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: By the Committee on Fisheries: The Committee on Fisheries, to whom was referred House bill No. 832, entitled A bill to permit fishing with bob lines in Livingston county, State of Michigan; 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. W. D. KELLY, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. · Mr Pierson 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: By the Committee on Fisheries: The Committee on Fisheries, to whom was referred House bill No. 428, entitled A bill to allow the taking or catching of fish by means of fixed lines in the County of Kalamazoo; 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. W. D. KELLY, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Bangham 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: By the Committee on Fisheries: The Committee on Fisheries, to whom was referred House bill No. 1072, entitled A bill to provide for the protection of trout in the Au Sable river and its tributaries; 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. W. D. KELLY, The report was accepted and the committee discharged. 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: The title was agreed to. Mr. Doherty moved that the bill be given immediate effect. The motion prevailed, two-thirds of all the Senators elect voting therefor. By the Committee on Normal School at Marquette: The Committee on Normal School at Marquette, to whom was referred House bill No. 507 (file No. 330), entitled A bill making a supplemental appropriation for the current expenses of the Northern State Normal School at Marquette for the six months ending June 30, 1901, and appropriations 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 without amendment and recommend that it do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. R. B. LOOMIS, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was then referred to the Committee on Finance and Appropriations. By the Committee on Cities and Villages: The Committee on Cities and Villages, to whom was referred A bill to amend section 1 of Act No. 233 of the Session Laws of 1861, entitled "An Act to facilitate the commencement of suits against joint defendants residing in several counties," approved March 16, 1861, as subsequently amended, and being compiler's section 10010 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. R. B. LOOMIS, The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Chairman. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole and placed on the general order. By the Committee on Normal School at Mt. Pleasant: The Committee on Normal School at Mt. Pleasant, to whom was referred House bill No. 544 (file No. 344), entitled A bill making appropriations for the Central Michigan Normal School at Mt. Pleasant 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. GEO. W. MOORE, The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Chairman. Mr. Moore 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 on Finance and Appropriations. By the Committee on Agricultural Interests: The Committee on Agricultural Interests, to whom was referred A bill to amend section 2 of chapter 4, and section 2 of chapter 6, as amended, of Act No. 254 of the Public Acts of 1897, entitled "An Act to provide for the construction and maintenance of drains, and the assessment and collection of taxes therefor, and to repeal all other Acts relative thereto," approved June 2, 1897, the same being compiler's sections Nos. 4341 and 4355 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, as amended by Act No. 272 of the Public Acts of 1899; 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. SOLON GOODELL, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Goodell 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. 403, entitled A bill to provide for the publication of a record of Michigan soldiers and sailors in the war of the Rebellion and to make appropriation therefor; 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 provide for the publication of a record of Michigan soldiers and sailors of the war of the Rebellion and the Spanish-American war, and to make appropriation therefor; 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. CHARLES SMITH, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. Mr. Charles Smith moved that the Senate concur in the adoption of the substitute reported 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 Soldiers' Home: The Committee on Soldiers' Home, to whom was referred House bill No. 125 (file No. 343), entitled A bill making appropriations for the Michigan Soldiers' Home 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 without amendment and recommend that it do pass, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. E. C. CANNON, Chairman. The report was accepted and the committee discharged. The bill was then referred to the Committee on Finance and Appropriations. By the Committee on Judiciary: The Committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred A bill to amend section 1 of chapter 2 of Act No. 254 of the Public Acts of 1897, entitled "An Act to provide for the construction and maintenance of drains and the assessment and collection of taxes therefor, and to repeal all other laws relative thereto," the same being section 4310 of the Compiled Laws of 1897; 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 for the preservation of the public health in the townships traversed by the middle branch of the Tobacco River and its tribu |