section 15 of chapter 30 of Act No. 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 No. 74.] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE. of such courts, and 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 the act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with, or contravening any of the provisions of this act," being section 13243 of the Compiled Laws of 1915 as amended by Act 267 of the Public Acts of 1919. The Speaker announced that under Rule 58 the bill would lie over one day. Mr. Brown moved that Rule 58 be suspended. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members present voting therefor. The question being on concurring in the amendments made to the bill by the Senate, The amendments were concurred in, a majority of all the members-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows: YEAS. The question being on agreeing to the title of the bill, as amended by the The bill was referred to the Clerk for enrollment printing and presentation to the Governor. A message was received from the Senate re-transmitting A bill to make appropriation for the Board of State Tax Commissioners. The Speaker named as conferees on the part of the House Messrs. Byrum, Farrier and Watson. A message was received from the Senate re-transmitting Senate Bill No. 24 (file No. 242) A bill to make appropriation for the Michigan Reformatory. The message informed the House that the Senate had granted the request of the House for a conference on the matters of difference between the two houses relative to the bill and had named Senators Vandenboom, Davis and Brower as confereees on the part of the Senate. The Speaker named as conferees on the part of the House Messrs. Wells, Olmsted and Byrum. A message was received from the Senate returning A bill to make appropriations for the United States Boys' Working Reserve. The message informed the House that the Senate had passed the bill and had ordered that it take immediate effect. The bill was referred to the Clerk for enrollment printing and presentation to the Governor. A message was received from the Senate returning House Bill No. 118 (file No. 262) A bill to make appropriations for the Michigan Naval Militia. The message informed the House that the Senate had passed the bill and had ordered that it take immediate effect. The bill was referred to the Clerk for enrollment printing and presentation to the Governor. A message was received from the Senate returning with an amendment House Bill No. 459 (file No. 285) A bill to amend section 4, Act No. 205, Public Acts of 1887-an act to revise the banking law. The following is the amendment made to the bill by the Senate: Eleventh. The State Banking Commissioner may, upon application to him by any bank, authorize and grant to any bank the power to act as executor and administrator of estate of deceased persons and guardian of estates of minors. In passing upon applications for permission to exercise any such powers the commissioner may take into consideration the amount of capital and surplus of the applying bank and whether or not such capital and surplus is sufficient under the circumstances of the case, the needs of the community to be served, and any other facts and circumstances that seem to said commissioner proper, and may grant or refuse the application accordingly. Any bank exercising any of such powers shall segregate all assets held in any fiduciary capacity from the general assets of the bank, and shall keep a separate set of books and records showing in proper detail all transactions engaged in under the authority of this section, which books and records shall be open to the inspection of said commissioner to the same extent as the books and records of such bank's general banking business. The message informed the House of Representatives that the Senate had passed the bill as thus amended, and had ordered that it take immediate effect. The Speaker announced that under Rule 58 the bill would lie over one day. Mr. Olmsted moved that Rule 58 be suspended. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members present voting therefor. The question being on concurring in the amendment made to the bill by the Senate, The amendment was concurred in, a majority of all the members-elect voting therefor, by yeas and nays, as follows. The bill was referred to the Clerk for enrollment printing and presentation to the Governor. The Sergeant-at-Arms announced Messrs. Titus and Rasmussen at the bar of the House. Mr. Dunn moved that Messrs. Titus and Rasmussen be admitted within the bar, and be allowed to take their seats. The motion prevailed. A message was received from the Senate returning A bill to amend sections 16 and 17, Act No. 141, Public Acts of 1917-an act to provide for the organization of school districts in certain cities. The message informed the House that the Senate had ordered that the bill take immediate effect. Mr. Strom moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the members-elect voting therefor. The bill was referred to the Clerk for enrollment printing and presentation to the Governor. A message was received from the Senate re-transmitting A bill to make appropriations for the Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind. The message informed the House of Representatives that the Senate had nonconcurred in the adoption of the amendments made to the bill by the House of Representatives. Mr. Jerome moved that the House insist on its amendments and ask for a conference on the matters of difference between the two houses relative to the bill. The motion prevailed. A message was received from the Senate re-transmitting Senate Bill No. 29 (file No. 256) A bill to make an appropriation for the Michigan State Sanatorium. The message informed the House of Representatives that the Senate had nonconcurred in the adoption of the amendments made to the bill by the House of Representatives. Mr. Jerome moved that the House insist on its amendments and ask for a conference on the matters of difference between the two houses relative to the bill. The motion prevailed. A message was received from the Senate re-returning, House Bill No. 93 (file No. 229) A bill to make appropriations for the Uniform Accounting Division of the Auditor General's Department. |